Tank of the Month - July 2008 - jon h

[MaidstoneMarine]

Can you believe we're starting of in the second half of 2008 already? Where is this year going!!

We've had some absolute cracking tanks so far and we're continuing right where we left off. For the most part tanks tend to favour one flavour or another. Mostly LPS, mostly SPS, mostly fish.... this months is a real mixed bag of everything! Once again though simplicity is the key to this system - an approach that is becoming more and more accepted as time goes on.

Anyway... enough from me... lets get on and read about Jons system - congratulations Jon.

Jon (jon h) July
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2008_july
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2008_july/images/topImage.jpg (http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2008_july)


Thanks and congratulations to Jon 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.

[Reef bloke]

Great looking tank Jon! Quality build too!!

[furface]

Very nice Jon :D

[Cav]

Very nice, I like the fact it's run with minimal equipment and basic maintenance. Congrats

[Lost Boys]

A nice looking softies and hard coral tank :applause:

[disco_dave]

Crackin lookin tank Jon - well done :applause:

[benb]

Very Nice Indeed!

Ben

[gtb]

Congrats Jon,
Thorougly deserved, its such a fantastic overall setup.

[zimreef]

Super tank mate - congratulations! :)

John

[iain360]

Nice and well deserved, congrats Jon

[Wee-Man]

Congrats Jon, lovely tank.

[Stephen G]

ver nice, a good read

[dxmarinefish]

Welldone Jon, great looking tank.
Keep it up.

[muzzy]

well deserved, congratulations Jon, receiving UR's TOTM award is something we all aspire to achieve and it's no fluke that you have received the award.
One of the nicest mixed reef tanks you will see, not just the tank, but the cabinet is a work of art in its own right. And one of the nicest reefkeepers you will come across as well :D
and no i wont sleep with you a second time :laugh:

:applause:

[across]

congrats Jon you have a lovely tank and remember any frags send them my way :p keep up the good work

Alex

[jon h]

Thanks guys and girls for all the nice comments about being TOTM it really does feel fantastic achieving this on such a great website where knowledge and the standard of members tanks are so high:).
For those of u who know me,know that my family has been to hell and back over the last 12mths and nice things were far and few between,and when i received Pm from Maidstone marine its was in amazement but welcome good news for once:)

cheers Jon

[bluemoon280]

Hi Jon.

Great tank, nice to see a steady hand running a well organised set up.

andy

[pavlo]

I was really impressed with this tank when the setup photos were first posed. It has developed into a really good healthy looking tank (with a familiar looking gorgonian ;) )

Well done

[KeithM]

Well done! Great tank

[willjay]

Quite clearly a gent and legend, the thought and quality of your reef are inspirational and well considered
Well done on the recognition the best prize being your reef to enjoy! :applause:

[Southwestmarines]

Congratulations Jon! Well deserved, top tank, top bloke and top cheescake.

[SCOOB]

beautiful!!!!

has to be said, you westcountry folk sure know what you're doing.........or are just very good at shifting award winning stock from tank to tank.

[little fish big tank]

Well done Jon lovely piece of work

[picklednut]

Lovely tank - I love the TOTM threads - always something to aspire to!

[swinny]

well deserved award lovely tank:worship:

[Phishy]

Well done, v nice tank

[dunc4000]

Well done Jon, got to say thoroughly deserved. Stand and sump setup are even better in the 'flesh'. Congrats:thumbsup:

[jon h]

Thanks Guys it's still feeling really good being TOTM winner:D

[Dave_P]

Very nice Jon - well deserved :applause:

[rory2005]

very nice mixed reef there

[west]

well done fantastic looking tank, nice mix of corals

[MagpieCott]

Well done Jon!! You have such a fantastic tank, and take so much care over it. You really derve this!!
Claire & Ben :applause:

[Lou_46]

Lovely tank! congrats :applause:

[DJA]

Brilliant stuff...nice to see a good mix including softies in there too.

[jaguar]

hi,jon,just like to say super tank and setup,7 months ago i set up 2 8x2x2.5 tanks running in tandem and wiyh so much bad advise from local dealer"dont always put your faith and moneyin the hands of so called profesionals" i have lost thousands of pounds in fish and corals,hopefully just getting it right now,anyway,are you running ozone on your system to get your redox so high and what are these cemicals you are adding to your system,never heard of them before,malc.:thanks:

[jon h]

hi,jon,just like to say super tank and setup,7 months ago i set up 2 8x2x2.5 tanks running in tandem and wiyh so much bad advise from local dealer"dont always put your faith and moneyin the hands of so called profesionals" i have lost thousands of pounds in fish and corals,hopefully just getting it right now,anyway,are you running ozone on your system to get your redox so high and what are these cemicals you are adding to your system,never heard of them before,malc.:thanks:

Sorry to hear about being stuffed over there mate:(i know what u mean about those dealers i have been to a few and it is very hard to know who is telling the truth when u have just setup and not really sure what u are on about to start with.
The only time i used ozone is when i had an outbreak of white spot a year ago now as mentioned in write up,i guess the water quality is very high hence redox reading of 470 now,u have to be careful though its not always best to strive for good readings on electric gadgets :eek:with out first looking at tank inhabitants and seeing if they look all healthy.A high redox can also mean a low Ph so u have to see what suits ur tank a bit to be fair.I have a very large skimmer on my system,quite a low stocking level and run carbon 24/7 and i have started using Biodigest,and Bioptim to help with bacteria and food sources etc.
I'am not sure what u mean by cemicals do u mean "chemicals" the only ones i add are Lugols solution a concentrate iodine,Magnesium two part,and Grotechs trace elements which i have stopped using because i can see no benefit from them.Hope this helps
cheers Jon

[milton]

great looking tank jon

[matt21]

wow congratulations its a very nice tank :D:eek::thumbsup::worship::wub:

[pakciktua]

envy..thats the first impressn when i saw it..haha..anyway jon, may you give me a sketch of your piping work? really have a hard day with my pipe work..dont know where to go

[jon h]

Thanks for all nice comments on entire thread again,as regds to pipe work its easier if u cut it all dry first thats if u using rigid abs pipe,and join it all up with out glue and really go from there.If its joints and fittings u are having probs with best talk to ur LFS to be honest as every tank is different it really is quite easy if u just give it some thought to start with and go from there.