New tank pics

[Anonymous]

Far cry from what it used to look like, a lot of the branching corals have been thinned out to make growing room for the massive stuff, like the Montastreas. Some of the corals are still recovering from a cooling system failure.

 

[Anonymous]

If you like it you like it, if you don't you don't.

 

[Anonymous]

Tiny Montastrea annularis chiseled off a 70 year old wooden/iron pier wall that was being demolished in Key West. The smallish Diploria strigosa behind it came from the same place. These are both from a FKNMS "rescue" permit that the institution holds.

 

[Anonymous]

Other angle

 

[Anonymous]

Here's the M. annularis from above when it was first brought back.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks great! I believe you mentioned what type of lighting in past threads, but I don't recall...what is it again?

Nice pics, too.

 

[Anonymous]

Galleon

Is the general public allowed to harvest corals from structures that have been demolished?

 

[Anonymous]

Galleon

Is the general public allowed to harvest corals from structures that have been demolished?

No!

Any structures that are undergoing change within the sanctuary are VERY closely monitored by Sanctuary staff for coral impacts.

There is no way for the general public to get corals from the sanctuary.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks great! I believe you mentioned what type of lighting in past threads, but I don't recall...what is it again?

Nice pics, too.

Single 400 watt Iwasaki. I'm a diehard, I love the bulbs and have been using them for almost a decade.

 

[Anonymous]

Galleon

Is the general public allowed to harvest corals from structures that have been demolished?

No!

Any structures that are undergoing change within the sanctuary are VERY closely monitored by Sanctuary staff for coral impacts.

There is no way for the general public to get corals from the sanctuary.

What about other parts of the gulf. The company I work for sometimes recovers structures that sometimes have corals on them.

 

[Anonymous]

Galleon

Is the general public allowed to harvest corals from structures that have been demolished?

No!

Any structures that are undergoing change within the sanctuary are VERY closely monitored by Sanctuary staff for coral impacts.

There is no way for the general public to get corals from the sanctuary.

What about other parts of the gulf. The company I work for sometimes recovers structures that sometimes have corals on them.

Far as I know, it's illegal to possess or collect them, not just in the Sanctuary.

 

[Anonymous]

I'll post updates on this thread probably every month or so to share how it fills in. I've never done a tank like this before so...

 

[MartinE]

I think it looks good, very clean

 

[Anonymous]

Dude, looks awesome. Love that look!

 

[Anonymous]

Dude, looks awesome. Love that look!

Thanks Ace, did chems today and the tank runs 0.00 mg/L Phosphates and 0.0 mg/L nitrates.

More pictures:

 

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[Anonymous]

Reaquascaped it...

 

[Anonymous]

8) Very cool 8)


Yo Chris, how often do you clean the glass?