Heres mine I like the look of side views.http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/reeftanksept012.jpg

very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!! How much would you charge to come make my tank look like that? :) lol

I like the side views too. Unfortunately, it is hard to do side views with my corner tank.

Awesome! Everything looks very happy in there. Nice and clean.

two bucks hows that? You do hunt right? Just kidding.

sweet Vic, very sweet, looks like u bought everything jumbo size for the mixed reef! everything looks very crisp!
that clam at the front looks like its going to complete for light sooner rather than later or is it just the angle>?

Verainn
Everything in there I grew up from a small frags. The Monti (all of it) came from a piece the size of a dimes. And yes I need to keep the coral trimmed so the light can get to the clams! I'll look for a picture of the tank when I first started and post that, so you can see from where it has come.
Victoria

Took some hunting but I found some photos of my tank from April 05.http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/CUBETANKAPRIL2005023-1.jpgApril
Julyhttp://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/JULY21st2005CUBETANK001.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/CubetankAug272005001.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/Cubetanksept2005006.jpghttp://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/cubetankoct2005006.jpg
Victoria

In Feb 06 I took the front peice on Monti and moved it to the back left hand corner. It was getting to close to the front glass and I could not clean. I did have the piece of porities die for not apparent reason. And have added another clam and a few frags.
Victoriahttp://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/cubetankFeb2006012.jpg

ok, so know i know when ever we want to squeeze some more shots out of u, is to insinuate u bought them! lol

it certainly went under a transformation. are u happy with your set-up, if any whats your future plans going to be> u know youv'e been with us for awhile now Vic, and it occured to me that i know nothing about you!

hMMM Let's see... I have had a saltwater system for WOW over 30 years. But have only started the reef part 4 or so years ago. I kinda just didn't pay much attention to the reef world.

Before this tank I had a 140 gal mixed mostly with LPS and soft coral. We are going to be moving in a little over a year so I down sized to the 29 cube. I also upgraded to MH and SPS.
I have had any thing from a 10 gal to a 300gal in the course of this hobby. And also own an aquaium maintance company for 10 years. I guess this is a good start. lol
Victoria

gorgeous pix

wow nice growth!

Victoria,

Absolutely beautiful!!!

When you start fraging, I'd like some. :D

Victoria,

Nice before and after shots. I love seeing how tanks grow and mature.

Thanks Carmie. I learned a lesson, If I frag It will be to someone in the same state that I'm in. I live in a very rual area and next day means 2 days if your lucky! I wish I had more people near me to share frags with. I'm helping a young couple get started with a reef tank. If their are no reefers, make some. LOL
Victoria

Thanks Carmie. I learned a lesson, If I frag It will be to someone in the same state that I'm in. I live in a very rual area and next day means 2 days if your lucky!That was a jealous tease.

Here's an end view of my 135 taken tonight.

http://www.theculturedreef.com/End-9-13-06.jpg

My corals are still frags so most don't show in a shot like this. The Anthias are down at this end looking
for more food. Wow, they have an appetite.

thanks for the a background rundown Vic, feel closer already! :D

Amp, my old friend, when are u going to stop taking picture of my tank and calling them your own!:jester: it is always the same looking down the length of the tank> u wonder when your going to build yourself a tank that deep!:fish:

Amp, my old friend, when are u going to stop taking picture of my tank and calling them your own!:jester: it is always the same looking down the length of the tank> u wonder when your going to build yourself a tank that deep!:fish:Hey mate, you are the clown pictured above, I think I'll call you Hoot!

Yeah, a tank that deep would be orsome.

This isnt the best shot and i need to finish my aquascape :) but heres my peace of heaven :)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i126/wwest2/TankPictures/sideview.jpg

Here's mine
left
672

Right
673

I just love to see other people tanks. I love this hobby!! All tanks look wonderful.
Victoria

Here's mine from the side...
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/CarmieJo/DSC_0013-2.jpg

Cool Shot Carmie.

I love Maroon clowns. The last one I had live 11 years. I sure miss clownie. It felt like I lost a dog or something. Very nice tank Carmie!
Victoria

Hey Victoria - love the tank progression shots. It's so remarkable to see how quickly some corals grow in SOME people's tanks!
Did you by chance change the lighting between the Feb06 shot and the ones previous to that? The other ones look more yellow. I like the color of the Feb06 shot better!

The other tanks look super as well! Fun shots!

Thanks Dick & Victoria. I love the look of my corner tank :) Even though it limits some of the fish you can keep (no big swimmers) it just looks cool! My Maroon is the BOSS! She (he) even attacks my arm when I put it in the tank!

Reefbaby the lights in both shots are the same. I did change the camera through.
Victoria

Everyones looks great! I am not worthy! Here is mine anyway!


http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i233/wildeone/P1010034-1.jpg


http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i233/wildeone/P1010021-2.jpg

Oh, yeah, right.

Oh, yeah, right.
Ditto!:roll:
Your tank is looking really good!

yeah...he was just fishing for some compliments! (Like he wouldn't have gotten them anyway!)

Great shots Wildeone! Your tank is looking beautiful!

Oh yea, tank looks good.

The side of my previously owned 75G.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/JustDavidP/right.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d176/JustDavidP/reef.jpg

D

Very nice photo, lots of very nice colors. What happened to that tank?
Victoria

Actually I wasn't fishing at all. ;) See how Victoria's tank looks with all the stoney coral in it and it is placed very compactly together to provide a very attractive arrangement. Mine is all spread out and has gaps in it. It looks like it has been placed. If I was to do it all over, I think I would like to put the corals a lil closer together. This also comes with experience in what each one will tolorate and the size the specimen will get.

I feel that I have a nice tank, everything looks healthy but I also feel that I could do it much better if I had just planned (or not planned) a bit more...

BTW, thanks for all the compliments! You guys rock!

Yes Wildeone coral comming in contact with other corals is all ways a problem. Some show no ill effects while others bleach out. With others its a war of give and take. When I was first starting my reef I always thought the photos were set up. Because every time I put corals next to each other they bleached. But with time I learn which ones could go together and which could not. Now I keep some of mine trimmed so they will not touch. This gives the effect you see.
Victoria

Very nice photo, lots of very nice colors. What happened to that tank?
Victoria

Life got in the way :) I took a new position at work. One that has me traveling too often. I started to have problems with the system due to neglect. So, I broke it down, sold the stand and hood, the fish and corals and started my seahorse tank instead. The 75G tank is actually the sump for my seahorse tank now.

I posted in another thread...but I'm building a new acrylic tank for the seahorses and am going to start another smallish reef. I'm also going to have a clam tank. All of which (except for the lil 40 gallon reef) is going to be plumbed into the same 75G sump.

Dave

dave my man, welcome back. good to see those sleves of yours are getting wet again!

:) thanks... and I've not been "idle". When I was home, and had time, I spent a week on Cape Cod (although I hurt my back and spent 2+ days in bed). Me and my boys set up a New England temperate tank. It's just 10 gallons, but it is fun. It has some muscles in it, glass shrimp, some killifish, perriwinkles, etc. It's been real cool to play with.

Dave

:) thanks... and I've not been "idle". When I was home, and had time, I spent a week on Cape Cod (although I hurt my back and spent 2+ days in bed). Me and my boys set up a New England temperate tank. It's just 10 gallons, but it is fun. It has some muscles in it, glass shrimp, some killifish, perriwinkles, etc. It's been real cool to play with.

Dave

Oh! I would love to see some pictures of that tank!! I've been playing with the idea (once I've got the new system set up, of course!) with having a small cold water system. There's tons of stuff here locally that I could collect and would have fun observing. I just don' t like the idea of a chiller and having to go with a completely different refugium and sump for that tank...

I'll take some shots tonight. Nothing special. A couple inches of play sand, a dead coral head, some local macro algae (Codium, Ulva, Fucus), green muscles, juvenile banded killifish, periwinkle snails, grass shrimp. I do put some greenwater in from time to time for the shellfish. The other fish, shrimp etc. LOVE BOYDS marine pellet foods, freeze dried cyclopeeze and frozen brine shrimp.

The neat thing is that even during Summer, my basement never gets over 65F. It's perfect for a cold water tank year round.

When I was a kid, this is how I got my first taste of marine (albeit some species are anadromous) systems. I used to have "Cape Cod" tanks every year over the Winter from my Summer tidal pool explorations. I'd then let them go the next Spring and start over.

You really don't need all that much work to make it happen, depending on where and what you collect. Most of the organisms that I have are very accustomed to fluctuations in temerature, salinity etc. as they were found in the shallow marshy riverways of South Cape Cod where rainwater, and other influences create a harsh environment. I simply marked the tank with a water line (need to keep the tank low for the periwinkles that need/want to come out of the water from time to time) and top off as needed. I use a simple cascading type filter and an airline. El' Cheapo Funo :)

Dave