Marie's 175g mixed reef (new pics added jan 27)

[Amante]

I have no idea what you are talking about but i know that it looks amazing.

Originally Posted by marie

With all this competition going on between zeo and ultralith I thought it was once again time to post pics of my tank, proving that it is possible to have good polyp extension, growth and colour in a nutrient rich, algae driven (as compared to bacteria driven) system

[dabandit]

Love that coraline growth,the tank itself is part of the reef. How long did that take?

[marie]

Originally Posted by dabandit

Love that coraline growth,the tank itself is part of the reef. How long did that take?

It was about 6 months to lightly cover everything and a year for it to be thick enough to look rock like
This is a pic from the nov 06 ftotm (the tank was set up for about 6 months)


and this is was taken march 07 about 6 months after the last pic

[dabandit]

Incredible,did you have any problems with pest algaes along the way,I assume you didnt clean the glass. I tried going natural like that but the coraline was suffucated by diatombs that appeared for 2 days

[marie]

I still have lots of pest algae (including the coraline).
Patience is the key to dealing with pest algae, you have to wait it out. Eventually it will die, get eaten or another will take its place although in my experience nothing smothers coraline, given time it will grow over anything (I'm surprised the fish aren't covered in it )

[Pan]

Originally Posted by marie

With all this competition going on between zeo and ultralith I thought it was once again time to post pics of my tank, proving that it is possible to have good polyp extension, growth and colour in a nutrient rich, algae driven (as compared to bacteria driven) system

I must say yours looks like a real reef when compared to any zeovit tank i've ever seen. Kudos, you deserve it.

[Mrfish55]

Stunning is all I can say, you've come a long way from a pair of clowns in a 30gallon. I guess I need to kick it up a notch your making mine look bad

[Trigger Man]

Gorgeous tank, I hope when my frags grow in that it can look something like yours.

[marie]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Stunning is all I can say, you've come a long way from a pair of clowns in a 30gallon. I guess I need to kick it up a notch your making mine look bad

Hey wait a minute...I know who you are. It's all your fault I will forever be broke and (um, dare I say it) a fish dork?

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by marie

Hey wait a minute...I know who you are. It's all your fault I will forever be broke and (um, dare I say it) a fish dork?

LOL ya sorry about that, but you have done a damn fine job, when you run out of room I got plenty of space in my new 300 gal for your leftovers