Mike and Terry's 300g Reef

Mike&Terry · May 25, 2012

Scuba George said:
Wow mike I'm new here but would like to say your very lucky to have a girl that is into reef keeping with you, seems like I can only get my girl ****** and jealous of my tank

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I definitely picked a good one. :wink: Sometimes, I think she may be more addicted than I am, LOL, but seriously, we make a pretty good team. Terry's more into the fish and I love my SPS. :bigsmile:

-Mike

revhtree · Jun 5, 2012

We need an update!

Mike&Terry · Jun 6, 2012

Thought we'd share a couple of FTS shots:

Just actinics:

nt 2505 by terryl93, on Flickr

Just the MH's:

nt 2504 by terryl93, on Flickr

revhtree · Jun 6, 2012

Beautiful Mike and Terry!

strange33w · Jun 6, 2012

lookin real nice

BarbH · Jun 6, 2012

Beautiful, under the MH it looks so vibrant.

Mike&Terry · Jun 6, 2012

revhtree said:
Beautiful Mike and Terry!

Thanks, Rev! Sorry we haven't posted much lately. It's been a bit crazy around here dealing with new, sick fish in QT.

strange33w said:
lookin real nice

Thank you for the compliment and for taking the time to post in our thread!

BarbH said:
Beautiful, under the MH it looks so vibrant.

Thanks Barb! The 400w 14k Ushio bulbs are very bright and do tend to make the corals and fish stand out more.

KSzegi · Jun 6, 2012

My 300dd wants to look like that when it grows up! :biggrin1: Beautiful!!

MarvinsReef · Jun 6, 2012

tank is looking S I C K ! ! ! 1smile1

Aquaph8 · Jun 6, 2012

Keeps getting better and better, love it Mike and Terry.

Mike&Terry · Jun 6, 2012

KSzegi said:
My 300dd wants to look like that when it grows up! :biggrin1: Beautiful!!

Thank you for that AWESOME compliment!

MarvinsReef said:
tank is looking S I C K ! ! ! 1smile1

Marvin, you are too kind!

Aquaph8 said:
Keeps getting better and better, love it Mike and Terry.

Thank you, Brett! We're still getting used to the new bonsai structure as it really did change the look of the 'scape.

Saltgator · Jun 7, 2012

WOW M&T!!! Awesome FTS!!! Making me want to transform the 240 into islands from my rock wall. Great work!

Mike&Terry · Jun 8, 2012

Saltgator said:
WOW M&T!!! Awesome FTS!!! Making me want to transform the 240 into islands from my rock wall. Great work!

We had the rock wall in our old 180 and 125... here's a pic of the old 180 in it's prime:

We love the island structures in our 300, just getting used to how much the new man-made bonsai structure in the center of the tank changed the look. Once the corals grow in, it should blend nicely.

Saltgator · Jun 8, 2012

Mike&Terry said:
We had the rock wall in our old 180 and 125... here's a pic of the old 180 in it's prime:

We love the island structures in our 300, just getting used to how much the new man-made bonsai structure in the center of the tank changed the look. Once the corals grow in, it should blend nicely.

Lol. Yep, that's my 240's structure wall type. Your new aqua scape looks so tempting that I'm gonna try it (not try to copy... Ok maybe,lol,just kidding). Awesome though. We'll see if I can do a different scape soon (just preoccupied with my regal at the moment).

Brad

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Mike&Terry · Jun 25, 2012

We spent a few hours on Sunday doing some much-needed maintenance - water change, Tunze cleaning, moved a couple of corals around and promoted some frags to the DT. We snapped a few pics after the "dust" settled down last night and thought we'd share them:

Our male Eightline Flasher is growing up fast:

nt 2561 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 2560 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 2558 by terryl93, on Flickr

Our C. earlei:

nt 2562 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 2567 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 2570 by terryl93, on Flickr

One of our C. rhomboidalis:

nt 2569 by terryl93, on Flickr

Some of the frags we moved to the DT:

nt 2575 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 2579 by terryl93, on Flickr

View from left side:

nt 2577 by terryl93, on Flickr

And lastly, an updated FTS:

nt 2556 by terryl93, on Flickr

-M&T

revsgirl · Jun 25, 2012

:jaw: Your tank is stunning!!!!!! Awesome pics!!

Surf&turf · Jun 25, 2012

Still looks awesome!!

MarvinsReef · Jun 25, 2012

Just plain amazing. I'm sure your tank is an inspiration to a lot reefers, including myself. Passion, dedication, and hard work is what best describes what you guys have put together. Every time I see new pics, the tank gets better and better. Bravo!