Tank of the Month - June 2008 - Snowsurfer

[MaidstoneMarine]

I'm guessing you're all ready and waiting for the next instalment in Ultimate Reefs TOTM series! Get yourself a big mug of coffee as you're going to be sitting for a while!

This month we're switching focus from SPS to LPS! Alright, there's a few SPS in the tank but the focus is predominantly more LPS. Each of these corals are absolutely mind blowing and without a doubt we'll all be wishing for just a single piece to grace our own tank. The corals are covered I hear you say but what about the fish? Well you're certainly not going to be disappointed... there is an abundance of fish and some absolute stunners to boot

I think it's fair to say that the owner of this months TOTM has an incurable addiction... addicted to fish, addicted to LPS and addicted to this great hobby of ours! Long may the addiction continue...

Congratulations Matt, you've got a stunningly beautiful tank.

Matt Jarrett (Snowsurfer) June
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2008_june
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2008_june/images/topImage.jpg (http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2008_june)


Thanks and congratulations to Matt for taking the time to share this awesome tank with us. If you have any questions or comments then please post them in this thread.

[craigg]

Congrats and very well deserved......LPS rules!!!!!

[Graham]

Great tank, so Simply, but yet so nice :thumbsup:

[Reef bloke]

Great colour ,stunning LPS,simple set up that works!!!!
Well done Matt!!

[Nikolai]

Congratulations - very nice setup aswell!!!

[KeithM]

Awesome! Posted 10 minutes early too!!

[jobr]

Superb Matt, very well deserved mate.

[techieman]

Great tank,Matt.Your write up makes it sound so easy.I am sure you have left loads out.Well done for being TOTM.

[Andy]

your tank rocks mate!!!

[Cav]

Well done mate, I love the fact you can have it looking so nice and run it so simple. Just goes to show it can be done without all the gadgets and doo-berrys!

[muzzy]

YAY!
I had a feeling your tank was coming up for TOTM.
bloody stunning mate, to think you nearly shut it down last year as you were losing interest!
well deserved

and guys - NO SKIMMER!

[Wee-Man]

Beautiful, congrats Matt.

[furface]

Think this is a great tank of the month, Matt - You've a lovely tank thats full to the brim with cracking fish and also some stunning Corals. Very well deserved, hope to come see it in the flesh one day :D:D

[wave ace]

Great tank Matt cant wait to see it

It's will make a change from the norm to see a large tank running with T5 lighting and no skimmer

[Stephen G]

well done, cracker tank!

[Devil Bunny]

Nice tank, well done :)

[benb]

Sweet tank Matt

:D

[Lucy]

Stunning - absolutely bl00dy stunning! :worship:

This tank seems to break so many of the 'rules' - no skimmer, no halides, no regular water changes and heavily stocked. Yet for my mind (also being an LPS fan) it one of the best tanks I've ever seen.

I'm currently planning my new tank along similar lines and If I can get anywhere near this level of perfection I shall be very, very pleased.

Congratulations! :thumbsup:

[zimreef]

Superb tank Matt - look forward to seeing it in the flesh!

Looks like "just one more fish" isn't your only vice though :p - corals are getting a little crowded too although it has to be said it is a stunning collection of healthy LPS. :)

John

[jon h]

Well done Matt throughly deserved in my opion,i remember u saying about chucking it all in at the rare ocean meet,glad u didn't as it looks really fab and now a tank of the month winner:thumbsup:.
The westcountry reef club is doing it self proud with now 3 winners of TOTM:)
Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh in July ;)

cheers Jon

[Jungleking]

great tank using this idea for when I eventually start my own reef.

[dunc4000]

Congratulations Matt, Tank looks awesome. As I said when we met haven't read many peoples tank threads yet! But no skimmer and reactors/controllers too.:applause:
Well impressed, will try really hard to be there in July.:thumbsup:

[adam.crouch]

Well done matt! Nice to see so many healthy fish and corals in one tank! i'll have to pop over sometime and check it out! :-)

[jamieb]

congrats mate, very well deserved!
I can't wait for the meet as well!!

[hihat]

Stunning tank in every respect:thumbsup: Well done:)

[Valley Boy]

Well deserved Matt!--:thumbsup:-----Glad my Bubble is growing and looking healthy!---;)

[cajen]

Nice one, Matt - I remember thinking your tank deserved a TOTM last time I saw it and it looks even better now! Looking forward to seeing it at your meet. Hearty congrats, mate! :thumbsup:

[dxmarinefish]

I some how knew you would get it...sooner than later.:thumbsup:
Congratulations and well done :applause:
Another Skimmer-free system eh..:dance:.
Very impressed with your Tank, especially considering all the trouble you went through and really glad you stuck at it.

As we all know, only good things happen slowly in our tanks.

I hope in a few years time mine can be as close to yours...;)

[Dave Mc 67]

Well done Matt.
I allways thought this tank had won this before to be honest, im glad its been put right now.
The standard of a lot of tanks on here is pretty amazing and this one is up there with them, plus with such a natural run system.:applause:
Dave.

[firefish]

Well done, mate!! and too think you were going to jack it in.
well deserved

[Phishy]

Congrats Matt, really nice tank and some amazing stock in there!

[gecko]

great tank congrats

[lewisispora]

nice tank mate!

[CHRIS D]

Congratulations Matt, it's a great tank, well done.

Interesting to see two of the last three TOTMs are 'low-tech' Eco-systems, food for thought there surely?

Also very interesting to see you have two pipefish in there, have they been there long, do you see much of them?

ATB

Chris

[dan-the-man]

Nice tank indeed. Well done fella. Good write up too.:thumbsup:

[swinny]

thats a credit to you mark wonderful tank:thumbsup:

[anemia]

Stunning mate

Might have to make your meet my first time out, looking to set up a new tank and would like to run it as natural as yours

[bluemoon280]

well done Matt..

I must say, that having seen this tank, it truly is stunning.

Everywhere you look there are fish and corals..

And the Gem Tang, is a beauty.

Congrats ...:worship:

andy

[JJreefer]

Congrats a real cracker nice to see a change from sticks and halides or 40 x t5 tubes :D

[foxyreef]

Congratulations on your beautiful tank, Matt. I see your tank is 21 months old and you have a thriving refugiam with MM and 24h lit algae in it. How long was it until the refugiam became productive, 'pod life in my tank is very very high'? I ask because I have MM, 12hour reverse lit chaeto and no skimmer and only very few pods. The tank is 3 months old but I would have thought to see more life in the refugiam by now...

[car1os]

Awesome tank and some of the most stunning LPS in there :applause::applause::applause:

Carl

[Manta]

Fantastic system, very well deserved:)

[smurch1]

Superb, stunning. :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:

Looking forward to seeing it in the flesh at your meet.

[chris&angel]

:applause: Great looking tank, may go the skimmerless route myself now!

Chris&Donna

[wookie7062]

I am just about to set up my first sumped tank and this may make me change my mind about a few things. Beautiful, natural tank to aspire to. Well done

[Dave_P]

Great tank and excellent write up :applause:

[SCOOB]

spot on, stunning tank, stunning pics, stunning write up.

very well deserved!

[rory2005]

brilliant this is way ive been heading for, gotta love lps

[mikk1301]

beautiful matt,that multi coloured trachy is awesome so are the scollys:wub:great write up too:worship:

[MisterB]

lovely tank indeed

[Social D]

Very nice indeed always liked this tank - Like the way you have kept the equipment low

[lilyann]

YAY!
I had a feeling your tank was coming up for TOTM.
bloody stunning mate, to think you nearly shut it down last year as you were losing interest!
well deserved

and guys - NO SKIMMER!

What do u use in place of skimmer??

LILYANN:p

[jezmo]

just to agree with everyone else snowsurfer a stunning tank. cant eait to see it!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[elliee]

well done on totm a stunning set up, you should be very proud
glyn

[little fish big tank]

another good TOTM, well done matt

[west]

wonderful looking tank, well done and fantastic

[sharktale]

:thumbsup:top tank and a dammn good read:applause:.well done on your achievement and sticking with it through all the up's and downs.love them lps's:wub:.
richard