CALVERT13's 55g ***UPDATE!!!***

[Calvert13]

From this.


30g

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/Fish/G18.jpg


To this.


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a2.jpg

Some new Yellow polyps.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a4.jpg

A new rock I picked up w/ some Red polyps.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a5.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a18.jpg

My new Bubble Tip.:)

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a17.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a1.jpg

The Zoas.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a11.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a14.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a13.jpg




....... I'm really disapointed at myself ... somehow something fell on the Carnation in the bucket.:thumbs_down::thumbs_down: I have it tied on a rock with some line.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a8.jpg

Didn't really get a good pic of it and it's wilted right now (I've read most do during the day.) but at night it's about 2"-3" insteadof 4"-5" like it used to be.

Good news is that little ones have been pop'n up.:)

Middle bottom right and top left

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a7.jpg

Little one.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55a6.jpg





It's only been up for 3 days right now, and I still have some rearranging to do and add somemore LR.




Hope you enjoy. :shades:

[Goofball310]

tank look great. i love the zoo's on the overflow. i've always liked it when people put zoo's on tank walls and elsewhere, but couldn't see myself doing it personally.

[alliedag85]

nice tank. wish i keep my 55. now im down to a 30gal.

[Calvert13]

Thank you very much everyone.:shades:

[uriah]

What type of filtration you using? Water looks super clear!

[Mr Cob]

Very healthy looking tank! Looks great!

[Goofball310]

i just noticed you have a hang on back filter. any reason why you're using it? i used to use those filters on my nano's every two weeks to run carbon, but never useds it full time. they're just a bad as bioball sumps for a reef tank.

[secretweapons22]

That plate looks happy, mine looks really mad right now.

[aquasport24]

Sweet looking tank and good job with the pics too.

[Calvert13]

Thank you again for the replys and my photo skills. lol


The filtration is an Emperor 400 and an Aquaclear 50 ( it was the filtration on the 30) and I'm useing a CPR Bak-Pak. I rarely use carbon ... I try not too actually.


.... the "overflow" is actually just the front, it's been turned into an in-tank refugium that the Aquaclear flows over.


I only use RO-DI so I feel that helps on the clarity.



.... yes the plate is so happy .... :):):)... he's been the favorite in the tank for a while. There is a pink one that I'm about to pick up soon. I feed him 1" pieces of silverside once a week. I've cut a bottle that goes over him so no one can steal it from him.

[Mr3plus1]

I like your use of space

[Calvert13]

Thank you. :bigsmile:


When I decided to put this together, I compared four of my favorite tanks.

I still need some more LR, but I'm happy with the way it is right now.

[Calvert13]

*UPDATE*





Hello again.:)

A few pics, more to come.



First off, the new guy.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0941.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0938.jpg


BTA.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0912.jpg


Candy and Trumpet. Both have been splitting like crazy.:)

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0924.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0925.jpg


I love this guy, but he kept falling off so I hadto wedge him between a rock.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0917.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0928.jpg


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0929.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0922.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0920.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0919.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0927.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-0918.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-097.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-094.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/55g04-29-092.jpg




Thank you for looking.:)

[Big_Pun]

i love this tank im modeling 65g after yours, what kind of lights are you using

[ballardjr2000]

Very nice tank

[Calvert13]

Thank you. :)

I'm useing 4 65w Power Compacts. 2 Actinics and 2 10,000k.

[MAZ350SS]

This is the first time i heard of a in-tank refugium. How is that set-up like? i may have plans to do the same.

[Calvert13]

Hello everyone.:bigsmile:




I gotta quick update for ya before I go to work.:shades:



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250927.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250928.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250922.jpg




Ok, first off, the tomatoe clown went nuts and started to take out his fustration on my orange cap ..... yea I put a stop to that. haha. So I took him to the store and got these guys.:bigsmile:

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/630967.jpg


My BTA also went to someone else because it was stinging my cap ..... what can I say, I LOVE that cap.:bigsmile:


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250913.jpg


I'll be opening a photo journal soon in the Photography section of it's growth and ALOT more other stuff.


Here are some new things.

I've picked up a couple of new zoa's, here's some blue ones, I'll get pics of the others soon.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250918.jpg


Some Ric's

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250910.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/625098.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/625096.jpg

Small one's of the one above.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/625099.jpg


I love this guy.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/630972.jpg


Staghorn crab.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250931.jpg

I'll have pics of all my hermits in the journal also.









.... now .....:bigsmile:......:applause:.....:wub:




My 'fuge and 5ml of DT's phyto everyday is starting to pay off.


He's been eating brine and mysis also .... SCORE.hahaha



http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250958.jpg

[Calvert13]

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250959.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/6250967.jpg


He's never skinny, had him for a month now and still see ALOT of pod's crawling around .... wish me luck.lol



Oh, and the fins where like that when I brought him home, they are healed nicely and no one picks on him or chases him.





Thank you for looking.

[roscozman]

Looks Great. What filtration are you using?

[carlinsa]

he said an empereor 400 aquaclear 50 an a HOB fuge.

looks great man

[JoshOdphi]

very nice tank calvert...i have a 37 with HOB as well.....has worked for me...seen a lot of growth....whenever u get ready to frag lemme know....

[Calvert13]

**UPDATE**


So it's been awhile since my last post.








Added some more LR, got a mate for the mandrin, and a couple of new things.








Hope you like it.:shades:












http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110917.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/111093.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/111098.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/111099.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110910.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110911.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110924.jpg



:bigsmile:


http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/111097.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/111096.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110925.jpg



.....:bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:.....




http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/111091.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110094.jpg

[Calvert13]

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110912.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110918.jpg

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n293/Calvert13/55%20gal%20reef/1110916.jpg




Thanks for looking at my tank.

[glennr1978]

Looks good!! Wanna borrow a razorblade for that coralline?

[Europhyllia]

Oh I love that cap -looks awesome!
The picture of the mandarin in profile looks like the tummy is a little sunken in. You may want to try and enrich his/her food with Selcon at least until he/she has filld out a little. Beautiful fish and a gorgeous tank!

[lakers10]

Nice Tank

[Kyle46N]

Dude...I'm loving this tank! You only have PC's for light! Your growth is excellent. I've seen a few tanks with only large HOBs as filters, and they have been great.

[Calvert13]

Looks good!! Wanna borrow a razorblade for that coralline?



Hahaha!



Oh I love that cap -looks awesome!
The picture of the mandarin in profile looks like the tummy is a little sunken in. You may want to try and enrich his/her food with Selcon at least until he/she has filld out a little. Beautiful fish and a gorgeous tank!

Thank you, that cap is one of my favorites also, if you are talking about the pic of the mandarin awhile back, that was about a month after I got him. Both him and his female are both eating brine/mysis as well as pods, I'll try and get a close up of both of them but they look nice and plump. Though I will look into the Selcon.:thumbs_up:



Dude...I'm loving this tank! You only have PC's for light! Your growth is excellent. I've seen a few tanks with only large HOBs as filters, and they have been great.


Hahaha, alot of people freak when they hear what I run, thinking its not enough .... oh no HOB filters! ..... just PC's???? ....... proof is in the pictures.:):):)




Thank you everyone for the comments!

[Big_Pun]

i love the simply idea, i just run a a 29 gal fuge with just macro, added mangroves which are just startin to grow, no live sand

[glennr1978]

That cap really is nice. I especially like the way the zoas are growing around it, looks very cool. Definitely something to be proud of!

[nubz]

hey its chris... i saw you were a maast member and your pics were on here so as soon as i got home and acclimated my hawkfish ( freekin awsome!) i got on and looked you up....im going to send youi a friend request as soon as im done here my only question about your 55g... how did you get enough holy water to fill a 55??? its the only way your tank looks that good! and dont tell me luck or skill got you that far with only pc lights. you either use holy water or water from the fountain of youth... after its been filtered with RO/DI of course lol

[vman181]

Man you tank looks great. And your watter is really clear. Great job!!

[Calvert13]

Thank you everyone for your comments!:shades:



Everything grows so well and fast I need to sell off some of the blue/pink candy's and a nice green one. I can't keep up with them all, I'm running out of room! haha.

[nubz]

yo if you are fragging any zoas... i need some green meanies... my super greens got smothered by my blue shroom.:at_wits_end: i would also like a few blue hornets , some armor of gods , and a polyp of nuke green paly.
( i wont be held responsible if your inbox gets flooded with PMs from people wanting your nuke greens lol)