View Full Version : Some pics of my new 75g


calireefer
03-12-2008, 2:12 PM
A couple of my sump room

calireefer
03-12-2008, 2:19 PM
Some tank shots

glxtrix
03-12-2008, 2:22 PM
Awesome man, it's looking great!

calireefer
03-12-2008, 2:25 PM
In the tank. (I need a better camera).

glxtrix
03-12-2008, 2:27 PM
Did you get that YT from me? or was that someone else....dang this old age is getting to me.

calireefer
03-12-2008, 2:33 PM
More reef pics

calireefer
03-12-2008, 2:36 PM
Yep thats your yellow tang. He's fat and happy and gets along with the sailfin for the most part.
I'm designing a 150-180g I'm having made this summer so I don't want anyone thinking I plan on keeping these tangs in such a small tank.

calireefer
03-12-2008, 2:44 PM
Here's a shot of my overflow. The short standpipe is my main drain it feeds my chiller and is also t'd off to a slow flow refugium. I use ball valves to control the water height in the overflow. This keeps it silent and no air bubbles make it to the drain. The tall stand pipe is my emergency drain line if it starts up it's loud and I can correct the problem. I got this idea from this thread:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=344892

glxtrix
03-12-2008, 2:50 PM
Awesome! Yeah he looks great. I'm glad that you were able to give him such a great home, that poor guy really deserved it.

calireefer
03-12-2008, 2:55 PM
Thanks Lee! I can't wait to give those guys a bigger tank this summer.

calireefer
03-12-2008, 3:37 PM
Thought I would get a couple pictures of my floating rock work. None of my main rock touches my sand bed. I used 1/2 pvc and a drill to suspend the rocks several inches off the bottom, creating overhangs and caves. This helps with circulation, keeps the sand bed free of detritus, allows me to use way less live rock (saves money for coral) and gives the fish a lot more swimming room.

flyingarmy
03-12-2008, 4:15 PM
Merlin..looking great! Really like the floating rock work! I need to stop by and check it out sometime!

calireefer
03-12-2008, 5:06 PM
Thanks Mark! Likewise I need to come over and see how yours is developing. From the last pictures I saw it looks incredible.

Big D
03-12-2008, 9:18 PM
Very nice setup Merlin... clean lines, kinda Cali style. :thumbs:


Are those Sfiligoi pendants?...





David

Wineman
03-12-2008, 10:10 PM
Merlin, The tank has really grown out since I saw it last Fall...Your sump and refugium are a nice addition. :thumbs:

Dennis

calireefer
03-12-2008, 10:18 PM
Very nice setup Merlin... clean lines, kinda Cali style. :thumbs:


Are those Sfiligoi pendants?...





David

Thanks David. I still have the caps I got from you too.

Those are Giesemann pendants.


Merlin

calireefer
03-12-2008, 10:21 PM
Thanks Dennis.

reefknight
03-13-2008, 10:47 AM
Looking good! That crocea wouldn't be one from Einstein's would it? I remember it was tugging at you the day I was there. I came back the following Wednesday, needless to say he is minus a clam from the Elos tank and also a acan colony. Man my checkbook needs a rest!

I guess now I have to get pictures of my 90gal up,LOL.

calireefer
03-13-2008, 3:39 PM
Looking good! That crocea wouldn't be one from Einstein's would it? I remember it was tugging at you the day I was there. I came back the following Wednesday, needless to say he is minus a clam from the Elos tank and also a acan colony. Man my checkbook needs a rest!

I guess now I have to get pictures of my 90gal up,LOL.


Hey Bill,

I was able to resist those clams only because I had just bought that crocea from sal.

FutureInterest
03-13-2008, 11:16 PM
Very nice and very different. I love the mangroves growing right out of the display. That's awesome :).

jade76
03-14-2008, 12:17 AM
merlin thats a way sweet setup. It kinda breaks the mold of what the norm tank looks like and I like it alot!

Sprayin70
03-15-2008, 4:38 AM
Sweet setup bro! I love it.

calireefer
03-22-2008, 11:54 PM
Very nice and very different. I love the mangroves growing right out of the display. That's awesome :).


merlin thats a way sweet setup. It kinda breaks the mold of what the norm tank looks like and I like it alot!

Thanks guys! Wait till I upgrade to a 150g low iron brace less tank this summer. I plan on having the same open kind of setup but a couple feet longer and twice as wide.

Sweet setup bro! I love it.

Thanks Alan, and thanks again for the tank I couldn't be happier with the upgrade.

calireefer
03-23-2008, 12:05 AM
Some recent shots. I'm selling some of my corals to make the move easier and its made the tank look better than ever, in a less is more zen sort of way.

calireefer
04-13-2008, 1:33 AM
Trying to get a shot of my Armor of god zoas. Man I need an SLR!
If you can't tell they are to the left of the rics and behind the pink zoas.
Also much nicer in person.

Big Brother Salt
04-22-2008, 11:05 PM
one word.... SWEET

mikeup6
05-01-2008, 12:20 PM
I love the tank, especially the open arrangement of the rocks. I'm starting a 75 and plan on doing it that way.

calireefer
05-03-2008, 1:25 AM
Thanks! here's a couple recent shots.

calireefer
09-11-2008, 4:33 PM
Well my tank survived the move to New Orleans but I just lost everything to hurricane Gustav. I'll post pics when I rebuild after I buy a generator.

Budsreef
09-11-2008, 5:31 PM
Oh man, what a bummer! You had a beautiful tank too.

Amberjack
09-12-2008, 9:40 AM
Oh man, what a bummer! You had a beautiful tank too.

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