Mike and Terry's 300g Reef

[rosko23]

Couldn't resist sharing another pic of our "Hulk", lol

Love this fish.. Can't wait to get my DT up and established so I can get one... And thanks again... U guys got me bitten by the wrasse bug... Purchased a mystery from DD coming on sat for my 48x24 frag tank!!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Love this fish.. Can't wait to get my DT up and established so I can get one... And thanks again... U guys guy me bitten by the wrasse bug... Purchased a mystery from DD coming on sat for my 48x24 frag tank!!

Thank you! That wrasse bug is highly contagious, LOL... good luck with the Mystery wrasse! :bigsmile:

 

[Mike&Terry]

 

[btkrausen]

Gorgeous pics guys. Almost makes me want to get back into a reef....almost

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Absolute beauty!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Gorgeous pics guys. Almost makes me want to get back into a reef....almost

Absolute beauty!

Thank you Brian and Dave!

 

[J Rog]

Love your tank! I want a 300 sooooooo bad.. :cry:

 

[Mike&Terry]

A couple of weeks ago, we replaced one of the rock shelves along w/a couple of supporting rocks that sat center-right inside the tank w/a man-made bonsai shaped tree from Aqua-tecture. The new structure gave us some room to move some frags/small colonies into the DT while opening up some space to the right of the structure. It should blend in nicely once the corals grow in. We're pleased with it and the larger fish are really enjoying the little cove it created between the new structure and the rock work on the right side of the tank.

Now we've got to figure out what to do with the gi-normous superman monti colony we removed.

Yesterday, we replaced our Super Actinics with 454's and it was a definite improvement.

Here's an updated FTS taken w/just the actinics on:



The MH's started coming on when I snapped this pic so the color is a bit off, lol.



-Terry

 

[Mike&Terry]

Love your tank! I want a 300 sooooooo bad.. :cry:

Thank you! The dimensions on the 300dd tanks are great and we're glad we went with the center overflow as it makes the tank look even roomier.

 

[MarvinsReef]

AWESOME ! ! !

:marv :marv :marv

 

[J Rog]

Thank you! The dimensions on the 300dd tanks are great and we're glad we went with the center overflow as it makes the tank look even roomier.

Ya, I like the center overflows more then the side ones. My tech tank has the center as well :bounce:

 

[Mike&Terry]

AWESOME ! ! !

:marv :marv :marv

Thanks Marvin! :bigsmile:

 

[Mike&Terry]

nt 2412 by terryl93, on Flickr

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Oh wow that's a great shot!

 

[swannyson7]

Oh wow that's a great shot!

Yeah it is!! :dribble:

 

[Mike&Terry]

Oh wow that's a great shot!

Yeah it is!! :dribble:

Thanks Rev and Scott! I'm trying to get better with the depth-of-field with those side-view tank shots.

 

[swannyson7]

Do you remember what settings you used on that shot? Every time I try to increase my DOF, all the fish are blurred beyond recognition. :squigglemouth:

 

[Mike&Terry]

Exif:

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[swannyson7]

Thanks! On a side note, what program do you use as an EXIF reader?

 

[Mike&Terry]

Thanks! On a side note, what program do you use as an EXIF reader?

I used a Firefox addon called Exif Viewer - it's fairly lame, lol.

You can also see Exif info for my photos on Flickr.