A few pictures and a video of my 150G setup!

[Oceanic]

Excuse the poor quality of the pictures, the camera just doesn't do the colors of the corals justice. Here are some pictures anyway!!

video first!

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/?action=view&current=028.flv

[Sebae again]

AWESOME ! TOTM for sure.

[Oceanic]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/007.jpg

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http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/021.jpg

[Oceanic]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/006.jpg

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[Oceanic]

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http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/026.jpg

Thats it for now!! I need a better camera!

[Oceanic]

AWESOME ! TOTM for sure.


Thanks!!!

Can't believe how grainy the video turned out! :sad:

I am sure everyone gets the idea....

[LeeR]

looks awsome! lots of new groth since the last time i saw it.

[Oceanic]

looks awsome! lots of new groth since the last time i saw it.

Thanks man! Send me the pics!! :lol:

[BC Mosaic]

Very nice indeed
But Oceanic is right, the colours are so much more intense in person.
Hurry up and get a better camera/video there Ian!! :mrgreen: LOL

[Chaloupa]

What a gorgeous tank...and the pictures look good to me (psst I have an amazing camera and can't take pics this nice :redface:)

[fishytime]

Dude those milles look like a shag carpet. Super PE. Very impressive.

[wickedfrags]

Great looking tank.

[fishoholic]

Looks great to me, nice pic.'s :biggrin:

[Oceanic]

Thanks for the compliments everyone! I have more pictures to post soon!

[Oceanic]

Dude those milles look like a shag carpet. Super PE. Very impressive.

The Milli's do have some extremely long PE, some polyps are extending up to an inch or more. the polyp extension has increased since using the zeovit sponge power suppliment. I have a couple frags of that milli if anyone is interested.

[Lance]

Very, Very Nice!

[Oceanic]

Looking at a Cannon XTiS camera today $1300 ish...:surprise: I think it would be nice to have! Should I or shouldn't I? hmmmm

[BC Mosaic]

I'm not a camera whiz but here's a good site to research your choices:
http://www.dpreview.com/
Cheers

[sharuq1]

Gorgeous tank! I can only hope down the line mine will be even half as nice. Can you tell us more about it? What equipment, lighting, ballasts you're running and such?

[Oceanic]

My equipment list is as follows;

48" X 24" x 30" Seastar tank.
30 Gal sump (small)
Teco 1/4 chiller
Euroreef 8-3 skimmer (mesh mod)
Zeovit Reactor

2 x 250 Watt Lumenmax reflector 14K Pheonix bulbs w/blue wave duel HQI
ballast.
1 x 54w T5 Giessman Super actinic bulb
1 x 54W T5 KZ Fiji Purple bulb.

2 x tunze 6100 stream pumps
1 x Tunze Wavebox
1 x Maxijet 1200 modified (crazy flow!)
1 x Mag 7 return pump / drilled sump return 1 X corner overflow
Total flow is approximately 40,600 LPH = 62X turnover :evil:

Tunze Osmolator ATO

Reefkeeper 2 controller

OA Calcium reactor PH controlled by ReefKeeper 2.

ATO top-off resovior located in furnace room through wall behind tank, auto filled via float via 5 stage RO/DI unit in garage.


Specific Gravity 1.026
Temp 79.5-80.1 (very precise) Reefkeeper controlled
Ca. 450
MG 1350-1400
DKH 7
K+ 400Mg

5% water change once per week.

All for now!

[danny zubot]

Very nice, I like the varied mix of fish you are keeping in there. Especially the angel.

[Oceanic]

Thanks! The Majestic Angel is one of my favorites although he is sometimes a little shy. I have my Foxface eating out of my hand as well. Just have to stay away from his venomous spikes! :surprise:

[Bryan]

Oceanic:

What is at the end of the sidewall, looks like frag plugs attached to the side.

[Oceanic]

Oceanic:

What is at the end of the sidewall, looks like frag plugs attached to the side.

Good eye! That is my frag rack, I am nursing a couple of frags and aclimating others before I glue them into place....

PS..Richard if you see this I am sure you will recognize something!

:mrgreen:http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/010-1.jpg

[Oceanic]

Here are a couple more pictures including one of my little chair hog who likes watching the tank as much as I do.

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/013-1.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/020-1.jpg

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http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/016-1.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/021-1.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/029.jpg

[Snappy]

The tank looks great with lots of potential.http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/xyxthumbs.gif

[Mik_101]

Wow oceanic this tank is very beutiful. The corals are amazing and over all the tank is very clean and perstine looking. :wink:

[Bryan]

Lots of potential ???. It's 99% there already:lol::lol:

The tank looks great with lots of potential.http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h210/Trainer02/xyxthumbs.gif

[Snappy]

Lots of potential ???. It's 99% there already:lol::lol:
It looks great although there are several small pieces that will look much different in time so the coralscape will change and since it looks good now it will look even better later is all I meant. I certainly was not being negative.:biggrin:

[BC Mosaic]

....

PS..Richard if you see this I am sure you will recognize something!

:mrgreen:http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/010-1.jpg

That "Dustin's Deepwater Acro" is looking real good Ian. Seems the frag is already spreading at the base! One of my favorites.:mrgreen:

[Oceanic]

It looks great although there are several small pieces that will look much different in time so the coralscape will change and since it looks good now it will look even better later is all I meant. I certainly was not being negative.:biggrin:

I knew what you were saying! There is many small pieces that will fill the spaces in time. :lol::lol:

[Oceanic]

That "Dustin's Deepwater Acro" is looking real good Ian. Seems the frag is already spreading at the base! One of my favorites.:mrgreen:


I am having a hard time finding a place to mount the deepwater Acro, I want it to be fairly prominent in the tank! I like this piece too! This is an "ORA" farmed coral in the U.S. It is somewhat rare and really collectable. Great job in finding this coral Richard!

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/010-1.jpg

[Oceanic]

Tried a couple top down pix without a viewing box..... few more pics for ya.

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/037.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/036.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/035.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/038.jpg

[BC Mosaic]

Real sweet looking Ian.
:wink:

[wickedfrags]

Wicked looking reef and love the 30" height of the tank. You were smart to leave as much space as you did at the top for continued growth of the SPS!

[Oceanic]

Wicked looking reef and love the 30" height of the tank. You were smart to leave as much space as you did at the top for continued growth of the SPS!

I am trying for the reef forest effect! I want some really tall colonies, we will see how it progresses.

:biggrin:

[dsaundry]

Tank pics and video look fantastic Ian...but for those who havent seen it up close, it is gorgeous....:biggrin:

[JDigital]

Wow... you have some HAPPY SPS... I have never seen polyp extension like that on SPS yet... at least not any other tanks I have seen.

Very impressive..

[Oceanic]

Update...........

So I have been having a battle with my Calcium reactor for the last few weeks, my drip rate was nearly impossible to keep consistent! My alk would be either on the upswing or fall too low. This was causing me so much irritation as well as my corals I am sure.

I found a peristaltic pump on ebay used, I was looking at these things new but had a hard time justifying the $300 plus price. i can now tell you that this is in the top three best purchases I have ever made for my tank.

I can set the dosing rate from 3ml - 800ml per hour with the program buttons. I opened the valve on the top of the reactor completely, connected the dosing pump to the inlet at set the dosing rate. With a little tweaking over the past week I have now got a rock solid ALK reading. I can now simply up the dose or drop it depending on the Coral growth rates.

I thought i would share this way of feeding a Calcium reactor and would highly recommend this to anyone having the same problems i used to have.

:mrgreen:

http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/?action=view&current=001-1.flv

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z142/fokusbmw/Sentry.jpg