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DANNYG

27-09-05, 17:26

AT LAST, I'VE MANAGED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO POST A PIC :idea:
THIS IS MY 8x2x2 REEF WHICH HAS A 5'x18"x18" DSB RDP SUMP SUPPLEMENTED BY A 2'x8"x8" SLOW-FLOW ALGAE SCRUBBER FILLED WITH CHAETOMORPHA AND CAULERPA DESIGNED AND BUILT BY DANNY AT WATFORD AQUARIUM. THIS TANK HAS HAD IT'S UPS AND DOWNS OVER THE YEARS BUT I'VE FINALLY MANAGED TO GET ON TOP OF THINGS, AT LAST!!!!
JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SEND A BIG THANKS TO DANNY AND MARC AT WATFORD, FOR ALL THEIR HELP AND KNOWLEDGE NOT TO MENTION THE GALLONS OF 'COFFEE'.
ALSO THANKS TO MARC FOR THE EXCELLENT PHOTOS HE TOOK OF THE TANK.
THANKS GUYS :thumbsup:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/DANNYSREEF.JPG

Marc Foord

27-09-05, 17:28

great looking tank danny.

keep up the good work :thumbsup:

~Tony~

27-09-05, 17:31

Glad you figured it out.
Great looking tank :wub:

Tony

SCOOB

27-09-05, 17:34

:wub: :wub: :wub: wow that is stunning.

anychance of some more shots and an equipment list please :bow:

Gubs

27-09-05, 17:39

Wonderful!

Please can you provide equipment specs and sump shots too...

Thanks

G

Elliott89

27-09-05, 17:41

WOW Danny

That is bloody superb

Lovely tank

Elliott

DANNYG

27-09-05, 18:11

THANKS FOR THE PRAISES. HERE'S ANOTHER SHOT OF THE TANK, I'LL TRY TO FIND SOME PICS OF THE SUMP, I KNOW MARC TOOK A FEW SHOTS.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/sps.JPG

chris allsop

27-09-05, 18:35

thats incredable :wub: :wub: :dance: :thumbsup:

Trigger lover

27-09-05, 18:37

:bow: :bow:

sweet tank man. that sohal looks pretty impressive aswell

DANNYG

27-09-05, 18:38

EQUIPMENT: 4x 250W 20k Radiums in Maxibright reflectors
Lamps run off Magnetic ballasts
4x 54w T5 tubes (2- actinics, 2- 50/50 D&D)
2x 54w T5 tubes over sump and algae scrubber tank

Deltec pump (main return)
4x tunze 6100 streams with multicontroller

Deltec TS1060 sump skimmer
2x 30w UV sterilisers
Deltec KM500 stirrer
Korallin C-4002 calcium reactor with DIY second chamber
IKS computer for temperature control
Phosban fluidising reactor(filled with Rowa)

HERE'S A PIC OF THE SUMP.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/REFUGE.JPG

Trigger lover

27-09-05, 18:38

btw, y r u useing CAPITALS?

Trigger lover

27-09-05, 18:39

can you give us a fish list plz?

gio

27-09-05, 18:46

Speechless :unsure:
Now that is a nice Tank

DANNYG

27-09-05, 18:53

sorry about the caps trig my finger keeps slippinG :P

DANNYG

27-09-05, 19:05

FISH LIST: SOHAL TANG
POWDERBLUE TANG
CHEVRON TANG
ACHILLES TANG
PURPLE TANG
SCOPAS TANG
SAILFIN TANG
4X YELLOW TANGS
BLUE TANG(JUVENILE)
REGAL TANG
BLUECHIN TRIGGER
FLAME HAWKFISH
WIMPLE BUTTERFLY
MIDAS BLENNY
PAIR OF MAROON CLOWNS
SIXLINE WRASSE
PAIR OF FRIDMANI
MANDARIN
YELLOWSTREAK FAIRY WRASSE
4X CHROMIS
4X ZEBRA TORPEDOS
4X PYJAMA CARDINALS
CHALK BASSLET

AS YOU CAN TELL I HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR TANGS!!!!
I THINK THATS ALL OF THEM :huh:

Esk

27-09-05, 19:35

Very nice tank :wub: ditto the other comments, some really great aquascaping there :wub:

Cheers for sharing the pics :cheers:

bluem00n0

27-09-05, 19:46

Terrific tank.

Please stop shouting!

The Sohal looks great, my wife would love that.

Scott

DANNYG

27-09-05, 19:51

THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS, I'LL TRY AND KEEP THE NOISE DOWN :whistling:

Elliott89

27-09-05, 20:02

You have some superb SPS corals and fish :thumbsup:

Elliott

andy j

27-09-05, 20:10

looks stunning danny , :bow: :bow: :bow:

im still wauting for marc to come around with his camera :whistling:

DANNYG

27-09-05, 20:18

sorry mate he ain't finished with my tank yet :P
ps i'm waiting for him to bring me and his camera round yours. :thumbsup:

andy j

27-09-05, 20:29

dont forget your cutters :thumbsup:

DANNYG

27-09-05, 20:44

cutters? i'm bringing my chainsaw mate :D

jobr

27-09-05, 21:29

:bow: superb :bow:

Publican

27-09-05, 21:47

WOW!!

What a tank :thumbsup:

Chris

wayne g

28-09-05, 13:42

stunning!!!!
:bow: :bow:

scooby_uk

28-09-05, 13:54

Fantastic tank mate. :thumbsup:

ak_uk

28-09-05, 15:02

wow.. very nice mate :) love it :wub:
keep pictures coming ;)

:cheers:

AK.

TheThingIs

28-09-05, 15:30

splendid! credit to you and of course Danny & Marc :)

Lee

Yakdriver

28-09-05, 15:37

lovely tank, very natural looking.

:thumbsup:

Chris.

Ducati916

28-09-05, 15:40

Really nice i like it a lot well done mate...

H

fuzed

28-09-05, 16:07

that is one stunning tank :) well done.

wayne g

28-09-05, 16:11

got to be a future TOTM imo.

gio

28-09-05, 16:50

Dido

Tank of the Month here it comes. :thumbsup:

Could u put some close ups of the sump. thats One Big Sump :P

DANNYG

30-09-05, 16:15

here's another pic from the tank.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/REEFDAN.JPG

Elliott89

30-09-05, 16:32

Lovely Purple Acro in that pic

Stunning

Elliott

DANNYG

30-09-05, 16:40

This Seriatopora Hystrix was grown from a 2" frag.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/HYSTRIX.JPG

DANNYG

30-09-05, 16:46

Here's another shot of the sump.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/chaetosump.JPG

Elliott89

30-09-05, 16:47

WOW that is the best Seratiopora Hysterix I have ever seen :wub:

Got any frags :evil:

Thanks

Elliott

DANNYG

30-09-05, 16:53

Here's a side shot.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/tangs.JPG

DANNYG

30-09-05, 17:01

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/REFLECTION.JPG

DANNYG

30-09-05, 17:09

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/ACROS.JPG

Elliott89

30-09-05, 17:13

That last one is totally incredible :wub:

Elliott

CaCo

30-09-05, 17:59

Great tank Danny, fantastic corals and fish any chance of some frags?
Keep up the good work, definitly TOTM! :thumbsup:

Teesh

30-09-05, 19:23

Superb tank Danny and as per other nominations TOTM! How long has this tank been running and what problems have you faced? but obviously overcome!

bluem00n0

30-09-05, 20:31

Brrilliant the Sohal is breath taking

Very well done.

Scott

:thumbsup:

arena432

30-09-05, 21:14

Picture quality / again excellent (what camera do you use) ?

colouration truly magnificent :bow:

Thanks

Ian

DANNYG

30-09-05, 22:01

Thanks for the comments, the photos were taken by Marc of Watford Aquarium. You can send a post to him at reefkeeeper.co.uk on UR, and ask him what camera he used. :thumbsup:

Mik3y6

01-10-05, 22:41

Oh man thats sexy :wub: More full tank shots please :)

matt d

02-10-05, 11:24

Originally posted by DANNYG@Sep 30 2005, 21:01
Thanks for the comments, the photos were taken by Marc of Watford Aquarium. You can send a post to him at reefkeeeper.co.uk on UR, and ask him what camera he used. :thumbsup:
you should see this in the flesh its even better
see you later
matt

matt d

02-10-05, 11:30

you should see this in the flesh its even better :whistling:
see you later
matt

Found Nemo, what now?

02-10-05, 11:55

Originally posted by Mik3y6@Oct 1 2005, 21:41
Oh man thats sexy :wub: More full tank shots please :)
DannyG - AMAZING tank! Top Stuff. Hope mine looks like that one day (and doubles in size too :lol: )

Mik3y6 - No offence, but I think you should get out more!

:P

marc

02-10-05, 13:10

Originally posted by arena432@Sep 30 2005, 20:14
Picture quality / again excellent (what camera do you use) ?

colouration truly magnificent :bow:

Thanks

Ian
Bit late getting in on this thread as Danny has been working me hard this week ;)

Camera I use is a Canon 350D, most of these shots were taken with my 100mm 2.8 macro lens or with the kit (18-55mm) lens. Pics could be alot better really as you get massive reflection because of the location of the tank close to the patio doors at Danny's place.

Regardless of that it's a cracking tank, alot better when you see it in person. My shots dont so the colours justice really...and the size of the fish is something in itself :o

I saw this tank about a year ago for the 1st time , in that time frame it's become almost unrecognisable....looks like Danny has found the reefkeeping equivelent of Miraclegro :D All this even though he's had a few probs along the way, including the shoal of Wimples that decided acros were fair game :wacko:

Nice one Danny...be interesting to see what it looks like a year from now :thumbsup:

All thats left to do is get 'Baros' to put a few shots of his tank up eh....give him a nudge, I know he's got the pics ;)

bluem00n0

05-10-05, 18:27

Love the tank

On your stocking list it says that you have an Achilles Tang.

We are now planning on gettting one of these beauties - do you have any advice for looking after one and do you have any pics of yours?

many thanks

Scott

:cheers:

DANNYG

05-10-05, 19:37

Hi scott the Achilles tang needs plenty of water flow and gd water quality, the amount of tangs i 've purchased will be on page 1 (fish list) .

GD luck and let me no how you get on mate :cheers:

DANNYG

05-10-05, 19:42

OH yeah mate sorry ill try put sum pics up of the achilles tang for you soon thanks dannyg.

DANNYG

06-10-05, 10:59

This one's for you Scott. Sorry for the poor pic quality.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/ACHILLES.JPG

DANNYG

06-10-05, 11:07

Here's a few more pics from the tank.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/FLAMEHAWK.JPG

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/trig.JPG

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/capricornis.JPG

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/feedingtangs.JPG

SPS Hoover

06-10-05, 11:08

Nice

Cam

06-10-05, 11:55

Hi mate,

Nice tank, everything looks to be doing very well.

I noticed in the picture below you have a brown encrusting polyp. Is it the brown version of the purple mat encrusting pachyclavularia, or is it the other type that spreads by growing slowly over the rock work (Sprung describes it as 'unidentified stoloniferian number 2'!)?

If it is the latter have you found anything that will eat it? I have this stuff and it is taking over my tank, nothing will seem to touch it. I would you suggest you try and remove it before it takes over your tank too. It is harmless stuff but very invasive.

Cheers,

Cam.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/REEFDAN.JPG

sharktale

06-10-05, 17:20

:bow: top draw ,well done :thumbsup:

bluem00n0

06-10-05, 18:57

Thanks for posting the pic of the Achilles Tang.

What pics miss out on is their madcap behaviour!

Top fish - have to get one.

Scott

:bow:

DANNYG

07-10-05, 15:08

Originally posted by Cam@Oct 6 2005, 10:55
Hi mate,

Nice tank, everything looks to be doing very well.

I noticed in the picture below you have a brown encrusting polyp. Is it the brown version of the purple mat encrusting pachyclavularia, or is it the other type that spreads by growing slowly over the rock work (Sprung describes it as 'unidentified stoloniferian number 2'!)?

If it is the latter have you found anything that will eat it? I have this stuff and it is taking over my tank, nothing will seem to touch it. I would you suggest you try and remove it before it takes over your tank too. It is harmless stuff but very invasive.

Cheers,

Cam.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/REEFDAN.JPG
The polyps in the pics are a Clavularia sp.(Borneman) And yes they can literally take over the tank. I,ve been told Joe's Juice kills them back, so I'm going to give it a try. I'll keep you updated.

simon garratt

07-10-05, 16:32

That is a very very nice tank.........Well done Danny,, erm and Marc, erm and Danny..........

Ah sod it.........well done to everyone involved......... :D

regards

Si.

DANNYG

09-10-05, 21:17

Thanks for the comments Si,

By the way GREAT website! :thumbsup:

mem

10-10-05, 13:58

Hi Danny :dance:

Cracking looking tank mate, what a big difference all those changes have made
Keep doing what you are doing, DON'T change anything

Mem :thumbsup:

lenny

14-10-05, 00:09

Originally posted by DANNYG@Sep 27 2005, 16:26
AT LAST, I'VE MANAGED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO POST A PIC :idea:
THIS IS MY 8x2x2 REEF WHICH HAS A 5'x18"x18" DSB RDP SUMP SUPPLEMENTED BY A 2'x8"x8" SLOW-FLOW ALGAE SCRUBBER FILLED WITH CHAETOMORPHA AND CAULERPA DESIGNED AND BUILT BY DANNY AT WATFORD AQUARIUM. THIS TANK HAS HAD IT'S UPS AND DOWNS OVER THE YEARS BUT I'VE FINALLY MANAGED TO GET ON TOP OF THINGS, AT LAST!!!!
JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SEND A BIG THANKS TO DANNY AND MARC AT WATFORD, FOR ALL THEIR HELP AND KNOWLEDGE NOT TO MENTION THE GALLONS OF 'COFFEE'.
ALSO THANKS TO MARC FOR THE EXCELLENT PHOTOS HE TOOK OF THE TANK.
THANKS GUYS :thumbsup:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/DANNYSREEF.JPG
hi danny. your tank looks good m8. will get round to see it when i,m mobile again. thanks for coming round the other day. see you soon :cheers: lenny

Tony B

14-10-05, 10:58

One of the best I've seen. Great tank, just lovely, very nice indeed.

Tony B

DANNYG

15-10-05, 18:31

:cheers: guys, thanks for the kind words. Will be posting some more pics of the reef, so keep looking. :thumbsup:

bigray

15-10-05, 18:44

Originally posted by DANNYG@Oct 6 2005, 09:59
This one's for you Scott. Sorry for the poor pic quality.

http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/ACHILLES.JPG
thats a stunning tang there i wish i had a tank big enough or by the way great tank :wub: