New custom tank build

jedidad · Apr 1, 2013

Thought I would post some pics of the corals I picked up on vacation in Orlando. I have got to learn how to take better pics
God of War palys

acans. pics just don't show the colors.

Jason Fox Space Invader Pectina.

Orange pavona. color again is not done any justice by my pics.

Space Monsters

My first chalice.

Here's a pic of my Phantom Clownfish

Lilmatty5dimes · Apr 2, 2013

Nice selection of coral. Thats one of the sickest clowns I've seen. Orlando is great.

jedidad · Apr 2, 2013

Yra the kids and i had a great time. Wish i could have gone to coralcon while i was there but it didnt work out for me. Got to visit a couple really nice lfs though.

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Tank Girl · Apr 3, 2013

Very nice clownfish :)

jedidad · Apr 3, 2013

thanks tank girl. hopefully they all get along or i will have to pull a pair out.

jedidad · Apr 3, 2013

Some more pics. I picked up my bubblegum monster chalice i purchased a while back and while I was at Custom Reef Creations I picked up a yellow carpet anemone. Some one please stop me before I go completely broke.

Within an hour of putting the carpet in the tank this happened.:bigsmile:

Only one has found it so far but this is awesome.
CRC Bubblegum monster chalice.

Some slightly bet pics of my acans I got in Orlando.

And a quick shot of my Black Ice Clownfish

I'm happy to report that everything in the tank is doing really well so far. Only a little aggression between the clownfish so far but I am watching them very close to make sure they don't get out of hand. If things get to bad I will move one of the pairs to the quarantine tank till I can figure out what to do with them.

diamondreef · Apr 4, 2013

Omg amazing tank. Love the lights... what kind of lights are those? Expensive? ??

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jedidad · Apr 4, 2013

They are AquaIlluminations Vega Colors. They are a bit pricey but full controlability of each led and good spectrum. Not as expensive as the radion pros though.

diamondreef · Apr 4, 2013

Okay thank you :) im going to look to see how pricey lol

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jedidad · Apr 4, 2013

500 for each fixture and about 75 for the controller. Each fixture can cover about a 24 x24 inch area.

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diamondreef · Apr 4, 2013

Thank you :) lol

jedidad · Apr 4, 2013

The phantom found the carpet some time last night also. So glad that I didn't have to wait long for this to happen.

Lilmatty5dimes · Apr 4, 2013

Awesome pics. How big is that carpet when all the way open? That's a sweet chalice.

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jedidad · Apr 4, 2013

I would say the carpet is about 10-12 inches across.

Tank Girl · Apr 8, 2013

Beautiful [FONT=arial, sans-serif]acanthastrea. [/FONT]

jedidad · Apr 8, 2013

Thanks they are coloring up nicely. Wish I could take better pics

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Tank Girl · Apr 9, 2013

What camera do you have? Did you try Tek's suggestions about taking the pictures?

jedidad · Apr 9, 2013

I have a Sony alpha sale but I don't think any of my lenses are macro. I also need to figure out how to whote balance it. I'm using a teipod but haven't tried using a timer which would help. Also I need to try and use manual focus not auto

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jedidad · Apr 9, 2013

Supposed to be dslr not sale

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jedidad · May 8, 2013

Man it's been a whole month since I have updated anything. Took alot of pics tonight. Right now the tank is loaded up with a lot of corals from Custom Reef Creations for a commercial that is being shot soon. Bill is having 5 custom tanks bought from his store filmed for the commercial and I am one of the lucky ones to be included. I wish I could keep everything but a few of the pieces are from Bill's personal collection. I will be keeping a few of them and some of the corals do belong to me. So here we go.