My First Tank
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Topic: My First Tank
Posted By: sublime
Subject: My First Tank
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 11:57am
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Hello All, My name is Brandon. I have been in this hobby for nearly a year now. I have learned tons and have much much more to learn. I have a lot of fun and it is very rewarding. Here are a few crummy pics I snapped with my old 6.0MP Kodak. It is a 90GAL with a sump/refuge I built, along with the custom double U open surface skimming siphon I built. I have a HOB octopus skimmer and ~240lbs of live rock in the tank. Things are looking better every week. Over the past 2-3 weeks the GBTA I bought several months ago is finally getting its color back and looking awesome. I still have a ways to go on the RBTA's. I will try to snap some pics of the GBTA because it looks 10x better than these pics. Anyway, enjoy.  Full Tank View  Full Tank View again  Birdsnest Frag  Anemones  Dendros  Feather Duster  Flash so you can see the fish  Frogspawn  Hidden Cup Coral  Prisim Favia Rics  Side View  Palys and Zoas  More Zoas |
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Posted By: CapnMorgan
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 12:03pm
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Looks great Brandon! Welcome to WMAS! ------------- Steve http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=40637&PID=356246" rel="nofollow - My Old 180G Mixed Reef Currently: 120G Wavefront Mixed 29G Seahorse & Softies Running ReefAngel Plus x2 435-8 |
Posted By: sublime
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 12:09pm
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I am frustrated with my tank. I feel it is _okay_. I was wondering if
anyone had any constructive criticism. I look at other tanks and say
wow. I look at my tank and say meh. I want my tank to look _wow_. Any
suggestions would be great. Brandon |
Posted By: kay181
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 12:38pm
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it takes time its still a baby at year old looks great nice corals and again Welcome to WMAS ------------- day light scares me im going back under |
Posted By: Luckedout
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 12:56pm
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What is it about other tanks that make you say wow? Your wow and my wow may be 2 different things. I also think a lot of us look at our tanks and say.... meh, could be better. When our tank looks awesome to someone else. ------------- -Ben 90g Mixed reef www.body-balancechiropractic.com |
Posted By: sublime
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 1:02pm
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Rock arrangements and coral selection I guess. I have actually been trying to pin down what it is that makes me say wow in other tanks. I guess that is the question I need to answer ehh. Brandon |
Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 1:19pm
| Looks great. the only thing i see its there is alot of rock. it seems crammed |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 7:20pm
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I agree. I'm bad at cramming a tank full of rock because I always have so many beautiful pieces to choose from.
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