NPS Super sun tank !!

[Harlequinmania]

Azoox tanks are popping up more and more, but very few can match the beauty or Mariusz' 550L (145g) reef. This aquarium utilizes six 80w Korallen Zucht T5 tubes, 4 Marine Light and 2 Fiji Purple. The end result is a warmer light that highlights the orange, red and pink tones of his non-photosynthetic animals like his hundreds of Sun Corals (Tubastraea spp.), 9 Rhizotrochus typus and 24 tube anemones (Cerianthus spp.). As we've written before, 20K's are not the only way to make colors pop.

This look is a stark contrast to the deep blue 20K illumination over many SPS reefs. However, Mariusz still achieves his splashes of blue but with sponges and rather monochromatic fish: 10 Allens Damsels (Pomacentrus alleni), a Bicolor Angelfish (Centropyge bicolor), various wrasses (Cirhillabrus spp.), and a coupe of Niger Triggers (Odonus niger).

Mariusz feeds 40 (yes forty – 10 mysis & 30 brine) cubes of frozen food a day to feed all of the azoox polyps in the tank. To handle the nutrient load he employs a Deltec apf851 and Korallin NO3 Denitrator, while dosing 6ml of vodka a day. Mariusz also uses Lanthanum chloride (liquid po4 remover) to reduce creeping phosphates. Weekly 80l (~20g) water changes are performed, and Korallen Zucht's ZeoZyme is also used frequently and is believed to increase skimmer performance.

In one of the photos above, you will notice the pink and red Dendronephthya and Scleronephthya. At one point Mariusz stocked these finicky "carnation" corals, but he was not happy with the tank or the animals success. The sun corals began to dominate, and he allowed them to creating what you see today–A stunning aquarium, that should be considered art.

** Article extracted from Glass Box Design

[tling]

Anyone know if super sun is the same as normal sun? Aunty say only super sun open under light but I cannot find the bio name from the web

[mjck]

Different names, supersun is Dendrophyllia while normal sun is tubastrea. It's true that the super sun will happily open up in the day while normal sun is more nocturnal and only opens in the day when they smell food.

[Flavs]

Wow.The tank is very very nice!

[n2711]

looks like dandelions! envy leh... how much did u spend to get them?

[kirbysjb]

Nice!!

[gambitz]

very nice..I really like sun

[tropic]

10mysis + 30brines a day! W.O.W!

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[cheemi]

Really nice. Imagine target feed the sun........ Will take how long.