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140g
HI!
I'm new here... :redface: We have salt water aquarium for 5 years now. Started with a 90g... went after on a upgrade to a 265g... and now we donwsized to a 140g.. ;) Here's what the 265g look like at his best: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...1013/all-1.jpg we closed it a few months ago... too much work, too expensive.... So now we have a 140g tank, SPS dominated. Here's some pics... http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...3/13092009.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ite14k250w.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...092009sps1.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...3092009sps.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...092009chfl.jpg thanks for looking. :biggrin: |
hi Josie, both tanks look amazing , like the 140 gallon , much less clutter. Good job. regards Ken
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Wow, great looking tanks! That pink pocilipora in the 140, to the right is just awesome!! :cool:
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Welcome to canreef Josie.
Your 140 looks great. Keep up the good work. |
Hi Josie, welcome to Canreef! I think both tanks look great, however, I would give the edge to the 140 (really like the rimless, the light fixture and the aquascaping):biggrin:
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Thanks for the welcome :)
New skimmer installed today... not a new technology but we hope it will do the work. We bought a used Octopus Downdraft... anyone have experience with this one or other downdraft skimmers? http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...own20draft.jpg |
Hi Josie, I'm a big fan of downdraft skimmers, had them for many years, currently I have a ETSS 1400 dual downdraft skimmer powered by a Iwaki MD70 RLT 1750 gph on my 500 gallon reef since 2000, I have no intentions in upgrading at all despite the newer skimmer that have come on the market. They need a pump to be sized properly in order to run efficiently, a lot of hobbyist donot size the pump correctly to run the skimmer properly, I know a lot of hobbyist back then that was ready to throw out the downdraft because it was not working efficiently, today many of them are still running the downdraft, some switched over to in sump needlewheel due to money burning in their pockets and newer technology. Downdrafts are noisy and they take up a lot of space, mine is hooked up externally to the sump. In my fishroom, noise is not a concern, considering all the other tanks running. I never took my skimmer apart for cleaning or replacing the bioballs, all I did was clean out the collection cup, the adjustment was set 9 years ago and never touched since. I don't know too much about the downdraft you have, but depending on space and where you have the aquarium, a downdraft skimmer may not be for everyone, downdraft are not as popular today as back then because again a lot of exciting good skimmers are coming to the market... hmmmm a vertex alpha cone again love the 140 gal, now happy aquarium and back to mine regards Ken
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Your tanks is one of the bext i have seen on here, TOTM material i'd say.
The gowth is beautiful. |
Ken: Thanks for you post. The skimmer seems to work well... we put a Mag 9.5 on it...we installed it in-sump... it's 10"x6"x23" We dont have a fish room per say but more a fish-closet... :lol: I'll post pics of the installation soon!
Argan: Thanks. We are doing our best to keep everything in order so the corals are happy and growing... Most of the SPS in the tanks we bought from a friend who closed is tank... :wink: for now everyone is doing ok since the move... |
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Sorry guys I did not post anything since september!! many things happend... but this is one of the most stressfull situation I personnally had to date: let me tell you about our near aquarium catastrophe... december 23th 2009, 7pm... we are cleaning the house for out xmas eve party with 12 guests... dear husband is cleaning the front pannel of the tank with the magnetic brush... and ears a "crac"... to our horror a 1 inch crac appears in the inside glass, without pearcing trough... PANIC IN THE HOUSE we decided to get to our FS and get a new tank before it break... 10pm we arrive with the new tank, a 150g (60x24x27) we had to call the brother in law to get is mini-van to bring the tank back... we get more then 20 plastic rubermaid containers on the floors and start to transfert water,LR, fish, corals.... midnight we move the old tank, put the new one in place... get started on plumbing (the new tank has overflows)... 2am we start transfering the sand in the the new tank, adding 70g of new watrer 3am start putting water, LR, corals and fish back in the aquarium... we found our female swallowtail angelfish on the side on the bottom of a container.. not breathing too much... I decided to do like fisherman who release their pray: I move her under water to revive her... and it works!!! 4:30am we finally get to bed.. but I have to say that I did not sleep much ;) So here's the 150g tank... we replace the corals and sold the huge LTA... everything is doing good. http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...02-2010FT1.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...02-2010FTC.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-02-2010FT.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-02-2010-L.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...02-2010BNS.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-02-20102c.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-02-2010BN.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...8-02-2010C.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-02-2010GB.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-02-2010L2.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...02-2010PBN.jpg |
oh my goodness, what a nightmare! Glad to hear everything turned out okay and that you were able to transfer everything to a new tank so quickly (impressive actually! that would never work here in my city!).
The new tank is looking quite lovely and I love the threadfin cardinalfish :biggrin: |
Here's our "water-room"... not having enought space under the aqua stand we put everything under the staircase... :)
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg |
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0g/coral10.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg the maited pair of occelaris decided to host the frogspawn... I'll chek this closelly to make sure the frog is ok... but it does makes great photos! http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...lownsfrog3.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...lownsfrog2.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...lownsfrog1.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...clownsfrog.jpg |
Oh my goodness! Wow what a stress that would have been!!
At least the tank looks great now though!! |
Great use of the space under the stairs, its like a little door to a different world in there :wink:
Just wondering about the 2 tailspot blennies, are they a mated pair or did you just put 2 in your tank and hope for the best? |
WOW what a nightmare that would of been, glad you were able to get a new tank and save everything. The new tank looks great, and I love the use of space under the stairs.
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I dont know if they are male/female... they dont fight... |
the spoted mandarin:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...g/mandarin.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../mandarin1.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../mandarin2.jpg the copperband: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...g/copper-2.jpg the monster! 3" conch: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...-2010conch.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...2010conch1.jpg |
A rare pic!
Our coral beauty is so fast that many of my photos are always blur! Here's the best I could do: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0g/beauty1.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...50g/beauty.jpg :biggrin: |
Josie I love your sump area under the stairs
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Looks amazing. I also like the idea of putting the sump under the stairs!
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New pics!
yeaterday we change 2 of the 4 T5. We switch the 2 KZ 10k to 2 KZ 20k. We keep the 2 fiji. here's the result: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...TS02042010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...S102042010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...RS02042010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../C02042010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...LS02042010.jpg |
Some pics I took today...
the clown gobie: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...g/GCvalida.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...g/GCundata.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../GCfundata.jpg the pocilopora: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...pocilopora.jpg some xenia: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...0g/xenia-2.jpg those 2 pics I love! showing the corals reflection int the front pannel: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...P102042010.jpg http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...FP02042010.jpg |
The corals are changing colours with the new T5 it's AMAZING!
undata before: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg after: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...50g/undata.jpg organ pipes before: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...21-02-2010.jpg after: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2.../150g/pipe.jpg pocillopora before: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...pocilopora.jpg after: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...chouxfleur.jpg :biggrin: |
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BIG NEWS!
my tank was nominated TOTM on a Quebec saltwater forum! :biggrin: I'll post the link when the article is on-line! (sorry it's a article in French) :cheer2: |
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Tre bon!..... welcome to the TOTM club:wink::mrgreen:..... Its a sweet looking tank for sure!
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but it's ok... I'm real pround of my nomination! :biggrin: |
Quelle Merveille!
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The photos doest not represent exactly as seing it in real... it'd difficult to capture the colours with the lightning :neutral: the article is going online in a few days... :) |
It's On-Line!
the article about my tank (in french): http://www.reefaction.com/nosforums/index.php?page=14 :biggrin: |
I'm looking to add a tang... my tank is a 5' long and dont want a tang that could domgae the aqua-scpaing...
here's the list of fish that's in: 2 clown occelaris 1 liretail anthias 1 pajama cardinal 1 benggai cardinal 2 glass cardinal 1 swallow tail angel 1 coral beauty angel 1 tang yellow 1 copperband butterfly 2 chromis 1 spotted mandarin 4 clown gobies green 2 tailspoted blennies other: 2 cleaner shrimp 1 red shrimp 1 sexy shrimp 2 conchs hermites and snails Dear husband really like the lieutenant tang... I like the chocolate... any other suggestion? |
I have a Chocolate. Very nice Tang. You might look at the Kole as well.
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a nearby LFS suppose to have a large lieutenant in store... dear husband wants to go see it tomorow ;)
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What a great looking set-up ! A well deserved nomination. I like the bulb change that you have done. This pic looks like a nuclear explosion on some planet or something :) Also like the color its turning.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...50g/undata.jpg |
Thanks Andestang!
it was a little bit scary at first seing the corals change colours that much... but it turn out ok ;) |
New fish in the tank!
we got a lieutenant (tennenti) tang yesterday! :) pics soon wen the little new fish is less shy :biggrin: |
Gorgeous tank congrats on totm. I really prefer the aquascape in the 140...has a really natural feel and the corals look fantastic! How does the pair of tail spots get along?
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yes the aqua-scaping in the previous 265g was a big "mistake"... having a big wall of LR was not good.. too much "dead spots"... we learn a lot form that tank ;) tail spots are so cute together! they have their little places to hide and they sometime "dance" together... always amazing to watch ;) |
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