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06-01-2007, 07:34 PM
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Really? My tanks make me totally unhappy. Your tanks make you happy? Wow, you're weird.
  No seriously, just compared to other nice tanks (and I'm even referring to Canreefers tanks, those who put a little thought/design effort into aquascaping), all it has is splashy colour. Never once did say the colours weren't impressive (I'll give credit where credit is due, and: "wow to that" .. but .. just ..), the overall package isn't. Guess I've been in the hobby long enough to get a little opinionated as to what makes a nice tank. If a tank looks like a guy just went out and dropped 5k on a whole bunch of Bali aquaculture at once, .. that's going to impress me less than someone who looked at his glass box as a canvas and took a little flair and imagination to the aquascaping. I should add that I make no claims that I'm some kind of aquascaping genius. I apply the same criticism to my own tanks.  As for the clams.. the thing is, they do like to move around a *little*. So perched on a cliff side odds are good they'll fall off sooner or later. If you look at how clams are in the real reef, they're usually so buried into rockwork that all you see is the mantle extending, and it almost looks like a nudibranch crawling on the rock (until it pulls in if startled). That's not really practical to replicate in most tanks though. I try to make a sort of "bowl" like impression in the reef for my clams. The two exceptions right now are my squamosa which is too large to fit on the reef and my derasa (which I just didn't have a good spot for). Some clams are found on the bottom but croceas and maximas in particular seem to me are found near the tops of reefs. Just my $0.02.  Flame on...
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06-01-2007, 10:04 PM
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That is definately a lot of stuff for a 125G tank! BTW, I am also not a fan of the "fruit salad" look but there are many styles of "art" that get put on canvass and they aren't all everyone's taste.....
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Best Regards, Scott.  Last edited by Bartman; 06-01-2007 at 10:08 PM.
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06-02-2007, 03:54 AM
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I'd be very interested to see where this tank is in 5 years.. It just has no .. spark or character to it.
I dunno, guess I'm not entitled to an opinion. 
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-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee! Last edited by Delphinus; 06-02-2007 at 04:04 AM.
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06-02-2007, 04:18 AM
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*edit* I don't mean that I think your not entitled to an opinion, just that I have the same opinion you do but I knew I would be in the minority Last edited by marie; 06-02-2007 at 04:21 AM.
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06-02-2007, 06:16 AM
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This is the exact opposite of how my tanks are. It does look very nice, however...kind of like a beautiful painting, but better.
A still photo contributes to that look. If you saw that tank in person, there might be more movement and things going on than you might think.
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436
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