Re: 200g Reef Pictorial

by Eddie Fri 13 May 2011, 1:22 am

Edit: I don't think she realizes how big that is but still we are gonna get bigger

by J.Davis Fri 13 May 2011, 6:20 am

Very good Eddie! I like to tell the wife "It's more to love".

Thanks Tony

by J.Davis Mon 03 Oct 2011, 11:59 am

Wow.. been awhile since I've added to this thread! Some pics got moved around.. cleaning up the Photobucket acct. I pulled all the black sand yesterday.. I never quite liked what else was available. The black was my best option at the time. But... my favorite sand I could only find on my Dad's beach (Santa Rosa Island). Thanks to Dan for bringing back some while on vacation!
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200g Reef Pictorial - Page 2 CIMG0948-1

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Sorry for the crappy Iphone pics... only rich folks own Canons!

by davEjones Mon 03 Oct 2011, 12:33 pm

Nice before but amazing how different sand and moving the rocks will change the appearance of the tank. I wish I had a 200 gallon. Lol I will have to work up to that. Awesome tank though!

by J.Davis Mon 03 Oct 2011, 12:54 pm

Thx DavE. Has taken a few years to get here.. but I do so love this Reef!

by davEjones Mon 03 Oct 2011, 1:22 pm

I could get lost just looking at it. I look at my 65 for hours a day. Find something new it seems like every day. My wife is getting jealous. Ha ha.

by DonnieP Mon 03 Oct 2011, 1:31 pm

looks really good Jason, the white sand looks much better to my old eye ball!

by Yeti Mon 03 Oct 2011, 8:01 pm

Wow Jason, I see why you had your friend bring back the sand, looks great.
Suggestion for a ZoaGarden side business. Place a Laz-e-boy chair in front of the tank, supply hot dogs/pizza/cucumber sandwiches, and then charge by the hour!

by matt_longview Mon 03 Oct 2011, 10:45 pm

Haha. I would owe Jason a small fortune!

Great looking tank buddy!

by J.Davis Mon 03 Oct 2011, 11:06 pm

Thx guys...

by ritter678 Tue 04 Oct 2011, 6:14 pm

Looks great Jason! Couple more months and it will be time to go BIGGER...Again!

Razz

by J.Davis Tue 04 Oct 2011, 7:54 pm

ritter678 wrote:Looks great Jason! Couple more months and it will be time to go BIGGER...Again!

Naw... wife says that one is big enough to bury me in. Not sure what that means.. Suspect

by ritter678 Tue 04 Oct 2011, 8:55 pm

Means it's time to fatten you up sir.

by Grimreefer Tue 04 Oct 2011, 9:34 pm

Tank looks great Jason. Again it is amazing the difference I
N the 2 sands. I am gona try and get that frag to u by the end of the week. We are all sick over here so been kinda sluggish. Thursday or Friday sound ok?

by J.Davis Tue 04 Oct 2011, 11:13 pm

Hope you guys get to feeling better Tony.. anytime on the frag. You might want to check out Gabes "Copps"post.. Sweet lookin' stuff!

by Grimreefer Mon 10 Oct 2011, 8:23 pm

I will have to do that right now. Thanks

by J.Davis Sat 17 Dec 2011, 2:13 pm

It's now December and the 200 is 10 months old. Havn't had any real issues since the unusual HA (Bryopsis?) back in Oct. Suspected Phosphate issues that cleared up with weekly WC's & physical removal. Within the last month or 2 I've significantly reduced my Bio-load. I removed 7 fish, leaving me with: Purple Tang, Regal Tang, Mandarin Goby, Fang Blenny, Black Clown and the biggest Royal Gramma I've ever seen. It's pretty peaceful, but a little too empty. Will add to it when I can. Most everything is looking great... Fish are all looking & acting healthy. SPS are finally showing PE. All have great color and new growth. My jumbo Squamosa still seems to be un-happy and I will move to the frag system soon. It never has gotten over being tormented from the Angel Fish. Going into the Frag system should help.. plus the MH will benefit. Jumbo Derasa looks impressive and rebounded nicely.
My Elegance coral hasn't been happy for the last couple of months either. Performed the standard test.. all showing perfect. Even Calcium (@460) and dKh (@ eight). Not sure what to try with him at this point.
Kinda a "Blog" post, but just some thought to keep up with & look back at.

by DonnieP Sat 17 Dec 2011, 10:24 pm

My Elegance coral hasn't been happy for the last couple of months either

Jason, have you been feeding the Elegance? Mine always loved a piece of shrimp for each mouth.

by J.Davis Sat 17 Dec 2011, 11:24 pm

No I haven't Donnie. I'll see what I can do tomorrow when the lights come back on.

by Cadillac Fri 06 Jan 2012, 9:36 pm

nice tank jason

by Grimreefer Wed 25 Jan 2012, 11:54 pm

Looking good at the meetin. Glad to see the nem and the wrasse were doing well. My 58 has cleared up nicely since the addition of a little more live rock and the explosion of corals that swept through it. Now to frag some of those zoos from ya. Wink

by J.Davis Sun 18 Mar 2012, 9:14 pm

Another stunning production by Donnie!
Thanks

by ritter678 Sun 18 Mar 2012, 9:59 pm

Nice video. I see many "bundles of joy". Smile

I love the new sig.
I'm due for a pookie sighting!

by J.Davis Sun 18 Mar 2012, 10:02 pm

Donnie & I tried with Pookie.. but he didn't want to cooperate!

by ritter678 Sun 18 Mar 2012, 10:03 pm

I heard him clicking the other day when I was there but I got distracted by the Stylo fragging.

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