My Living Reef Tank.

[padi56]

Tank 8ftX3ftX3ft half inch plate glass with one inch base.

1.Left side.

2.Middle.

3.Right.

4.Giant Clam Indian Ocean.

5.Skunk clown pink tipped Anemone
West ridge reef Indian Ocean

[dman]

Very cool Padi, but do you take your watches diving in the tank with you?? :agree: :chuckle:

[padi56]

I made the tank in the room,its big enough to swim in, approx 450 Imperial Gallons.

[JJ Irani]

Wow, Padi, that is very beautiful and very creative. Well done!! :clap: :clap:

[padi56]

It is now well established,its been running now,for almost 10 years with only a few
small problems.Mainly down to getting the correct lighting spectrum,and the water
movement.The main food of most of the corals is light,they have a symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) for their nutrition,by photosynthesis the, light intensity and spectrum are important.Getting things like calcium and the trace elements balance is important
and I change approx 25 gallons weekly,well my son does that for me.

[Sam]

Sweet tank Padi! :clap:

I've got a 105 gallon reef tank that's been up for a little over 2 years. It was looking awesome until I moved it from one house to another (only 1 mile away). Now I'm having a fierce battle with algae. :banghead:

It's mostly LPS & softies now. I lost a few pieces from the algae....mostly my SPS. The only SPS that survived was my big ole Hydnophora. :bawling:

[padi56]

Yes I had a problem about 6 months ago changed a few of my actinic to ones called blue moon.Within 2 months had a red algae problem tried everything did not think about the tubes.Changed back to the old and within a week tank was back to normal.
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[Atomic]

Amazing pics Padi. How about one general shot to show the size of it in the room?

I have a tank in my backyard, it's about 73,000 litres and I go through a few chlorine pucks a week, sometimes some pH- to keep the levels in check. Of course the only fish in it is a battery powered one that my daughter plays with. :agree: