A few pictures from my tank

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-11-2003, 10:03 PM

Breeding Ocellaris. Caught them in the act

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-11-2003, 10:07 PM

Tridacna crocea with Linckia laevigata

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-11-2003, 10:14 PM

Tridacna maxima with Green Montipora capricornis. My M. capricornis is really that green. This is a top down picture with the water motion blured the picture somewhat

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-11-2003, 10:16 PM

Acanthurus japonicus

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-11-2003, 10:18 PM

Acanthurus leucostermon

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-11-2003, 10:22 PM

Alveopora gigas

reddhaus · 05-11-2003, 10:34 PM

Very very nice.

How about some full tank pics?

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-11-2003, 10:39 PM

It is really hard for me to take full tank picture. Some how the picture's color never come out right.
Minh

reddhaus · 05-11-2003, 10:55 PM

That's a bummer. From what i can see, i would guess that your tank would be awsome.

7thheaven · 05-12-2003, 12:30 AM

So beautiful~~

Thank you for sharing them~

lovesalt · 05-12-2003, 12:41 AM

beautiful pictures, how big is your tank? I love the clams!

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-12-2003, 12:52 AM

Thanks everybody.
Lovesalt, My tank is 450g, 4 year old.
Minh Nguyen

Barry N. · 05-12-2003, 01:19 AM

Awesome, just plan awesome

Barry

***zhenya*** · 05-12-2003, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Barry N.
Awesome, just plan awesome

Barry

Yeah, I agree with Barry-plain awesome

Minh,I wonder if the tank changed since the January of 2002 when it was the tank of the month in AA magazine? I mean,did you do any major fragging or anything like that?

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-12-2003, 02:05 PM

I did several major prunning. Remove lots of corals. I also removed about 200 lbs of rocks. The last 100 lbs was removed about 4 weeks ago. It seem that I have much fuller tank now than I did at first. I know that I added well over 120 lbs of Ca reactor in media and a huge amout of kalk into my tank. I have loss cout of the number of 20 lbs CO2 tank I have filled.
There is a huge mass of 20 inches each side (L/W/H) mass of LR in my tank that is mostly dead corals that grew in my tank. Most of this mass is made by a green Montipora sp. It grew in plates and the send verticle projection 2-3 inches in height, then form plates again. The lower shaded part would just form the reef structure, only the top living. I placed various corals on top of this Montipora and essentially use it as live rock. I use a screw driver to beat it back when it encroach on my other coral, and let it grow where it does not bother other corals.
I started to have some algae in my tank, and have being changei water more often lately,a nd added a PM Bullet XL2 skimmer since Xmas. It does help the water quality and decrease algae in my tank.
I got to try to get a full tank picture. I think I must tank it at night with full light and no flash. Will try to do this this weekend. I took a picture of my T. gigas, but it look terible. The color was completly untrue. I don't know how to adjust the color to make it look live like so I did not post this picture.
Minh

***zhenya*** · 05-12-2003, 02:43 PM

Minh,

FWIW, I could never take a tru color pic of the tank either. It has to be completely dark in the room I think and even then I had problems

After I played with the settings on my CP885, it is a bit better but the blues and some red colors are still far from being tru color as I see it in the tank. It is fast becoming a hobby within the hobby

If you succeed,please post the updated pics.

***zhenya*** · 05-12-2003, 02:44 PM

Minh,

FWIW, I could never take a true color pic of the tank either. It has to be completely dark in the room I think and even then I had problems

After I played with the settings on my CP885, it is a bit better but the blues and some red colors are still far from being true colors as I see it in the tank. It is fast becoming a hobby within the hobby

If you succeed,please post the updated pics.

saltwaterdave · 05-12-2003, 08:20 PM

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

David

SueT · 05-12-2003, 08:35 PM

Minh, what beautiful pics you have posted. The clams are just awesome. You have both the powder blue and brown tangs?? How cool is that?? They are awesome fish. Very beautiful!!!

**Minh Nguyen** · 05-13-2003, 12:03 AM

A. japonicus is a very underrated tang. It is really beautiful tang and, IME, relatively easy to car for. It is much hardier than the Powder Brown Tang. I got it to fatten up in the sump, and use to eat Nori from the clip. When I put him in the main tank (450g) he was chase into the rock structure for two weeks by the PBT. I feed him using a Nori clip put into the area where he hides. After 3 weeks, he was just one of the boys with the other tangs.

05-11-2003, 10:03 PM	#1
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	A few pictures from my tank Breeding Ocellaris. Caught them in the act Attached Thumbnails __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-11-2003, 10:07 PM	#2
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	Tridacna crocea with Linckia laevigata Attached Thumbnails __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-11-2003, 10:14 PM	#3
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	Tridacna maxima with Green Montipora capricornis. My M. capricornis is really that green. This is a top down picture with the water motion blured the picture somewhat Attached Thumbnails __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-11-2003, 10:16 PM	#4
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	Acanthurus japonicus Attached Thumbnails __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-11-2003, 10:18 PM	#5
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	Acanthurus leucostermon Attached Thumbnails __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-11-2003, 10:22 PM	#6
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	Alveopora gigas Attached Thumbnails __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-11-2003, 10:34 PM	#7
reddhaus Citizen Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 223	Very very nice. How about some full tank pics? __________________ Scott __________ "But of the reeftank of 125 gallons, thou shalt not tap on it: for in the day that thou tappeth thereof thou shalt surely die." .

05-11-2003, 10:39 PM	#8
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	It is really hard for me to take full tank picture. Some how the picture's color never come out right. Minh __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-11-2003, 10:55 PM	#9
reddhaus Citizen Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Grand Blanc, MI Posts: 223	That's a bummer. From what i can see, i would guess that your tank would be awsome. __________________ Scott __________ "But of the reeftank of 125 gallons, thou shalt not tap on it: for in the day that thou tappeth thereof thou shalt surely die." .

05-12-2003, 12:30 AM	#10
7thheaven wannabe Reef_Mania Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: seoul. korea Posts: 100	So beautiful~~ Thank you for sharing them~

05-12-2003, 12:41 AM	#11
lovesalt now a reefer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 181	beautiful pictures, how big is your tank? I love the clams! __________________ April

05-12-2003, 12:52 AM	#12
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	Thanks everybody. Lovesalt, My tank is 450g, 4 year old. Minh Nguyen __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-12-2003, 01:19 AM	#13
Barry N. Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,034	Awesome, just plan awesome Barry __________________ Barry ClamsDirect.Com

05-12-2003, 02:05 PM	#15
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	I did several major prunning. Remove lots of corals. I also removed about 200 lbs of rocks. The last 100 lbs was removed about 4 weeks ago. It seem that I have much fuller tank now than I did at first. I know that I added well over 120 lbs of Ca reactor in media and a huge amout of kalk into my tank. I have loss cout of the number of 20 lbs CO2 tank I have filled. There is a huge mass of 20 inches each side (L/W/H) mass of LR in my tank that is mostly dead corals that grew in my tank. Most of this mass is made by a green Montipora sp. It grew in plates and the send verticle projection 2-3 inches in height, then form plates again. The lower shaded part would just form the reef structure, only the top living. I placed various corals on top of this Montipora and essentially use it as live rock. I use a screw driver to beat it back when it encroach on my other coral, and let it grow where it does not bother other corals. I started to have some algae in my tank, and have being changei water more often lately,a nd added a PM Bullet XL2 skimmer since Xmas. It does help the water quality and decrease algae in my tank. I got to try to get a full tank picture. I think I must tank it at night with full light and no flash. Will try to do this this weekend. I took a picture of my T. gigas, but it look terible. The color was completly untrue. I don't know how to adjust the color to make it look live like so I did not post this picture. Minh __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

05-12-2003, 02:43 PM	#16
*zhenya* Owner Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: new jersey,usa Posts: 7,872	Minh, FWIW, I could never take a tru color pic of the tank either. It has to be completely dark in the room I think and even then I had problems After I played with the settings on my CP885, it is a bit better but the blues and some red colors are still far from being tru color as I see it in the tank. It is fast becoming a hobby within the hobby If you succeed,please post the updated pics. __________________ Kind regards, Gene.

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05-12-2003, 02:44 PM	#17
*zhenya* Owner Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: new jersey,usa Posts: 7,872	Minh, FWIW, I could never take a true color pic of the tank either. It has to be completely dark in the room I think and even then I had problems After I played with the settings on my CP885, it is a bit better but the blues and some red colors are still far from being true colors as I see it in the tank. It is fast becoming a hobby within the hobby If you succeed,please post the updated pics. __________________ Kind regards, Gene.

05-12-2003, 08:20 PM	#18
saltwaterdave Citizen Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 145	BEAUTIFUL!!!! David

05-12-2003, 08:35 PM	#19
SueT Mayor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Houston,Tex. USA Posts: 544	Minh, what beautiful pics you have posted. The clams are just awesome. You have both the powder blue and brown tangs?? How cool is that?? They are awesome fish. Very beautiful!!! __________________ 120g ecosystem sps/clam tank: http://berlinmethod.com/suet/

05-13-2003, 12:03 AM	#20
Minh Nguyen Contributing Member/Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corpus Christi, TX Posts: 675	*A. japonicus* is a very underrated tang. It is really beautiful tang and, IME, relatively easy to car for. It is much hardier than the Powder Brown Tang. I got it to fatten up in the sump, and use to eat Nori from the clip. When I put him in the main tank (450g) he was chase into the rock structure for two weeks by the PBT. I feed him using a Nori clip put into the area where he hides. After 3 weeks, he was just one of the boys with the other tangs. __________________ Minh Visit my tank at: http://berlinmethod.com/minhn/ http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...2/aquarium.htm

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