400 gallon project

Justusfish · #1 04-10-2007, 04:14 AM

I have to say that is the "liveliest" live rock I have ever seen. Quite amazing. Really!!! I'm so used to the local, almost barren live rock you get here.

justinl · #2 04-10-2007, 06:59 AM

i got no idea what to make of those "mantis fry". could very well be mantids, but i can't see very well. you know what that means don't you? I have to stop by! *sigh*

if only i didn't have finals... stupid SFU, school freakin... *mumble mumble*

Liverock · #3 04-10-2007, 01:01 PM

....look at his big fat belly!

Richard TBS

Joe Reefer · #4 04-10-2007, 02:06 PM

That rock is awesome, you dont have any room for corals.

04scoobysti · #5 04-10-2007, 02:11 PM

untamed · #6 04-10-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

That rock is awesome, you dont have any room for corals.

There's going to be penty of room for SPS. The real challenge seems to be that in order to build up a little height I need to put a rock on top of another rock. Every rock has such nice stuff on it that I can't stand to doom it by covering it with another rock.

Renegade · #7 04-20-2007, 05:17 AM

hey just wondering how the tank is any updates?

Kyle

untamed · #8 04-21-2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Renegade

hey just wondering how the tank is any updates?

Kyle

Yesterday, I started in Atlanta. I spend a couple of hours at the Georgia Aquarium. Here's a shot of their famous whale shark display. It's been mentioned before, but 2 foot thick acrylic is pretty impressive!

After milling around for a while, I was fortunate enough to go on a behind the scenes tour. Here is a back room look at GA's Reef setup. I believe they said they had 18,000W of MH, supplemented by natural sunlight.

Here's a small portion of the filtration system dedicated to the reef tank.

You know...for all that money and technology, their reef still has a long way to grow up to. Awesome dump bucket system, though. I was also very surprised by the small size of their coral propagation area.

The highlight of the tour was the backroom view of the whale shark display. You get to stand on the catwalk that reaches directly over the tank and the sharks swim directly under your feet. Stunning animals...

I made a note of these schooling fish. Really tight school. Definitely on my fish list now.

Finally, I flew from Atlanta to Seattle and met up with my final shipment of rock from TampaBay Saltwater. Some airport delays, 2 hr drive, 3.5 hours to get all the rock and critters unpacked and the end result was a day of about 36 hours with 1 hour of sleep! All worth it though, as you will see shortly...