D12monkey's reef tank.
 

This tread is for general photos of my 29 gal reef tank only.

More to come later.

Lookin' good so far. :)

Here's another photo

And a sea of Zoos

Full tank shot as of 8-30-05

Newest Additions as of 8/30/05

Your tank is the best I have seen for that size What is your set up?lights,fuge flow.

Yes it is very nice.
Got any updated photos?
I'm jealous. Especially of those last two photos. :D

Tanks for the compliment but I don't think my tank's the best. I'm still having problems getting everything situated. I have beautyful water parameters but just 2 weeks ago have a massive crash. I lost 4 corals including the last posted above. :crybaby2: It's a 29 gal tank plugged into 2 refugiums / sumps. One is a 30 gal tall fuge and the other is a 20 gal long with a sump. I have approx 50-55 gals of water between the 3 tanks and have over 120 lb of live rock and 100 lbs of live sand. I'm currently running 1 - 250 Watt 20,000 Kelvin metal halide and 4 - 75 Watt actinic VHO over the display. I also have 2 - 36 Watt 50/50 PC bulb fixture over one fuge and another over the other fuge. My water has a tendancy to runn a bit warm meaning 81.7 degrees.

To answer your question about the flow. I have a Mag 9.5 pumping into a SCWD - Squid (best $40 investment :D )

Ouch. I would be :crybaby2: too ... followed by :sad2: after losing those.

Here's a little behind the scene view of my system.

What kind of macro algae do you have in your fuge?

I have Feather Calupera and another form that I have another Calupera of which I'm not sure the species.

Ok here's an update on fish in the tank...

Presently....
1 - True percula
1 - Fridmani Pseudochromis
1 - Royal Grandma
1 - Volitan Lionfish
1 - Mandarin Dragonet
1 - Blenny (Not sure of exact species)
1 - Neon Goby
1 - Pearly Jawfish (Haven't seen in a little over a week)
1 - Green Corris Wrasse

Yeah jawfish will do that. When I first got my dusky jawfish he would disappear for weeks at a time, usually making a burrow facing the back of the glass. It took a little time to coerce him to make a burrow facing the front glass. I would have to say that the jawfish is one of my favorite fish and one of the reasons keeping me from going barebottom.
I'm not sure if you have kept a jawfish before but when it begins to make a burrow you should "feed" it some small pieces of rubble everyday. When your not looking it will take the rubble and reinforce the inner walls of the burrow. Keep feeding rubble until it has fully established its burrow and stops consuming the rubble you are placing out for it.
Excellent fish. It's construction habits can be very entertaining.

All I can say is wowwww!!

Update:

- Massive water change (again) to see if I can stablize the water parameters.

- Upgrade the pluming... Drilled out second 1" bulkhead on the overflow. Now running the Mag 9.5 at full power. Much more turbulence in the water now.

- Re-attached some corals to the liverock.

- Analyzed way to clean up all the extra zoos I have... (Anyone wants some?)

- Final assessment of the damage from the last system crash. (Looks like not going to loose anything else. Brain coral receded a bit and green polyp digitata also receded a bit. But seems to be stabalizing.

Glad to hear that things are looking better for your tank.
I'm sure your tank will recover in no time. :)

recover yes... color up... won't happen too fast. I was finally starting to get really nice coloration after almost a year. Then the crash and most of the color is gone.

The tank will be no more as of weds.... It's going to get broken down.... Along with my 55 gal and the 2.5 gal nano.

So are you breaking down all of your tanks? :confused:
Not getting out of the hobby I hope.

Getting in a 155 gal Bowfront with a coral stand... :p

A 155 bowfront...you don't see those very often.
Can't wait to see the photos. :)

Consolidating all the tanks into the 155... it's a 6 footer. Opted out of the 220 for now Later on prob jump to a 500+ inwall system.

You are going to need to get your scuba gear out for cleaning the glass on the 500 in wall! :D

Well I need to get a nicer place first LOL.... But I'm think atleast 500 gal... Possibly looking into an 800 deep tank.

That won't be an easy task to install that tank. You should just build a house around the tank. :D

LOL naw just get a house with a nice sized garage... err storage/tank area... :D

Ohh and the though has not cross my mind.... :D :rolleyes:

Congrats on your move up. Can't wait to see the pictures

Last few photos of the reef tank...

Can't wait to see the new tank.
So is your new tank going to be your only tank?

So far... that is correct... May keep the nano... But at this point don't know....

Oh what pretty red zoos you have. After I get something to talk trade with would you like too?

Teeka let me know when your tank is up and running.

Another photo for the the record.

What kind of coral is the blue and yellow one?

The LPS underneath is a pineapple brain. The SPS above it is some sort of acro. Both are very nice corals. :)