Sunday pics

[nm reef]

Recently I removed the majority of the LR from my reef and sort of re-arranged .....here is the new look of NMReef.
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Not the best quality pics I've ever seen but it does provide a look at my system.....looks much nicer and colorful in real life! In any case I enjoy it and hope ya'all like the pics.....

 

[slick]

Hey NM nice pics I love how colorfull it looks. Did you DSB get like that from powerhead water movement. Mine is a little wavy but not like that.

 

[nm reef]

My Tomato Clown is the landscape artist....no matter how I leave it....he changes it to suit his taste!! <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />

 

[adrian]

Looking good, I too have a clown, a maroon, that takes care of the landscaping Why do you have flex connected to the powerheads?

 

[nm reef]

Adrian....the lines feed thru the wall behind the display to my refugium.....at least until I develope a larger system with closed loop circulation and built in overflows for the refugium.

 

[ravenx]

what size is that tank?

 

[nm reef]

Raven....its a 55 gal system...100lbs LR & assorted sands about 6" deep...approximate 50 gal refugium is the only other filtration. Refugium is about 100 GPH in flow and I have several power heads behind/inside the rock to turn the water over about 8 times per hour.Lighting is 4x65 watts of 10k CSL PC's & 2x110 watts of URI 03 actinic VHO's. Just a little past the 18 month mark...so its still a infant.

 

[ravenx]

Originally posted by NM reef:
<strong>Raven....its a 55 gal system...100lbs LR & assorted sands about 6" deep...approximate 50 gal refugium is the only other filtration. Refugium is about 100 GPH in flow and I have several power heads behind/inside the rock to turn the water over about 8 times per hour.Lighting is 4x65 watts of 10k CSL PC's & 2x110 watts of URI 03 actinic VHO's. Just a little past the 18 month mark...so its still a infant. </strong><hr></blockquote>
wow, that really looks awsome. Some day i'll probably upgrade to a reef only tank. lol right now im still learning how to set up a fish only tank.

 

[nm reef]

Raven...thanks for the words and keep after yours.......we are all learning as we go....takes time/patience/desire......I'm learning what I need to develope a larger more compact system. In time it'll happen.......

 

[jim27]

Looks great NM reef! You still have the three sand hills in your dsb(although they're a little smaller now), I guess your clown likes it that way.

 

[krusk]

nice
thanks for the peak NMreef
got to love the clown doing the aquascape

 

[tru conch]

it is always nice to see some reef tank "eye candy" on this board. NM, you have a really nice setup that is inspiration to me! keep up the good work, and thanks for the pics!

 

[dinhouse]

NM Reef. As always great pics of a great tank. I hope mine will look like yours some day. Thanks for the pics!

 

[nm reef]

Thanks for all the positive comments folks.....sometimes it gets old just checking the board and answering questions. I think once in a while a "look at this" thread is fun and can be just as helpful as question/answer type threads. Maybe next time I'll try to post a pic or 2 of a few of my newest additions.........I just added a very nice sized GSP colony. Its a rock about the size of a baseball and its covered in GSP's.Even better yet....maybe next Sunday we can get a peek at somebody elses system.........I like to taste eye-candy myself!!!It is nice to be able tosee the systems ya'all are putting together and I really enjoy being able to post pics of mine.

 

[wrassecal]

WOW!

 

[beth]

What are you doing to keep that sandbed so cleaned up and pristine white?

 

[nm reef]

Critters & bugs & snails & crabs & stuff.....assorted snails(30-40 plus babies)...assorted crabs(20 blue leg/20 scarlet/3 emeralds...worms that simply cannot be counted...pods that are replenishied from the refugium. Diversity is vital in my opinion....despite those that swear crabs&bugs&worms are problems....they all work in my system.......clean and diverse!!!!

 

[beth]

Do you know what kind of worms you have, besides the standard puple/pink bristle? Also, what snails are you using?