[pogodzib]

OK Everyone, it's been a while since I posted pictures of my tank, so here are some progressive pictures of my latest (8 month old) 220 gallon tank.

December 12, 2008


December 29, 2008


February 18, 2009

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February 18, 2009 (cont)





April 30, 2009

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April 30, 2009 (cont)

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And now finally, pics from this week (August 1st, 2009)







Here's the two pics above merged together:

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Fish pics taken on August 1, 2009:









Yes, I add fish slowly so I only have 7 fish in my display tank so far (no pic taken of my mandarin) and one fish (a hippo tang) in my quarantine tank.

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Coral pics taken on August 5, 2009

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and some more from 8/5/09

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more from 8/5/09:

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and finally:






Yes, this tank is still a far cry away from what my previous tank was, but it is coming along nicely. If you compare pics from the different dates, you can see that most of the corals have very good growth so far. Pretty soon, I'll need to start concentrating more on coral coloration that growth.

[RenesisJim]

I dream of have a system this size someday. I just set up a 47g cube and took down a 72g bow.

[map95003]

Originally Posted by pogodzib

and some more from 8/5/09

Hey Brian, thank is looking good. What's the name of this coral? Someone gave me a piece a few months ago and it's doing really well in my tank. I think it may be a birdsnest but I'm not 100% sure.

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Originally Posted by map95003

Hey Brian, thank is looking good. What's the name of this coral? Someone gave me a piece a few months ago and it's doing really well in my tank. I think it may be a birdsnest but I'm not 100% sure.

Thanks Martin. That coral is a Montipora Digitata, a.k.a. "Digi. They are one of the easier to keep and relatively fast growing SPS coral.

[RyanG]

Looking great Brian...I am amazed at how well this tank has done with you moving so much!

[jeanne]

Wow what great pics! I can't imagine having a tank that huge. Awesome. I have a hard enough time with my 55 gal,especially since I'm such a newbie. Eventually I'll post up pics probably in the welcome section where I am. Again wonderful pics. Jeanne

[jimw369]

About time you got something growing in there!

Hows it going Brian? Tank looks like its coming along well!

[pogodzib]

Things are going great Jim. How about you?

[jimw369]

Going great!

Just soooo busy. I guess thats a good thing. Too little time for this great hobby. Kind of discouraging in that department.

[lobsterboy]

looks great! the black clowns are wicked.

[WhatReef]

tons a corals in there looking good man, i need to go out and buy some more frags and fill my tank in more, but the reno is keeping my coral money busy :P, keep it up

[elkman97462]

What an education you have given us in great reefkeeping! At this point, what is your plan? Minor changes, or major additions to the tank?

[pogodzib]

My plans right now are to let the corals grow out some before adding much more for corals so the focus has been on getting more fish quarantined and into the tank. The next major improvement will probably be updating the skimmer to either a Royal Exclusive Alpha 250 Kone or ATB 1050 Cone.

[WhatReef]

how fish are you going to have in there, right now i have 11 in my 180 gallon and im thinking of taking some out cause water needs changing more often so i think i might remove 3 or 4 fish just cause the maintenance is to much so i just thought i would mention that cause more fish = more water changes :P, tank look awesome again

[pogodzib]

I'll probably end up with around 12-14 fish max in my 300 gallon TWV system, maybe less.

[WhatReef]

any idea where i can find a reactor for carbon, i need to put one on my tank but cant find one

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Many people use a phosphate reactor, such as the Two Little Fishies Phosban Reactor and other people make their own such as is shown in this link http://web.hollcraft.ws:8099/reef/DI...DIY%20Projects

Other people use put their carbon in a filter bag in a high flow area of their sump. Personally, I only use carbon at the outlet of my skimmer because I use ozone, otherwise I wouldn't use it at all.


BTW - I guess I lied a few posts ago about what skimmer I thought I'd end up getting (Royal Exclusive Alpha 250 Kone or ATB 1050 Cone). I ended up ordering a ATB 10.5 Deluxe Cone skimmer today. The ATB 1050 would have worked, but the 10.5 may work better with the ozone since it comes from the factory with the ozone fitting and the skimmer is rated a tad better so I know it will definitely be able to handle the tank, even if I end up connecting a frag tank in the future.