User: aarontwhitehead
Photo Caption: The same colony of Torch coral June
2008
Tank Description: I combined 2 small reefs into this larger tank about a year ago. It is a 125 gallon reef tank with 58 gallon refugium with Chaetomorpha and a 6 inch sand bed that is lit opposite of the main tank, Aqua C ev-150 skimmer, home made Metal Halide lighting. Circulation is from a Sequence Dart pump on a closed loop.
All corals are grown from Frags. None have ever been in the ocean. I have no mechanical filtration, only do weekly cleaning of the skimmer and 16 gallon water changes. The only additive is Kalkwasser with topoff water. All topoff water is processed by R.O. The transition from the 2 smaller tanks went very smoothly with not a single piece of livestock lost. So far it has been very successful and I hope it will remain so. Ther are no fancy chillers, controllers or other automatic stuff on it except for the timers on the lights.
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The Average Score for this picture is: 5.38
This picture has been rated : 13 times.
The Average Score for this category is: 4.72
About Yourself: I have been keeping freshwater fish for 24 years, saltwater fish for about 20, and reefs for about 15 years. I still take a minimalists approach and subsribe to the theory of keeping it as simple as possible.
Fish Kept: Percula Clown 12 years old.
Yellow Tang 8 years old.
Yellow Headed Sleeper Goby is about a year old as are the 6 Green Chromis
Corals/Plants Kept: Sarcophyton that I fragged about 8 years ago, Mushrooms and other soft corals everywhere that came from a small frag rocks, Torch Coral that was Fragged locally and has now split into about 8 heads.
Tank Size: 125
aarontwhitehead - Additional Pictures
 Photo Caption: This is the left side of my tank
taken March 2008
Rating: 5.23
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Category Avg. Score: 4.72
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 Photo Caption: A close up of the center of the tank
with all of the brightly colored
mushrooms. March 2008
Rating: 5.93
Votes: 14 times.
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 Photo Caption: Dividing Torch coral March 2008
Rating: 4.27
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 Photo Caption: This photo was taken May 2008
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 Photo Caption: This is a closer picture of the
right side of the tank March 2008
Rating: 4.06
Votes: 18 times.
Category Avg. Score: 4.72
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 Photo Caption: this is the left side 4 days after
set up. May 2007
Rating: 4
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 Photo Caption: The right side of the tank May 2007
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 Photo Caption: This is the tank 4 days after
setting it up May 2007. Notice
sparse coral coverage. Only 2 small
specimens have been added since this
picture was taken: a small Candy
cane coral and another tiny hard
coral frag. I actually traded a
bunch of stuff in this Jan.
including one of the leathers.
Rating: 5.44
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