my tank now re-started

[17000ltrs]

ocean motion , by far one of the best thngs added since last time

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0795.jpg

pipewok and lights , 400watt coral view 14k wth electronic ballest

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0796.jpg

other side

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0797.jpg

now the tank ( bit bare at the moment )

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0798.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0799.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0800.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0801.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0802.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0803.jpg

comments appricated
mark

[Publican]

Bugger, can't see the pics, bet its stunning as well :(

[Wee-Man]

Bugger, can't see the pics, bet its stunning as well :(

yep, looking good so far, can't wait for a bit more stock in there:D

[aquadorge]

Love the big tanks!!!! Great start :thumbsup: :watsui:

[MaidstoneMarine]

Now we're talking!! Looking good Mark... looking very good! And a beautiful pair of my favourite fish!!!

I can forsee a trip up to warrington in the not too distant future!

[AntsReef]

Looking awesome. aquascaping superb:applause:
Did you make your tall columns using drilled rock over pipework ?
rgds,
Ant

[SCOOB]

ooh, love that scaping, dare i say it looks more interesting than last time, be great when totally grown over.

looks like a cheaper tank to run too, less lights, less pumps. any chance of a break down of stock so far?

[17000ltrs]

the columns are cemented with a new product from a member on this board called nats.

stock so far

pair of crosshatch triggers
pair if bluelipped clowns
pair if tricolor tangs

1 red carpet and 1 blue carpet
1 cataphillia
1 red encrusting monte
1 blue encrusting monte
1 red monte
1 green polyp monte
1 green bottlebrush acro
1 deepwater bali acro
plus a few sps i can id

mark

[AntsReef]

Hi Mark,
I've looked back at Nats' posts and found where he mentions reef cement but no more details. any chance you could let us know the brand and where it can be obtained ?
thanks,
Ant

[wurgle]

About time too :p :D

Thought you'd been busy recently :thumbsup:

Now I've seen it with water in it's much easier to visualise the swimming spaces, and also the available area for corals.

I think that in time this will look even more spectacular than the last one as the natural grow out you'll get on some of the sps will look great :applause: :dance: :worship: :worship:

Just remember to turn your lights out at night now... :o :whistling:

:cheers:

Wurgle

[DannyW]

Looking good Mark, I know its difficult but how about some full tank shots...

[rhysiboy1]

how manyt gallons is that mutha?

[stebec]

Looking good Mark. Rebekah says, NO you can't have your flame angel back.
Steve

[17000ltrs]

angels
no a cat in hells chance

theirs is a writeup with tank specs on ur on totm

mark

[Ross1]

Looks great.

That big red carpet anemone is awesome! :wub:

[AntsReef]

Hi Mark,
I've looked back at Nats' posts and found where he mentions reef cement but no more details. any chance you could let us know the brand and where it can be obtained ?
thanks,
Ant

Are you keeping it a secret then ? :whistling:

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

looking good.

hows the patch up holding up?

S

[17000ltrs]

well i have no water loss ( apart from the 3 joint i forgot to weld )

nats is selling the cement.

2 things that struck me.

i underskimmed the tank to clear it a bit and used seachem salt.

when the tank went on-live , had no ph fluctuations or redox fall

i was surprised and pleased at both

mark

[jobr]

Looks superb :worship:

[nats]

looks good mark ill be up at the weekend to see how me pillars look all WET !!:drool:

[nats]

for anyone thats interested, heres the link to the cement for this project..


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330163345706&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=014

stan

[jon h]

Really like the look of this one,should look great when mature's:thumbsup:

[muzzy]

Really like the look of this one,should look great when mature's:thumbsup:

what like this you mean?
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploads/IMG_0518.jpg

[wurgle]

Really like the look of this one,should look great when mature's:thumbsup:

Surely at his age he's mature enough already :p :laugh: ...

oh, you mean the tank ;)


Joking aside, I actually think the new layout will be better than the old one.

With all that volume, the fish will have a fab time, and I think it will have a great natural look :thumbsup: :applause: :worship: :worship:

:cheers:

Wurgle

[jonny72]

great open structure fabulous swimming space i do think it will be better than wall of rock really cool structure looks natural cant wait to see what you restock in it still think pics dont give this tank justice stood next to it its jaw dropping hope everything goes to plan and no more hick ups

atb
jon

[mark-c-]

nice start Mark some lovely corals and fish in already,i can feel another trip down in the not too distant future.watching with interest,all the best with it

Mark

[simon garratt]

Now that is going to look stunning when its all settled Mark...

10/10 on this one m8, and it looks like youve cracked the issue with lightspread down the columns....


One of the best parts of reefkeeping imo is watching (and marveling) at just how fast new rockwork can colonise to the degree it looks like its always been that way...


Regards

si.

[17000ltrs]

thanks for all the great comments

a few full tank shots from last night

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0804.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0805.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0806.jpg

[AntsReef]

Stunning:thumbsup:

[Tristan]

Stunning mate! im shocked your repair is holding up!

[17000ltrs]

have the faith mate

[Ross1]

That red carpet is MASSIVE. :wub:

Have you got any photos of the blue one?

Cant wait to see the tank when it starts to grow out. :)

[Tristan]

have the faith mate

I'l be praying for you every night! :D

[dougn7110]

wow great looking setup like the aquascapeing

[Phishy]

How much of the reef cement do you get through? I see it comes in a 2kg tub but how much did you use on those columns etc?

[nats]

phishy,

dont think mark will mind me replying to this as i did the scaping,

tank used approx 50kg, but remember were not talkin a normal tank here.:D

and i dont think he had any noticable ph swings when he filled it up...

[Phishy]

phishy,

dont think mark will mind me replying to this as i did the scaping,

tank used approx 50kg, but remember were not talkin a normal tank here.:D

and i dont think he had any noticable ph swings when he filled it up...

lol no not a normal tank. So 'scaping a 6 footer wouldn't take more than 1 tub then I guess?

[nats]

phishy

scaping a 6 footer , depends on what you would want to do..a tub would go a fair way, just have to remember to mix small amounts as it goes off fairly fast.

stan

[Phishy]

phishy

scaping a 6 footer , depends on what you would want to do..a tub would go a fair way, just have to remember to mix small amounts as it goes off fairly fast.

stan

Thanks for that and sorry for messing up the thread Mark :)

[clippo]

looking superb - quite a change since a couple of weeks ago.

Should look great with those anthias darting about....

Amazing skimmer too... must have been about 8 feet tall?

[17000ltrs]

thanks clippo

i couldnt get the us fittings for the 8ft tall skmmer , so being me i used an apf600 and 400w heater

[davebroon]

Looking sweet:) , alot of space to move around, how much does it hold

[chrisj_]

Looking sweet:) , alot of space to move around, how much does it hold

17000 ltrs :whistling:

[SpanishTony]

Mark

Can't wait to see it for real.

Tony

[pauljohno]

looking good mark :thumbsup:

[andy j]

looking good ,nice open structure too,plenty of swimming space for some big fish:D

any chance of a pic of this big skimmer then,:)

[Roshan]

Looking really good Mark. I've been lucky enough to see this setup in person and the tank ans aquascaping is even better in person - a credit to Mark. Looking fwd to seing this mature and develop....:dance:

[17000ltrs]

well. started to cycle now , have brown algae all over the sand and rock. ( great )
wanted to increase the height of the weirs , so i added some more bits of rock yesterday morning.
couple of hours later , the level in the tank had dropped filling the sump.
backed of the valve ( opened it again ) , backed ot of again , was struggling all day getting the correct height
thought i had cracked it at 9.00pm last night.
was woken by the wife at 2.30 this morning sayin their was a weird noise coming from the celler
great. went down and the sump was almost empty. went to the tank and it had flooded ( not too much )
pulled the new live rock back out and within 20mns it was back to normal
now , very tired , i remeber why i shut it down.
why ohhhhhhh why do we mess about with our tanks when they are fine

[fuzed]

oh the dreaded floods!!! my wife doesnt know about those yet! LMAO! and Mark DONT tell her! ;)

[17000ltrs]

just a few pics from this weekend

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0807.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0808.jpg

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http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0810.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0814.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0816-1.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0819.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0820.jpg

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http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0815.jpg

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

That look's gorgeous.

Any FTS?

S

[17000ltrs]

thanks mate

just on page 3.

[stevea6221]

looking good are the zoas in the pictures the ones you had in a few weeks ago as zoa gardens if so how much do you sell them for please
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/DSCF0820.jpg

[17000ltrs]

yes they are

they are £65.00ea

[builder]

how much sand in there

[17000ltrs]

30 40lb bags of aragonite sand

[bunglehaze]

wow!!!

Mark that is one stunning setup, I really like the scaping on this :D

Nice to see you not being shy about getting those SPS banged in too m8... nice one!

cheers

leigh :D

[17000ltrs]

thanks leigh

[jonny72]

hows the trigger mark is he still sulking?

[Mo.]

How's the tank doing??
Any updates?...

[joshlib]

looking good Mark i will have to come have alook soon how was the shop tour did you call in at living reef oldham

[mariusz621]

It looks stunning as always...the rock structure is superb...

[Norvern Rob]

I saw this tank again at the weekend, all I can say is there is one problem with it - it's so full of awesome corals and fish you can look over the tank a dozen times and still miss half of the stuff in there!

[dan-the-man]

Don't suppose you took a camera with you, Rob? :p

[Norvern Rob]

Don't suppose you took a camera with you, Rob? :p

No mate I didn't, i'm sure Mark will pop some up though, someone who was there took lots of pics so there must be some floating about!

[Mo.]

put 'em up, put 'em up!!

[furface]

How about a photie of the pair of Crosshatch Triggers then ? :)

[17000ltrs]

will take some this weekend and stick them up

[clippo]

took these with Marks kind permission last night actually!

http://www.pbase.com/clippo/image/103584318/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/clippo/image/46162617/original.jpg

[clarke12]

Trigger is beautiul as well as the rest of the set up.:thumbsup::applause:

How do you go about with the water changes, take a week off work:laugh:
No seriously it must take sometime

Rob

[17000ltrs]

just have a shop ro system , i mix 600ltrs on a monday and let it heat etc for the week

then i just open a tap and add the new water

[17000ltrs]

stunning pics clippo ( thanks )

the bottom pic of the male is just before lights out , he changes to that colour to attract the female , he does it all evening , but she isnt havin any of it

[17000ltrs]

well , my tank is just about 12months old now. so here is a quick update

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/IMG_5927.jpg
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http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb13/haz330/IMG_5896.jpg

[DannyW]

Have to say Mark, those pictures are good. But they do not do that tank any justice!! it is absoultely stunning in the flesh you have some of the nicest corals I have ever seen.

Danny

[17000ltrs]

thanks danny. not the best photographer and even forgot to clean the outside glass

hehehe

[SCOOB]

tank is looking lovely, the corals are awesome but for the love of god get clippo or whoever to change the settings on your camera and put sellotape over the dials. :laugh:

[17000ltrs]

lmao. the are all set to auto

[matt harvey]

whats the fish second pic up from the bottom mark? tank looks a bit bare imho though :p all seriousness its alot better in the flesh, :pthink its gotta be one of the best tanks in the country :worship::worship::worship::worship:

[Ven]

look at the salt marks on that glass tut tut, looks stunning tho

[17000ltrs]

yeah yeah


its a male leoperd wrasse

[mariusz621]

even forgot to clean the outside glass

hehehe

Funny, I wanted to point it out:laugh:

Great tank, I see the corkscrew gorgonian Clippo used to have...

[richieg]

that looks amazing!can i ask what type of fish that is above the scolly 2nd from the bottom..is it some type of wrasse..me likes!

richie

[richieg]

forget the above..i have just seen its a male leopard wrasse

[MilnReef]

An inspiration to all.

Not everyone can aspire to an aquarium of this size - but how can you be anything other than in awe of the dedication needed to assemble and maintain such a collection.

Just a marvel.:worship::worship::worship:

[RachelH]

your tank is beautiful. it gives newbies like me somthing to aim for!!:worship:

[bs0u20a2]

Too much colour IMO, not really a true representation of the reef.........swap you my brown scolly for your red one! :P

Lookin sweet

Nick :)