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Unread 01/01/2016, 08:59 AM   #126
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Wow! Incredible growth! Good to know this tank is still running and so healthy!

Happy New Year!

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Unread 01/01/2016, 09:04 AM   #127
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Hi Dave.M
thank you for your appreciation. Happy New Year to you too!
My biggest job is to remove corals or cut them down. I prefer to have fewer colonies in decent sizes, so I rather remove whole large pieces to provide room for others to grow. Of course, some pruning is still mandatory every now and them.
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Unread 01/01/2016, 04:36 PM   #128
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Amazing! Very nicely done.


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Unread 01/02/2016, 12:30 AM   #129
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This is one of the most beautiful tanks on RC!


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Unread 01/02/2016, 11:50 AM   #130
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Great looking tank. Good job!


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Unread 01/29/2016, 09:25 PM   #131
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Beautiful tank


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Unread 05/04/2016, 08:19 AM   #132
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Just got home from a one-month trip to Indonesia. All the tank got was feeding, water top-off, skimmer and filter sock cleaning, twice weekly manual trace element dosing. Except for one file fish that went carpet surfing (found the only gap) and a drop in alkalinity (easily remedied) everything went well, absolu. Next weekend I will be busy with pruning some colonies.


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Unread 06/23/2016, 01:16 PM   #133
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Wow, just wow!


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Unread 10/31/2016, 06:25 PM   #134
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Jens,

I don't know how I found this thread (last post was months ago!) but thank you for sharing this. It's really impressive. I'm particularly impressed by how well lit the tank is, and there is still lots of stuff growing even on the bottom (35" deep!). I also like the aquascaping - I'm considering a wall like yours - and I'm shocked at how much stuff grew out.


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Unread 10/31/2016, 10:50 PM   #135
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OK, so here is a little update, the tank is now running for almost 6 years





That blue carpet!!


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Unread 02/19/2017, 09:13 AM   #136
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Time for the annual update,
the tank runs pretty smoothly, the biggest hassle is pruning the corals. Except for a bad incident when adding geoffroy wrasses (first killed my Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus group then each other...) all inhabitants are doing just fine.



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Unread 02/19/2017, 10:12 AM   #137
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Unread 02/19/2017, 10:21 AM   #138
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Absolutely stunning!! Is that a BTA on the right side of the tank? If so, any issues with it stinging the corals? I've got a huge BTA in my reef and I've avoided keeping any corals near it as I figured they wouldn't stand a chance against the BTA.


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Unread 02/19/2017, 10:23 AM   #139
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Unread 02/19/2017, 11:00 AM   #140
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Absolutely stunning!! Is that a BTA on the right side of the tank? If so, any issues with it stinging the corals? I've got a huge BTA in my reef and I've avoided keeping any corals near it as I figured they wouldn't stand a chance against the BTA.
Hi slief,
yes this is a BTA (two actually, split last week), I always have one or a few in the tank. Yes they do sting a bit, but in that corner they cant't do much damage. If they move into a corner where I don't want them, I either remove them (if possible) or they will meet the syringe of doom (concentrated sodium hydroxide). My pride and joy is the blue carpet that is in my tank now for about 4 years, it's doing absolutely fine and I would like to keep it that way. So everything that grows too close to it will be removed.


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Unread 02/19/2017, 05:12 PM   #141
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Unread 02/19/2017, 05:19 PM   #142
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Hi slief,
yes this is a BTA (two actually, split last week), I always have one or a few in the tank. Yes they do sting a bit, but in that corner they cant't do much damage. If they move into a corner where I don't want them, I either remove them (if possible) or they will meet the syringe of doom (concentrated sodium hydroxide). My pride and joy is the blue carpet that is in my tank now for about 4 years, it's doing absolutely fine and I would like to keep it that way. So everything that grows too close to it will be removed.
No need to kill the nems, just pack them up and mail them to me!!!


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Unread 02/20/2017, 11:04 PM   #143
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Unread 02/21/2017, 12:42 PM   #144
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Beautiful tank. I really like the rock layout and coral arrangement.

Question - and I sure hope I didn't ask this before (although I did a quick search so think I am safe ). How do you handle water movement and return(s)? I'm asking because I am setting up a similar peninsula style tank although smaller at 240 gallons. I'm been tossing around several ideas from the use of two returns connected to sea swirls at the far end or plain returns and a XF230 Gyre I picked up during a sale last year.

Maybe I need to start at page one - that is what I'll do. Very nice looking tank. Thanks for sharing.


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Unread 02/21/2017, 01:35 PM   #145
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Very, very, nice Jens! I really like the whole look.


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Unread 02/21/2017, 02:54 PM   #146
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Beautiful tank. I really like the rock layout and coral arrangement.

Question - and I sure hope I didn't ask this before (although I did a quick search so think I am safe ). How do you handle water movement and return(s)? I'm asking because I am setting up a similar peninsula style tank although smaller at 240 gallons. I'm been tossing around several ideas from the use of two returns connected to sea swirls at the far end or plain returns and a XF230 Gyre I picked up during a sale last year.

Maybe I need to start at page one - that is what I'll do. Very nice looking tank. Thanks for sharing.
For some reason I couldn't edit so will reply to my thread instead. I went back to page one and see how the water movement is done since I was sure you mentioned it. I never considered a closed loop but now wish I had.

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Unread 02/21/2017, 11:35 PM   #147
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did i understand right 2-250 watt halides and 8 t-5s am i correct
wonderful tank


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Unread 03/02/2017, 07:39 AM   #148
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For some reason I couldn't edit so will reply to my thread instead. I went back to page one and see how the water movement is done since I was sure you mentioned it. I never considered a closed loop but now wish I had.

Great job.
Dear saf1, thank you for the appreciation. The water movement is the same as in the beginning, two separate closed loop systems with one outlet each in the bottom at the "room end" of the tank and two ancient Tunze 6200 at the wall end. While in general I really like that setup there could be more water movement at the room end. I can definitely see a bit of detritus buildup in that area, so I decided to place those corals there that prefer calmer waters, i.e Euphyllia, leather corals, etc.
This is perhaps the main problems of peninsula tanks, getting enough current to the front end without having visible pipes or pumps.
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Unread 03/02/2017, 07:40 AM   #149
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did i understand right 2-250 watt halides and 8 t-5s am i correct
wonderful tank
That was my previous setup. Lighting is the only thing I played around with for quite a wile. My current setup is 4x54W T5 and 6x AquaIllumination SOL. In the near future I willadd two more T5 tubes on each side.
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Unread 11/17/2018, 05:49 AM   #150
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Hello Jens, any updates on your tank? I come back to this thread all the time hoping to see how this very beautiful tank is doing!!


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