epleeds April 7, 2013 Share April 7, 2013 When is the tank tour..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef April 7, 2013 Share April 7, 2013 ok that was awesome picture LOL....so incredibly funny.... I dont know how you leave the house...I would just sit and stare at that tank all day long....absolutely gorgeous!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind April 7, 2013 Author Share April 7, 2013 how high are the nitrates? I used an API kit and got 30ppm. It was higher at around 50ppm but I switched foods last month and it has been coming down since the switch. I am not worried until it gets to be over 100. The test kits for the hobby can look at Nitrate in two ways depending on which types you use, that's why I said I used an API. A LaMotte kit looks at nitrate-nitrogen which is 4.4 times less than if you used an API or Seachem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind April 7, 2013 Author Share April 7, 2013 When is the tank tour..... I had three members stop by today. Let me know if you are in the area and want to stop over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf April 7, 2013 Share April 7, 2013 Tank looks great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 April 7, 2013 Share April 7, 2013 Wow. And a shout out to the best reef wife ever! The tank looks gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmatte April 7, 2013 Share April 7, 2013 One day I WILL have a tank like this. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind June 6, 2013 Author Share June 6, 2013 Well, it has been two months so here is an update. I got tired of looking at a typical FOWLR with just plain live rock so I added a bunch of really nice, super large, show size colonies of corals last month. I am so very pleased with them and they acclimated quickly. No pest on any of them, the corals haven't faded, and not a single one looks like it will RTN even though they all came out of the box completely dry. Here is a full tank shot after the corals were added, most of the fish are hiding. Sorry no frags! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind June 6, 2013 Author Share June 6, 2013 I know most of the members in this club are coral reefers and there aren't many FOWLR owners here so you rarely see a tank thread on here with coral inserts. I purchased the group of inserts above from a guy on Ebay that goes by, fish_1reef. His name is Andy and his website is www.oceanaquaria.com. They are all flexible inserts and look really durable. I also got several hard epoxy inserts from Congressional Aquariums. I really like the two large brains from there because they are hollow and make great caves. Since adding the insert there is a great deal more hiding spots for fish and they all seem to be a good bit happier. The blue table is 12" across and the green is 16" across. The cauliflower is 9" Here is the large brain with "bishop" our dog face puffer. This brain is slightly smaller than the red one and the Polleni Grouper lives in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind June 6, 2013 Author Share June 6, 2013 Here are some top down pictures This large red brain came from Congressional. The Acropora palmata in the bottom of this picture also came from there. Here is the center of the tank. Here is the other side of the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef June 6, 2013 Share June 6, 2013 I like those! Natural colors and I really used to love my FOWLR....when I get a big enough tank again when I move that's probably what I'll go back to except for some mushrooms and zoas again.... Looking really nice and seem like your fish lone the new hiding spots..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind June 6, 2013 Author Share June 6, 2013 Here is the Bluefaced Angel chilling under the tables. The Aussie Tusk and Midnight Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBL June 7, 2013 Share June 7, 2013 Tank looks awesome. Water looks crystal clear! And your SB looks really clean too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trockafella June 7, 2013 Share June 7, 2013 Looks great.. Were gonna make a trip over to see it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf June 7, 2013 Share June 7, 2013 Looks great David!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy June 7, 2013 Share June 7, 2013 sweet update. not really my cup of tea but if you enjoy it and it makes your fish happier then that's all that counts! thanks for the share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue breezy June 7, 2013 Share June 7, 2013 Looks good sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowieReefer84 June 7, 2013 Share June 7, 2013 Cool stuff. How do they stay clean from algae growth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind June 7, 2013 Author Share June 7, 2013 Thanks for the feedback everyone. Cool stuff. How do they stay clean from algae growth? The tangs and angels pick the thin brown film off of them when it does grow. I really don't have a lot of lights over the tank since there is no corals so not much algae grows in the tank at all. I only clean the glass about once a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott_LM June 7, 2013 Share June 7, 2013 That is one H-E-double hockey sticks of a tank David! Do you have any chronological pics of the tanks you've had over the years? I still remember the 125 from Base housing. It would be interesting to see how people progress over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roni June 11, 2013 Share June 11, 2013 I love the vibrant colors...Really nice open aquascape. I want to be in line to see it in person sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huly June 11, 2013 Share June 11, 2013 That is awesome! I love it! One of these days I am going to stop by! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef June 11, 2013 Share June 11, 2013 Let's gets Scotts short bus and make a road trip Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBVette June 11, 2013 Share June 11, 2013 Where are we going on the short bus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay June 16, 2013 Share June 16, 2013 Finally saw the 600g first hand and it looks awesome. Makes my 220g and 155g look like peanuts. Need to upgrade, now the hard part, convincing the spouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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