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http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=700454&highlight=iwan

Last edited by DarkRealm Overlord at 21-Nov-2005 08:43

Nate that is by far one of the most ispiring and beautiful
tanks that I have ever seen. It seemingly echoes the variety
of sea life and the immense array of color that it can
display. I did find it to be a bit overwhelming though, too
busy, if not just a bit unnatural. But the health of his
corals is just outstanding, tis indeed a dream tank.

Megil.

i would'nt mind a frag or 2 out of tht tank ( even though iv already seen it ) the red montipora digitata the nicest

*drools*

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

that is awesome and absolutly amazing!, Im amazed that he has all that sps and its only under t5's no MH!? Although, he is swiss, they seem to have a knack for doing everingthing right.

Nick
"Impossumable- unable to play dead"

meh, its ok.

already said, looks too unnatural. Obviously he knows what he is doing, but it just too fake. Even to the extent that they look like the fake corals you can get at stores.

I hate these types of setups. Being a diver, I'm a fan of natural looking reefs. Generally, one type of coral taking over part of the tank, another coral on another part, and maybe a coral randomly spread out.

But hes obviously doing a good job... or he just dropped thousands of dollars and JUST set up the tank...

Well, I guess I agree with everyone about this tank..

I love the colors and it's really a testament to how well this fella must care for his occupants.. He must absolutely dote on his babies..

However, I'm not a big fan of how it just seems like everything is packed into the areas that were available.. The display would be much more aesthetically pleasing to me if there were *gasp* less coral and a more artful hand with display..

I like it, though it is a bit unnatural. I'd call it the "dutch" style of reef tank...as opposed to planted tanks.

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

I was just thinking that, Matts. . Personally, I think it looks pretty damn awesome, but that might just be me.

In any case, seeing as how I'm not a reefer, or even a salty at that, can anyone explain to me how so many different species can be kept in such close proximity without intercnidaric (a real word?) aggression?

It depends on the coral COL.

Some corals, like a lot of the LPS (frogspawns, elegance, anchors, etc.) have sweeper tentacles, which have stinging cells. During the day, when the coral is in full bloom, it might not be touching any of the other corals around it. But at night, when these tentacles are released, they will burn surrounding corals.

There isn't really an exact number, but too many corals around eachother isn't really good. When they start growing into eachother and being deprived of essential elements like calcium...you know you've got them too close. The majority of corals, especially SPS, that we keep in our home aquariums outgrow the ordinary tank size, which forces us to keep up with our fragging.

HTH


-Ferret [img src='/images/forums/halo.gif' border=0]

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

What Ferret forgot to mention was that the majority of corals in his tank are sps, which do not have sweeper tentacles and don't attack each other very aggressively. This explains why he can keep so many corals so close together. With most sps(like acropora), you just don't want them outcompeting each other for nutrients(light included).

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

Thanks. Sounds interesting; one of these days, when I’m filthy rich, I’ll start a huge reef tank of my own . I remember one of you explaining to me what the acronym SPS stood for..stony polyp something or another, but I forgot.

sps = small polyp stony coral
lps = large polyp stony coral

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Critical Fertilator: The Micromanager of Macronutrients

Cool, thanks!