My tank over the last 5 years!

[akaimal]

2008-0717

2008-1231

2009-0325

2009-0718

2009-1024

2010-0810

2010-1022

2011-0227

2012-0123

2012-0712

2013-0313

 

[Smith11]

wow thats awesomee

 

[FlyinBryan]

Nice!! Thx for sharing!! Saw u had a clam at beginning then didn't for a while..now you have a bunch. Did it take tank time to mature? Also what is that green coral w/branches..that's outa control!! Looks great!!

 

[jm23]

Looks great. Takes a lot of dedication and hard work. Keep it up!

 

[William Lutman]

Nice lesson for us all

 

[Siebo]

Thanks for sharing! Just shows that nothing happens fast in this hobby.

 

[swaelok]

That is cool. Awesome tank

 

[Smitty]

That's amazing!!! Great job.

 

[frostyjay1]

those are some great progression shots. your tank is AMAZING.

 

[krocky12]

nice tank dude. u make me jealous

 

[trackfast]

very nice.

 

[brianspider]

Wow, awesome to see how patience pays off

 

[MrDemonicAngel]

Very nice!

 

[The reefer]

Great looking tank!

 

[Steve1986]

Thanks for sharing. That is one amazing tank!

 

[DD]

One word: AWESOME!!!

 

[saltymike]

Looks like the growth really took off in 2009. What did you start doing different? What type of lighting did you start with and what do you use now?

 

[latinreefer]

Awesome Tank !! Great job!!

 

[akaimal]

Thanks all!

My tank is a 240 Gallon cube 4"*4"*2" cube.

Lighting before 2012-0712:
In 2009 I got 1 X 400W Reeflux 12K over light rail.This combined with 2 Giessman Aquablue Plus and 2 Actinic Plus is responsible for the explosion of growth.

Lighting Since 2012-0712:

Two dimmable DIY LED lights on 36 inch heat sink with
1) 12 XTE Royal Blue LED
2) 12 XPG Cool White Premium 7.5K
3) 8 XP-E blue
4) 2 XP-E red
5) 2 XP-E Green
6) 12 Violet UV LED's
7) 24 XRE Royal Blue
8) 12 XRE Cool White

Two Apollo LED dimmabel fixture

Two 4" giesemann atinic plus

 

[akaimal]

FlyinBryan: I think the tank matured in 4 to 6 months. The green coral is Lime in the sky stag. I moved the clams around as my purple tang was after them. I finally started placing them under SPS and then he stopped bothering them.