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I had both laying around new pics added to the first post

As a time saver I bought a sea clear 100 skimmer. I have cut a 8in wide vent in the back of the hood and hung the skimmer in the back with a little cutting in the back chamber braces it fit right in. This will be a very skimmed tank

I live in a area with 4 great LFS's. So I bought it at a Local store. as to the skimmer issue i am going to lay a a power head in the back and go up thru a hole in the top (hood ) and over thru a small skimmer that I am building (will post when done) then the return will come back thru the top...

The sand is very live. from my 220 gal reef system and the rock has been in my sump for about 2 months. Tank is a JBJ NANO. You can get them online at Drs Foster & Smith $99.00 It comes with a 28 watt 50/50 PC built into a great reflector in the hood and a 3 chamber filter in the back with a...

This is the new nano cube in my office. 9.7 gal 10lbs of semi cured live rock 1 inch of live sand from my big reef tank I took out all of the foam and junk in the filter chambers. I placed one bag each of Chemi-Pure* charcoal resin blend, Sea-Chem Purigen* and 1 sheet of polyfilter in the...

Thanks seamaid I think that we all need to add to the body of knowledge in this hobby. Since I cant spend my life traveling across the world to look at tanks and setups,,,I believe that every reef hobbiest needs to have a web site. By doing this we help each other. I believe this so strongly...

I am Building a 340 that will be in place by summer

I have avery low tech setup. 220gal 3x 250w MH 14000k ab aqualine with standard ballasts, DIY skimmer Snailman design 40 gal sump with 55w pc 24/7 Kent bio-sediment and lots of Macro in sump 2nd Refuge 6 gal with Kent bio-sediment and lots of Macro and feather duster worms 7 in deep...

The tank is 220gal

Also as to issue of color. I have found how to increase the color of most coral. As a diver I have seen colors that I have spent years trying to get in a reef tank. In a reef tank the colors almost never match the brillance of the same coral in the wild. The reason is food. the reef is not the...

I am using an olympus d230 Mid priced camera. I shoot at the highest res in a dark room with 250 MH AB 14000k bulbs on the tank. I use Fireworks photo editor to resize and compress the file all of those files are less than 50k. The colors are the colors in the tank. for more check out my site...

Here are a couple more

I was up late, could not sleep, new batteries in the camera. you know what happens so I thought I would share a few of the good shoots.

220gal 2X 250w MH 14000k with standard ballasts, red sea skimmer. 30gal sump with 55w pc 24/7 Kent bio-sediment and lots of Macro in sump 2nd Refuge 6 gal (above the tank) with Kent bio-sediment and lots of Macro and feather duster worms 7 in deep sand bed - 150 lbs of live rock & 150 lbs of...