Chris' algae farm (ELOS 160)

stormdolp · May 1, 2014

IncreÃble tu Reef excelente felicidades sigue por ese excelente camino, podrÃas tomar mas fotos de tu sump y que parÃ¡metros manejas y que aditamentos aditas saludos

dragonfish · May 3, 2014

following
amazing !

reefingnoob · May 6, 2014

Wow I recognized your room instantly. Congratulations

d'Espresso · Jul 10, 2014

Off subject but I have been looking for your living room light fixture. Where did you get it from?

Slm222 · Jul 10, 2014

How were you able to add fish so quickly? Did the tank cycle that fast? Did you put fish in before the cycle finished?

Av8Bluewater · Jul 10, 2014

d'Espresso said:
Off subject but I have been looking for your living room light fixture. Where did you get it from?

I have one from Crate and Barrel.

fishroomlady · Jul 10, 2014

is post #63 a picture in a magazine or brochure of some sort? that a a stunning tank and the room is set up so nice! Is your back painted blue or is the wall creating that backgroud?

dragonfish · Jul 11, 2014

i couldnt fined the size of the tank on your post
whats the size of the tank ?
would you think that 2 ecotech would be ok for a 48" X 32" would be enough cover ?
thanks

Fishlee · Jul 11, 2014

How'd you balance the rocks

ChristopherKriens · Jul 13, 2014

d'Espresso said:
Off subject but I have been looking for your living room light fixture. Where did you get it from?

I got it online somewhere, but I don't recall where. The model number is LS-80752PS

Slm222 said:
How were you able to add fish so quickly? Did the tank cycle that fast? Did you put fish in before the cycle finished?

I think I added the first fish around the 3 week mark. I did a fishless cycle with prodibio bacteria and dosed ammonia while keeping the tank water nice and warm.

fishroomlady said:
is post #63 a picture in a magazine or brochure of some sort? that a a stunning tank and the room is set up so nice! Is your back painted blue or is the wall creating that backgroud?

Thanks! That's a brochure from Ecotech Marine, the company makes the lights and pumps that I use. They had used a couple of my photos in the brochure. There is no background on the tank; it's just the blue wall showing through.

dragonfish said:
i couldnt fined the size of the tank on your post
whats the size of the tank ?
would you think that 2 ecotech would be ok for a 48" X 32" would be enough cover ?
thanks

The tank is 63x24x22. Two Radions should cover that area, but I would probably use the wide angle lenses and/or mount the lights the long way front to back if you want to cover 32".

Fishlee said:
How'd you balance the rocks

The rock on the right is on PVC substructure that splays out underneath the sandbed. Everything on the left is just glued together

ChristopherKriens · Jul 13, 2014

Some recent photos:

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james30ct · Jul 13, 2014

Awesome!

Av8Bluewater · Jul 13, 2014

Not sure what I like better the plumbing , tank or the corals. It's all A+.

revhtree · Jul 14, 2014

My Jaw seriously just hit the floor! Literally! WOW!! More photos please!

hung · Jul 14, 2014

Great tank and another thread for me to follow!

zibba · Jul 14, 2014

ChristopherKriens said:
Some recent photos:

revhtree said:
My Jaw seriously just hit the floor! Literally! WOW!! More photos please!

^^ Agree. WOW WOW WOW! Very inspirational.

jkirk · Jul 14, 2014

I love how the name of your thread is called algae farm and far as i can tell theres not a bit of nuisance algae anywhere lol. Beautiful tank sir.

zesty · Jul 14, 2014

Wow, Just when I'm drooling at the corals, I stop and look at the quality of the pictures. Well done, well done indeed. I wish I wasn't a garage sale reefer, this is amazing!

I never would have thought those pictures actually come from a real reefer. I always assumed, they just setup everything to look perfect. Now I know there's people that live there, mind blown, simple as that, no more mind.