Chris' 50G SPS and Zoanthid Dominated Reef.. NEW PICS NOV 15th

[chris88]

Here is link to a write up about tank before the crash 3 months ago. It was done for aquaticlife’s basically talking about my feelings towards their lighting system and a bio on my tank.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...ogId=538589979

[chris88]

Here is a link to my thread where I reviewed the KZ T5HO bulbs. The thread has pictures of my tank from before the crash and some info on my old system.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=63770

[chris88]

After the tank crash, which was caused by moving the tank to its new location I went through a few rescapes. When the tank crashed I lost every sps coral except one. I lost a few lps and a couple of my large zoanthid colonies receded. In the pictures below you will notice that all expect one of the sps are newer, but most of the other corals are the same. Here are some pictures of the progression. Keep in mind I use a camera phone and do not edit the photos so it does not do my tank or corals justice.

BEFORE THE CRASH




A MONTH OR SO AFTER THE CRASH



CURRENT AQUASCAPE (the rock in the top left with green palys is on hold for a friend and will not be there permanently)



It was brutal to lose all of my old sps, especially that large monti cap in the center. I grew that from a frag and I lost all of it after the crash. Comments questions are welcome.

[reefwars]

nice tank

[christyf5]

Sorry to hear about the crash, it truly does suck to lose SPS colonies let alone ones you've grown from frags. The tank looks great, I like the way its aquascaped and the large rocks covered with zoos. A great mix of corals in there

[chris88]

Thanks, The zoanthids will completly cover the rocks in a few months. They thinned out a lot after the crash.

[Zoaelite]

Wonderful looking tank, always nice to see large grown in zoa colonies!
Levi