Thanks for the compliment chris88!!!

Wow that looks amazing. Hopefully I can achieve this in my tank once I get it.

I HATE YOU!!! Really I do! :lol:

Just kidding, but you do make my tank look like a joke.

Great work.

Thanks for the compliment riceboy!!!!! am sure your system would look even better in time!!!!

Thanks for the compliment globaldesigns!!!! what are you talking about, your system does look good as well. your coral just need time to mature.

Wow you have some awesome photos and a beautiful tank. You are the photography master. Hope to see more pics in the future:lol:

Thanks compliments rocks!!!!

more photos to come!!!!

Here is my first photo of 2011.

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I got home today and the first thing that greeted me was the tank that has OD in Alkalinity am going to say about 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon. Unfortunately I don't have anyone else to blame but me. I was adjusting the setting on the timer for the dosing unit yesterday and I forgot to set an end point for one of the setpoints.

the Hanna Digital displayed 214 (11.96 DKH) to most people this is somewhat borderline in my case when my reading is typically at the 130 range (7.25 DKH) this is a big jump. The first reaction is I got to do some water change which I will be doing momentarily, after I had a chance to take it all in I remembered high ALK = low CAL so i've been dosing CAL slowly. My calcium yesterday night was at 440ppm and after the initial test was taken it was a measly 240ppm.

As it stand the only visible casualty so far is my sixline wrasse, and possibly an orange and a blue linkia starfish. As per my SPS from what I can see they still have there normal polyp extension.

Anyways got to run a do a quick water change hopefully to stabilize the system.

Hope you get by here with out any losses love your tank.

Very sad to hear this...this is a beautiful tank.

That is one absolutely stunning tank man, I hope everything pulls threw for you......*fingers crossed*

Oh no.. :( Man alive, it's always something that gets you when you let your guard down.

Been there or at least in similar if not identical circumstances ... I feel for you! Best of luck with the recovery and hope the losses are reasonably contained at this point. Sorry about your sixline and linckia's.

My goodness, I hope you can save it. I was just debating adding an auto doser to my tank. Now I'm a little concerned. I'm sure this is a rare occurance. Good luck, beautiful tank.

thanks BlueTang<3, so far no further lost to be reported.

thanks mseepman, hopefully I'll be able to salvage a few favorite corals.

thanks chris121277, am hoping too aswell.

Oh No! Man, I hope things work out for you. Beautiful tank.

Bummer dude! Hopefully the corals don't turn out burned.

Thanks Delphinus, am also hoping that’s it.

Thanks Douglas, I have no regret about adding the auto doer as this is a complete user error.

It's more like dont work on critical/detrimental items when you’re tired. and always double check and triple check everything.

EEEEEEEEEEEK.....sorry to hear about your fishues.....it sucks to loose stuff, but it REALLY sucks when its your own dang fault(Ive been there too)hope everything is ok mang....

That is one Beautiful Aquascaped Tank, sorry to hear about the alk mishap, chin up and back at er. :wink:

Awesome tank, love the colors! Simple layout but chaotic with all the SPS

thanks for the compliment jphong. as far as the SPS I wish I could control how they grow, best I could do is prune them. again thanks for the feedback!!!

thanks for the compliment wayner!

thanks fishytime!! your right I dont have anyone else to blame but my self. as per what wayne said chin up and back at er again.....

the silver lining on this is that now I can add more fish & corals....

Actually I meant that as a GOOD thing lol, it came out wrong. I love how the layout is clean but the craziness of the corals adds that "zing" haha love that word.

Maybe it has to do with that ying-yang thing

LOL!!! it's all good, never took it the wrong way.... Thanks for clarifying it!!!

.... ying-yang..... lets not go there!!!!

Here are a few photos taken today, am just hoping that the system will stay status quo after 1/2 gallon of alkalinity was dosed in the system within 3 hours about 2 weeks ago.

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Glad to see they are not looking so bad. When you showed that picture of a white tank I feared much worse.

Sorry if you've answered this already but how old is the tank? Love the density of corals. My tank has a lonnnggggg way to go to match this :lol:

thanks! the system is less than 17 months old, the corals are about 11 to 13 months old. 95% of the corals that I have were purchased as a frag.

Just a few full tank progression shots.

August 17th, 2009

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September 3rd, 2009

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February 27th, 2010

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May 13th, 2010

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Dec. 18th, 2010

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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_h...%28left%29.jpg

Absolutely love your tank. I can't wait to read your TOTM write up :)

Beautiful :biggrin:

Fantastic progress. Love the growth. :biggrin:

Fantastic tank! Love the setup and those corals are amazing!

Thanks for the compliments kien!!!! is that a TOTM nomination!!!! joke!!!!

Thanks for the compliments Leah!!!!

thanks muck!!!

thanks mseepman!!!!

Very nice! Great inspiration and something to look up to. (:

thanks for the compliments BrentC!!!!

Just thinking the same thing!! :)

thanks Aquattro!!!!

okay am starting the writeup!!!! now someone just need to nominate me!!!! jokes!!!!

but really thanks for the compliments!

I had the camera out last time I did a water change and thought that I would TRY to snap some top down shots. All photos was taken with a standard 18 to 200mm lens.

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Awesome pics as per usual! Do you shoot with all of your bulbs on or just blues? The colors of your acros are so intense its crazy. Reason I ask is the sandbed appears quite dark/dull in your photos or is this because you shoot underexposed?

Absolutely gorgeous. The colours and different textures of the corals are beautiful!!