[The Don't Tell My Main Tank That I Have A Side Tank Build]

Great collection.  The OG PM and the HOTO are top of my wish list.

[jhOU 120 gallon SPS reef]

Gorgeous!

[Giganteas]

Just thought i would like to share a picture of my gigs.

enjoy!

 

[100 Gallon Reef Savvy Build]

Congrats on getting a beautiful gig.

[LPS Eye Candy!!!]

Blastos

[Some pics of my Rubbermaid reef]

The tub looks amazing.  It just like having a marine pond in your house.  Can't go wrong with MH for SPS.

[My corals collection]

Wow!

 

Great collection Nam

[Feeding Time]

 

I thought i would like to share a couple pictures of my LPS during feeding time.

 

[** !! INSTANT OCEAN IO/RC SALT SALE !! **]

Good prices. 10 IOs for me please.

 

Thanks for doing this.

 

Chris

[Tank crash...so depressed right now]

Sorry for the lost. I've been through it before and know exactly how you feel. The worst part for me was that all the collection stuffs were gone and could never be found again,

[Merten, 36" and Counting]

it is not only the largest Merten but the largest carpet anemone I've ever seen kept in aquariums.

 

If fed regurlarly it could potentially grow larger.

[First time hatched the baby clownfish]

Good job Nam!

[Doni Snowcasso F1 and snowcasso/onyx male breeding]

really nice!  It will be fun to see the black filling in, and the last white bar developing.

 

In your experience, do the babies look more like daddy or mommy?

[Anybody have advice on carpet anemones?]

+ 1 for all of the above.

 

IME haddonis needs deep sand bed, if not it would move around until it finds a sweet spot. Haddonis is much easier to keep and is much cheaper compare to gigantea. If you want to keep gigantea you should have antibiotic and treatment tank on hand.

[…and six months later]

Chris,

 

Seriously awesome the way you recovered! I am really sorry about the tank crash and the loss!!!!!! The bonsai tank looks awesome!!!!

 

i kind of change my direction a little.  I converted the sps tank to a carpet clownfish tank.  I have 2 hadonnis, 4 gigs, 1 mentern and 1 malu with 20 clowns.  The smaller tank is ok the way it is.  I may add couple more clownfish.  I will need your help hooking me up with some nice one.

[…and six months later]

Chris,

I feel for your loss.

That would really hurt me.

Have you been able to update your emergency backup power situation?

I have a power inverter and a deep cycle marine battery and a battery charger.  You should get at least this much.  I also have a battery backup for one of my MP40.

The tank looks great.

 

Things happen!.  I guess i have been in the hobby long enough to experience the good and the bad of the hobby.

 

I have a 10 hr backup battery and a generator in case the power goes out for an extended period of time.  I also automated my system as much as i could so that i sometime don't even need to check my tanks for couple days.  Things happen when you least expect it.  The circuit in the basement tripped without my notice, and 60% of my live stocks were killed.

[…and six months later]

That is one nice tank. Got a pic of your filtration system? How do you keep your water clean?

 

I was able to find couple older pics of my filtration system.  This pic shows the left side of my 150g and part of the fish room.  The sump pumps water to the skimmer which exits out to a 20g refugium before gravity feeds into the 45g tank.

 

Here is the right side of the 150g where the water drains into the 45g on the other side of the wall.

[…and six months later]

Thank you for your kind words!

 

I had a system crash on May 10th due to a 30 hr power outage.  The damage was devastating and i lost most of my fish, all collective SPS, all clams and couple multi head scolies.  I moved all my giganteas and hadonnis to the 150g tank and converted it to anemone clownfish harem tank.  For this tank, i added couple roses and a red base ritteri anemone, coupling with Don's Picasso babies. 

 

 

Tank as of last tonight

 

Anemoes

 

Doni's Picasso Babies.  These guys are a little over 2 months old and the last white bar is still filling in.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

[New addition to family - Bali P1 Picasso Pair]

Nice additions.

 

Are both of your clowns about the same size?

[Picasso and Rod's Onyx eggs]

Congrats Francis, keep us posted with pics and vids

[Fish room GFCI tripped?]

I would shut off one equipment at a time to see if the GFCI still trips.  Last time it happened to me, my heater broke and tripped the outlets.

[…and six months later]

Thank you very much for your kind words.  much appreciated!

 

Amazing meat corals to the right there.  Been looking for a nice one, where did you find them?

 

I bought them from multiple sources.  BlueWaterTropicals usually carry them as well as ERC.

 

That is a gorgeous tank. What the white polyps that are just below the surface on the rock that comes out of the water? 

 

That is hidden cup corals.  It is one of my favorites.  The polyps are snow white and are about 1".  They are always hungry and stay open the whole time.

 

What do you use for filtration? Feeding? Fish? And what light are you using?

 

The tank is a part of a 250g+ system.  Filtration is done by a large skimmer, carbon reactor and a 20g fuge.  I feed corals and fish heavily and often dose Amino Acid.  Lighting used is a Geisemann MH/T5 fixture.  

 

Is that a real bonsi tree?

 

No it is not ;-)  i wish it were.  I am inspired by miniature landscapes and by having a rock island with water fall, tree and corals underneath of the water surface take me closer to nature.

 

Thank you!

[…and six months later]

I would like to share couple updated pictures of my 45g LPS tank.  It has been a little over six months since I posted these pictures. The gigantea and the squamosa have grown considerably.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking,

Chris

[Help programming dimmable sunpower]

Burn in period is only required for new bulbs. I would go ahead and set up the dimming period.

[Hitchhiking Brain Coral]

I love your macro shots. Great job!