Pics of 125 Reef

[seaham358]

I have been giving a lot of advice so I figured it is time to post some pics of my 125 reef. I had a tank crash a year ago and things are finally getting back to normal. Still not 100% sure why the tank crashed.
That was in the past and things are getting better now...
I'll post pics of the crash one day...... Not a pretty sight..

 

[seaham358]

Having problem posting pics??? When I figure it out I will post....

 

[reefrunner69]

Are you trying to link the pics...or attach?

 

[seaham358]

attach.

 

[revhtree]

I am on needles here....

 

[reefrunner69]

Well you have plenty of space...where are you having problems? Images must be no larger than 250kb and should be sized for the web (like 80600 or there abouts).

 

[seaham358]

I just uploaded them to the site and waiting for approval.
They are all 250 or smaller... I browse then click add attachment and the page reloads and its gone.. ?? I will try to make them smaller and see what happens, I think that may be the problem. They are 250 or smaller but larger then 800x600...

Thanks...

 

[seaham358]

One more time..

 

[seaham358]

Ok the key is 800x600. Thanks..
I have some coraline on the front of tank, been to lazy to scrap it off.

 

[Fluff]

Looks great!

 

[afilter]

Wow, I have a dream! Thanks for sharing.

 

[seaham358]

Thanks for the kind words....
I almost packed it in after the tank crash, I am glad I stayed with it.

 

[Steven A]

It looks great. Congrats, you must be proud. 8)

 

[Gatorfreak]

Amazing! 8O That is what I hope to have someday!

 

[pufferman]

my god, look at the amount of coralline. I have neon green coralline like that, but purple grows in really small spots for me. WOW is all i can say. 8O

 

[JPloman]

VERY NICE!!! I hope some day to be able to have my tank look that healthy and filled with coral!

 

[seaham358]

thanks all. I do nothing special and have no fancy equipment so it is possible for anyone to get these results.
IMO the quality of water that we use is the most important thing, that is why I use ro/di.
I used kold steril for about 6 months last year to try and save a few bucks and all I got for my efforts was a bad case of cyno. I switched back and after a few months it was gone and the coral are growing better then ever. B-Ionic dosed daily and Liquid life for the corals and that is it. Oh regular water changes with Ocieanic salt.

 

[greenmaji]

Looks great seaham358..
What are your numbers like? Calcium, Alk? Do you dose calcium? (I would think so with all that purple coralline in there )
Your VHO lighting looks great.. care to share what kind of bulbs your using? It seems like veryone is useing Icecap ballasts so..
Im just going to assume that one..
Thanks for sharing..

 

[seaham358]

2 Icecap ballast with URI VHO bulbs 2- actinic white and 2 super actinic.
I dose B-ionic 2 part calcium and alkalinity daily I like to keep my cal between 400-450 and alk 9- low 10. But the last several months I have been having trouble keeping the cal above 380 and the alk above 8. Things are growing great now so the tank may be using it up faster.
Most guys I know that use Oceanic have no trouble keeping there cal above 420 most do not even have to use any additives.

Thanks again ...