Blackhawk Fan's Perfecto 30x30x24 reef

[Blackhawk Fan]

Perfecto 93G 30x30x24 tank
Coralvue 400w dimmable ballast
Two modded Tunze 6045's
3/4" Seaswirl
Octo XP2000
Panworld 200ps return from basement
100g Rubbermaid sump
DSB in a bucket with chaeto in it

Tank is plumbed into a 65g tank with my old clown grouper.

I drilled the tank for the return and siliconed the overflow box on.
I chippped the hole a little bit, but not bad for my first time. ;)
Pics were taken with my phone and aren't the best....
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0050.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0049.jpg

Painted the back black.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0063.jpg

I bleached all my live rock and am now in the process of drying it out. I will be plumbing this into the 65 so there won't be a cycle. I will be monitoring it closely though once it's running.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0064.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0065.jpg

Spent two days making a stand and painting it black. Here it as after I finished painting it.... Camera phone pic, so it's a little blurry.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0068.jpg

Got the tank on the stand and scaped it. The stand is 30x30x39. The tank is almost eye level. I love the stand this tall.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0069.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/PIC-0070.jpg

I usually go bare bottom but decided to try a bag of aragalive bimini pink sand.


more to come... ;)

[Blackhawk Fan]

Basically this has become a frag tank with some sps on the rockwork. :big_grin:

mia's pot of gold from Joey08
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1746.jpg

Tyree pandaora's from bigain
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1747.jpg

vivid's dragon's breath from bigian
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1748.jpg

baby's breath from bigian
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1749.jpg

[Blackhawk Fan]

bigevil WM
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1740-1.jpg



FT from roshi719
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1751.jpg



BGM from Joey08
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1741-1.jpg



RR Hurricane from bigian
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1743.jpg



Tyree pink WM from Joey08, what a slow grower... bigevil's no namer in front of it
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1745.jpg



Roshi719's Wet Dreams on left, MH on right(freshly cut from roshi719)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1752.jpg



Almost lost this. mummy eye from Dace, not sure which one it is though
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1756.jpg



unnamed WM from Joey08, almost lost this one too.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1757.jpg

[Blackhawk Fan]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1755.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1754.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1753.jpg

My favia frags from droblack arrived Wednesday. They need to settle in and color up, but here's a shot from this morning.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1770.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1771.jpg

[Blackhawk Fan]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1732.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1734.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1735.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1736.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1738.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1740.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1741.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d11/aquaticman74/IMG_1693.jpg

[MizTanks]

Boy did I enjoy looking at this thread~beautiful tank Mike~awesome looking corals!

[ReeferRob]

Mike wheres the picture of the evil laughing favia? I love that one!

I was hoping you could better explain the difference between the Mia's Pot of Gold and the Baby Breathe. Also the diff of the Pandora and the Vivid Dragon?

[schminksbro]

Nice corals! Are you sure your not a Redwings fan?:big_grin:

[Blackhawk Fan]

Thanks MizTanks!


Andy I'm a huge Wings fan, when they lose. :)

Rob,
In my tank the pandora's has pink centers with with a aqua rim around the head. The dragon's breath has peach and pink centers with green around the head. The mia's has yellow,green,orange, and pink centers with greenish/blue rim around the head. The baby's breath is supposed to have pink and orange centers and the rim is similiar to the mia's.

I'm starting to think I have two pot of gold's and no baby's breath. lol

[ReeferRob]

Thanks MizTanks!


Andy I'm a huge Wings fan, when they lose. :)

Rob,
In my tank the pandora's has pink centers with with a aqua rim around the head. The dragon's breath has peach and pink centers with green around the head. The mia's has yellow,green,orange, and pink centers with greenish/blue rim around the head. The baby's breath is supposed to have pink and orange centers and the rim is similiar to the mia's.

I'm starting to think I have two pot of gold's and no baby's breath. lol
LOL Thats why I asked I got a similar pack from Ian and my BB looks more like Mia's Pot of Gold.

[Fishgeek88]

Awesome sized tank... I really wanted to get this exact size but had to settle for a 24x18 due to available space

[Blackhawk Fan]

I just looked around and it seems like everyone has yellow in the centers on the baby's breath except the one on reeffarmers site.
Mine looks exactly like this one.
http://www.uniquecorals.com/uccollection/tyree-baby-s-breath-favia-frags

Thanks Fishgeek88. 24x18 is a nice size too. :) Do you have a link with some pics?

[Fishgeek88]

No pics yet...have to swap everything over from the holding tank

[Sir Patrick]

Man- you got some sweet peices!!

Any updates?