Tank of The Month - December 2010

[Alex]

Wait, Alex you went to Pratt as well?

yes, I did. photo department, wish I had known then about the tanks but I never left the darkroom.

 

[prattreef]

Geez, both Tentacles and Strendo were Pratt photo majors as well.

 

[ego]

Congrats... beautiful tank. Can we see pics of sump and equipment?

 

[NL146]

Fantastic tank! So clean. Did you have an idea/theme in mind when you did the aquascaping, or is that the end result of numerous changes?

 

[strendo]

What do you use to vacuum your sand bed?

Do you test for Iodine? How much are you dosing?

What do your typical test levels look like? Do you do any Potassium dosing?

I don't test for it, but I do 2 drops of Luigis/day.
Alk is between 7-8, Cal 400, MG 1400+, Phosphates .03 via hanna digital phosphate meter, nitrates are undetectable

 

[charliethetuna88]

Very nice ,nice and clean is ur frag tank plumbed to ur mainand sump or is it a total diff system

 

[strendo]

Fantastic tank! So clean. Did you have an idea/theme in mind when you did the aquascaping, or is that the end result of numerous changes?

Thanks!
I've always liked minimal modern tanks with small amounts of rock in them. I wanted to go for one large island, with smaller one next to it. For a while I had a bridge connecting them but it looked too fake.

 

[strendo]

Your tank is stunning! I love the scape, nice and full without being overcrowded.

We'll have to talk former Pratt student to former Pratt student sometime. I ended up being Randy's assistant/aquarium minion while I was studying there. Believe it or not, Randy is a tyrant of a boss! There's nothing he hates more than finding budding reefers at Pratt

Thanks! I'm going to try and come by next week

 

[strendo]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Here's a few more pics. I'll shoot some new photos of the sump room this weekend:

 

[REEF ADDICT]

i saw this tank in person the whole set up. its nuts btw the sun coral is still doing great CONGRATS ON TANK OF THE MONTH...

 

[FlowerhornNYC]

Amazing looking tank bro
Thank you for sharing with us

 

[coralite]

Great looking tank there, very inspirational and modern. Minus the obvious water pumps, this tank is an archetype for how reef tanks should like in the future: great corals, good aquascape and realistic colors. Bravo!

 

[chinatown]

nice tank. a lot of powerheads in there. strong flow. but it's SPS so it's good.

 

[strendo]

Great looking tank there, very inspirational and modern. Minus the obvious water pumps, this tank is an archetype for how reef tanks should like in the future: great corals, good aquascape and realistic colors. Bravo!

I agree I hate all the pumps in the tank but I can't figure out a way to get enough flow with my aquascape & run less pumps. I've tried taking the large Koralias out, but started getting hair algae in the dead spots.

 

[tangmaniac]

beautiful set up ,thanks for sharing

 

[Staaan]

Tank was posted on reef builders..

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/12/02/sweet-sassy-175g-grade-manhattan-reefs-inaugural-totm/

 

[aznt1217]

Speechless*

 

[prattreef]

Tank was posted on reef builders..

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/12/02/sweet-sassy-175g-grade-manhattan-reefs-inaugural-totm/

Nice! I wonder how they found this so quickly?? :theyareon

 

[Staaan]

Lurkerrrrs... hahaha.

I was shocked.. when I saw Manhattan Reefs... We're famous. lol

 

[albano]

:theyareon

Hmmmm, you're acting a little suspicious!!!!!