Some pics to share

[ozthrilla]

Hi guys
been lurking here for a while and ime ready to come out to post a few pics of my setup a 150 gallon reef tank currently running a wet and dry and protein skimming macroalgae. The tank has about 200 pounds off calcium sand and about 275 pound off very live rock ive got a good light hood with twin 250 watt halides also with twin actnic lighting. Ive setup a 4 foot tank as a refugium with various macro algae and 75 pound off genuine mangrove mud all materials have been harvested locally with exception to some off the fancier correla morphs i dont have access to any LFS i live in a remote part of australia so i just make do with what i can catch when i dive sorry about the ordinary picture quality ime only using a 35 mm with a scan . Enjoy the site and hope to make it my salt home . :

[ozthrilla]

shrimp pic

[ozthrilla]

Tank

[ozthrilla]

Tank pic

[ozthrilla]

I sure love all my Mushrooms

[ozthrilla]

My live rock is to die for all covered in corralines and lots off nice critters for my sandbed heres a few fungia that survived the die off

[ozthrilla]

well heres how the whole system looks like in the middle off my lounge dining room as alot off you know these artificial systems can take up a bit off space and make a bit off noise ..

[ozthrilla]

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[ozthrilla]

well my sump is a mega version off the enviro sump minus bio balls the flow is slow to medium and the caulepra growth had been steady ive found 3 different types native to this area the mud is alive with worms and goodies this sump is cool

[ozthrilla]

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[ozthrilla]

This is my fastest growing macro shes spreading fast only a inch long 2 weeks ago looks attractive on the eye any takers on a species ime at a loss

[Reefland]

Welcome to Reefland!

Thanks for sharing your pictures. Surely something to be proud of.

Try this link for an ID of your algae.
http://www.globaldialog.com/~jrice/a...ae_gallery.htm

Scott

[ravenmore]

cool pics, like your aquascape.

[chromis]

cool setup Please tell me you dont shark fish

[saltjunkie]

Very nice!

[ozthrilla]

Thanks for the kind words guys i have only lightly stocked the tank at the moment ime still building up my rockwork ive only recently changed my sandbed and added the caulepra sump about 12 weeks ago ive got a bit more rock to add then i want to let it mature for a few months before adding some stony corals my sandbed is maturing faster then any tank ive ever seen i added about 20 pounds off the finest liveliest sand i could find on a reef.
Its alive with worms and pods and its multiplying fast when you look underneath the main tank its covered in worms and trails ive got a nice bacteria growth on the walls off the glass .

Chromis yes i do Shark fish and hold various records for my captures.... i do a lot off tag and release and tag all billfish i catch.
I only weigh sharks in tournements i have tagged many sharks for the benifiet off fisheries reasearch and spend a great deal off time in my local club PROMOTING catch and release ethics we have banned all billfish from being weighed in any tournements and we have a club code that promotes the preservation off all our gamefish for future years . i spend a lot off time in the water diving i prefer to take my fish on spear i dont seem to see any shortage off sharks when ive got a 10 pound coral trout on.

[dsb1829]

Looks very promising. What is the story on the tank? I have seen tanks like that in euro photos, but never in the states. It gives a strong definition to the tank. Keep up the good work and Fish On!

[Ninong]

Doug,

Don't forget, ozthrilla lives in northwest Australia.

Ninong