Pics of my reef tank

[mkpeters6]

i was just messing around with new camera, tried to take some shots w/o flash (its hard to get clear pics)....

Crocea clam




Torch coral


tank shot


brain and zoas

 

[ShadowVengance]

awesome!!!! is that a black light you got on there? looks darn sexy

 

[walls]

Beautiful!! How about a full tank shot for us??

 

[rook45]

nice i want a reef tank but i heard it take alot of time to maintain

 

[DeLgAdO]

nice i want a reef tank but i heard it take alot of time to maintain

not really, they take about as much time to maintain as our monsters

and the rewards are even greater

 

[Steve_89]

Very nice

 

[Hakon]

Very nice. Blue T5?

 

[adc-aquatics]

not really, they take about as much time to maintain as our monsters

and the rewards are even greater

How are the rewards greater?

 

[mkpeters6]

Thanks for the kind responses

The tank is a 90gal - the lights are 4 110watt VHOs (T12 bulbs) 2 actinic 2 super white -- the white vhos throw off a bit of a pink hue -- next tank im gonna do 2x250 MH plus the VHOs (all actinic) probably a 120 or 150h (definately need the extra width, it is hard to aquascape in an 18inch wide tank)

the care requirements for a reef tank compared to keeping monster fish is more or less the same, except i do a lot more algae scraping on my reef tank, but i also do bigger and more frequent water changes for big fish - so its sort of a trade off
the difference is probably the cost - equipment and especially livestock are much more costly -- like keeping monster fish - reefkeeping becomes addicting

 

[mkpeters6]

here are some shots of the whole tank -- i need to do a good algae scraping, i was away for three weeks...

w/ flash


w/o flash


my bubble... i love this coral, the pic doesnt do it justice


pagoda coral