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Austin - Mike's 450g reef


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  1. #1

    Default Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    dudester's 450g office tank
    http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1016111

    Mike's tank is located in the waiting room at his office, and can be viewed from three sides. The water drains at the far end, which is adjacent to a fishroom that houses all the equipment. Lighting is 3 x 400w 10,000K bulbs, with VHO actinic supplementation. A huge sump was shoehorned under the tank, and at this time a refugium is not incorporated. A Tunze Wavebox provides back-n-forth motion, and a closed loop creates the flow.

    Mike with his daughter
    mike with daughter - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Mike and John (Kingfish Aquariums). John maintains the tank with weekly visits.
    mike and john - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    The cabinets are only accessible with a magnet to release the latches. Very neat feature for a public area.
    mike fts - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    In the fishroom, two water storage containers hold RO/DI and saltwater. This larger one hold 100g of saltwater.
    mike water storage - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Deltec skimmer
    mike skimmer - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Deltec Calcium Reactor and beneath is the RO storage container.
    mike ca reactor - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    The power panel hides all the electrical. bmwaaron in the reflection
    mike powerpanel - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Cooling with a fan. Plans for a chiller are in place.
    mike cooling - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Lighting
    mike lighting - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Surface area
    mike surface - Austin - Mike's 450g reef
    Marc

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    Last equipment shot, on to the livestock!
    mike plumbing - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Acanthastrea
    mike acans1 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Moon coral
    mike moon coral - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Meaty corals
    mike meaty coral - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike lps - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike brain2 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Tang, maybe a Lavendar?
    mike tang1 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Trigger, blue chin
    mike trigger - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Glass Eye Cardinalfish
    mike glass eye fish - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike glass eye cardinalfish - Austin - Mike's 450g reef
    Marc

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    Hermit crab
    mike hermit - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Huge cucumber
    mike cucumber - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike cucumber o - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Gorgonian
    mike gorgonian - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Urchin with colorful spines
    mike urchin - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Brain coral
    mike brain - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Leopard Wrasse
    mike leopard wrasse - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike reefshot - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Ricordia
    mike rics - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Clams. Notice the tiny rics (pictured above) for a sense of scale
    mike clams - Austin - Mike's 450g reef
    Marc

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    I took some topdown shots as well.
    mike acro1 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro2 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro3 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro4 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro5 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro6 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike monti1 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike monti2 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike monti3 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike milli1 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef
    Marc

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    mike acro7 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro8 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike milli2 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike echino pink - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike echino red - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike micromussa - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike reefshot3 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike reefshot4 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike staghorn td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike birdsnest - Austin - Mike's 450g reef
    Marc

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    Tired of all the beauty? There still more...
    mike acro bluepolyp2 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike frag1 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike frag2 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro5b td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike urchin2 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike monti4 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike torch td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike reefshot5 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike milli3 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike monti5 td - Austin - Mike's 450g reef
    Marc

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    Back to the ground level for the remainder of the pictures.

    Montipora sp.
    mike monti1 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Lobo
    mike lobo - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Wall Hammer
    mike hammer - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Acropora sp.
    mike acro9 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Blastomussa
    mike blastos o - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Christmas Tree Worm in Acropora sp.
    mike xmas worm - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    Acropora sp.
    mike acro10 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    mike acro12 - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    And lastly, his Superman Montipora colony
    mike superman - Austin - Mike's 450g reef

    That's it. Go cool off your modem after all these image downloads.
    Marc

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