OOC's 500 Gallons of Insanity

arnel0387 · Feb 20, 2015

wow that albino tang!!!

revhtree · Feb 20, 2015

Wow simply awesome corals, fish, and photos! Can't wait to see more. Welcome to R2R!

c_healy · Feb 20, 2015

Wow, beautiful pictures!

Please keep them coming.

alan.reef · Feb 20, 2015

Welcome to R2R. Amazing coral color.

kidtango · Feb 20, 2015

That rainbow looking milli is sweet. What is that and where did you get it?

FL_Reefer · Feb 20, 2015

Definitely following this one! Great pics!

beer503 · Feb 21, 2015

What par and flow are you growing the jf flame under?? Nice fish and corals

JMMJ13902 · Feb 21, 2015

Wow amazing.

Is that what I just saw...a WHITE tang???

dankreef · Feb 21, 2015

What is story on tang :smile:

declanisadog · Feb 21, 2015

Beautiful tank! Looking forward to seeing the video!

Macropora · Feb 21, 2015

Beautiful tank! The photo shoot with Chris (Gadgets) truly brings out the spectacular colors in your corals. Would love to see this tank in person one day.

Ooc · Feb 21, 2015

Thank you for all the kind words and warm welcome!!

For parameters, I try to keep ALK as steady as possible around 8-8.5, calcium 450, PO4 .05, NO3 .05.

The fox flame is in high light and high flow, up near the top of the tank.

The rainbow millie was acquired from Gonzo corals at this past Macna.

And yes that is a white tang. It was acquired from WWC over a year ago and has been in captivity for about 3 years. It is not Casper..

Ooc · Feb 21, 2015

declanisadog · Feb 21, 2015

Your pictures are truly amazing

mnat · Feb 21, 2015

And now the end times have begun, the tank that makes all other owners drop to their knees and cry tears of pure beauty and jealousy. This is the tank that has only been talked about in reverent whispers and only seen by those who had to be mentally and spiritually prepared to gaze upon it, for those that are not will quit the hobby in a flash. The tank that has to truly be photographed by a master photographer to bring out all the beauty that nature can supply. A tank that was aquascaped by the one and only Vic from WWC who was personally flown up to make sure each rock was lovingly placed to bring out the best that each piece of hand picked coral can radiate (This is a true story, only the finest scotch and kosher pizza was served).

A fish collection that actually make other fish jealous, fish are actually quarantined not for disease but because they are so overwhelmed with the health and beauty of the other fish they need to be watched as they faint and fall to the sand. Corals that rival any collection out there all healthy and happy. Hand selected from the finest vendors out there. These corals are then driven in a limo home to be placed in a loving manner (scotch was also served in the limo ride, along with screwdrivers at Jason Fox's house). Now that this system is here to steam roll its way into history, we are all witness. Only can Gadget really bring these amazing corals to life on here (again kosher pizza was served along with scotch and tequila (bet you did not see the tequila coming)).

So we all may now bow before Neptue and once again thank him for blessing us all with these wonderful animals that we get to nurture and experience. Make a sacrafice of aiptasia and mojanos and say three Hail melanarus and we shall all pray for SPS colors.

kschweer · Feb 21, 2015

mnat said:
And now the end times have begun, the tank that makes all other owners drop to their knees and cry tears of pure beauty and jealousy. This is the tank that has only been talked about in reverent whispers and only seen by those who had to be mentally and spiritually prepared to gaze upon it, for those that are not will quit the hobby in a flash. The tank that has to truly be photographed by a master photographer to bring out all the beauty that nature can supply. A tank that was aquascaped by the one and only Vic from WWC who was personally flown up to make sure each rock was lovingly placed to bring out the best that each piece of hand picked coral can radiate (This is a true story, only the finest scotch and kosher pizza was served).

A fish collection that actually make other fish jealous, fish are actually quarantined not for disease but because they are so overwhelmed with the health and beauty of the other fish they need to be watched as they faint and fall to the sand. Corals that rival any collection out there all healthy and happy. Hand selected from the finest vendors out there. These corals are then driven in a limo home to be placed in a loving manner (scotch was also served in the limo ride, along with screwdrivers at Jason Fox's house). Now that this system is here to steam roll its way into history, we are all witness. Only can Gadget really bring these amazing corals to life on here (again kosher pizza was served along with scotch and tequila (bet you did not see the tequila coming)).

So we all may now bow before Neptue and once again thank him for blessing us all with these wonderful animals that we get to nurture and experience. Make a sacrafice of aiptasia and mojanos and say three Hail melanarus and we shall all pray for SPS colors.

Haha...easily one of the bests posts I have read in a long time.

kungfujoe · Feb 21, 2015

Great shots, really love the milis

Macropora · Feb 21, 2015

mnat said:
And now the end times have begun, the tank that makes all other owners drop to their knees and cry tears of pure beauty and jealousy. This is the tank that has only been talked about in reverent whispers and only seen by those who had to be mentally and spiritually prepared to gaze upon it, for those that are not will quit the hobby in a flash. The tank that has to truly be photographed by a master photographer to bring out all the beauty that nature can supply. A tank that was aquascaped by the one and only Vic from WWC who was personally flown up to make sure each rock was lovingly placed to bring out the best that each piece of hand picked coral can radiate (This is a true story, only the finest scotch and kosher pizza was served).

A fish collection that actually make other fish jealous, fish are actually quarantined not for disease but because they are so overwhelmed with the health and beauty of the other fish they need to be watched as they faint and fall to the sand. Corals that rival any collection out there all healthy and happy. Hand selected from the finest vendors out there. These corals are then driven in a limo home to be placed in a loving manner (scotch was also served in the limo ride, along with screwdrivers at Jason Fox's house). Now that this system is here to steam roll its way into history, we are all witness. Only can Gadget really bring these amazing corals to life on here (again kosher pizza was served along with scotch and tequila (bet you did not see the tequila coming)).

So we all may now bow before Neptue and once again thank him for blessing us all with these wonderful animals that we get to nurture and experience. Make a sacrafice of aiptasia and mojanos and say three Hail melanarus and we shall all pray for SPS colors.

Nice write up and a great story behind the making of this spectacular tank.