Dez' Tank Journal

[Dez]

Just took a couple of quick pics tonight. Some updates as of late:

1. New frag tank (Just wanted one with an external overflow box). It's the same size. I did it cause I have connections to glass.

2. I have now switched to LED lighting. Just some cheap ebay brand ones. So the halides are officially down now and I'm gonna give these LEDs 6 months before I sell my halides. This saved me close to 400 watts. I went from 3 x 250 watt pendants to 3 x 120 watt LED pendants. We'll see, only time will tell.

Anyway, here are a few pics.



Pink Milli - Started from a 2" brown smooth frag


Started from a white almost dead 1" frag


Teal Acro - Started from a sickly smooth pale frag infested with red bugs (I didn't know it at the time - it is now the size of a cantelope)


That Red Convexa at the bottom left of this picture was started from a tiny 1/2" frag from Snappy - it is now about 6" around


Tough to get the colour right, this is way too blue.


This pineapple express was originally from Lobsterboy, started out as a 1.5" frag.


Saltynuts frag - started out as 1.5" brown frag. It is about the size of a cantelope as well, slightly taller than wide as I've been keeping its width in check.


This is one of my frag tanks. The other is just as crowded.

[fishytime]

Love the first and sixth pics Dez.....beautiful "coralscape" type shots .......wowzers....... perhaps its a good thing that we havnt been able to hook up so I could see your tanks.....judging from that frag tank my wallet would likey have taken a huge hit......some really sweet stuff there man!

[Dez]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Love the first and sixth pics Dez.....beautiful "coralscape" type shots .......wowzers....... perhaps its a good thing that we havnt been able to hook up so I could see your tanks.....judging from that frag tank my wallet would likey have taken a huge hit......some really sweet stuff there man!

Thanks Doug,

It's so hard to actually get the colour right. I'm just using a point and shoot so everything looks blue. I much prefer the colours in real life. They seem to "pop" more than with the camera's eye. Maybe it's cause it's a cheap point and shoot. Anytime you are up in Edmonton seeing your girl, you come by and visit. I live about 2 mins off the hwy coming up from Calgary right when you enter Edmonton.

[lastlight]

Love your pic updates man. For starters everything is gorgeous and secondly I can see what 75% of my current coral collection might look like someday =)

[The Grizz]

Amazing as usual. Is that the new frag tank we put in Dez?

[mark]

still fantastic

Can you give some details of the LED you're using.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by mark

still fantastic

Can you give some details of the LED you're using.

They are brandless but "claimed" to have good par values. I bought them from eBay. 120 1 watt LEDs fan cooled unit. They were $300 per unit with $30 shipping each. So basically $1000 shipped for 3 pendants. Keeping my fingers crossed. Great colour but only time will tell. They've been on for a week and a half now.

[Dez]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Amazing as usual. Is that the new frag tank we put in Dez?

Yup, that's the new tank. Thanks for all of your help and I hope that your old frag tank serves you well.

[Doug]

Man, what I would give for 5 min. in that frag tank.

[Flash]

i'm guessing i should tell you now that the pic i took of ur tank last time i was over is now my desk-top on my computer! lol! love it! hands down the most amazing tank i have seen!!