T-Man's 50 gallon drop off #Unfiltered!

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey all...every morning my favorite time to look at the tank is right when the sun hits at the perfect time--no lights on, just natural sun...pretty cool to see.

And then with the lights....

 

[Lloyd Williams]

Dude this is gorgeous! What brand of tank?

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey man thanks. It's a MODE Aquarium 50 gallon drop off. My first "real" reef tank. I did a quick build thread on it back in August. It's not cheap but they delivered the whole thing and helped me set up the stand which was cool. Then I raided various fish stores for the rock and have been adding to it ever since.

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Hey man thanks. It's a MODE Aquarium 50 gallon drop off. My first "real" reef tank. I did a quick build thread on it back in August. It's not cheap but they delivered the whole thing and helped me set up the stand which was cool. Then I raided various fish stores for the rock and have been adding to it ever since.

That looks really sweet!

I watched all the inappropriate reefers YouTube videos on the 17G drop off.

Very cool

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

This is really awesome! I can't even see water in the first photo!

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey thanks Revh I’m flattered

 

[Ruben's Reef]

!!!! WOW !!!! Looks awesome...

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Thank you!

 

[Bayareareefer18]

Must be doing something right that baby is packed with coral

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Ha yeah it’s full all right!

 

[mahindra.dev]

Beautiful tank. Just packed with all cool corals.

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey thanks I’m super psyched folks like it been a ton of work but I love it

 

[mahindra.dev]

I looked at your pics again. Like 10 times. You did an amazing job to pack it and the flow solution too.

What are you using for flow and lighting? I dont see SPS though

 

[mahindra.dev]

 

[HairyGary]

Nice! Love the Lobos!

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Thanks Mahindra!

So I actually do have about a dozen SPS pieces in there, mostly on the top level. On the upper right side I have 4 green slimer acros, plus 2 other Acro frags. 3 frags of mint pavona, and a few Montipora as well.

I’m using the Kessil A700 for light, been very pleased. Flow is augmented by 3 Hydor pumps in addition to the main return. I was careful to make sure there wasn’t too much flow on the bottom so I could populate that with LPS and euphillia. But up top it is pretty heavy.

 

[Mark Teitelman]

You can see a few here—mostly stylos and montipora plus some birds nest!

 

[jasonw]

Nice build!

 

[Why-Me]

Very cool tank, nice build.

 

[Rockit]

Beautiful.
I love drop down tanks.