My new 450 Gal "pail" - Page 4

bmco · 12/01/2010, 01:02 AM

jpsika08 , I think it's a good idea in 2-3 years.
I also think it will never happen if I want to stay happily married

Elliott · 12/01/2010, 06:46 AM

how did I miss this thread? wow, great set up! any pics of your equipment (skimmer, reactors, etc.)? thanks for posting

bmco · 12/03/2010, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Elliott

how did I miss this thread? wow, great set up! any pics of your equipment (skimmer, reactors, etc.)? thanks for posting

I'll shoot it and display it .
In the meanwhile some closer shots:

dragonfish_! · 12/04/2010, 10:54 AM

great tank man
and the corals are Your post is in violation of the terms and conditions of use of this web site and has been edited. Further violations will result in revocation of your posting privileges. stunning !
tell me when do you got some free time on your hands .....so i can come and rob you some frags

bmco · 12/04/2010, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by dragonfish_!

great tank man
and the corals are Your post is in violation of the terms and conditions of use of this web site and has been edited. Further violations will result in revocation of your posting privileges. stunning !
tell me when do you got some free time on your hands .....so i can come and rob you some frags

Thanks

Whenever... (but just some

)

Moshik

reuvenp9 · 12/05/2010, 06:23 AM

Moshiko,

Very nice!!!!

rkaragozler · 12/05/2010, 06:59 AM

I would like to have my tank looking like that one day, all I can say is wow. Can you give me some input on your filtration and water movement.

bmco · 12/05/2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rkaragozler

I would like to have my tank looking like that one day, all I can say is wow. Can you give me some input on your filtration and water movement.

Thanks rkaragozler. If you want it and you have the patient, you'll have your dream tank.
My filtration us based on a large cone skimmer with Laguna 7500 pump. It's a very strong skimmer, that allows me heavy bio load.

I have 3 filter socks to collect big particles (bigger than 200 micron) coming from the tank to the sump. I change them weekly.

Inside the tank I use 2 Tunze 6100 and 1 Tunze 6300 Turbelle pumps for wave making.
Few more internal pumps are used for water circulation plus 5 outlets coming from a Hammerhead Gold pump.

A big Bio Denitrator for Nitrate bio filtering, fed with 5 ml' of vodka daily.

yaron · 12/06/2010, 11:23 AM

omg

the best looking tank in the ME. work of art....

Chihuahua6 · 12/06/2010, 05:54 PM

Wow that is stunning and this is coming from someone who is not a huge sps fan! I like the way the colors and shapes come together in your tank. It's artistically pleasing to the eye. I'm very impressed.

bmco · 12/07/2010, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Chihuahua6

Wow that is stunning and this is coming from someone who is not a huge sps fan! I like the way the colors and shapes come together in your tank. It's artistically pleasing to the eye. I'm very impressed.

Thanks Chihuahua6.
I don't think I'm not a big SPS fan. Actually I'm but I love the mix. I think the big variety of corals in the tank makes it more natural and interesting. In the past I had a SPS dominated tank and slowly I added LPS and soft. My tank is very high and anyway it's hard to grow SPS low on the rocks.

bmco · 01/20/2011, 04:57 AM

Just few updates:

I added few nice Maxima clams

And swapped my huge Sohal Tang with a small (baby) one.

gofor100 · 01/20/2011, 12:19 PM

The tank has really grown in beautifully... great job!

kinlayan · 01/20/2011, 03:46 PM

really nice mature colonies you got there!

robot2222 · 01/20/2011, 04:35 PM

your tank is just awesome ...how could this this tank not be voted TOTM .

GobyGuy1313 · 01/20/2011, 05:03 PM

I just read through this thread. Amazing! the tank is beautiful and very well thought out. I only hope mine will look 50% as good as this after a few more years time...

nadking · 01/21/2011, 01:03 AM

How did you catch your big sohal tang with all of those rocks? Great tank btw

matt frizz · 01/21/2011, 01:14 AM

Jaw dropping!

bmco · 01/21/2011, 04:51 AM

Thanks guys.

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Originally Posted by nadking

How did you catch your big sohal tang with all of those rocks? Great tank btw

I put some frozen fish food inside a trap.The "guy" entered immediately.
The new one is cute I must say.
I try to avoid big fish in the tank, so I can add more to the collection.

willj313 · 02/07/2011, 11:59 PM

Tank looks good

hugo209 · 02/08/2011, 12:18 AM

Great tank!!! Hopefully my 240 will look like yours one day! keep the updates coming...

philsky89127 · 02/08/2011, 08:28 AM

Can I ask what you fish count was in your previous 200 G tank. Your pictures looked great. I rarely see reefers that have so many corals, yet keep as many fish as you do. I have a 180 that I'm stocking right now, and as much as I love the corals, I love a tank with enough fish that it looks "lived in". I know every system is different, so what works for you may not work for me, I was just curious. That's an amazing tank you have now. Fantasic job!

bmco · 02/08/2011, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by philsky89127

Can I ask what you fish count was in your previous 200 G tank. Your pictures looked great. I rarely see reefers that have so many corals, yet keep as many fish as you do. I have a 180 that I'm stocking right now, and as much as I love the corals, I love a tank with enough fish that it looks "lived in". I know every system is different, so what works for you may not work for me, I was just curious. That's an amazing tank you have now. Fantasic job!

Thanks all.

I had about 50-60 fish in my old tank. Good skimmer and filtration made it possible but don't take it as a recommendation.
I like variety of corals as I like fish and always tried to be on the edges of my system capabilities. The struggle against Phosphate is the toughest.
Today the size of my system\tank enables me much more and my tank is still ready and open to new comers.

philsky89127 · 02/08/2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bmco

Thanks all.

I had about 50-60 fish in my old tank. Good skimmer and filtration made it possible but don't take it as a recommendation.
I like variety of corals as I like fish and always tried to be on the edges of my system capabilities. The struggle against Phosphate is the toughest.
Today the size of my system\tank enables me much more and my tank is still ready and open to new comers.

Thanks. One more question, what was your total system volume on your previous setup? Thanks again.

bmco · 02/08/2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by philsky89127

Thanks. One more question, what was your total system volume on your previous setup? Thanks again.

It was about 200 G.

12/01/2010, 06:46 AM	#77
Elliott Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,849	how did I miss this thread? wow, great set up! any pics of your equipment (skimmer, reactors, etc.)? thanks for posting __________________ Rodney Dangerfield - "I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get." TOTM, March 2015 Current Tank Info: tank video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va1dI7mdnGU ,900g in wall mixed reef, another 500g sumps, 19 AI Sol LED's, 2 CL's w/VFD's controlled pumps to 24 eductors, 2 Tunze WB's, 2 Barr 5220's and RK2 25PE and BK500, etc

12/04/2010, 10:54 AM	#79
dragonfish_! Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: israel Posts: 146	great tank man and the corals are Your post is in violation of the terms and conditions of use of this web site and has been edited. Further violations will result in revocation of your posting privileges. stunning ! tell me when do you got some free time on your hands .....so i can come and rob you some frags __________________ 200 gal reef tank life is about the journey not about the destination... Last edited by Nanook; 12/06/2010 at 11:36 AM.

12/05/2010, 06:59 AM	#82
rkaragozler Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Staten Island,NY Posts: 296	I would like to have my tank looking like that one day, all I can say is wow. Can you give me some input on your filtration and water movement. __________________ A couple of years ago, I had an idea that it would be nice to one day have a reef aquarium. Looking at the last six months of my credit card statements, I should have just left it the way it was.

12/06/2010, 05:54 PM	#85
Chihuahua6 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: West Hempstead, NY Posts: 2,124	Wow that is stunning and this is coming from someone who is not a huge sps fan! I like the way the colors and shapes come together in your tank. It's artistically pleasing to the eye. I'm very impressed. __________________ Leah Amanda Current Tank Info: First salt tank 1985, current tank 150 g acrylic

01/20/2011, 12:19 PM	#88
gofor100 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,225	The tank has really grown in beautifully... great job! __________________ "FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD" Current Tank Info: Tank Build in Progress

12/01/2010, 01:02 AM	#76
bmco Always deep under Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Il Posts: 128	jpsika08 , I think it's a good idea in 2-3 years. I also think it will never happen if I want to stay happily married

12/05/2010, 06:23 AM	#81
reuvenp9 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Israel Posts: 7	Moshiko, Very nice!!!!

12/06/2010, 11:23 AM	#84
yaron Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 13	omg the best looking tank in the ME. work of art....

01/20/2011, 04:57 AM	#87
bmco Always deep under Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Il Posts: 128	Just few updates: I added few nice Maxima clams And swapped my huge Sohal Tang with a small (baby) one.

01/20/2011, 03:46 PM	#89
kinlayan Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cape Town , South Africa Posts: 822	really nice mature colonies you got there!

01/20/2011, 04:35 PM	#90
robot2222 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: phoenix, arizonia Posts: 1,283	your tank is just awesome ...how could this this tank not be voted TOTM .

01/20/2011, 05:03 PM	#91
GobyGuy1313 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Cottonwood, CA Posts: 6	I just read through this thread. Amazing! the tank is beautiful and very well thought out. I only hope mine will look 50% as good as this after a few more years time... __________________ Setup:125 Dual Overflow Glass Tank, 3-150W 20k HQI, 4-96w Dual actinics, 4-LED Moon, Pro Flex 4 Sump w/ Refug, Coralife 220 Skimmer. Livestock: assorted soft corals, LPS, inverts, and fish Current Tank Info: 125 Gallon, Reef tank, Metal Halide lighting with sump / refugium with skimmer and UV light

01/21/2011, 01:03 AM	#92
nadking Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fort Collins Posts: 169	How did you catch your big sohal tang with all of those rocks? Great tank btw

01/21/2011, 01:14 AM	#93
matt frizz Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 66	Jaw dropping!

02/07/2011, 11:59 PM	#95
willj313 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: REDFORD,MI Posts: 77	Tank looks good

02/08/2011, 12:18 AM	#96
hugo209 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: stockton Posts: 501	Great tank!!! Hopefully my 240 will look like yours one day! keep the updates coming... __________________ Hugo--------- Current Tank Info: 76g half circle

02/08/2011, 08:28 AM	#97
philsky89127 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canton, MI Posts: 19	Can I ask what you fish count was in your previous 200 G tank. Your pictures looked great. I rarely see reefers that have so many corals, yet keep as many fish as you do. I have a 180 that I'm stocking right now, and as much as I love the corals, I love a tank with enough fish that it looks "lived in". I know every system is different, so what works for you may not work for me, I was just curious. That's an amazing tank you have now. Fantasic job!