a couple new 55 gal t5 pics

[chrisarc]

Comments appreciated

 

[rcdude1990]

B-E-A-U-T-ful
awsome tank

 

[josebob]

yes a agree awesome tank, how old is the tank?

 

[hot883]

what watts are the lights and how many bulbs? Looks very nice.

 

[chrisarc]

Thank you very much. The tank is about 2.5 years total but has gone through alot of changes. The lights are current t5s , 4 54 watt lamps. I wish it had individual reflectors but oh well. I did polish the reflector with a product called flitz and what a big difference. I did make sure to rinse real well when I was finished.

 

[triga22]

Beautiful tank!! Amazing. Only one thing and im OCD so that algea on the front of the tank bothers me.. But otherwise everything is awsome ohh and what is that fish in the 1st pic.. not the tang is it?

 

[puffer32]

I like my extreme orbits alot, no problems with keeping anything in my tank. Yours looks very nice, even with the coraline algae on the glass

 

[chrisarc]

Thanks for the replies. The fish in the first pic is a longnose butterfly and he/she is my favorite fish in my tank.

 

[rcdude1990]

wow u got a butterfly in that tank?
i heard there not reef safe
hope it doesnt eat any of ur corals because there beautiful
one question wat it that in the thrid pic that it on top of the glass?

 

[chrisarc]

havent had any problems with the butterfly at all. I actually have and Eibli Angel in the tank that I catch nipping at my zoos and frogspawn but does no real damage. I cant catch em so I just let him be. That stuff on the glass is just algae. I like the natural look which is good because im lazy when it comes to cleaning the glass. Besides, my Tang and Angel love pickin at it.

 

[chrisarc]

couple more pics

 

[rcdude1990]

no no no its a coral that leanin agains the glass im not talkin about the algea lol
at least it looks like a coral wat kind is it?

 

[chrisarc]

Im sorry its a leather coral. Really easy to keep. I used to keep sps and they're very beautiful but I love the way softies sway in the current. My wife and I are also very busy people and softies justed seemed logical. IMO a softie tank set up properly can rival any sps tank.