Pics of my 280 gallon reef
 

Hello everyone.

Just thought I'd post a few pics of my reef. I'm lighting it with 3 400 watt radiums and 2 VHO actinics.

Andy

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Stellar Thats a very nice tank. Could you tell use your specs. ie. hardware, flow, water parameters?

Thanks
Jason

Looks great. How about soe macro shots and tank details!!

Thanks guys. Here are some specs.

280 gallon InterAmerican eurobraced tank, 70 gallon sump, 3 400 watt radiums (son agro 430 watt HPS ballasts), 2 VHO actinics on Ice Cap ballasts, TS/24 Tunze Turbelle Stream Kit, Precision Marine calcium reactor, My Reef Creations MR-3 skimmer, 1/2 hp Pacific Coast chiller, DIY kalkwasser reactor, Reef Filler dosing pump, 2 Gen-X Mak 4 return pumps, 60 gpd Spectrapure RO/DI unit, SPS dominated, some LPS, softies and clams, light fish load.

As for tank parameters, I rarely check but my pH varies bewteen 8.1 and 8.4, ORP hangs in around 380-425, calcium usually around 400 ppm and alkalinity at 10-12 dKH, temp between 78-80 F.

Here are some coral shots.

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:eek: Wow.... amazing!

Walter

Nice NIce Nice!

Do you ship frags? :P

Thanks LostMind. I haven't shipped frags but I do sell them locally in Ontario.

That's one ell of a reef there Andy :exclaim:
Great setup and love those colors :cool:
Too bad you live so far away, we could use some of those frags here on the West Coast :mrgreen:

That's an amazing reef, you should be very proud indeed.

WoW Andy great tank, thanks for sharring.


Kris

Beautiful!

How long have you had the system running? Did you purchase most of those colonies as a whole or as smaller pieces?

I would love to see some early pics, give me something to shoot for!

Thanks so much guys. The tank has been up for just over 2 years. I purchased most of my sps at Superior Reef Aquatics in northern Ontario. Most were purchased as small colonies. I have purchased frags from Saltwater Connection as well. They have grown quickly. Here is a pic shortly after I set the tank up. Some of the corals came out of my previous 125 gallon system. As you can see, I didn't have too many sps back then. See if you can recognize any of the sps from 2 years ago.

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Very Very Nice Andy!

Sweet indeed. Wow that is a tall reef structure!

Another example of a beautiful, stunning display that is over the dreaded 24".... or is that 20"???
Awsome tank Andy!!!
I really like the variety!, I rarely see such diversity in reefs, its a sight for sore eyes....
I like sps, lps, and all the others, but I like them most when they are all together! :mrgreen:

Andy, Very nice job :) Looks great. If you've fragged corals that near the top and placed them on the substrate have you noticed a color change in them? What I'm wondering is can you clearly tell the corals retain better color closer to the light?

Keep up the good work,
Jamie

Amazing

Thanks guys. Jamie. I have noticed a significant colour change between the acro frags at the bottom of the tank vs their counterpart up in the water column. Except the opposite has happened to what I expected. The frags on the substrate appear to be getting lighter as if they are expelling xooanthelae (sp?). Any ideas.

Andy, Are these new frags? How long have they been placed on the bottom for? Any comparision pics?

Hi Jamie

These frags have been mounted for about a month. They have been on the bottom right from the get go and have shown great growth but a shift in colour. I'll see if I can dig up some pics.