ICF's 8ft Rose BTA Reef

[InsaneClownFish]

I'm new here to Reef2Reef, so I wanted to share some pics of my Reef. :yo: After almost 4 years, and much heartache after Irene, my Reef has taken an unexpected and incredible new direction:

 

[lawnman]

Insane welcome to reef2reef. I followed your tank on RC from start to crash. The softy reef was amazing. Tank looks alot different without the tang. Glad you joined here hope you post often.

 

[lawnman]

You should post up the old videos before Irene. Man so so happy to see you are still reefing.

 

[Electrobes]

Holy cow, where have you've been man! I remember your awesome tank from RC, those dimensions are just awesome. I am so glad to see this tank again! You;re killing me not outing the specs to us... what are those lights? Are you going with a lot of clowns-type set up?

 

[wysiwyg]

wow welcome to r2r amazing tank ty for sharing

 

[Cooper32803]

Love Love Love your tank!!

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Wow thanks folks! I'm flattered people remember my tank from RC considering I haven't been too active since Irene.
Electrobes:

Envision Acrylics 1" Polycast Acrylic Rimless 96x25x14(high) 100g Stock Tank Sump 40g Breeder Fuge The lights are Elos E-power Pendants The middle is a 250w and the two outer are 150s. The manta bracket holds a blue Elos E-Lite LED. I just changed out my very old bulbs to 3 Phoenix. I absolutely love my lights. It took me a very long time to settle into what I really wanted for lights. I'm currently phasing out my Korallia power heads in favor of the Aqueons made in Italy. I'm going to see how these hold up comparatively. Right now I'm skimmer-less. The new pump for my skimmer should be here later today. I'll be running a Tunze Hydrofoamer Silence 9420 on my SWC/MSX Mini Cone S 160. I shattered two impellers on the Sicce PSK-2500 so I'm going with the Tunze pump this time around.

 

[InsaneClownFish]

lawnman, I hadn't looked at this video in quite some time. I honestly just got very sad. Not your fault. ;) Pre-Irene:

[video=youtube_share;9gF0JGUUm1c]http://youtu.be/9gF0JGUUm1c?hd=1[/video]

 

[Loki]

Awesome tank. (haven't seen the video yet) those dimensions are awesome!

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Thanks Loki! It's pretty neat to be able to walk across the length of the tank and gaze down into it.
Electrobes, I'm leaning towards having the tank Ocellaris dominated at this point. With a rimless tank, almost anything torpedo shaped will eventually end up on the carpet. :behindsofa:

I just added the first fish in probably 8 months. A LFS had one of the healthiest Chocolate Tangs I'd ever seen(I had one a few years ago that didn't do well at all, and I honestly have no idea why):

I also have an ORA Pink Skunk Clown that hops around the BTAs. Not the best pic, but here's my ORA Carmel Ocellaris and ORA Misbar Black Ocellaris that have paired up:

I'd like to add a pair of ORA Orange Skunks and a pair of naked clowns in the future and see where I'm at from there. I'm able to avoid most aggression because of the sheer surface area of the tank.

 

[Electrobes]

That's just plain awesome. I am so looking forward to seeing the progression of this tank, it's still one of the more unique ones out there today.

 

[Clownfish Depot]

Great looking tank! I love all the RBTA's, plenty of nice home choices for your clownfish.

 

[3Twinklets]

Oh stunning! Welcome. Happy crew you have there!

 

[revsgirl]

Your tank is stunning! Pre-Irene and now!! Thanks for sharing!!

 

[strange33w]

very nice tank. you have some real good looking RBTs. looking forward to seeing more

 

[uall8up]

Welcome to R2R!!! Beautiful tank. I love nems and clowns!!! Great pics, would love to see more as you go.

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

Awesome rbta tank setup!heaven for clownfish!
welcome to R2R!

 

[MarvinsReef]

am a big fan of tanks dominated by BTA's. great job. you plan on adding a few other different morphs?

 

[lawnman]

lawnman, I hadn't looked at this video in quite some time. I honestly just got very sad. Not your fault. ;) Pre-Irene:

[video=youtube_share;9gF0JGUUm1c]http://youtu.be/9gF0JGUUm1c?hd=1[/video]

I followed your tank from start to irene. I even offered to send you leathers after I heard about Irene. I have since started a BTA tank with a few different morphs. I would be happy to send you one on the next split if interested. Don't be sad watching that video be happy it had a good run and was out of your control. You will really like reef2reef alot of nice people here and no drama.

 

[lawnman]

Can you link your youtube channel to your thread?