****March 2009 TOTM mazza****

[mazza]

well it all started some 5 years ago or so when we first watched finding nemo with the kids and already had a trigon 190 set up as tropical got to admit if it was'nt for that film i don't know if i ever would have got into marines.

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the tank
the tank is 72"x30"x20" and the sump is 72"x15"x20".i had spotted this tank in a lfs but we had a problem that it did'nt fit anywhere so (i) made the call and removed the chimney breast.wow you should have seen the look on our lass's face when i took an hammer and started knocking it out.

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the surround was made buy joiners at work and the 40x40mm box section stainless steel frame was made at my work.
lighting
the lights a system 2000 triple 14k 150w halides and two 54w t5 actinics.
filtration
80kgs of liverock,a ati bubble master 250,a korallin s1501 denitrator and a deltec fr509 with phos remover take care of all the mess of the fish (tangs)

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circulation
is a 6500 lph oceanrunner for the return and 2 tunze 6100's linked to a 7095 multicontroller.
automation
is a aquatronica taking care of lighting,heating,cooling was using ozone till a while back but desided to stop using it.also a tunze 3155 takes care of topping up.
fish & coral
fish are powder blue tang,yellow tang(bubbles:D),sailfin tang,dory oops i mean regal tang,copper band,flame angel,cleaner wrasse,two common clowns and five chromis.plus about a dozen each turbo's and hermits.softcoral wise there is alot of mushys purple,rics and yuma's also some buttons.lps there is ancora hammer,branching hammer,torch and frog spawn.sps there is montipora and hysterix.also have a green bubble tip anemone which is doing great.i have no camera at present but as soon as i get a new one i will add pic's.
maintinance
is fairly simple i do 5% water change every 2 weeks using instant ocean salt but more inportantly correcting magneisium and calcium levels of the new mix.drip about 1/2 ltr of kalk a night and check alkalinity twice a week,clean glass once a week and clean and empty skimmer once a week.


salanity is 1026
temp 26 degrees
magneisium 1340
calcium 420
kh 8
nitrate 5ppm
phosphate <0.03
feeding
i feed 4 blocks off frozen mysis rinsed,half a sheet of nori and a bit of flake a day.
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thankyou all for your votes and i hope to get a load more coral in this year.

[Gaters]

All i can say is wow and well deserved totm. :jawdrop:

[Timo]

Well done Mazza :goodjob:

[ROB]

Aye up Mazza good write up mate only thing wrong You won March 2009 TOTM :lol: I will ask a mod to alter the Title,

Rob.

[moorish]

well done mazza.derek

[Ocean Corals]

Well done mazza, really nice tank mate :)

Paul

[michael.]

congratulations fella, well desevered and a beautiful aquarium:)

[Tangman]

Well done Mazza its a credit to you Twiggy:D:D

[Tower]

It's a great looking tank mate... well done! :D:D:D

Barry

[MilnReef]

Very nice tank - a credit to your dedication.

[mazza]

thankyou,its not now as its been striped and am gona be out of the hobbie:mad: for a while but i will be back:rolleyes:.

[Hellfish]

Hope to see you back sometime with another stunning tank like this one.

Ian.

[mazza]

defo will be but it will definatly be a fare bit smaller as i have to but the chimney breast back in.:jawdrop:

[Hellfish]

defo will be but it will definatly be a fare bit smaller as i have to but the chimney breast back in.:jawdrop:

Have a chat to Tower, I think its him who's wanting rid of his :eek: Maybe you can buy it off him :D:D:D

Good luck with it, Ian.

[reefcoral]

Well done with the tank Mazza. Perhaps with some of your kit I might get half way there at least!

Hope your not away for too long,

Dave

[mazza]

yeh that would be nice ready fit chimney breast.
reefcoral posted korallin today 1st class recorded and am sure you will get there.