144 gallon half cylinder SPS dominated

TMC1313 · Jan 8, 2013

Hey everyone, I'm new to R2R and just wanted to share some pics of my 1year/3month old reef. I've been taking progression shots every three months. Here's what I have so far:

October 2011

January 2012

April 2012

July 2012

October 2012

Thanks for looking!

AsphaltPays · Jan 8, 2013

Great job!! Nice progression pics

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CoralCon2013 · Jan 8, 2013

Awesome looking tank for sure!
Love the simplicity and sleek layout!

TMC1313 · Jan 8, 2013

AsphaltPays said:
Great job!! Nice progression pics

Thanks, I recently put the shelf rock back in to bridge the two islands. I'll be updating soon with some new pic.

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CoralCon2013 said:
Awesome looking tank for sure!
Love the simplicity and sleek layout!

Thanks! I try to keep it as simple as possible.

akabryanhall · Jan 8, 2013

Wow, awesome looking corals and tank! I notice you don't have many fish, is that because of the damsel lol?

TMC1313 · Jan 8, 2013

akabryanhall said:
Wow, awesome looking corals and tank! I notice you don't have many fish, is that because of the damsel lol?

Thank you, LOL, nah, he's actually very mellow (the damsel). I actually do have about 7 fish in there,(they are camera shy) but I wanted to establish all the coral first and now I am going to start focusing on fish. I'm thinking a nice show tang and maybe some anthias. Not sure yet

revhtree · Jan 8, 2013

Beautiful tank and great job! Glad to have you as a member!

JMMJ13902 · Jan 8, 2013

Yes, simple but very elegance....I love it. Thanks for sharing and welcome to R2R.

Squishie89 · Jan 9, 2013

That clam is growing so fast! Wowza! Very beautiful tank.

Isoprene · Jan 9, 2013

What are you using for lighting? Amazing tank progression

Zack · Jan 9, 2013

Tank is exceptional! Looks like you have some good growth.

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TMC1313 · Jan 9, 2013

revhtree said:
Beautiful tank and great job! Glad to have you as a member!

Thanks, I'm glad I finally joined. There are many great tanks here (a lot of eye candy) and lots of good info.

JMMJ13902 said:
Yes, simple but very elegance....I love it. Thanks for sharing and welcome to R2R.

Thank you, I try to keep it as simple as possible.

Squishie89 said:
That clam is growing so fast! Wowza! Very beautiful tank.

Thank you, YES! it is a super fast grower. I've always wondered how much calcium he actually takes up.

Isoprene said:
What are you using for lighting? Amazing tank progression

Thank you, I had started out with 400watt Hamilton 14k DE bulbs in two pendant fixtures. I was getting great growth, but wanted a little bit bluer look (and there is a very limited bulb selection for 400w DE). So, I switched to mogul based Radium 20k's. I now run two 400 watt radium 20k's supplemented with (4) T5 actinics. The tank is 30" deep so I needed something with a lot of punch to get to the bottom.

TMC1313 · Jan 9, 2013

revhtree said:
Beautiful tank and great job! Glad to have you as a member!

JMMJ13902 said:
Yes, simple but very elegance....I love it. Thanks for sharing and welcome to R2R.

Squishie89 said:
That clam is growing so fast! Wowza! Very beautiful tank.

Isoprene said:
What are you using for lighting? Amazing tank progression

Zack said:
Tank is exceptional! Looks like you have some good growth.

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Thanks, growth has been steady so I have no complaints. I have be struggling a bit lately keeping Ca, alk, and Mg in check. I just think it's due to the growth I'm getting though, so I'm really not going to complain about it.

MarvinsReef · Jan 9, 2013

Tank is looking good. I like your scape. Great job!

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SeahorseKeeper · Jan 9, 2013

Tank looks great!! I like seeing how it has progressed. Thanks for sharing!

swannyson7 · Jan 9, 2013

Looks good bro! Welcome to R2R! 1smile1

nitrox36 · Jan 9, 2013

very motivating. welcome

TMC1313 · Jan 9, 2013

MarvinsReef said:
Tank is looking good. I like your scape. Great job!

Thank you, I'm really liking this site. I'm not sure why it took me so long to register. I recently put the shelf rock back in to bridge the two islands. I'm due for some new pics and am interested in opinions pro or con with or without it.

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SeahorseKeeper said:
Tank looks great!! I like seeing how it has progressed. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you, I wanted to take progression shots from the very start. I've followed the maturation of other people's tanks and thought it was really cool to see.