Featured Tank: Summer 2013 "daniella3d"

[daniella3d]

thanks everyone

I sold my copperband to a friend because he started to attack my clams and corals. He was fine for 2 years, so that was very hard to do since I grew quite attached to it and its great personality.

He had no reason to pick at my clams and corals since I was feeding him like twice per day. It looked more like he started to pick just for fun as he was not eating them, just picking at it. Maybe he was bored? or just curious. I also lost my beautiful niger trigger and found him one day dry on the floor I have no idea why he jumped out. there was nothing in the tank that could possibly attack him, no aggressive fish, but he was very skittish.

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Very nice Daniella,... interesting that you do it all without a sump. And not a lot of flow either with just 2 1400 gph Koralias. But can't argue with your success. Very nicely laid out tank, with great colour, variety, and contrasts.

I didn't see your Copperband in your livestock list. What happened to him?

[Reef Pilot]

Also, I see that you keep your Ca pretty high at 440 - 460. Any reason for that? (just trying to discover some of your secrets)

[Gizmoh]

Congratulations! Gorgeous tank!

[reefwars]

well desereved daniella looks beautiful

any plans for an upgrade or larger tank in the future ?

if you could change anything what would it be?



one of my fave tanks for sure and congrats

[kien]

An absolutely gorgeous tank! Well done and well deserved TOTM/Q/S/Y. Clearly you know what you are doing. Keep on reefin' on :-)

[daniella3d]

I try to keep my calcium around 440 because I have a few clams. Not sure if it is needed or not. Also I use Reef Crystal salt which is quite high in calcium and when ever I do a water change having a higher level of calcium help prevent too much swing. Things seem to be going well with this level so far.

I don't have any plan to upgrade to a larger tank because of the room in the house is limited. If I could I would love to have a large FOWLR but that's not something that's going to happen unless I win at the lottery!

If I could change something? I would get rid of the common SPS and replace them with rare and exquisite ones. That's what I am doing slowly. I got a red dragon, red planet, bird of paraside, setosa and a few other rare corals to replace my staghorn and my more common SPS. I will add in the future a wolverine, palmer's blue and a few others rare corals.

My future plan on short term is to attempt raising my black ice clownfish eggs. So I am now getting ready for this with a setup to raise the eggs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Hklvpqg8ay4

It's not going to be this batch of eggs because I am not ready for them, but soon

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[Reef Supplies]

hey félicitations Danielle!

[mseepman]

Amazing tank! Really love how you aquascape with the coral...I'm learning this I us no easy task! Congrats on Tank Of The Summer.

[MarieH]

This is gorgeous. Congrats. I'm thinking this could work for me too as I don't want to incorporate a sump in my rental appartment.