Deepblue's ReefTank Devt

[DeepBlue]

Recently looked at the old pics and found that I really miss my old setup.....though it was super pack...but I love it ...all those softies and LPS.....

hope to share this journey with everyone.....

The first pic taken in MARCH 2003

[DeepBlue]

Lost most of the pic when my com crashed

here's my tank in Aug 2003

[Terryz_]

Is that a white leather...

[DeepBlue]

Then it was Sept 2003...Have stacked up a lot of rocks by then......

[bwilly]

I prefer the aug 2003..

I just rescape my tank too..

put both my purple n yellow tang together..

[roidan]

wah..nice bro...sigh...

[DeepBlue]

Then Oct 2003....'slowly' increasing more and more corals

[sunny03]

bro any of feb 2004

[DeepBlue]

Nov 2003

can see really running out of space..elephant ear kana pushed to a corner

[bwilly]

Then Oct 2003....'slowly' increasing more and more corals

where's the pic..?

maybe u can look at online storage..

no scare of pc crashing.. n a tip.. do parition of your harddisk..

easily dump stuff here n there.. I reformat n reload my pc

every now n then when pc starts to slow down..

[DeepBlue]

Forgotten about archiving Dec photo...so Jan 2004

The most tangs period....& tangs at the peak .........

[19percula]

nice tank setup

packes wif corals but also nice to that they are well placed

thumbs up for u

[DeepBlue]

Decided to try SPS, read up quite a bit, go around asking people and most tangs are gone, most buttons, leather corals gone as well.................... quite bare...

FEB 2004...............

I think I am so tempted to give up on SPS and go back to those lovely LPS and Softies

I still like a over-stocked tank with many fishes swimming around

[Terryz_]

Cant you put sps and lps and softie at different locations...

[AlfaRomeo]

Bro, why not have a mixed reef? SPS on the top and LPS/Softies at the bottom half of the rock works.. especially now.. i think will be very very hard to get SPS and also will be much more expensive if they bring it in...idea?

[DeepBlue]

Cant you put sps and lps and softie at different locations...

Can....but Tunze's current tend to give them problems...LPS can easily kana blown to botak if not careful.................

For softies like leather and zoos.......they gives out toxic..will affect the water quality and SPS as well...that's why they must go..unless you got AT's kind of skimmer...

[bwilly]

imo, I think your previous tank b4 sps look nicer..

nice band of colours n fishes..

but one man poison is one man food.. anyway as long as u happy..

[DeepBlue]

Agree with you totally....I'll stick on to this project for 6 months....if I dun like it, I'll go back to the old setup with many tangs inside again

[KingFish]

Now that you have gone full circle, its not too late to go back to LPS & being able to keep more fishes again ... so its shopping time ...

Personally I prefer mixed reef with majority LPS, I prefer more movement, thus swaying LPS and flashes of colours from the fishes

[Terryz_]

Sps look quite dead... Lps is better... more lively...

[DeepBlue]

That's what my wife says ...............actually most ladies dislike SPS.... like sticks sticking out and doesnt do much..............

I am a Softies and LPS lover....but I like the challenge of SPS as well.....so I am going to try...enjoy some success before going back to them.....I am having mixed reef at the moment....so I'll just have to slowly build it up to a overcrowded one .....again

[Hon]

I also starting to think so...

Especially when so much money "melt" away in the water..

[Terryz_]

Actually a mixed reef with a few sps and lotsa of lps and softies are nicer... Bro mind tell what light you using...

[Achilles Tang]

Yeah, I do miss the seductive swaying of LPS & soft corals... maybe I should change back too to a full LPS tank....

Not. Heehee! LOL!

Hi nice tank, deepblue! I have to see it in person one day!

[DaY]

My gf also complains what so nice about those "stick in the water"(acro). She also prefer LPS...