January 2009 totm

[mikk1301]

first of all i would like to thank everyone who voted for my tank:bowdown:.i would also like to thank wife for letting me do this tank/room and for not moaning too much when i blow what little spare cash we have on the tank:o.
this tank was started in march 2007 when i moved home,the tank a wharf built 8x2x2 was originally used for "tank busters" like arrowana and giraffe cats and the like,i had got the taste for marines and due to a set of truely unfortunate circumstances i found a weird bloke in ripley selling a rio 240 modified with a decent sized sump,little did i know that this weird bloke was to become one of my best friends stand up wayne brady;).i puchased the tank and set it up and was hooked almost instantly.here is a pic of the first marine setup
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/mikkscoob/DSC02572.jpg

so when the house move can about i thought sod it the biguns gonna be a reef .
tank finally in the new place
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various stages of reef
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20 months on and after a bit of skimmer issue had an apf600 then upgraded to an ati250 but due to water height in my sump this sj=kimmer was next to useless so i aquired an ap701 a great skimmer and with me to now,and nitrate probs overfeeding over stocking i had a nitrate of 100+:o,feeding halved and a few fish moved on zeostart purchased and a 1300ltr water change over 10 days i have now cracked the issue nitrates <10 i am finally happy with the tank.so what do i do now? UPGRADE lol.
spec list and stock list:
8x2x2 display,46"x16"x18" sump with an inline 30"x16"x16" "frag tank"that has a single 150 10k halide over it but no frags as yet lol.
skimmer ap701,pf509 rowa reactor,v2 1500 calcium reactor run on a contoller.main lights arcadia series 3 triple 250w with t5 atinics supplimented by 5 12" strips of led blues.
fish:
large blonde naso,
large onespot fox face,
large copperband 4 years old,
3 large yellow tangs,
medium purple tang,
medium flame angel,
pair of peacock wrasses,
pair of physcadellic madarins,
3x pyjama cardinals (breeding)see pic later,
3 bangaiis,
shoal of lyretail anthias 6 females 1 male although a large female is turning male,
5 chromis,
pair of skunk clowns,
large royal gramma,
falco hawkfish
yellow tailed blue damsel,
2 cleaner shrimps,1 blood shrimp,1 boxing shrimp.
rock urchin,laaarrrggge long spined urchin,pin cushion urchin.
16"+ rbta
numerous lps,venturing into sps now:eek:.

flow provided by 3 x 6100 on a 7095 contollerkorallia 2,return from sump 1 3000 newjet and a ehiem compact 5000.
dosing 1ml zeostart2 daily,
hope this has given a slight insight into my setup,now for a few more pics:D

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think thats all:rolleyes: regards mikk

[ROB]

Absolutely fantastic great write up and great pics Mike well done on winning really well deserved,

Rob.

[Tangman]

Hi Mikk nice pics m8 and a good write up, except i dont believe WB is weird well maybe not that much LOL only joking Wayne:). Well done on winning TOTM Mikk and dont forget your voucher from Fishworld. Twiggy:D:D

[lr85ninety]

good write up there matey!:bigthumbup:

[mikk1301]

good write up there matey!:bigthumbup:thanks all:o wanted to write more and got loads more pics but i thought you would all fall a sleep lol

[ROB]

thanks all:o wanted to write more and got loads more pics but i thought you would all fall a sleep lol
Oh yes more please :crazy:

[mikk1301]

Oh yes more please :crazy:lol tommorrow put the camera away now,dont want to overload u lol

[Norvern Rob]

That's looking great Mikk, some lovely stuff in there - and that Lipstick is the best I've seen!

Well done mate :D

[cl0wn]

great write up mikk, well deserved, some stunning sps and lps in there. congrats!

[dollydip]

great write up and some great pics too and some fantastic looking corals and fish a credit to you mikk well deserved :D:D

[wayne]

I go to work for the day, come back and get called weird:eek:..no arguments there then:D , nice pics of all my frags by the way mick, look forward to collecting them soon:D

Mmmmm friend?..still working on that one bud:crazy:

Ive seen this tank grow from when it was a trop tank "brainstorming over cups of tea" to the piece it is today and it is a credit to you for sure...so to the newbies thinking about going for the push....blood, sweat, tears, money, heartache, do them 5 a few more times:eek: and then and only then can you sit down and do what mick is doing

.....planning an upgrade:D

Well done mate

[mousehunter22]

Fantastic tank mikk,great writeup and a well deserved win mate;):D:D:D

[Chris Ehlert]

Spot on, great write up and tank, well deserved ;):):)

[lasgringo]

that was a great read matey,great achievement,looking forward now to the upgrade thread:)

[mikk1301]

oh i think im going all kate winslet "sniff".thanks for all the kind words everyone,i must admit i think this tank is nice but i would wouldnt i lol.the upgrade will be a slow burner need to find all new bits as and when i can afford,and cheers wayne i knew you could be friendly....ish :Dregards mikk

[Timo]

Great tank Mikk it's 8 foot long and your planning a bigger one OMG lol :D

[mikk1301]

Great tank Mikk it's 8 foot long and your planning a bigger one OMG lol :Dsee my sig;):cool:

[stevieh]

great write up big man well done now lets upgrade:D:D:D

[mikk1301]

great write up big man well done now lets upgrade:D:D:D
so i can join the bigboys club:D.cheers stevie:o

[Timo]

see my sig;):cool:
I think your sigs wrong it says 9'10 foot by 4 foot :eek::eek::eek::eek:

[mikk1301]

I think your sigs wrong it says 9'10 foot by 4 foot :eek::eek::eek::eek:x30" deep yup its gonna be a bit bigger lol:crazy:

[ray]

that is very very nice tank well done i cant wait to start out my self :)