My 110 Gallon Peninsula SPS Tank

sweet ride · #1 03-12-2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

Cool, glad to see I'm not the only one living on the edge!

Ya, I notice the same thing with GAC. It really helps to clarify the water. Sorta makes sense as it is meant to take out certain chemicals from the water column that could otherwise yellow the tank water. You really notice it when you replace the GAC with a brand new batch. The next day the tank is crystal clear

Another question, I noticed that you dosed two part for Alk and Calc but there is no mention of magnesium? Do you dose it?

I do not dose magnesium on a daily basis. I do however monitor my magnesium on a monthly basis and when it does drop thats when I add epson salt.

I do have a question for you regarding the photos that you take, how do you take those amazing top down shots? do you use a viewing box or just turn your flow off in the system and just shoot above the water?

kien · #2 03-13-2011, 12:10 AM

I shoot with a top down viewing box and turn off the powerheads. You can easily make one out of acylic or buy them at LFS. I bought mine cuz I was too lazy to make one.

sweet ride · #3 03-13-2011, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kien

I shoot with a top down viewing box and turn off the powerheads. You can easily make one out of acylic or buy them at LFS. I bought mine cuz I was too lazy to make one.

Thanks for the info, I'll have to get a hold of one. I did try to use some sort some sort of a viewing box but unfortunately I don't have sufficient room between the top of the water and the bottom of the light fixture, as I have a canopy, the camera just wont auto focus nor manually focus. Do you remove/move your light when your doing your top down shots or do you just navigate around them?

es355lucille · #4 03-13-2011, 04:30 AM

Thats one beautiful tank Sweet Ride! WOW. I really enjoyed the great photography as well! Nice job!

Brad

sweet ride · #5 03-13-2011, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by es355lucille

Thats one beautiful tank Sweet Ride! WOW. I really enjoyed the great photography as well! Nice job!

Brad

thanks for the nice compliments!!!!

MarkoD · #6 03-15-2011, 03:38 PM

i really like your aquascape. did you secure the rocks together somehow or are they just stacked?

sweet ride · #7 03-16-2011, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkoD

i really like your aquascape. did you secure the rocks together somehow or are they just stacked?

I use 1/4" acrylic rods to secure the rocks together.

MarkoD · #8 03-16-2011, 03:34 AM

so you just drill the rock and put the rods through? do you glue the rod to the rock? add silicon?