Miracles 600 Build Thread - Angels & Acros

[subodhs]

@djkms, I think you might have already shared this, but what's the secret behind those stunning pictures? Every time I try to take a photo of my tank, my phone seems to go blue-blind!

By the way, your tank is absolutely gorgeous, and I really admire your Apex automation setup. I know how challenging it can be—but once it's dialed in, it’s a lot of fun too!

 

[djkms]

@djkms, I think you might have already shared this, but what's the secret behind those stunning pictures? Every time I try to take a photo of my tank, my phone seems to go blue-blind!

By the way, your tank is absolutely gorgeous, and I really admire your Apex automation setup. I know how challenging it can be—but once it's dialed in, it’s a lot of fun too!

Thanks. For the better pictures I use my Sony Mirrorless Camera, good lens, orange filter and shoot in RAW and adjust the colors in Lightroom. Most my shots are just done with my Note 10+ and orange filter though.

On the Apex side of things I have been using their controllers since 2007-2008ish if memory serves. I know the system pretty well but the problem is the more I use it the more "advanced" I can program it which really means nothing more than more tiles on my page to manage!

 

[djkms]

Took some quick coral shots....

 

[djkms]

 

[djkms]

These are just the corals on one side of the peninsula. I will hopefully take pictures of the other 2 sides in the next week or so.

I also updated my fish list. I have 3 more fish coming from Dr Reef that didnt make it on my last shipment and were held back for further observation. Moorish Idol, Queen Angel and Emperor Angel. Hopefully they will be here in the next couple weeks. Hoping to have better luck with this Idol and Queen not being really bad nippers and the Emperor is replacing my Emperor who died a couple months ago. Not sure on cause...

I am hoping to do a video as well once my last 3 fish come in.

52 Fish (15 Angelfish)​

Achilles Tang Acanthurus achilles
Asfur Angelfish Pomacanthus asfur
2 Banggai Cardinalfish Pterapogon kauderni
4 Bartlett's Anthias Pseudanthias bartlettorum
Bicolor Angelfish Centropyge bicolor
2 Bimaculatus Anthias Pseudanthias bimaculatus
Black Nox Angelfish Centropyge nox
Blue Girdled Angelfish Pomacanthus navarchus
Blueface Angelfish Pomacanthus xanthometopon
Cleaner Common Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus
Convict Tang Acanthurus triostegus
2 Copperband Butterflyfish Chelmon rostratus
Coral Beauty Angelfish Centropyge bispinosa
2 Engineer Goby Pholidichthys leucotaenia
Flagfin Angelfish Apolemichthys trimaculatus
Flame Angelfish Centropyge loriculus
Flame Hawkfish Neocirrhitus armatus
Flameback Angelfish (Captive Bred) Centropyge acanthops
2 Green Mandarin Synchiropus splendidus
Lawnmower Blenny Salarias fasciatus
Multicolor Angelfish Centropyge multicolor
Naso Tang Naso lituratus
Pygmy Cherub Angelfish Centropyge argi
Red Christmas Checkerboard Wrasse Halichoeres claudia
2 Red Scooter Dragonet Synchiropus stellatus
Regal Angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus
4 Resplendent Anthias Pseudanthias pulcherrimus
Rusty Angelfish Centropyge ferrugata
Singapore Angel Chaetodontoplus mesoleucus
2 Sleeper Blue Dot Goby Valenciennea sexguttata
Sleeper Blue Dot Goby Valenciennea sexguttata
2 Springeri Damsel Chrysiptera cf. springeri
Starry Blenny Salarias ramosus
2 Tomini Tang Ctenochaetus tominiensis
Watanabei Angelfish Genicanthus watanabei
Yellow Chrysus Wrasse Halichoeres chrysus
Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish Forcipiger flavissimus

 

[djkms]

Colors were way off on my previously uploaded photos a couple posts up. I reuploaded them. Much better....

 

[djkms]

Random fish shots taken today..

And my daughters dog, Ruby....

 

[djkms]

3 new additions

 

[djkms]

The King and Queen have arrived.

 

[lombeard]

beautiful! would love some angels.

 

[ruxsir]

Incredible fish collection

 

[ben townsend]

Full tank shot??

 

[djkms]

Full tank shot??

Most recent FTS was on 05/27 - All my full tank shots are catalogued on post #5 of this thread as well

Here is a link if you want to see full resolution:
https://adobe.ly/400qx5c

 

[skey44]

Stunning display!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Most recent FTS was on 05/27 - All my full tank shots are catalogued on post #5 of this thread as well

Here is a link if you want to see full resolution:
https://adobe.ly/400qx5c

I love your tank and all of the inhabitants in it!

 

[djkms]

So I want to do an update regarding my mixing/water change station.

I recently had to move my barrels because they sit right underneath my AC air handlers which I recently replaced. So I decided to clean out my barrels and the salt one was pretty nasty. I should have taken a picture but I didn't.
Anyways the crud was coming from the caking agent(s) used with my Red Sea Blue salt. Kind of a nasty dark brown color. I was trying to figure out a way to keep the barrel clean so I wouldn't have to drain it completely to clean it.

I didnt get it completely clean but its good enough for Government work. I was thinking about putting a RO Sediment filter on between the output of the pump and the return going back into the top of the barrel. Then it dawned on me...

I have 5 micron filter socks laying around. So I just zip tied it to the top of the barrel and have the return draining into the sock. This is after 1 sock change and 2 days. Gross. But hopefully this keeps my barrel clean!

 

[Antics]

I didnt get it completely clean but its good enough for Government work.

Looks good from my house

 

[djkms]

Quick video walkaround with my phone. I will probably do a better video at the 2 year mark with my Sony Mirrorless Camera.

 

[backbayreef]

Beautiful tank - love the aquascape and angels! I'm also a sucker for angels in a reef tank.

 

[Troylee]

Tanks looking killer! I had mine setup the same way with flow but the sticks didn’t like the end view without high flow.. I ended up putting a couple vortecs on the viewing end and the tank was much happier! Just something to think about as the tank grows out! I wished I didn’t rush and put a closed loop on the end for that reason..