some shots of My Escape

[Tom916]

hi everyone. these are some shots of my huge 30g tank. i've never had professional photography training, so please let me know what im doing wrong.
camera used was a point-and-shoot Canon SD800

The reef is about 2 years old now.


http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/IMG_8691wwwf.png

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/whytericeaccord/active/IMG_9925d.png


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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/whytericeaccord/active/IMG_9012zzzzzzzzzrrrrrrrr.png


http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/IMG_1470xx.png

[Tom916]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/IMG_1480.jpg

[Cloran]

J/w what are the tanks specs?

[marinelife]

O man we have another member with great camera skills.

The pictures are great!!
Tell us more about your tank.

[Tom916]

J/w what are the tanks specs?

thanks everyone

General Tank Specs:
150w MH HQI DE Radium 20k running on Hamilton set-up: 8 hrs
30g Display
20g sump
Red Sea Prizm Pro skimmer
mama's filter socks
fuge: dragon's tongue? and chaeto with 19w TCP: 12 hrs opposite of MH
8w Gamma UV sterilizer
2 tea sun jar auto-top-offs
75w heater, 1 computer fan inside canopy
(all this stuffed inside canopy or stand)
custom-made stand and canopy: features a high, eye-level view because i was annoyed of short OEM stands >_<
(wood from hd)
more tank specs to come gradually....



maintenance:
2 part bi-onic dosage
10% water change weekly
refill auto-top-off now and then
rotate mama's filter socks (new ones still for sale)
feed frozen mix and coral frenzy alternate nights
feed organic nori for the tangs

water parameters?
i have no idea!

[marinelife]

Sounds like a great setup, do you have any pictures of the tank.

[youngtimothy]

I see nothing wrong with the pic's, they are awsome I just threw away my DSLR and am done taking anymore pictures!:) the color is great. nice set-up keep them pictures coming!

[satch12]

great pics Tom and everything looks awesome. Do you plan on upgrading to a larger tank???

[Tom916]

yeah, we're clearing out a corner to have a 90 set up soon
it's anytime now

[titanredmg]

awesome closeups !!!!!!! id like to see panoramic view from the front

[Tom916]

thanks guys
here's a full tank shot. it's a while back but everything basically stays the same, except more growth http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/front.png

[Tom916]

yeah, the water is so friggen clear! It's like glass. I left all pumps running while the shots were taken too.
much of that credit goes to my mama's filter socks I've been using for months. I now have them available for sale if everyone is interested
http://www.saltgeeks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1199#post1199

[marinelife]

Full tank shot is great!! Glad you are upgrading with those tangs in there.

[satch12]

^ +1 and even then will still need a larger space. not trying to upset you tom in any way it looks like you know your stuff and know that those tangs need a larger space in the end. good luck with setting up the 90.

do you have any shots of your sump area???

[Tom916]

didn't think about taking pic's of my sump haha,
will do later

[Tom916]

hey! here's a pic of the sump! rubbermaid. hahaha
i made the stand w/out thinking about the glass sump. so it ended up being 23" (sump was 24") so it didnt fit. rubbermaid it is then.. lol

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/socks24.png

maintenance and specs:
-23g rubbermaid sump
-water change once/week. add 2-part b-ionic.
-Fuge light bulb from: http://www.melevsreef.com/fuge_bulb.html . chaeto growth rate is just what he said! i kept on giving away for free every other week. i did a group-buy a while back.
-Filter socks from http://www.saltgeeks.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1199#post1199 . rinsed/replaced once/week.



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[youngtimothy]

very nice tank!!!

[Tom916]

some new pieces i got last week.

The Rose. my clowns never hosted anything for the last year until she showed up. it was immediate attraction; love at first sight, u can say
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/IMG_1794x.png


some rics
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww308/Tom619/IMG_1810z.png

[marinelife]

Very Nice!

[Tom916]

thanks!

[Aquababe]

BEAUTIFUL tank!!