Count the corals (I mean enjoy the view) :D

**kevinpo** · 12-03-2002, 07:50 PM

I took this picture looking in the end of my tank today. I thought it looked cool. Sorry about the large file size but when I reduce it anymore you lose the size scale. The area you are viewing is about 3.5' wide and 4' long.

I hope it's worth the download time.
Kevin

LittleDevil · 12-03-2002, 08:18 PM

Looks really good, cant wait intill I get a bunch of corals to grow like that......

What kind of lighting do you have?? and what size tank is that???

Just wondering......

Matt

MtnDewMan · 12-03-2002, 08:36 PM

Awesome Kevin

Trying to surpass me in the loss of space category??????

**kevinpo** · 12-03-2002, 08:54 PM

Matt,
Yesterday UPS came (how I love the sound of those squealing brakes in the drive

) and I received a Radium 20,000K bulb and mounted it side by side to a Ushio 10,000K bulb. They are both 400W'ers. The color blends perfectly. The only problem is the other end of the tank looks horrible now as it is lit by a Ushio 10,000K with actinics only

. Now I need to get another 20,000K bulb and ballast.

It's a 550 plus 95 gal sump/refugium.

Chuck,
We'll see who gets a bigger tank first

How's the frag of this one doing. The colony really colored up under the 400W'ers.

Kevin

***zhenya*** · 12-03-2002, 09:27 PM

Kevin,
It looks " awfull "

Chuck is right,you'll have to bring that hatchet soon to get in the tank.

Seriously though, spectacular tank and to think that it's 550g and you're running out of room already.

**kevinpo** · 12-03-2002, 10:09 PM

Thanks guys

This is a picture of my blue ridge coral (Heliopora coerulea).

Kevin

tendar · 12-03-2002, 10:30 PM

The tank is looking awesome kevin. I rember when you first setting it up and figured you would fill it full or corals for a few years till it got packed.

**kevinpo** · 12-03-2002, 10:59 PM

I thought the same thing. I didn't realize how fast these things can grow. The tiny frags seem to take a long time (1 year) to really get going. It seems to me that when they get about the size of a lemon the growth explodes. My prevoius tank had much lower flow and light. Even the larger corals grew much slower then. Now I'm starting to set corals on the sand bed. I've decided to start concentrating on acquiring clams by trading frags for credit at the LFS (if only they would get some nice ones).

Regards,
Kevin

stang69 · 12-04-2002, 12:44 AM

Im headed your way with fraggin pliers in hand. You have way way too many big corals in ther they need fraggin.

Looks great man

Jeff

12-03-2002, 07:50 PM	#1
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,436	Count the corals (I mean enjoy the view) :D I took this picture looking in the end of my tank today. I thought it looked cool. Sorry about the large file size but when I reduce it anymore you lose the size scale. The area you are viewing is about 3.5' wide and 4' long. I hope it's worth the download time. Kevin __________________ SPSguy On - On

12-03-2002, 08:18 PM	#2
LittleDevil Tenant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flint,Mi Posts: 90	Looks Great!!!! Looks really good, cant wait intill I get a bunch of corals to grow like that...... What kind of lighting do you have?? and what size tank is that??? Just wondering...... Matt

12-03-2002, 08:36 PM	#3
MtnDewMan Mayor Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Mukilteo, WA Posts: 748	Awesome Kevin Trying to surpass me in the loss of space category?????? __________________ MDM My Reef Tank Reef Frontiers

12-03-2002, 08:54 PM	#4
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,436	Matt, Yesterday UPS came (how I love the sound of those squealing brakes in the drive ) and I received a Radium 20,000K bulb and mounted it side by side to a Ushio 10,000K bulb. They are both 400W'ers. The color blends perfectly. The only problem is the other end of the tank looks horrible now as it is lit by a Ushio 10,000K with actinics only . Now I need to get another 20,000K bulb and ballast. It's a 550 plus 95 gal sump/refugium. Chuck, We'll see who gets a bigger tank first How's the frag of this one doing. The colony really colored up under the 400W'ers. Kevin Attached Thumbnails __________________ SPSguy On - On

12-03-2002, 09:27 PM	#5
*zhenya* Owner Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: new jersey,usa Posts: 7,754	Kevin, It looks " awfull " Chuck is right,you'll have to bring that hatchet soon to get in the tank. Seriously though, spectacular tank and to think that it's 550g and you're running out of room already. __________________ Kind regards, Gene.

12-03-2002, 10:09 PM	#6
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,436	Thanks guys This is a picture of my blue ridge coral (Heliopora coerulea). Kevin Attached Thumbnails __________________ SPSguy On - On

12-03-2002, 10:30 PM	#7
tendar Governor Join Date: May 2000 Location: tempe,AZ Posts: 1,114	The tank is looking awesome kevin. I rember when you first setting it up and figured you would fill it full or corals for a few years till it got packed.

12-03-2002, 10:59 PM	#8
kevinpo Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spokane Valley WA Posts: 2,436	I thought the same thing. I didn't realize how fast these things can grow. The tiny frags seem to take a long time (1 year) to really get going. It seems to me that when they get about the size of a lemon the growth explodes. My prevoius tank had much lower flow and light. Even the larger corals grew much slower then. Now I'm starting to set corals on the sand bed. I've decided to start concentrating on acquiring clams by trading frags for credit at the LFS (if only they would get some nice ones). Regards, Kevin __________________ SPSguy On - On

12-04-2002, 12:44 AM	#9
stang69 Mayor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bremerton, WA; 98310 Posts: 952	Im headed your way with fraggin pliers in hand. You have way way too many big corals in ther they need fraggin. Looks great man Jeff __________________ Hmmmmm what to put here??? Last edited by stang69; 12-04-2002 at 12:06 PM.

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