The new 210 gallon!

[Scott Allen]

Tank is looking very nice In the second pic, below and to the right of the Powder Blue Tang, what is that fish?

It's a silver moony. Technically a brackish water fish. I have 4 of them I got from a reefer that was breaking there tank down. They eat like pigs and are super super active. They are pretty cool.

[Gerwin]

use to sell them as brackish water fish under the trade name "Mono's"

[Scott Allen]

use to sell them as brackish water fish under the trade name "Mono's"

They are a really interesting fish. They breed up stream in rivers and canals, then as they progress through there life cycle they make there way back down and eventually into a full marine environment. "technically" I should raise the salinity with them as they grow... But they have been doing fine in a full marine environment for 6 months prior to me ever getting them... and so far are doing well in my SG of 1.026.

[Scott Allen]

Progression shots over time...

5/26/11


8/2/11


10/15/11


1/23/12


2/28/12

[Scott Allen]

New led full spectrum supplements to go with my AI. It's a subtle but definite pick up in coloration. Much more defined reds and greens in addition to keeping the blues from washing out so bad. My camera does it no justice.

With


Without



A few from the project.






And my next project!! My ultimate CaCO3 Reactor!

(the pen is for size reference)


Cole Parmer continuous duty peristaltic pump


And I'm still waiting on my electronic regulator from aquariumplants.com!



All is well on the reef, seeing great growth! I've been seeing some recovery of my Montis after getting rid of the Monti Black Bugs with interceptor.

All pics at www.photobucket.com/210g
and a video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZvZZxeI0U0

[acbaro]

That all looks really good Scott! Definitely a clean setup.

[goalk33p3r]

What pen I see no pen lol that thing is massive and your tank is looking really great Scott

[Scott Allen]

Ha, I'm officially a year old!!!!

5/30/2011


6/1/2012

[Redfish]

Awesome Congrats to you

[Shadow1]

Scott, it seems your go slow does not necessarily meet others vision of go slow. Tank is beautiful I am looking foreword to seeing it in person again. I like the light change not so cold looking now. Did you meter it as you changed or just work through the color shift?

[Dawgfan]

Hey, I was just looking through the 350 some odd pics on your photobucket. Are you using CO2 to power your protein skimmer? And what is that device sitting on the top right rim of your tank?

Sorry, I'm sure you explain it somewhere in this thread, but I couldn't read through all 100 replies...

[Scott Allen]

Scott, it seems your go slow does not necessarily meet others vision of go slow. Tank is beautiful I am looking foreword to seeing it in person again. I like the light change not so cold looking now. Did you meter it as you changed or just work through the color shift?

I turned my AI's down in both % and time to compensate for the extra light. And I have only seen positives in response to the spectrum. It was really smooth, I had a little burning, but it recovered quickly and is already showing better coloration and growth.

[Scott Allen]

Hey, I was just looking through the 350 some odd pics on your photobucket. Are you using CO2 to power your protein skimmer? And what is that device sitting on the top right rim of your tank?

Sorry, I'm sure you explain it somewhere in this thread, but I couldn't read through all 100 replies...

The Co2 is going to be hooked up to a Geo 818 calcium reactor, but I'm still waiting on some fittings to get it all online.

The thing on top of the tank is an acrylic algae scrubber. It houses two sets of t5ho lights that shine on a rough screen that water passes over. I put 2700 kelvin bulbs in there and it gives extremely optimal conditions for hair algae which sucks up all the nutrients in the water and keeps my nitrate at 0 and phosphate at near 0. Clean the algae out week to 2 weeks and it's amazing! There are a ton of articles online about them.

[Scott Allen]

Some of my most dramatic growth and coloration pics! I was looking at my pics and noticed these.

8/2/11


5/8/12


8/15/11 - Notice all 3 the Monti Confusa, and the Green acro above it and the brown acro in the top left of photo


5/8/12 - Leds don't color acros huh? See that purple monti colonyu?


8/30/11 That colony started as this brown monti in this pic!!!


8/2/11


6/9/12


8/2/11 - This monti was actually a hitchhiker and was barely alive in my old 30g


6/9/12


8/30/11 - See that pink epoxy with that tiny piece of coral below the digitata, and the green slimer on the right?


5/8/12 I really wish I had pics that properly represented these corals.


9/4/11


5/8/12 And this pic does NO justice to how pink/red it's become.


9/4/11


2/28/12

[Redfish]

As always, looking great Your getting pretty good with the picture taking Scott.