Rookie07's Dualing Solanas

[seldin]

Your setup is very nice.

A friend of mine, in Long Island, did a long rectangle tank and up tight next to each tank, is like a half circle on each side. He has one central sump, but is able to keep different types of fish and corals in each setup... Very cool.

 

[rookie07]

A few new shots:

Husband and Wife:

Plate while eating:

Cool worm during the same feeding:

Sponge or something?:

 

[House of Laughter]

Rocking Phil - looks awesome finally seeing it in pictures.

House

 

[jadakiss]

very nice

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Love the shrimp

 

[lfsmarineguy]

Tanks look good, keep it up. How long have you had the Fu for?

 

[rookie07]

LFSMARINEGUY: I had the Fu for about 2 months....he has since been relocated to a new home.

 

[Moonstream]

really interesting design! whats care like for the harley shrimp? ive been wanting one/ a pair forever, but keep getting gun shy. Ive heard they're pretty simple, but im worried about a CCstar escaping from them and wreaking havok on a reef... any experience?

 

[Gwiz3005]

Looks great! I got to see it when he was setting it up. A true inspiration! Minimal maintenance is always good.

I'm looking forward to setting up the 120 I got from Rookie very soon!!

 

[guarda]

Nice setup. Kinda curious as to if there is any gadget corrosion. I lived on the beach in Brazil and would go through 2 laptops a year. Obviously two totally different environments but I was going to have my setup near my home theater system and opted against it.

 

[rookie07]

Moonstream: The Harleys hold onto the CCstar very well. They constantly hold it or sit on it so it does not escape. I have had 1 more for about a total of 9 months over the years, and never had any issue. The truth is, they were purchased for eradication of asterina starfish, and the pair of harleys goes from tank to tank eating asterinas.

Gwiz: I cant believe the tank isnt up yet! I look foward to seeing pictures of the tank once it is up and running.

Guarda: No problem with humidity ever.

 

[FaviaFreak]

how do you like the AquaIlluminations?

 

[rookie07]

FaviaFreak: I love them. The controller is huge(not in actual size), helps when first acclimating corals to the tank( I can dim the lights so the coral doesn't get to much light). There is virtually no heat transfer from lights to tank (My tank has no chiller or fans, and temp never gets above 81, but I generally have A/C on in summer) As far as growth, I am not a good example b/c I do not add chemicals or dose the tank, and only do minimal water changes.

 

[FaviaFreak]

FaviaFreak: I love them. The controller is huge, helps when first acclimating corals to the tank( I can dim the lights so the coral doesn't get to much light). There is virtually no heat transfer from lights to tank (My tank has no chiller or fans, and temp never gets above 81) As far as growth, I am not a good example b/c I do not add chemicals or dose the tank, and only do minimal water changes.

very cool set-up you have going on with both tanks! I'm leaning toward the AI lighting as well...I assume they can change kelvin temp as well?

 

[rookie07]

FaviaFreak: Does that refer to 14k or 20k, for example? I didnt know the "k" in "14k" was for Kelvin....If the answer is yes, then you can adjust the intensity of the blue or white LED's independently, which will allow you to adjust how "blue" the light looks...they also have 2 different modules, 2 white 1 blue, or 1 white 2 blue. I have the 2 white 1 blue which at max power is what I would guess to be a 10k or 12k look( but I really have no idea).

 

[Paul B]

Phil, very nice looking, healthy animals you have there.
About where in the city are you now?
I may call you today.
paul

 

[rookie07]

I have switched back to ESV salt. I believe there was almost no growth when I was not using esv. I'm assuming this is b/c ESV salt replenishes the water with trace elements.

Pictures posted soon of new aquascaping, corals, and growth!

 

[rookie07]

Updated FTS

Right Side of TV:

Left side of TV:

and of course, in the right side tank, I attached a sun coral to the underside of a mag rock:

 

[Sean]

very cool
finally got around to reading your dualing forum. Great pictures I realy like the room shots on the first page.

I also was able to go to rookies place and see these in person and they're very nice especially for such young tanks. I did like the 120 better but this these tanks are just starting and I know they're gonna be something spectacular soon.

lookin great

 

[rookie07]

I added 2 baby clownfish to the left side tank after my GF fell in love with them.
Here are pictures of both sleeping, obviously 1 is much smarter!