Some pictures of my tank

[dougc]

Long time since I posted any pictures. My camera is a Canon Elf, which doesn't take the best tank pictures, but here goes.

First a full tank shot:


Left side:


Center:


From the end:

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My crocea clam:


This is where the camera does not do a real good job with colors:


My zoanthid patch:


A milli from the NJRC Fall frag swap:

[dougc]

Solid purple with white polyps. This one came from an LFS:


Peach and green milli from the Fall frag swap. I can practically see this thing grow.


My green table. This one was a freebie from LFS. It was brown and dying in spots. Now it is a monster.


More zoanthids:

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A favia:


Green acro with rose tips:


My percs with their adopted hammer coral. They have been wallowing in it for a long time and seem to have no effect on it.


A skinny blue stag of some sort:

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A pink milli with blue tips.


Trumpet coral with zoanthids. The zoanthids don't seem to cause any harm.


That's all for today.

Doug

[charlie]

Thanx Doug, great shots, especially the green table. That's a beauty.

[Samper]

Wow those all look really nice Doug!

[scubadude]

great shots, especially the green table. That's a beauty.

Especially since he rescued it, that makes it even more beautiful. Wait a sec. I think im all choked up on feel good Sweet corals/tank...

[zhenya]

Great job, Doug!
Glad to see your tank finally doing so well. ;)

[SouthBayPhoto]

Wow....gorgeous setup!

[Poseidon]

Good stuff Doug! The tank is looking great!

[Reefland]

Your tank looks Spectacular!

[Minh Nguyen]

The tank look great. What size is your tank?
BTW, the clam you got is a Maxima instead of Crocea.

[zhenya]

I believe Doug's tank is a 180g. I'll try to dig up an old thread of his describing it.

[Samper]

Is that a BRIGHT YELLOW cap?

[dougc]

The tank look great. What size is your tank?

The tank is an AGA 180. It replace the 210 that broke a few years ago.

The lights are Sunlight Supply DE pendants with Geisseman Megachrome Coral bulbs. Also running 3 5" VHO actinics and 1 50/50 VHO (for sunrise/sunset).

Circulation is 2 GenX PCX40 return pumps and 2 Tunze 6100s. There is also a Hydor Korallia 3 in one back corner.

The tank is barebottom. Out in the garage is a 30 gallon refugium with a mud bed and chaeto. I have a separate sump split in half for my skimmer and a frag tank. I have never acquired a light for the frag tank, so my frags are all in the bottom of the display tank. Gotta do something about that one of these days.

Everything is controlled with an AquaController 3 running two DCHD4 outlet boxes and a bunch of X10 modules. Alarms are sent via email to my phone and I have it set up so that I can get to the controller (and my computer) from anywhere. The controller has let me know more than once that something needs attention.

All incoming fish are quarantined for at least a month. Right now, I have 2 Heniochus Diphreutes in QT that will be going into the main tank this weekend. I ordered and received 3, but one turned out to be a ringer (H. Acuminatis) who I had to banish to the LFS. If the 2 I have survive long-term, that will be entirely sufficient, since they get pretty large.

Is that a BRIGHT YELLOW cap?

It is on the yellowish side of green, but I wouldn't call it yellow. My camera doesn't do a great job with color.

[keekalmatter]

the yellowish green cap looks really cool in the pic
it really caught my eye
the tank looks really good

[scubadude]

I like how the zoos are growing inbetween the trumpet If you ever get the chance Doug, try and get a good picture of that plez. I wouldnt have even noticed them if you didnt say anything about them

[dougc]

Here's a better picture of the trumpet coral with zoanthid growing amidst the heads.


Finallly got a picture of my heniochus diphreutes. My camera just can't stop motion. This is the best I have been able to get.

[NanoReefer1]

hell of a tank! Your tank is a great example of one of my desired end results.