Tank of the Month - July 2009 - Kevna

[MaidstoneMarine]

Uncomplicated tanks are definitely the way forward! Take this months TOTM for example, it's a 100 gallon tank + sump and there are just two pumps for water movement! One return and one circulation! It doesn't come much simpler than that - plus... it's got one of the cleanest and simplest sumps I've seen in a while!

Uncomplicated tanks don't have to be unsuccessful tanks. A prerequiste of a successful tank isn't one that has all the bells and whistles when it comes to equipment and gadgetry - the feature this month oozes success and stunning results which is why we're proud to bring it into the UltimateReef TOTM series.

Congratulations Kev on being UltimateReefs July 2009 Tank of the Month.


Kevna July 2009
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2009_july/ (http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2009_july/)
http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2009_july/images/topImage.jpg (http://www.ultimatereef.com/TOTM/2009_july/)


Thanks and congratulations to Kev for sharing his tank with us. If you have any questions or comments then please post them in this thread.

[cdurkin100]

Simple and yet so effective, well done Kev on a truley stunning setup.

Congratulations on TOTM and very well deserved :thumbsup:

[scottishreefer]

Congratulations! Well deserved! :applause:

[Reefer Madness]

Nice one mate, i'd be well proud if it were mine:applause:

[muzzy]

very nice tank, love the simplicity of it all

[Interzone]

I've seen this tank quite a few times and it just gets better and better. Good work fella....

[kevna]

Thanks for your comments.
Id like to say a BIG THANKYOU to tony (reefbloke) for taking most of the photo's for me (his pics are the good ones) and a BIG THANKS to chris (maidstone marine) for helping with the write up.:thumbsup::thanks:
OH and i love the slide show:thumbsup:

[Stephen G]

very nice, and kept so simple

[Blue Reef]

Great tank, I really like the way that the corals stand out so well against the background instead of a wall of rock.

Congratulations,
Paul

[Matt G]

Very nice, good to see a TOTM where the whole tank is in the same place, not some great big sump room out the back running it all.

:thumbsup:

[gattsps]

how much did ya pay them mate :D:laugh:
cheers barry

[Corsetts]

Well done Kev, about bl**dy time too :D


This tank is an absolute belter :worship:

[Reef bloke]

Well done Kev, super tank, simple but effective, just like you.:p:laugh:;)

[jed]

Nice one mate! :thumbsup: not kevs first tank thats worthy of totm imo, well done mate!
i'll be ponce'ing frags of you soon :D

[ksed]

Nice corals and set up. Clean & simple look.

[willjay]

well done Kev:wave:

[Manta]

Beautiful system Kev, well deserved totm.

[pavlo]

Well done Kev. Nice to meet you the other day.

[Jarhead80]

well done pal, really injoyed reading about this tank as design is not far off from what i want to do myself

[portsmouth reef]

Just been looking at your tank. Your Acroporas look amazing. I have just set up a new tank which I want to be SPS, and I was going to use a 3 channel dosing pump. Expensive !! But reading about you using TMC Bio Calcium made me think. When you were growing your Acro Frags, did you still use the same system to keep the KH and Calcium and Magnesium up ?
I like the way you have open flow through the tank. It looks really natural, and I guess thats a reason why your Corals look so good perhaps.

[kevna]

90% of my corals are grown from 1" frags. i ran a calcium reactor on my last tank for the last 6-8 months before the change over to this tank and i have a reactor for this tank but just have'nt put it on yet

[marknmouse]

An exellent looking tank :thumbsup:

[purplefishone]

Fantastic :applause: We have no tech on our tank either,nice to see one so simple winning TOTM. Gives us hope for the future :whistling: Acro growth is superb,ours isn't quite there yet...Simple and natural methods are the way forward IMO. Well done :thumbsup:

[oriley]

you have a stunning tank

[coolyloach]

Brilliant.

Gives me hope that even a reef keeping nano numpty like me can aspire to a fantastic tank without all the hi-tech gadgets and gizmos.

Delighted to see such great looking corals under T5's.

Many congratulations, my favourite tank of the month so far.

[rattters]

Simply stunning Kevna:worship:

Worthy winner:applause::applause:

[narthur]

Simplicity at its best. Some good choice selection of gear and a well balanced tank.

Also it wasn't too long a read either so all in all a great TOTM.. well done.

[Ted]

Nice clean looking tank. Well deserved TOTM.

[daiboy]

nice tank kev well done on totm :applause::applause::thumbsup:

[apatia77]

Very nice tank :) I wish I could afford something like this in the future.

[paul123]

well done Kev on a stunning setup

[southampton1979]

Lovin the tank

[trevo]

Great tank mate, very effective.:applause:

[Lost Boys]

Well done and a stunning setup, welcome to the UR TOTM family,

[ace45]

Wicked mate, looks the nuts

[MATT2504]

like it alot :)

[dave_c]

stunning mate :thumbsup:

[reeferhead]

verry clean mate ..... nice.

[kevna]

cheers for all your kind comments:thumbsup:

[welsh_dan]

love the colour of your corals.

[powsmjp]

well done great tank :)

[Ink Minx]

Sorry for being a newbie numpty, but what is the bright red thing on the far left, that looks stunning.

All round stunning tank btw, gives me inspiration on how to aquascape mine.

[kevna]

hi thanks. the red thing:laugh: is a red bubble tip nem

[xvickyx]

Fantastic tank :D