Oldude Reef Pix

[Oldude]

Did a do-over with my 400 display November 2013.
Here are few items being held in the glass box.

 

[Oldude]

 

[Oldude]

 

[pickupman66]

Wow. Incredible.. massive colonies. What lighting?

 

[Keithcorals]

Great looking sticks you have there it's nice to not only see nice color but good size as well

 

[ritter6788]

Looks like my kinda tank. I'd love to hear more about it.

 

[Oldude]

Wow. Incredible.. massive colonies. What lighting?

Thank you - lighting is mainly a mix of MH & T5.

 

[Oldude]

Great looking sticks you have there it's nice to not only see nice color but good size as well

thank you kindly - thanks for looking.

 

[Oldude]

Looks like my kinda tank. I'd love to hear more about it.

I would happy to share any info -
Here are a few general points:
-display tank size - 404 gal
-dimensions - 96" wide - 36" front to back - 27" high
-sps dominant reef
-shallow sandbed
- Lighting - 3x 250 w HQI + 2 x 150 W HQI + 12 54 w T5 bulbs + 1 radion LED (in an spot I used to have a 250 MH pendant)
MH across the front & T5 across the back
- skimmer - Euroreef RC500
- sump - 120 gallon
- holding tank / additional display in fish room = 130 gal (run to a common sump)
- dose 2 part using Randy's recipe except for the DOW products as they are too impure (played that game & lost several years ago)
- aproximately 200+ corals
- fish - yes around 40 or 50 I think
- yada yada yada
I would be happy to answer any questions if you have any.

 

[Aquaph8]

How about some camera info Greg?

 

[Oldude]

How about some camera info Greg?

Not much to tell really. Nothing fancy - just a Sony cybershot in an underwater case.

 

[BlakeyBoyR]

Any chance of a full tank shot?

 

[Oldude]

Any chance of a full tank shot?

FTS taken in haste so not the best picture but it should give you a general idea.

 

[Oldude]

Here's a few more tank contents pix:

M.setosa

Frogspawns

War Favia

Green Polyp toadstool - getting kind of big, it's now easily a foot across

Orange shoulder

A few tangs

Hawkins echinata

Granulosa

Granulosa - Close up

 

[vpreef]

wow, amazing tank Greg.

Got a video of the tank?

 

[WeLoveReefers]

It's tanks like this that inspire us all. Very beautiful reef tank.

 

[danangelo]

Love your pics Greg specially that last one

 

[footballdude2k3]

Very nice, what're you using for flow? What mode and percentage?

 

[Oldude]

wow, amazing tank Greg.

Got a video of the tank?

Thanks very much.
All the videos I have are months old so a bit out of date, I need to take a new one.

 

[Oldude]

It's tanks like this that inspire us all. Very beautiful reef tank.

Thank you for your very generous comment.