October 2007 Saltwater Tank of the Month Winner : Tripkid

[Reefscape]

The winner of the October 2007 Saltwater Tank of the Month is Trippkid (http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/member.php?u=74143)

Specifics of the photograph and tank

120 Reef Ready AGA
25 Gal. DIY sump(clear tub from Wal-Mart)just houses skimmer,pumps and 400wt heater
20 Gal. DIY refugium(same as above)130 watts of PC lighting, on opposite lighting schedule from DT
Kent Nautilus EX 24 protein skimmer(slightly modified with additional venturi, and a luft pump to add more air to eductor, hole drilled in collection cup to allow for drainage into a larger container)
Mag 18 return pump
Mag 3.5 pump feeds water to the refugium, drains via gravity back to sump
Mag 9.5 on the skimmer
DIY Auto-topoff(fill with RO/DI once or twice a week, add aragamilk to container after filling, PH in container to keep things stirred up all the time)
1 Modified Maxi-jet 1200, pushing 2000 gph+
2 Mini-jet pumps
2 Maxi-jet 1200 on a closed loop for now, going to increase this with a Quiet One 9000(1500 gph)
Lighting:
3 110wt URI Super Actinic VHO's
1 110wt URI AquaSun VHO, the four are on an IceCap 660 ballast, these lights are on from 10am to 10pm
2 175wt MH, 14K bulbs, on a PFO Ballast, these are on from 12pm to 7pm, will be upgrading to 250wt system soon
Many moonlights on an automatic dimmer, simulates moon phases
4 4" fans, two on all the time, two more when MH's come on
All lights and (2)fans are on timers
100 lbs of live rock, 100 lbs of sand, in DT and refugium

I do weekly 20gal. waterchanges(RO/DI) with Red Sea Pro Coral salt and mix with Oceanic occasionally. I dose these things daily, Tropic Marin Iodine, Brighwell Aquatics Reef Code A&B(Calcium and Alk, two part system), Magnesium(BA), Strontium(BA) every other day.
Fish eat mostly frozen(emerald entree), seaweed flakes, some flake(Formula 2, very sparingly), once a day. I use Salifert test kits for most of my testing, I may try Lamotte tests the next time around.

[Reefscape]

A stunning reef...Well done..

Niko

[clown-lover]

Very well done.

[catpicklesdog]

Fantastic colours - well done Matt:thm:

[trippkid]

Thank you everyone, I will post specifics later tonight, I have to take the kids to a Halloween parade in a little while, and I've been doing yard work all day and been helping another on a different forum for the last day or so. Again, thank you for all of the comments(good or bad).
Matt

[trippkid]

Hi all, sorry for not posting sooner, have been really busy these past couple of days and nights.
Equipment:
120 Reef Ready AGA
25 Gal. DIY sump(clear tub from Wal-Mart)just houses skimmer,pumps and 400wt heater
20 Gal. DIY refugium(same as above)130 watts of PC lighting, on opposite lighting schedule from DT
Kent Nautilus EX 24 protein skimmer(slightly modified with additional venturi, and a luft pump to add more air to eductor, hole drilled in collection cup to allow for drainage into a larger container)
Mag 18 return pump
Mag 3.5 pump feeds water to the refugium, drains via gravity back to sump
Mag 9.5 on the skimmer
DIY Auto-topoff(fill with RO/DI once or twice a week, add aragamilk to container after filling, PH in container to keep things stirred up all the time)
1 Modified Maxi-jet 1200, pushing 2000 gph+
2 Mini-jet pumps
2 Maxi-jet 1200 on a closed loop for now, going to increase this with a Quiet One 9000(1500 gph)
Lighting:
3 110wt URI Super Actinic VHO's
1 110wt URI AquaSun VHO, the four are on an IceCap 660 ballast, these lights are on from 10am to 10pm
2 175wt MH, 14K bulbs, on a PFO Ballast, these are on from 12pm to 7pm, will be upgrading to 250wt system soon
Many moonlights on an automatic dimmer, simulates moon phases
4 4" fans, two on all the time, two more when MH's come on
All lights and (2)fans are on timers
100 lbs of live rock, 100 lbs of sand, in DT and refugium

I do weekly 20gal. waterchanges(RO/DI) with Red Sea Pro Coral salt and mix with Oceanic occasionally. I dose these things daily, Tropic Marin Iodine, Brighwell Aquatics Reef Code A&B(Calcium and Alk, two part system), Magnesium(BA), Strontium(BA) every other day.
Fish eat mostly frozen(emerald entree), seaweed flakes, some flake(Formula 2, very sparingly), once a day. I use Salifert test kits for most of my testing, I may try Lamotte tests the next time around.
That is it, I think for equipment and so forth, it is late, I'm messing up typing, I can't seem to kit the right keys. I will post the inhabitants tomorrow sometime, hopefully, way too many things to try and start now.:thumbsup:
Matt

[platytetrafan]

Absolutely GORGEOUS tank! Congrats on the win :).

[trippkid]

Thank you platytetrafan.

Here is a list of the tank inhabitants:
Fish: Hippo Tang
Yellow Tang
Maroon Clown
Princess Parrotfish
Blue Line Hamlet
Green Chromis
Six Line Wrasse
Humu Humu Trigger

Inverts(Non corals):
Yellow Cucumbers(3)
Feather Duster
Tuxcedo Urchin
Spiny Urchin
Purple Reef Lobster
Blue and Red Leg Hermit Crabs
Mexican Turbo, Nassarius, Cerith, and Astrea Snails
Big Black Bodied, hairy brown legs Crab(unidentified)

Corals:
Softies:
Encrusting Gorgonian
Star Polyps
Daisy Polyps
Xenia(Pom Pom and waving hand?)
Blue Ridge(often misidentified as SPS, actually a softie)
Various Mushrooms
Various Zoa's
Kenya Tree(Capnella sp.)

LPS:
Blastomusa
Candy Cane
Frogspawn
Hammer
Orange Tubastraea
Black Tubastraea
Pink Chalice
Pink Echinophyllia
Red and Green Echinophyllia
Green Echinophyllia
Red Lobophyllia
Scolymia
Unidentified Bluish/Pink Pentagonal Brain?

SPS(Non-Acropora):
Merulina
Green Birdsnest
Green Porites(two different species)
Pocillipora(a green and a red one)
Green Stylophora
Green Scroll
Hydnaphora
Fire Coral-Millipora
Elephant Skin-Pachyseris sp.
Montipora: Green w/Purple rim Cap, Orange Cap, Purple Cap, Dark
Green/Brown Cap, Various Encrusting Monti's(Peltiformis,one
with Purple base and bright Green Polyps, Red, and Brown,
Purple, Orange, Red, and Pink Digitata
Acropora: Blue Tip Staghorn
Yellow Brush Acro
Purple Haze
Unidentified Acro's(2)
Miami Orchid(ORA)
Blue Millepora(ORA)
Rose Millepora(ORA)
Scripp's Millepora(ORA)
Roscoe's Blue(ORA)
Chip's Acro(ORA)
Blue Tort(ORA)
Australian Delicate Stag(ORA)
Turquoise Staghorn(ORA)
Valida Tri-color(ORA)
Blue Bottlebrush(ORA)
Stuber Staghorn(ORA)
Scripp's Staghorn(ORA)

I think that is it people, if I find anything else, I'll put it in there.:thumbsup:

Matt

[trippkid]

Well, out of 211 views, thank you Niko, clown-lover, catpicklesdog, and platytetrafan(4 people). I thought I've been doing at least a half decent job, oh well:cry:. Is everyone stuck in Blog world or what?
Matt

[chucke]

It looks Awesome!!!!!

I have a 120gal so now i know what to aspire for! wow

[trippkid]

Thanks Chucke, I see you are in York. Let me know sometime if you want some frags. I'm just up 83, about 20 min.
Matt

[Grins]

Not sure how I missed this before but well deserved Matt!

[trippkid]

Thank you Grins. How is your RBTA doing so far?:thumbsup:
Matt

[Slappy*McFish]

Good job, and great looking tank.:clap:

[H3D]

Great tank Tripkid!

[trippkid]

H3D and SlappyMcfish thanks for the nice comments, I really appreciate it.

[jkonecne]

Beautiful looking tanks. Love the reef.

[Mgamer20o0]

great looking tank... thanks for entering

[FISH4LIFE]

Very sweet tanks Congrads

[trippkid]

Thank you Fish4Life, Mgamer20o0, and jkonecne for the nice comments. Good luck everyone with your tanks, whatever they are FW or SW.
Matt