March 2009 Tank Of The Month Winner: Ace25

**Reefscape** · 03-14-2009, 2:09 PM

The winner of the March 2009 Tank of the Month is Ace25

Specifics of the Photograph

Photo Specs:
- Date Picture Taken: February 27th, 2009
- Camera: Nikon Coolpix 5700, Macro setting, timer and tri-pod. Auto settings for focus/aperture/white balance.

Tank Specs:
- Date First Setup: June 15th, 2008 - Sept 15th, 2008 (Tore down due to leak)
- Date Re-Setup December 4th, 2008
- 30"x24"x24" (75G) - Starphire front - No trim/Euro Bracing

Flow:
- 2x Koralia3 Powerheads
- Gen-X PCX-40 (1170GPH) Closed loop pump attached to a "floating reef"
- Eheim 1262 (950GPH) Return pump
- Both Return pump and closed loop pump are routed through a SCWD to alternate flow

Filtration:
- 6" Deep Sand Bed in display
- 100Lbs live rock in display
- 15G Sump/Refugium
- 4" Filter sock
- Remora HOB skimmer
- TLF Media Reactor w/ Rowaphos Media
- 2 10oz bags of Chemi-Pure
- 10lbs live rock rubble + cheato macro algae

Lighting:
- 250w PFO HQI Ballast + XM10K SE MH bulb
- Icecap660 Ballast + 4x 22" Giesemann Actinic T5HO bulbs
- 12x 3mm blue LEDs for moonlights
- 26w Coralife mini PC "Freshwater" light on Refugium

Other Equipment:
- JBJ ATO for top offs
- Reefkeeper 2 controller for pH/temperature monitoring, timers, and heater control
- 2x 150w Heaters
- Grounding Probe

Fish: 15 total
- Potters angel (Centropyge potteri)
- Potters wrasse (Macropharyngodon geoffroyi)
- African Leopard wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus)
- Argus wrasse (Halichoeres argus)
- Yellow wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)
- Cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
- Fusi goby (Fusigobius sp.)
- White tiger goby (Priolepis nocturna)
- Pink spot goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephal)
- Blue spot goby (Cryptocentrus pavoninoides)
- Yellow watchman goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
- Engineer goby (Pholidichthys Leucotaenia)
- Zebra dartfish (Ptereleotris zebra)
- Lawnmower blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
- Midas blenny (Ecsenius midas)

Corals: Too many to list, around 40 different softy, LPS, and SPS corals

Maintanence Schedule:
Weekly 50% water changes with RO/DI water and OceanPure Pro salt mix. Weekly Nitrate, Calcium,
Alkalinity, Magnesium, and Phosphate tests. Daily skimmer cleanings. Bi-Weekly filter sock changes,
Kalkwasser top off water refill, and glass cleaning. Monthly Chemi-pure/rowaphos media replacement.

**Reefscape** · 03-14-2009, 2:14 PM

Congratulations Ace, its about time dude....Well done !!!

Please PM me your full name, postal address and registered email...Thanks..Also, please PM me a small write up about the tank, setup and inhabitants and will add it to the thread..

**snoopy65** · 03-14-2009, 2:15 PM

congrats! beautiful tank!

**Mokomon** · 03-14-2009, 2:17 PM

Yay!!

Deservedly so!!
Congrats!

**Bubbles2112** · 03-14-2009, 3:09 PM

Congrats!! Your tank is really spectacular!!

**rsanz** · 03-14-2009, 4:05 PM

Congrats, man. You put up a really stiff competition, and you deserve the win. Fantastic tank. Hard to compete with that.

**rich311k** · 03-14-2009, 4:17 PM

Congrats!! Excellent tank!

**mel_20_20** · 03-14-2009, 4:27 PM

Really beautiful tank!! You've done a fabulous job with that tank, and work hard to keep it healthy and beautiful!!!

Congrats!!!

**Ace25** · 03-14-2009, 9:07 PM

Thanks all! That sure was a close race. Great entries this month! Hard to believe a salty beat out so many great planted tanks.

Hope this is ok, just wanted to share a few of my fav pics for this thread.