Chris' Acropolis (Reef Savvy 88)

FMF0331 · Jul 23, 2016

Wow, nice tank. Got the itch to get one now.

Blainpeters801 · Jul 23, 2016

Very nice build! Following

Catchemall · Jul 23, 2016

ChristopherKriens said:
Alright alright, we'll make a quick dog digression. That is Eva, our 2 year old Siberian Husky. Her parents are both sled dogs from northern Minnesota. Her favorite hobbies include chasing rabbits in the neighborhood, treats, and not listening.

She looks enthused lol

Antics · Jul 23, 2016

Very beautiful! My wife and I are thinking about getting another husky. Ours is a mix between a Siberian Husky and a Samoyed though!

mmw64 · Jul 23, 2016

Beautiful build, beautiful dogs. I love both!

ChristopherKriens · Aug 17, 2016

Enough of this equipment business for now. The first coral I've added (technically speaking) is the Fox Flame. This an acro that I've kept an eye on for a while. It first began appearing in early 2014 and is probably synonymous with the "Burning Candle." The axial corallites are yellow-green and the radials also get a splash of color in high light. The polyps themselves have no color that I can see. The base is normally red, although everything I've added so far has gone to the light side so it may continue to be pink for awhile until I get things dialed in.

bubbaque · Aug 17, 2016

Are you going to go with any of the reef programs (triton, Aquaforest, Zeovit)?

reefaboo · Aug 23, 2016

ChristopherKriens said:
Enough of this equipment business for now. The first coral I've added (technically speaking) is the Fox Flame. This an acro that I've kept an eye on for a while. It first began appearing in early 2014 and is probably synonymous with the "Burning Candle." The axial corallites are yellow-green and the radials also get a splash of color in high light. The polyps themselves have no color that I can see. The base is normally red, although everything I've added so far has gone to the light side so it may continue to be pink for awhile until I get things dialed in.

this is beautiful ... what amount of lighting is this recieving ? high ? low ? medium ?

also would you say your tank is ULNS or borderline low nutrient system or high nutrients

finally can you share with us your lighting schedule ?

Antics · Sep 13, 2016

Updates?

revhtree · Sep 14, 2016

ChristopherKriens said:
Enough of this equipment business for now. The first coral I've added (technically speaking) is the Fox Flame. This an acro that I've kept an eye on for a while. It first began appearing in early 2014 and is probably synonymous with the "Burning Candle." The axial corallites are yellow-green and the radials also get a splash of color in high light. The polyps themselves have no color that I can see. The base is normally red, although everything I've added so far has gone to the light side so it may continue to be pink for awhile until I get things dialed in.

Purdy!

ChristopherKriens · Sep 30, 2016

The frag racks finally came in today. Rick from Synergy Reef came out of "custom frag rack" retirement for these, so I owe him one.

Until now, I've been using a few small magnetic racks to keep things in place. I decided to get the racks in four parts so that they could be removed individually without needing to remove lighting or other equipment. The racks themselves are made from the same laminate process as the sump and auto top off reservoir, with black on top and red on the bottom. Each rack is 17" x 18". I'll have to find some mechanism to couple them together once they're in the water so they don't drift apart.

Each rack has 182 slots for a total of 728 :brainoverload:

From an angle you can see the red bottom through each frag hole, but when viewing the rack from the top, the red component is very subtle so it won't be a distracting while viewing coral.

The legs put the racks 3½" above the bottom of the tank which is just enough room for a Bristletooth Tang, who is already loving the new things to swim through and around.

The logo is kind of hard to see unless it's backlit.

Will get some shots of them in place soon.

Bronc · Sep 30, 2016

Those are amazing!!

revhtree · Sep 30, 2016

ChristopherKriens said:
The frag racks finally came in today. Rick from Synergy Reef came out of "custom frag rack" retirement for these, so I owe him one.

Until now, I've been using a few small magnetic racks to keep things in place. I decided to get the racks in four parts so that they could be removed individually without needing to remove lighting or other equipment. The racks themselves are made from the same laminate process as the sump and auto top off reservoir, with black on top and red on the bottom. Each rack is 17" x 18". I'll have to find some mechanism to couple them together once they're in the water so they don't drift apart.

Each rack has 182 slots for a total of 728 :brainoverload:

From an angle you can see the red bottom through each frag hole, but when viewing the rack from the top, the red component is very subtle so it won't be a distracting while viewing coral.

The legs put the racks 3½" above the bottom of the tank which is just enough room for a Bristletooth Tang, who is already loving the new things to swim through and around.

The logo is kind of hard to see unless it's backlit.

Will get some shots of them in place soon.