tank progression

[hobogato]

i am gonna add new pics on or around the 1st of every month to document the progression. here are the first three months - not much growth showing yet.

11/15/05
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2005_11.jpg
12/1/05
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2005_12.jpg
1/1/05
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_01.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_01.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/b2006_01.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_01.jpg

[dwdenny]

looking good. I like the open look of a large tank. Plus it gives a lot of swiming room for the fish.

[cbianco]

Good looking tank! I am sure that you have put tons of effort to get where you are! :)

BTW, how large is your tank?

Christopher

[hobogato]

thanks, it is a 240 gallon long with a 60 gallong sump/fuge.

[miked78231]

nice tank man, i wanna check it out in person one day.

[Richard]

VERY NICE!!!

[Jeff]

great tank Ace, when my tank grows up it wants to be just like yours.

[hobogato]

mine isnt grown up yet, it like a teenager, all feet and arms. wait till it fills in, then we can call it grown up. right now its just a tank full of frags.

[hobogato]

this month, im a little late. had a small leak, and over a couple of days, my autotopoff replaced the 60 gallons of salt water that leaked out
with nice fresh RO water. when i finally figured it out, my spec. gravity was 1.016. that was two weeks ago, and almost everything is on the
road to recovery. lost 6 small colonies and frags of sps and almost lost my gigas clam.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_02.jpg

[Reef69]

Looking good!..I love long tanks..Gives the fish lots of open space..

[Ross]

Looks good! even better in person!

[LoneStar]

Yeah those long tanks give plenty of options for rock structures and types of fish. Plenty 0 room...

[fishypets]

Looking good Ace! I need a bigger tank.

[scuba_steveo]

Beautiful tank. Great pics and much better in person.

[NaCl_H2O]

Looks GREAT Ace!!

Have you read This Thread (http://www.maast.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=16826) ;)

[ou812pezz]

Like I said the first time I had seen it. Sweet! Those zoas I got from you have exploded in growth. The blue shroom has split 3 times and the Snapper is fat. Maybe they're responding to all my guitar playing. Thanks Ace.

[ReefOne]

NICE!!!

Man I need to make a big tank!

Keep up the good work.

Ram

[hobogato]

March pics.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_03.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_03.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/b2006_03.jpg

[hobogato]

well, i treat for red bugs tomorrow, but here is this month's update. you can also see the last of my plates that was on the sandbed, thought i might have
saved it by moving it into the rocks a couple of days ago, but i dont think it is gonna pull thru :( the one that is in the rockwork it doing fine still. i think i am
getting a little better at the pictures - they are starting to look more like the tank in personl.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_04.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_04.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_04.jpg

[blueboy]

wow ace, that is really coming along nicely! i'd like to see it someday.

[gjuarez]

Ace, this tank looks awesome. I mgiht be able to make it to hte meeting. I hope to see your tank in person then.

[BIGBIRD123]

MAN THAT TANK LOOKS LIKE CR$P! You need to let me hold onto all those acros until you can get it right! ROFLMAO!

Awesome tank Ace and that Tenius frag still looks good! :P You guys need to see this tank in person.

Steve

[hobogato]

well, its that time again. update: red bugs - havent seen any since treatment 6 weeks ago, cyano problem that i thought was from the tank
cycling after treatment was actually bad RO/DI filters - those are coming in this week and im running phosban right now. everything with the
exception of that yellow gonio is doing well.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_05.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_05.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_05.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/x2006_05.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/y2006_05.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/z2006_05.jpg

[cpreefguy]

Schweet

[hobogato]

june's installement. took them with the 10k DE on this time - i dont like the look of the tank with these lights, but they have helped with growth.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_06.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_06.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_06.jpg

and the back

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/w2006_06.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/z2006_06.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/x2006_06.jpg

[Louie3]

the color looks pretty nice but blue is better, well heck if it makes things grow faster leave them on for a month and lets see what growth you get

-Louie-

[hobogato]

i run them every day, but only for four hours when i am usually at work. now that it is summer, im here when they are on.

[BA]

i saw this tank a few days ago, and it was completely awesome!

[fishypets]

Man Ace your tank ROCKS!! I am so jealous.

[cpreefguy]

Man Ace your tank ROCKS!! I am so jealous.
Now that is a compliment!

[hobogato]

yeah it really is! thanks clint and all for the compliments.

[hobogato]

july pix

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_07.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_07.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_07.jpg

[gjuarez]

Very nice clint, its starting to fill out very nicely. I see more assortment of colors now. Your tank rocks.

[hobogato]

Very nice clint, its starting to fill out very nicely. I see more assortment of colors now. Your tank rocks.

im flattered jerry, but you need to stop calling me clint :P :lol :lol

[gjuarez]

Sorry Ace. I was looking at clint's tank of the month thread before so the name was stuck on my mind. I think this is the second time its happened. LOL What I said was for you though, I didnt confuse the tanks. I am going to try my best to stop on Tuesday and see the tank finally in person.

[Richard]

Tank is looking awesome Bob! Almost gives me the energy to go do some work on mine.

[hobogato]

here are the new ones for the month, and a few from one end for fun - as you can see, the fish were confused :)

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_08.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_08.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_08.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/side1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/side2.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/side3.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/side4.jpg

[cpreefguy]

lookin sweet! as always...

[betiuminside]

Ace,

In my tank I only have 5 fishes... And they have their special places were they sleep... some of them weird places... like on top of a power head... or between to rocks... And every night they sleep in the same spot... what about yours? Any funny or special places? is it different every night?

[hobogato]

they pretty much all have their own territories - especially at night. the funniest thing is to watch the big vlamingi tang turn his body vertical - head up and back down into the top of the center island of rocks. then any time he hears a noise, he comes up out of the rocks and all you see is his mouth and his eye.

[hobogato]

september pics - i took jerry's advice and put up a black background for the pics. this is also the first pic with my new luminarc mini knockoff reflectors and first pics since i moved my pc actinics down closer to the water level. im pretty happy with the results. also threw in a few of random coral pics.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_09.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_09.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_09.jpg
the back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/w2006_09.jpg
random corals
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/bubble_2006_09_03.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/pinkskydeep.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/yellowpinkdeep.jpg

[rocketeer]

:w00t!Awesome!!!:w00t!

Ace has a huge collection of corals! Alot of real knockouts. Nice fish too.

Jack

[urban79]

How are you getting your sps to grow so fast.. the couple I bought from you havent grown to much.. Nothen close to what yours is doing..

[hobogato]

lots of light, my calcium stays around 500, and my alkalinity stays high as well. not all of my corals are growing so fast. i dont remember what you got from me, but you may have ended up with some of the slower growers.

[TheOtherGuy]

Wow - Now that you got that Nano tank going you should try your hand at bigger tank - maybe a 2400 gallon tank?? LOL. Things are growning nicely.

[urban79]

I got the green slimer, purple and pink tip arco, and some monapora. See thats what i dont know. I got 2 250 MH over my tank. Do I need some vhos?? I dont know what I keep my calcuim at. But I do dose my tanks everyday..

[hobogato]

you should be testing for anything you dose. you may not be dosing enough, or you may be dosing too much - it is hard to say without testing

the slimer is usually a fast grower, as is the montipora cap, but the austera (the one with the pink tips) is not as fast a grower in my tank. i actually lost almost that entire colony :( - managed to save a few tips. actinics (vho or other) probably wont help much with growth, but you will get much better coloration in your corals (make sure they are true actinic - 420 nanometer).

[hobogato]

a few new angles with all the lights on

these are going left to right across the front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/frontleftcorner.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/frontlefttrench.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/frontcenter.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/frontrighttrench.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/frontrightcorner.jpg

these are going left to right across the back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/backleftcorner.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/backlefttrench.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/backcenter.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/backrighttrench.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/backrightcorner.jpg

from the right end
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/rightend2b.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/rightend1b.jpg

from the left end
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/leftend2b.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/leftend1b.jpg

[cpreefguy]

looke EVEN better in person ;)

[BIGBIRD123]

Ace,
When you gonna post a pic of the BB Soli? Especially with the growth you been getting with it.

Steve

[hobogato]

doing bimonthly now, here is October/November and the very fist from page one - the tank is a year old this month :)

November 2005
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2005_11.jpg

Now
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2006_10.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2006_10.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2006_10.jpg

[cpreefguy]

November 2005:
http://www.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/dollarbill.jpg

Now:
http://www.mortgagesavercenter.homestead.com/pile_of_100_dollar_bills_blue_background.jpg



:lol

[hobogato]

:lol

[blueboy]

wow! i hadn't checked this thread in awhile, your tank is AWEsome, with a capital AWE. do you just pour frags in there, or what?

[cpreefguy]

yeah, Ace doesnt do water changes anymore, he does frag changes

[caferacermike]

I was there this weekend and asked what he dosed with, his answer? Colonies. He just doses the tank liberally with colonies. I asked him if that was anything like B Ionic and he just looked at me funny. Anyone know where I can get this colony?

It was the most colorful tank I've ever seen. Seriously. I've seen some tanks that took my breath away because of the devotion put into them. I was blown away looking at colonies the size of dinner plates. Ace doen'st have dinner plates yet, maybe if he wasn't so nice always sharing frags with us. But the sheer amount of variety is truly amazing. After about 2 minutes of trying to put names to everything it just sort of turns into the "blue one over there" or "what about that yellow guy?"

Great tank Ace and all the frags have polyped for me.

[mathias]

I left his house earlier today and I was just amazed as well.... both frags look great and the clam is out and happy :)

thanks again

[hobogato]

been a bit lax on this, nobody wants to see the january pic - trust me ;)

here's february:
full tank front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2007_02.jpg
left side front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2007_02.jpg
right side front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2007_02.jpg
full tank back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/w2007_02.jpg
left side back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/x2007_02.jpg
right side back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/z2006_02.jpg
side shot
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/sidebottom2007_02.jpg

and a few miscellaneous pics
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/vlamingi2007_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/seaworldbluemilli2007_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/softyisland.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/scubainsignis2007_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/redlobo2007_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/scubabluemilli2007_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/petebluemilli2007_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/platenzoas2007_02.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/acanblasto.jpg

clam tank
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/clamtank2007_02.jpg

[LoneStar]

I really like the new aquascaping

[josephatmbimortgage]

Looks great!!

[DaBird47]

Wow, what a tank, that is devotion to a reef, beautiful...Whats that green anemone looking polyp in the pic. two up from the clam pics?

[josephatmbimortgage]

NIce

[erikharrison]

Jason -
Great tank as always!
Keep up the good work Bob!
Erik (or is it Chris?)

[stoneroller]

I saw it this weekend, I was... and am still in awe and that's before the t5s. Just awesome, Ace. I had no idea how deep a sand bed could be. That's deeeep! Well, now I know.

[hobogato]

Wow, what a tank, that is devotion to a reef, beautiful...Whats that green anemone looking polyp in the pic. two up from the clam pics?

thanks - it is a baby plate coral.

[blueboy]

looking pretty good. looks like the color is coming back quite nicely! i think i may be ready for a frag trip soon, if you are?

[hobogato]

give it a few weeks to heal from the last fragging - ill let you know.

[blueboy]

cool, i could probably stand to wait a couple of weeks anyway. i've just got B-day $ burning a hole in my pocket! i guess there is a possitive side to getting older.

[hobogato]

well, i bought todd's tank and put his corals and my corals together into my tank. here is what it looks like now.

front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/2007_03.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/a2007_03.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/c2007_03.jpg

back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/w2007_03.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/x2007_03.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/z2007_03.jpg

side shot
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/st2007_03.jpg

camera hog (that is why his name is hog)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/hogdisplay.jpg

[Texreefer]

Ace ,, nobody likes a show off!!!! :P

[jap1]

Looks like you missed a spot...needs more coral

[MattK]

It has definitely come a LONG way. Looks great!

[josephatmbimortgage]

Now all you need is a mini remote submarine with a camera to exployer your tank LOL.

-Joseph

[hobogato]

new pics today

front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00417.jpg
back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00408.jpg
end
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00405.jpg

[LoneStar]

I like the angle of the last one.

Getting ready for that meeting coming up! :)

[cpreefguy]

Sweet end shot Ace!
It looks even more amazing in person ;)

[hobogato]

havent posted an update in a while, so here it is (click for large pic)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC008642.jpg (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00864.jpg)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC008652.jpg (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00865.jpg)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC008662.jpg (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC00866.jpg)

[C.Mydas]

Looks great! I cant wait to see it in person again. Definately one of my favorite tanks.

[hobogato]

took some new shots today including some new LPS

front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01166.jpg
back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01164.jpg
some new corals and some old favorites :)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01142.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01143.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01145.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01148.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01149.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01150.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01152.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01157.jpg

[hobogato]

sorry, doouubblle post

[RayAllen]

Got to see it in person this moring. Love the rock work. Im a big fan of fish myself and Ace has a great list of fish in that tank.

[hobogato]

decided to change up the rock work on one end of the tank to make it a bit more open, whattaya think?

before front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01166b.jpg
now front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01197.jpg

before back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01164b.jpg
now back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01198.jpg

[hobogato]

thanks ray, like to have lots of fish and this gives em a little more room to play :D

[apedroza]

Definitely looks more open. I see your using the old gluing frags to overflow method. I too use that method. Good job Ace. Your tank is always a work in progress.

[Texreefer]

I like the island! it will look awesome when they fill in that area,, what di you do with all the extra rock? sump?

[greenmako]

looks great! it won't be open for long lol as your corals fill in

[hobogato]

thanks guys

well, i put some of the slowest growers in that area, so hopefully there will be some space for a while.


looks great! it won't be open for long lol as your corals fill in

[hobogato]

well, as some of you know, i have been putting together a 180 for christy and her micromussa/acan collection. that tank will actually be the new home to all of the lps in the 240 as well. that means i got to do a little rearranging of the rockwork and corals now that her tank is pretty much starting to take on corals. i took out about 50 pounds of liverock and alot of sand. i only kept one blasto, a couple of chalices, and the rest are sps. i just left in enough sand to cover the bottom. the fish really like it.

full frontal
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01519.jpg
left half
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01517.jpg
again
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01520.jpg
right half
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01518.jpg
again
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/DSC01521.jpg

[ismvel]

That looks great Ace...That is similar to what I have in mind. Three islands with perhaps a valley in there somewhere....I picked up a bunch of rock today...and I set it up to start curing. I was telling my brother about your tank, I am going to have him tag along one of these days I come over to talk to you...can't wait to see Christy's tank.

[apedroza]

Ace your tank changes everytime I see it!!! Can't wait to see Christy's !!!!

[RayAllen]

Looks great ACE, A lot more open space. Your huge tang will really appreciate it.

[rocketeer]

Nice rock work! It's nice to see a little sand. Very zen.

Jack

[erikharrison]

TOMD! (tank of my dreams)

[copperband]

Your tank is awesome Ace.

[hobogato]

thanks for all the comments!

since taking out the excess sand and liverock, the ORP on the tank has gone from 300 to 360, and the corals are starting to show new vibrance. here are some new pics of some of the corals and fish

spotted hawkfish
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01595.jpg
GSM
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01587.jpg
nearly 6" algae blennie
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01569.jpg
niger trigger
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01568.jpg
clown tang
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01562.jpg
vlamingi
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01554.jpg

[hobogato]

the monster of the tank
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01527.jpg
new mille frag
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01550.jpg
A. insignis - one of my oldest colonies grown from a 2" frag
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01549.jpg
unknown acro - orange/peach with glowing yellow tips
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01547.jpg
salmon mille with yellow tips starting to color back up
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01545.jpg
pink and yellow deep water acro
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01544.jpg

[hobogato]

last batch

A. meridiana
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01543.jpg
another of my oldest colonies - A. valida (i think) grown from a 3" stick
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01542.jpg
red chalice with blue blotches - developing neon green rings on some mouths and orange sheen in one area
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01541.jpg
unknow crazy yellow/green table - locally know as the bigbird toxic acro
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01540.jpg
blue tip tenuis
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01539.jpg
samon with green polyp mille finally looking like itself again
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC01538.jpg

[lhoy]

I gotta get some of that valida some day!! Looking awesome as usual. I would love a Zebra Moray but I like my smaller inverts too much!!

Lee

[apedroza]

Nice coral pics!!!

[Bill S]

Lee, I THINK I have that beast all over my tank. I got some misc. frags from Ace a year ago, and now that thing is growing EVERYWHERE! My wife says it looks like Bluebonnets.

[lhoy]

That must be sweet!!! Anybody here not own something Ace made or fragged?

Lee

[Bill S]

NOPE! And you wonder why when he needs a tank moved, or something for his classroom and the response is overwhelming...

[RayAllen]

Hes made me a canaopy, and 2 diffrent types of overflow HOB and the other was a Cal flow.

[erikharrison]

Ace's tank makes me feel like a kid in a toy store. Back and forth all over the place looking everywhere for what I think the coolest toy is, but then I realize that I want them all! :)

[hobogato]

well, i had the camera out today so i took a few new shots to show how the tank is progressing since removing all of the lps and rearranging a few times.

front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02002.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02001.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02000.jpg

back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02003.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02005.jpg

[hobogato]

took some top down pics today cause i cut some frags. here they are, some turned out decent. things are finally starting to color up - still quite a bit of browning tho from all of the alk swings.

austin aquafarms stag
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/aafyelstag.jpg
another unknown yellow stag from aaron m
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/amyelstag.jpg
aqua delight
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/aquadelight.jpg
bigbird toxic acro
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/bbtoxic.jpg
fuzzy blue tip acro from B&B
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/blhairy.jpg
unknown blue tip green stag
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/fblgrnstag.jpg
greenmako meridiana
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/gmmeridiana.jpg
green slimer
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/grslimer.jpg
valida
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/hgvalida.jpg

[hobogato]

one more batch

oregon blue tort
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/orabltipstag.jpg
ora yellow (i know green in my tank) pocci
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/orapocci.jpg
paletta lovelli
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/palettaloveli.jpg
pink jade
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/pinkjade.jpg
sea world blue mille
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/swblmille.jpg
texreefer blue tip stag
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/trbltipstag.jpg
texreefer chester
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/trcester.jpg
texreefer blue tip green stag (browned a bit)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/trgrnblstag.jpg
tabling tulip mille
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/tulipmille.jpg

[clone]

since the first time i saw your tank,i had found my insperation.
NO JOKE

[hobogato]

thanks for the great compliment kevin.

[RayAllen]

Nice Ace, the tank looks so open now. I really like the Aqua Delight and the pink jade.

[hobogato]

couple of new full tank shots today - things are really starting to color back up and grow again :)

front
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02280.jpg
back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02283.jpg

[aquasport24]

very nice, me likey alot. That's Valida is huge.

[hobogato]

took some new pics today now that i have switched from metal halide light to sunlight via solar tubes.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02417.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02418.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02419.jpg

[rocketeer]

Solar! That's awesome. Keep us posted on how it works out.

Jack

[hobogato]

ok, here is a big update. lots of pics on the way....

First – a full tank shot with bright sun
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02708.jpg
Just the tank with a small cloud passing
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02709.jpg

Some tank sections
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02733.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02734.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02735.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02736.jpg

I have finally started to add clams back into the clam tank as well – it has been over six months since my total loss of all clams to perkinsus

So far I have two large T. squamosa – one is about 7” and the other is about 11”
Little one
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02757.jpg
Big one
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02758.jpg
Together
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02759.jpg

[hobogato]

Here are some random coral pic – some top down and some thru the glass


b&b shiny A. sp top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02698.jpg
closer
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02750.jpg

blue slimmer – starting to get its blue back
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02749.jpg

ora Hawkins echinata
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02748.jpg

????
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02747.jpg

A. austera
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02746.jpg

micros and unknown blue A. sp.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02729.jpg

M. spondoches (I think)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02727.jpg

red robin stag – just now starting to grow, hopefully it will start to turn red as well
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02725.jpg
same top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02699.jpg

[hobogato]

Ora yellow pocci top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02751.jpg

another ????
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02724.jpg
same top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02705.jpg

aquamarine special
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02721.jpg

texreefer A. chesterfieldensis top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02707.jpg

[hobogato]

Last batch

combo
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02706.jpg

pink jade #2 top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02704.jpg

greenmako A. meridiana top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02703.jpg

akm yellow A. sp. top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02701.jpg

texreefer green stag top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02697.jpg

texreefer blue tip stag top down
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02696.jpg

[hobogato]

monthly update.....

some tank sections first:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02782.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02784.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02785.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02862.jpg

some random coral pics:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02865.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02863.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02858.jpg

[hobogato]

more....

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02850.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02849.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02846.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02842.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02840.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02839.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02838.jpg

[hobogato]

last batch

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02836.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02833.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02832.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02830.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02829.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02824.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/240/DSC02826.jpg