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06-01-2007, 05:57 PM
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Didn't say it wasn't nice, but it is definitely a contrived looking tank. It's not just the clams, it's the fact that everything is so uniformly sized and spaced. It doesn't look like a real reef to me. Sorry (AND I'm not even grouchy as I type this
 More coffee won't change my opinion.)
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06-01-2007, 06:01 PM
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He he. Different strokes for different folks? I'm sure many would criticize my tank, but hey.....we all do what makes us happy.
As for the clams cliff diving....can you capture that on film? 
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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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06-01-2007, 11:23 PM
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I give the guy props for having such a healthy coral collony, and I'm sure his fish are happy too as long as they have suficiant hiding and are fed well.
But I also am a huge fan of the natural looking reef tank. But one must also consider the naturality of any reef tank; as I am sure many people have corals and fish in their tank which can be found all over the world, but not in all parts of the world. What I am trying to say is most of us have corals and fish living together which may never see each other in nature. Props to all who can keep a healthy, happy, vibrant reef going. cheers
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06-02-2007, 12:06 AM
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If he did just drop 5k on colour that is one thing, but if this is a mature tank and colour/growth have been maintained for any length of time, that alone is impressive to me. I'm guessing aquascaping is secondary to colour, growth and the collection in general for this reefer. Growing sps like that is the hard part, lucky for him re-aquascaping can be done over a weekend. Having said that, overall I think the tank is pretty nice as is, but with a little more thought put into the aquascaping it would be at the next level for those who like sps tanks.
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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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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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