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210 Gallon Reef Tank Saltwater Aquarium – Mostly SPS

Be sure to watch it in High Quality. Used my flip video to take this quick vid of my 10 month old at video time. Sailfin tang, 2 regal blue tangs, 6 line wrasse, blue chromis, striped damsels, skunk pseudochromis, various firefish, zebra goby, clownfish, 2 skunk cleaner shrimp, 1 fireshrimp, sallylight foot crab

lighting – 3×250W Phoenix 14k for now, 4-54W T5 Actinics

Duration : 0:2:23


how small could i make a salt water aquarium?

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October 6th, 2008 at 9:20 pm


25 Responses to “210 Gallon Reef Tank Saltwater Aquarium – Mostly SPS”

  1. ganael Says:

    very nice
    very nice

  2. solenowski Says:

    super nice new …
    super nice new setup! in 1 year that bad boy is going to be a winner!

  3. quaqa88 Says:

    I don’t understand …
    I don’t understand how you know which coral is a small polyp stony coral and which one isn’t. Can you look at them and tell? Nice tank by the way.

  4. dme330i Says:

    Thanks – never …
    Thanks – never started a thread on reef central. However, I did get the pillar idea from the various threads on the site.

  5. dme330i Says:

    Thanks. Just using …
    Thanks. Just using the cheap $35 reflectors from Hello Lights

  6. pocketreef Says:

    pillars…so cool
    pillars…so cool

  7. dpalm3 Says:

    are you on reef …
    are you on reef central? was that your thread?

    great aquascaping. great tank. going to be an amazing tank once it grows in

  8. ldsidahoinmatt Says:

    What type of …
    What type of reflectors are you using?

    it looks great!

  9. Fortetennis Says:

    amazing tank! i …
    amazing tank! i love the green bubble coral

  10. dme330i Says:

    SPS were added at …
    SPS were added at 30 days and continued over time as frags were acquired.

  11. dme330i Says:

    Yes. Key is stable …
    Yes. Key is stable parameters.

  12. purx3ranger Says:

    how u get a reef?
    how u get a reef?

  13. JOK3RxGOKU Says:

    Do you happen to …
    Do you happen to know if they are hardy

  14. alanlufc Says:

    when did you add …
    when did you add skittles etc . i would like these type for my tank. 10/10 great set up. put you skimmer etc up please

  15. DaytonaRoadster Says:

    oh ok, i’m gonna …
    oh ok, i’m gonna have to try that when i do my next tank,

  16. dme330i Says:

    Thanks. I took the …
    Thanks. I took the $.98 pavers at my local hardware store and drilled a hole in it with a masonry bit. Then, I stuck a 3/8″ fiberglass rod in the hole. Next, I drilled the rock and stacked the rock on the rods.

  17. dme330i Says:

    Montipora …
    Montipora Capricornis

  18. DaytonaRoadster Says:

    great tank, awesome …
    great tank, awesome aquascaping, how do you mount the rock like that?

  19. JOK3RxGOKU Says:

    what kind of corals …
    what kind of corals are those little flat ones that look hard you can see them in 1:07 and 1:17 the big green one ?

  20. MightyEvilOne Says:

    Awesome…awesome.. …
    Awesome…awesome…just awesome. 5/5 BRAVO, BRAVO!!!

  21. dme330i Says:

    Filtration is via: …
    Filtration is via:
    - live rock
    - protein skimmer
    - seachem matrix
    - 6 ml of vodka/day
    - chaeto in a separate 20 gallon fuge

  22. hai12vang Says:

    Beautiful! like you …
    Beautiful! like you aquascape.

  23. BrooklynAquarium Says:

    it looks like my …
    it looks like my 210to me. 72 x 30 x 24 is the size of my 215 (queon claims 215). what kind of filtration do you have? can you get some vid of it

  24. dme330i Says:

    Thanks. I put my …
    Thanks. I put my sailfin tang in first. Just put a yellow tang in a couple of weeks ago as my last tang and so far so good.

  25. cyberbet Says:

    yeah i got a 125 …
    yeah i got a 125 sps. put a sailfin tang in the other day and my yellow tang killed it when i turned my back on the tank for 5 mintues. Your tank looks just like mine. Good job.

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