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Unread 07/02/2015, 11:32 PM   #51
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Wow!
thank you!


the new fish are here!
I really love the Leucosternon! amazing!!

I will post some pictures on the weekend!

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Unread 07/02/2015, 11:58 PM   #52
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Hi Flo,
what a nice tank!
Cant get enough pictures of it!

happy reefing
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Unread 07/03/2015, 12:07 AM   #53
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Hey Björn!

thanks! happy to hear you like it!!
will post soon!

Liebe Grüße
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Unread 07/08/2015, 04:19 AM   #54
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Hi Guys!

so here are some update pics of my tank, more fish pictures than corals!


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Unread 07/08/2015, 04:24 AM   #55
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Unread 07/08/2015, 07:14 AM   #56
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oh man that looks awesome! now THAT looks like a reef!


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Unread 07/08/2015, 07:40 AM   #57
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oh man that looks awesome! now THAT looks like a reef!
thanks man!!
happy to hear that!!


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Unread 07/09/2015, 10:04 AM   #58
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Awesome tank! How much did it cost (just the tank) and where did u get it from. Have always wanted a drop off tank from the first time I saw one and now I'm in my new place I can start saving.


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Unread 07/09/2015, 11:18 AM   #59
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hi gary!

thanks!

the tank was around 800€, just the main tank!

doesn´t take that long of a saving!

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Unread 08/07/2015, 07:47 AM   #60
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Really nice drop!
You really got the scape working for the you

I have a nano drop myself, and really love this kind of tank.

Oh, and what an acan-fest Crazy!


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Unread 08/09/2015, 02:17 PM   #61
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Incredible! Your drop off is such a cool set up


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Unread 08/10/2015, 02:33 AM   #62
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@nidding:
thanks!! yeah i love acans^^
are there any pics of you drop off anywhere online?

@Thefishwrangler
thanks!!

here a quick update picture:



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Unread 08/10/2015, 03:32 PM   #63
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Awesome tank and very unusual design, love it!


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Unread 08/11/2015, 03:45 AM   #64
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thx isdaboy!!

happy you like it!


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Unread 08/14/2015, 08:04 AM   #65
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So many inspiring tanks, so little space.... Beautiful, that wall is great, looks like a lava flow. And the way it fits right in with the chair, what a place to sit and have a beer! Or coffee at this time of the morning, ha!

I have a spare 75 RR sitting around, I'm thinking if I could do a poor man's version of this by building a framework inside part of the tank? It wouldn't have to be dry or anything, the view of the "cave" could be blocked with the frame of the stand... Maybe a door on it so you could check up on it... I suppose larger critters should be blocked from getting in with some sort of screen.... Hmmmm... Might just try that when done with my current build.

Again, amazing and inspiring.

ps, when I first looked at that pic a couple posts up, I thought "how the heck does he keep that big bleedin' mantis in there with all that stuff?" Feeder clip I think on closer look, ha!


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Unread 08/14/2015, 08:58 AM   #66
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Hey Brain!

here in austria it´s nearly beer time!

thanks for your nice post!!

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Unread 08/14/2015, 10:25 AM   #67
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Approximately how long did it take for your mangroves to reach that size in your first tank posted?


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Unread 08/14/2015, 12:06 PM   #68
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it took them about 1,5 years to get that big!


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Unread 08/14/2015, 01:19 PM   #69
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Hi Flo!
amazing tank!

Do you have no problem with jumping fishes?


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Unread 08/14/2015, 11:24 PM   #70
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Hey Robert!

thank you very very much!

no, no single fish jumped till now.
but I never had a problem with my old shallow reef either

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Unread 08/15/2015, 08:09 AM   #71
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This is my favorite, like natural reef design ��


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Unread 08/15/2015, 08:18 AM   #72
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thank you very very much Piozone!!!

didn´t expect to read that!!


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Unread 08/15/2015, 08:20 PM   #73
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Wow! Just saw your tank and thread. I am impressed. The picture of the fish hanging out over the drop off is amazing. Brings me back to some of the wall diving I used to do off Turks and Caicos and that "floating" feeling you get. Your tank captures that well. Gave me goose bumps.

Now from a practical standpoint... what is it like for maintenance in the drop off area, are you able to reach completely down without submerging your head? Anything you would do differently thus far?


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Unread 08/16/2015, 12:05 AM   #74
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hi huse!

thanks for the kind words!

i´m pretty tall so i can reach down without my shoulder getting wet.
i would definitely use a closed loop for the water movement in the drop down area! vortech are working fine, but due to the iron stand the magnetism is sometimes interfering with the connection of the two sides...

i hope i have the time today to take some new pictures today... had real bad luck the past view weeks... most of my fish died due to flukes with came from the leucosternon... 4-5 fish are still alive, but that were some sad times... fish i kept for years...
and because of the dying the water parameters aren´t that good, so the corals lost some color, but I lost non, that´s what´s with all the acans in my tank is the most important thing right now

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Unread 08/21/2015, 06:31 AM   #75
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sorry to hear about your fishes. powder blues tend to bring along diseases don't they. That and the achilles. The group of anthias looks good in the drop off. I hope you'd be able to restock a group soon, after the tank's fluke-clear of course.


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