The redesign of my 11yr.old reef.

[prattreef]

2 quick shots of todays redesign of my 11yr.old 125g. reef. We took out roughly 25-30lbs of rock and hacked out about a waste bin worth of dead coral branches in an effort to increase flow and light penetration through out the reef. We also replaced an old MH canopy with 3 MH pendants and the superior reflectors have made a huge difference in intensity. These are not the lamps I will ultimately use, just a few I had laying around, but they sure are bright and white. Thanks to Tristan, Tosiek, Leo and Aaron for lending a hand.

 

[Bob 1000]

Nice,,, but why no before pic????

 

[leoskee]

? Im still trying to figure out what the redesign was. The pics show the same tank design.

How long have you had that trigger in your tank?

 

[scumonkey]

OMG!:bigeyes2::wow:

 

[KathyC]

Looks much cleaner & brighter Randy. Getting all those branches out really opened it up! Good for you

 

[nanoreefer22]

Loooks great Randy! Sorry I couldnt make it today .

 

[ScottK]

Looks great! I love the big lobophyllia.

 

[MSMAN825]

nice table, is those vortechs on there

 

[inkblue]

dibS

 

[prattreef]

Thanks everyone. Sorry i'll try to find a before picture somewhere. The trigger has been in there for about 3 years and doesn't bother a thing --unless you are a hermit crab or shrimp. Yes those are Vortechs. I was an early adopter and use them on all my systems -- 6 pumps total.

 

[prattreef]

What are you dibbing Ink? I probably threw away a handful of it earlier in the day. LOL

 

[bad coffee]

looks good.

B

 

[Vir]

11yrs old nice :smoker:

 

[House of Laughter]

Nice job - I guess that answers Russo's question about that butterfly!

Nice re-do. Love the pendants look.

J

 

[Solace Aquatics LLC]

The redesign looks fantastic Randy, sorry I couldn't make till later in the day, but it was good seeing the tank falling in line with the others... AMAZING.....

 

[jhale]

lots of work went on today. it looks so open now.

if you scrape the glass it will really look new

11 years mazltov!

 

[prattreef]

Thanks Jon. Yeah glass scraping tomorrow. BTW, the 2 tangs pictured are over 13yrs.

 

[KathyC]

Over 13 years old? Wow, go you!! More proof of your great reefkeeping/fishkeeping skills..like we needed more proof..lol

Are you going to put a canopy back on it or leave it the top open?

 

[prattreef]

open top. One of the reasons for switching lighting was the PIA of getting into the tank.

 

[jhale]

is the bird wrasse still in that tank?

I'm amazed by that. I had one in a QT less than 24 hours, it found a 1" hole to jump through.