hundreds of corals and fish...FREE

[MIKE NY]

I finally got a chance to see the famous "Katonah Reef" and was well worth the drive...absolutely beautiful system. On the island we had Tony's 450 for a few years and Atlantis Marine World ... Westchester has the Katonah Reef! The best of luck with it Alfie.

 

[polywise]

Mike, Yes tony's reef was a good one.....

 

[polywise]

Alphie,
How did you make out with the storms Wednesday and Saturday night, My power was out both days for quoite a while. How about you?
Jim C.

 

[albano]

is this the naoko wrasse?....love that yellow band....very nice

Yeah, Doc, great fish, got a great deal in Brooklyn on him...he constantly 'displays' for my female flames!...hard to tell from pic, but there is also a beautiful blue coloration in the tail.

I finally got a chance to see the famous "Katonah Reef" and was well worth the drive...absolutely beautiful system. On the island we had Tony's 450 for a few years and Atlantis Marine World ... Westchester has the Katonah Reef! The best of luck with it Alfie.

Thanks Mike, glad you enjoyed it...can't wait to see your new tank!

Alfie,
How did you make out with the storms Wednesday and Saturday night, My power was out both days for quite a while. How about you?
Jim C.

I lost power for about 4 hours, on Weds., no problems on Saturday... luckily I was home, so I was able to switch the main pump over to the generator, hadn't set up new tank for that, yet...so I corrected that problem this weekend! Plumbed in new Hammerhead pump, which allowed me to eliminate 4 additional pumps (chiller, skimmer, frag tank and reactor), much better for power outages, and less heat without all those submersible pumps. How's your tank doing...frags growing?

 

[polywise]

Frags are doing well, the Montipora has grown a bunch. I have been testing my water parameters, and tweaking them a bit, and by end of next month, I should be ready to start ramping up on coral being introduced in my system.

 

[albano]

here's my 2nd attempt at video, still learning, definitely need better audio, but it shows the 450g, a little better

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[straightjiggy10]

Love the vids

 

[Lenny718]

Great video! Everything looks so healthy and happy

 

[albano]

Great video! Everything looks so healthy and happy

Everything seems to be doing great, the move from 4 other tanks into 1 big tank, has been easier than expected. Still a few changes to make, but things are running smoothly.





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[motortrendz]

saw the video alby.... man looking good... miss all you guys.. been rough few months, thanks for the phone call today!

 

[albano]

couple pics...
If you remember all those PVC fittings, I had... here is the manifold I made, some of the piping is temporary. till I re-do the sump room, 2 extra valves are for the surge tanks (coming soon)

the near 6000gph hammerhead pump, followed by the 5 pumps, it replaced

here is the Ocean Motion setup, under the tank, with 2 returns, behind the rockwork and 2 eductors aimed cross-tank, corner to corner. Don't worry, not finished with wiring, either.

 

[THEDLO]

aww man i have to swing by!! just saw ur vid and ur tank is AMAZING.

 

[Bob 1000]

Coming along well Alfie.. Keep up the posting..

 

[itsaNYthing]

that tank is ILL

 

[albano]

that tank is ILL

I'm gonna take that as a compliment! :scratchch...Right?


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[PeterD]

yeah unless your coral or fish are sick

 

[perezmk1982]

nice tank!!

 

[Awibrandy]

Alfie, congrats on this major accomplishment!!!!!!!!! I just love all those fish swimming around so happy, and healthy!

 

[straightjiggy10]

Any updates?

 

[albano]

Any updates?

Not much new...a few more members stopped by to see set-up...I think they approved!
Need to decide exactly what corals and fish to keep in tank. Maybe this weekend, I will move around some of the colonies. Got to sell off all my extra fish, corals, LR, and equipment, so I can finish up basement/fish room. Hope to start posting it, in a week or so.