2Sunny's 240 Coral Garden Cube

[ddiver]

dude....amazing tank and phtography.

 

[ddiver]

how deep is the tank and how far are the halide bulbs from the water?...TIA

 

[clowns101]

omg put my tank to shame lol

LOL,mine to!Makes mine look like a trash bin!HA!

 

[MarvinsReef]

really really nice tank! :marv :marv :marv

 

[2Sunny]

how deep is the tank and how far are the halide bulbs from the water?...TIA

The tank is 48 x 48 x 24 and the halides are 11.5 inches off the water, but keep in mind that I have wto fixtures and they surround the corals with light of an intensity great than a single bulb shining down. The LEDs are 5.5 inches away and the VHOs are 6.5 inches away.

But . . .


Really guys, you're bringin' a tear to my eye with all the generous comments!


Thank-you!!



Joe

 

[Brad Syphus]

Thank you for showing off. Your tank is outstanding .

 

[las]

This tank has a 300 gallon fuge! Makes me rethink my tiny little fuge section in my sump. So, u dont have any live sand at all in your system( besides the thin layer in your DT)?

 

[seth&angelle]

What type of anemone is that? Absolutely love the huge sump by the way. Crazy cool system and yet so simple.

 

[revhtree]

How often do you change your water and how much?

 

[IntDboy]

Love the tank!!! Thanks for sharing

 

[cichlidtx]

Great looking tank and outstanding corals. I hope to have colonies 1/3 third of the size of yours. Would mind giving some hints on your success?

 

[ctxmonitor]

Amazing tank!!! Now that's a mature system in its most beautiful form!! Keep up the posing of the pics!!

 

[stunreefer]

Your tank never ceases to amaze, Joe. Very well done and welcome to R2R!

 

[nanokeeper]

i don't post much after looking at tanks online for 10+ years, but yours is incredible. It's refreshing to see a tank that has mature colonies instead of the frag heavy tanks that are so popular now.

Would you mind posting your maintenance regime? Oh yea, and please keep the pictures coming. Thanks!!!

 

[spspirate]

1smile1 Great reef!!!

 

[2Sunny]

i don't post much after looking at tanks online for 10+ years, but yours is incredible. It's refreshing to see a tank that has mature colonies instead of the frag heavy tanks that are so popular now.

Would you mind posting your maintenance regime? Oh yea, and please keep the pictures coming. Thanks!!!

I can think of no greater honor than a comment like that so to you and everyone else I say Thank-you again and again!



I really have been trying for that mature coral head look. That's the whole reason I started this tank even though I knew it would be a slow process I wanted a lot fewer corals with room to grow in like you see in nature and it took a long time to get there, but the results are well worth the wait. Here's a photo of my Oregon Tort in 2003 versus 2 years ago versus today:

SEPTEMBER 2003

October 2007

Today

 

[skinz78]

Awesome progression, do you have more of these type pic's?

 

[ahvrivera]

One word.....SUPERB!!!!!


Wow what an amaizing tank and system.

 

[2Sunny]

Frag progression.

Here's two more coral frag progressions . . .

 

[clowns101]

I just love your tank....