April FTS

[Big_Pun]

ok let's see how everyone is doing

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/82a03d1a.jpg

[txmike]

looks good

[nrkolas]

Pshh mines better haha ;)

[ismvel]

Pshh mines better haha ;)

Come on now......you can't make a statement like that and not show....let's see it :)

[Big_Pun]

Come on now......you can't make a statement like that and not show....let's see it :)

+ one .... everyone: even if you don't think your tank is doing that great, we all go through it

[nrkolas]

Haha nah I wish I had a tank as good as chris..my hair algae is killing everything right now so there's not much to look at except a green fuzzy tank

[Kristy]

All right Chris, we'll play along...

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/mekdean/tank%20upgrade/aquarium/hexFTSApril2011.jpg

[Kristy]

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/mekdean/tank%20upgrade/aquarium/FOWLRascFTSApril2011.jpg

[Kristy]

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff316/mekdean/tank%20upgrade/aquarium/210gFTSApril2011.jpg

[jrsatx20]

aw kristy and mike i was looking for someone that has got that light. will pm u. looks great chris and kristy/mike

[Europhyllia]

Wow Kristy I fully expected t click on here and reading some lame excuse why you -yet again- can't psot a pic of your tank. Yet here it is!!! The Kristy&Mike Mystery Tanks! Very nice :)

[Kristy]

Lame excuse?!? Who me? Hey, I resemble that remark!!

I did start to include a line about, "Don't you just hate it when people don't update their tank photos?" :D but I thought that might be pushing it a little...

[Big_Pun]

looking good mike and kristy!!! thanks for playing
:)

[Scream311]

210 FOWLR
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii77/scream311/reef.jpg

125 REEF
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii77/scream311/realreef.jpg

[Europhyllia]

Oh I love your Prolifera grass bed!!!

[nrkolas]

August
http://www.maast.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=9298&d=1282765371 (http://www.maast.org/album.php?albumid=238&attachmentid=9307)





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There chris u happy?

[Scream311]

Oh I love your Prolifera grass bed!!!


really neeed to trim back a little but i cant help but enjoy the way it looks so natural the way it grows around rock work

[Big_Pun]

Thanks Nick and James tanks are looking very nice! dont worry Nick hair algae happens, the fun part is fixxing the problem.

[GoneReefing]

Here is my 75g.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199689_693534823913_42203966_36754736_2831094_n.jp g

[Big_Pun]

Here is my 75g.

looking good, i love SPS

[GoneReefing]

Thanks Chris. I do love the SPS as well. They started off slowly but are taking off quite nicely now. I am little worried cuz we are selling a home in another state and will be moving this year and I am not looking forward to moving this stuff. But am looking forward to getting into a place that I own.

[Gseclipse02]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j11/gseclipse02/180g%20tank/DSCF2036.jpg

[Big_Pun]

great looking tank JT... love the huge leather!!

[Europhyllia]

Oh JT that turned out beautiful! The Toadstool is definitely awesome!

[hobogato]

very nice jt!

[Gseclipse02]

great looking tank JT... love the huge leather!!

thanks man i like it but hate it... it takes so much room

Oh JT that turned out beautiful! The Toadstool is definitely awesome!

thanks karin


very nice jt!

thanks , hopefully i can get my temps down some with that pump :)

[ErikH]

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[LuckySingh]

http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/n556/lsingh1/Fnf/IMG_1574.jpg

[hobogato]

well done lucky!

here is the display tank from my classroom (looks like this because it is lit by one 20K 400watt SE halide and one 10K 400watt SE halide)
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/environmental%20systems/2011-04-12_09-16-02_399.jpg

[Europhyllia]

Lucky that is super purple!
Lots of nice tanks here :)

[Big_Pun]

very nice tanks

[LuckySingh]

my tank for sme reason eats up a lot of cal and alk....i dose 20 to 25 pp every day

[allan]

http://tapa.tk/mu/6008b7e8-708e-d488.jpg

http://tapa.tk/mu/6008b7e8-70a9-fb6f.jpg

I know this will fall on deaf ears but don't be in such a rush for Coraline growth... It's a PITA to clean off the glass.

[Texreefer]

you know what I love about a thread like this. since i have been around a while it is very awesome to see what once were newbies, now with very well established and good looking tanks...

[Europhyllia]

hard to believe it's a 190 gallon tank Allan! It's just so crammed full with all kinds of fish and corals

(ditto on the coraline- was just scraping the back on the 215...)

[allan]

Sheesh Karin I don't even bother with one side nor the back. Seems like I'm scraping it off the front glass every other day.

Mike, what I really like is seeing you old timers getting back into the hobby :)

[Europhyllia]

maybe you should! Check out this:
http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?64454-Free-Info-on-Tank-Backgrounds

[Europhyllia]

Okay who else?

Justahobby, txav8r, tebstan, 643 others...

Let's see something!

[Big_Pun]

Okay who else?

Justahobby, txav8r, tebstan, 643 others...

Let's see something!

yea what Karin said!!!

I'm still a Newbie, lol

[justahobby]

LOL, well since you called me out I will work on getting one.

[justahobby]

Pic from my phone. Tried to get the white balance right but alas some coral came out looking a little pale when I uploaded to the comp. I just moved coral around to make room for the mr. cob order. The war coral is popping, but the photo does not do justice to the monti (right of the toadstool). It glows neon green under actinics. The toadstool is about 3" now, grown from a dropping just few millimeters big. The large polyped gorgonian from Karin was having trouble adjusting (or so I thought), until I added the hydor and put in a MJ1200 for return pump. I'm also running a K1. I tried to get the yellow clown goby in the shot, but he wasn't having it. His fav hiding spot is behind the toadstool. And of course the melanurus is amazing as always.


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[Europhyllia]

very nice! And so colorful!

[justahobby]

Thanks, Karin.

[Europhyllia]

Did Firewater post yet? Why not?
How about Alton?

(ugh I miss the facebook features. Would be great to be able to just tag people so they know they need to post. lol)

[nrkolas]

Hey Karin where's yours at??
Ur tank is one of my favorite

[Europhyllia]

I always post mine all the time. So I really don't have anything new to post. And the seahorse tank is a mess. But Thanks :)

[Big_Pun]

I always post mine all the time. So I really don't have anything new to post. And the seahorse tank is a mess. But Thanks :)

just do it!!!!!!

[SABOB]

Here's a shot of my 55 gallon partially built in.Converted a previous wet bar into a stand,enclosed with doors on sides and top.Below is sump and fuge and GFO reactor.

[hobogato]

my dad's 58

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/dads%2058/DSC07695.jpg

[Europhyllia]

Wow does he have solar tubes too? His picture has the same pretty warm glow as yours!

[hobogato]

nope, just a two bulb pc fixture and a strip of blue led moonlights.

[Kristy]

Wow, this thread has turned out to be a lot of fun! It's so nice to get to see some of our less-often featured tanks.

Justin, the biocube is looking great! You're so modest that you don't do enough showing off or bragging.

Lucky, your colors are absolutely beautiful! And Taylor - I remember seeing your tank in person when it was much younger. It has really grown in nicely! You certainly have found your way with the SPS!

Thanks for playing along everyone! Nice to see how Ace Sr's tank has matured. Bob, love the built-in...what livestock do you have in that 55g?

[justahobby]

Here's a shot of my 55 gallon partially built in.Converted a previous wet bar into a stand,enclosed with doors on sides and top.Below is sump and fuge and GFO reactor.

Looks like it's coming along nicely. Is that a wrasse on the right hand side?


my dad's 58

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/hobogato/dads%2058/DSC07695.jpg

Amazing use of space. My 58 never looked that full, yet open.

[justahobby]

Justin, the biocube is looking great! You're so modest that you don't do enough showing off or bragging.



ppfft, you say that now. Just wait until I get LED's running and growth :D

[hobogato]

yep, he has a yellow coris wrasse and a candy hogfish

[aquasport24]

Here is mine 60g cube at 4 months old.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg305/aquasport24/DSC_2294-1.jpg

[SABOB]

Kristy, Livestock currently:
Foxface
Rusty Angel
Chromis
Orange/Spot Damsel
Flame Hawk
Fire Shrimp

Corals:
Frogspawn 1- green tip 1- purple tip
Maze Brain
Dragon Eye Zoas
Red Brain
Star Polyps

[Big_Pun]

woohoo this thread is taking off! glad to see so many tanks, even if your just getting started we all start somewhere.

[aquasport24]

The Shallow Cube....

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg305/aquasport24/DSC_2305.jpg

[justahobby]

Great shot of your lionfish!

[ramsey]

http://ramseypawlik.com/04-17-11.jpg

It's coming along but I need more SPS and less aiptasia! :D

[Europhyllia]

how are the nudis working out?

(looks great by the way... but you already knew that! :D)

[Europhyllia]

bump. I want to see more! :D

[hobogato]

nice looking tank ramsey

[mikeb1409]

C.C. posting up. Euphyllia you can stop call all of us out :)

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n383/mikeb1409/salt/IMG_6163.jpg

[Europhyllia]

Now see that's gorgeous! I bet we are missing out on a lot of nice tanks with you guys always trying to fly under the radar here. :D

[justahobby]

Very nice tank. Love the depth given by the rock work

[glennr1978]

Sorry about the crap pic, only one halide was on and I used my phone. This is my tank as of 5 minutes ago. You can't tell from the pic, but it's actually fully stocked with corals. The problem is that most of them are only about 1". Maybe in a about a year and a half I will have something worth looking at, lol.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p103/glennr1978/b8d317db.jpg

I like gadgets.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p103/glennr1978/ce761059.jpg

[justahobby]

So, I looked a couple times.... the "crap pic" must not have loaded. Great tank! Is there just one anthias?

[Big_Pun]

so where are the small frags I see decent size coral. thanks for the "up skirt" shot I like seeing everones set ups under the stand. so here's mine:

[glennr1978]

so where are the small frags I see decent size coral.

most of the frags are only ~1" so they can't really be seen in the pic I posted, but here's what I've got:

ATL-
shades of fall
tri-color
ultimate stag
sunrize milli

Tyree-
ponape bn
ponape rainbow acro
pink lemonade
rainbow monti
idaho grape

ORA-
blue milli
birds of paradise
green bn
red planet
hawkins
german blue polyp acro

Tubbs-
bn
pink jade

Others-
DFS super blue tenius
sunset monti
GCR tri-color
LA Lakers monti
some red thing
tri-color secale
"premoberry" google it, lol
yellow and reddish milli
blue w/ goldish polyps milli
DML108's "milli madness"
raspberry lemonade
limeade nasuta
reef ready grape juice
purple monti
green w/ purple rim monti
blue tort (but it's probably going to die. the purple monti is killing it)
yellow porites
pink porites
3 pink zoas and a few stargazer clove polyps

[glennr1978]

So, I looked a couple times.... the "crap pic" must not have loaded. Great tank! Is there just one anthias?

Thanks! Yes, there is just the one anthias. I tried adding another but it didn't go so well. I've actually had more bad luck with fish in this tank than any other tank I've ever had. First i lost a baby powder blue tang. Idk what happened, it was perfectly healthy, eating well, then one day I found it dead in the overflow box :(. Then about 2 weeks ago I found my female clownfish on the floor :(. That one really sucked, I've had the pair for about 5 years. I'm considering trying to pair up the male, but probably won't actually do it. I wouldn't want to run the risk of the two not not getting along and one of them killing the other one.

Once the corals grow out quite a bit I plan to add a school of green chromis (probably 7 or so). I had 11 (I think) in my old 40b and I really liked how they interacted in the tank. It was really cool to see them bunch up together if anything scared them. I would get them now but there isn't adequated hiding areas for them yet.

I really like the DIY aspect of reefing and I intend on building my next tank myself. I see a 60"x24"x 16" coming in the near future, probably before the frags in my current tank even have time to grow into mini colonies.

[ramsey]

[QUOTE=glennr1978;819291]

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p103/glennr1978/b8d317db.jpg

Wow, I love the rock work!

I think we should start a show your sump thread. Sometimes I enjoy looking at peoples sumps more than their tank. Yeah, I'm a nerd and love gadgets too!

[Europhyllia]

I was going to wait for my tanks to look better before taking pics but being on the TOTM team I've learned: Don't wait. Right now might be as good as it gets.

So here's the big tank. Same old, same old except for the awesome golden seaspray from Ace's tank that Randy so generously split with me:
http://www.dominopads.com/tankapril2311.jpg

and my sludgy mess of a seahorse tank (it's a corner tank so got 2 views ;):
http://www.dominopads.com/shtankapril2311_1.jpg http://www.dominopads.com/shtankapril2311_2.jpg

Should have cleaned them before taking the pics but I didn't feel like it.
So see: doesn't take much effort to post your FTS at all. Don't even need to clean it up first. ;)

[aquasport24]

Awesome job there Karin, both tanks look so calm and relaxing. Keep it going people (Austin?)

[Big_Pun]

Karin posted!!!!! looking very nice.

[tebstan]

I'm really bad at photography so I hate taking fts. They never look in focus or detailed. I blame my camera...

http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss9/TebstansTank/FTS4-24-11.jpg

[justahobby]

Your tank looks great Adriene. Are you using a shadow box?

[hobogato]

some great diversity here!

[tebstan]

Your tank looks great Adriene. Are you using a shadow box?

Nope, no shadow box. I cool background and a bad camera did make it look cool though. :)

[buck27]

Please keep in mind I am fairly new to the hobby (about a year) I just set this tank up about 2 or 3 months ago. This is my first fts and I WILL post a better one next time. Don't be to harsh on me. Happy Reefing

[Gseclipse02]

close the canopy the lights are to bright lol

[Europhyllia]

lol. Tell us more about the background. Is it some kind of solid structure?
(and yes you'll get better pictures if you close it. ;) )

[buck27]

Yes it is a solid background, I used marco rock for the main wall and pond foam for the overflows and closed loop. As for the canopy, I didn't have a cover on it yet because I hadn't built it yet at that time. I fabricated a steel frame for the tank and I am currently encasing it in wood. The canopy will be closed for the tank tour. I also built my own 80 gallon sump/fuge out of 1/4" acrylic with a 2" rim. The fuge holds roughly 28 gallons.

[hobogato]

looks like a great start - will be nice to watch it grow in.

[lt1z28]

My 75 gallon @ 4 weeks.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o270/bernardo210/IMG_0018.jpg

[hobogato]

it always amazes me how spotlessly clean your tanks look bernie :)

[Europhyllia]

Amazing. I wish I could convince my algae to only grow in the powerhead and nowhere else!

[Big_Pun]

looking good Bernie, it was nice chatting with you today, and trading

[aquasport24]

Watch out. Bernie is back.

[lt1z28]

it always amazes me how spotlessly clean your tanks look bernie :)
Thanks Ace! I scrape the front and side panes everyday with a magfloat and scrape the back glass once a week.


Amazing. I wish I could convince my algae to only grow in the powerhead and nowhere else!
Have no idea why it only grows there???


looking good Bernie, it was nice chatting with you today, and trading
Thanks Chris! It was nice chatting with you too. Thanks for the trade.

[Pennies2Cents]

Hey Bernie, Is that the BTA? Wow! It looks Great... :)

[lt1z28]

Hey Bernie, Is that the BTA? Wow! It looks Great... :)
Yep. That anemone is awesome!

[JpNuss]

We get it, JT. Your tank is awesome. Stop rubbing it in.

[JpNuss]

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/z380/JpNuss/Photoon2011-05-01at2025.jpg?t=1304299777

[JpNuss]

Bernie, I love the simplicity! Simply pristine.

[lt1z28]

Bernie, I love the simplicity! Simply pristine.
Thanks! Nice looking tank you have there!

[Jarob]

I'm two days late... but I couldnt make the meeting or tank tour last saturday so I cleaned my tank sunday and took a few pics.

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo134/Jarobs/037.jpg

more pics in my thread.

[Europhyllia]

that's really beautiful. Have you submitted yourself to TOTM yet?

[ramsey]

I'm two days late... but I couldnt make the meeting or tank tour last saturday so I cleaned my tank sunday and took a few pics.

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo134/Jarobs/037.jpg

more pics in my thread.


Awesome tank man! It looks really nice. Did you foam the back or something?

[Sherita]

Ok, I'm three days late, can I still play?

Here's my 72g custom

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/FTS/72gFTSMay2011.jpg

my 75g not so aggressive

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/FTS/75gFTS2011May.jpg

and my 75g frag tank, that really needs thinning out

http://www.rosehillwindhounds.com/FTS/FragFTS2011May.jpg

I don't have a fts of the 10 or the 12, since all that livestock is currently hanging out in a holding tank, waiting for the new tank to go up. A picture of a plastic tub would be boring, but it might be fun to play "just how much stuff does she have running on that tub"? Just like a regular tank, only ya can't see through it.

[hobogato]

very nice sherita, thanks for sharing!

[Europhyllia]

Good stuff Sherita! :)

[Kristy]

Wow, Sherita! Tanks are really looking great. While looking at them I was struck by some ideas regarding how to help you thin out that crowded frag tank! :D

[Sherita]

Wow, Sherita! Tanks are really looking great. While looking at them I was struck by some ideas regarding how to help you thin out that crowded frag tank! :D

I'm hoping to make a frag swap soon. It's just plain gotten out of hand.

[justahobby]

Thanks Sherita. I know longer feel like I have too many tanks :D Yours are looking great. I love the grown out look!

[aquadude]

Here is mine from April:

FTS:

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb350/nporter81/100%20Gallon%20SPS/FTS.jpg

[Big_Pun]

really nice!! Nick is it rimless??

[aquadude]

really nice!! Nick is it rimless??

Hi Chris, the tank is a 100 gallon rimless. I built a screen top for it so the fish can't go carpet surfing. Really love the rimless look.

[signal_4]

Better late than never !! Here are a few quick phone pics of mine using natural canal seawater.
http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee466/signal_4/photo6.jpghttp://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee466/signal_4/photo7.jpghttp://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee466/signal_4/photo5.jpg

[CoryDude]

Wow, those are some massive euphyllia heads there! I like the geonormous leather too!

[Big_Pun]

wow!!! that is a very nice mature tank. canal water, so lucky

[danvan75]

that is a great looking tank

[justahobby]

Nice frags : p What is that coral the clowns are hosting?

[signal_4]

Hi thanks for the compliments... Those are Aussie Duncans that the clowns are hosting in... My wife wont let me get a nem because she thinks that they just die and cause tank crashes....lol

[justahobby]

Those are duncans?????!!! Nice polyp extension! What's up with your Regal Tang? It it the pic or are you battling some HLLE?