Coming up on 10 years...

[CoralManz]

So I've got this coral in my tank that no matter what I just can't get a good photo of. It's a real shame too because it really is a nice piece in person. Every shot I've taken is just either way too bright, too washed out or just plain doesn't look anything like what my eye sees. So bought one of those look down boxes from Bulk Reef Supply, in the hopes that I could finally capture this beauty. I was considering going for one of Avast Marines' Top Down "Porthole", but those were just about twice the price of the look down box from BRS. Well, the look down showed up yesterday and I finally got to give it a try today. Here's the elusive coral I've been trying to get a photo of for so long...

It's not EXACTLY as my eye sees it, but it's the closest I've ever been able to get. I'll try to get a shot with the Macro lens a little later to see if I can do better.

Now on to my next problem.....

Really like that your'e posting those throw back photos and that's a beautiful piece, kinda looks like the vivid rainbow.

 

[Special_K]

Wow! Your experienced is a great inspiration to me. I'm planning on a basement fish room too. How is that 100G sump work for you? Could you please show some details? I have questions regarding the return pump, too!

 

[Curtie44]

Wow! Your experienced is a great inspiration to me. I'm planning on a basement fish room too. How is that 100G sump work for you? Could you please show some details? I have questions regarding the return pump, too!

Thanks. The basement sump/fish room was probably the best thing I could have done for my tank. The extra water volume, a place to dose supplements, a safe spill zone to make RO water (you know what I mean), a place for all the filtration and a nice easy way to do water changes makes maintaining the tank much easier. Here are some really old shots of the fish room; a few things have changed like new skimmer, I don't run lights over the sump anymore, my frag tank is LED lit now and I've added a few more shelves for convenience. I use a Reeflow Hammerhead return pump to get the water back up to the main floor and to supply the frag tank.

 

[Curtie44]

Here's a crappy iPhone vid of the main display...

 

[Curtie44]

Here's the frag tank...

 

[Curtie44]

You guys like mature colony shots? How about a mature frag...look at this monster Cali Tort

 

[Special_K]

Thanks. The basement sump/fish room was probably the best thing I could have done for my tank. The extra water volume, a place to dose supplements, a safe spill zone to make RO water (you know what I mean), a place for all the filtration and a nice easy way to do water changes makes maintaining the tank much easier. Here are some really old shots of the fish room; a few things have changed like new skimmer, I don't run lights over the sump anymore, my frag tank is LED lit now and I've added a few more shelves for convenience. I use a Reeflow Hammerhead return pump to get the water back up to the main floor and to supply the frag tank.

Thank you for sharing! How do you control water level for your skimmer?

 

[Curtie44]

Thank you for sharing! How do you control water level for your skimmer?

Back then I built a stand out of egg crate that put the skimmer in ~8" of water. Now I have one of those big plastic storage boxes that I cut some slits in and the skimmer sits in that

 

[Curtie44]

Back then I built a stand out of egg crate that put the skimmer in ~8" of water. Now I have one of those big plastic storage boxes that I cut some slits in and the skimmer sits in that

 

[jsker]

Great build thread

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Absolutely beautiful reef!

Somebody chose the wrong place to take a nap...

This photo had me cracking up! ;Woot

 

[Curtie44]

Here's the Red Table that I had to get out of my main display because it just got way too big. I had it placed between the dual overflows near the top of my tank. It got so big it was blocking 80% of the light for everything underneath it soooooo it had to go. You can see right down the middle where the euro brace on the tank blocked the light....

That thing had to weigh 40 pounds!!!

 

[Kevin Junkin]

you know the name of that green paly. ive been looking for a frag of those

 

[Curtie44]

you know the name of that green paly. ive been looking for a frag of those

Which post #?

 

[Kevin Junkin]

Which post #?

never mind I saved the pic to reply with but it had the name in it lol the nuclear green ones

 

[Kar]

Super nice mature tank

 

[Curtie44]

I just picked up one of those Avast top down porthole thingy's for my DSLR so I figured I'd try it out on the frag tank today....

DCA Lemonberry

Purple Passion

RMF Crown Jewel

RMF Crown Jewel

Reef Raft The Vinh...scored this at a local frag swap a couple of weeks ago

SC Orange Passion...Been wanting one of these for a long time. The last one I had I lost

SCOP #2... I wanted one so bad I bought 2 of them!

 

[Curtie44]

Tyree Pinky the Bear...quickly becoming one of my favorites, looks amazing under blues, and not too shabby under whites as you see here.

TGC Inner Core

Jason Fox Jolt. Pic taken under blues

Same piece (JF Jolt) under day lights

And again under day lights

Walt Disney

WWC Christmas Mirabillis

Another shot of it

And another

 

[Curtie44]

This thing is way cool in person. You can't tell by the photos but the growth tips are yellowish fading to a baby blue.

Miyagi Tort

PC Rainbow. Another backup for the mother colony in my main display. Just fragged it ~3-4 weeks ago.

Strawberry Shortcake

 

[Reef man 89]

You my friend have one kickass tank. Congrats on ten years. The pic of the 22 in acro was unreal. You can clearly see why it had to come out of the tank. Thanks for sharing your pic.