Jackson's 34gal SPS Solana

[trinifish]

wow!!! nice tank richie!!! a lil' school of spearing would look nice and add a lil' jamaica bay flare to yuh tank:tongueani!!lol i had a lil' seabass last summer in my tank that slowly picked away at my school of spearing!!!lol

 

[rickytsui]

nice tank richs how tall is the tank?

 

[jackson6745]

Pierce I want it all. The look of 10k's heavily supplemented with VHO actinics all in one little bulb

Thanks NDY

Ronnie what if I add some peanut bunker? Where a been bro? You been fishing lately?

What's up Ricky? The tank is 20x20x20. The stand is pretty high though @ 43". I like the tank at eye level. I do need to stand on a step stool to reach the bottom of the tank though

 

[geldof]

Nice upgrade. Tank looked great when my wife and I were over earlier this year. Looking forward to seeing how the 34G does.

 

[EvMiz]

looking goood rich

 

[rehype]

Awesome looking tank!Are you dosing?

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks guys!

rehype, I am dosing bionic whole line of additives except for kalk.

I can't sleep so here is a small update. Everything is growing and coloring up. I added a reefkeeper lite which is a great little piece of equipment for the price. This will probably be the last time I have a halide over this tank. I am planning to run a 6 bulb ATI powermodule. So many guys are having great success with T5's. I like what I see and need to explore this option

BTW these photos have a 250w helios 20k. If you look up a few post to my last update photo running an xm 20k, you can tell why I think the XM 20k sucks

 

[lazibonez]

Wow... sick tank. Hope u win TOTM again. Good job Rich.

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks Alan. I'm not concerned with nTOTM honors My goal with this tank is to have SPS with colors and growth that hang in there with the big boy tanks out there

 

[Awibrandy]

:inlove:
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[AlohaTropics]

Thats gorgeous...makes we want to go and get another Solana...

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

Very nice....All you corals look fantastic.

 

[bad coffee]

Sweet tank! (for a bunch of colored sticks that is...)

B

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks guys. I missed those last few comments.

I changed the lighting over to an ATI powermodule 6x24w. I am impressed with this lighting fixture. It appears brighter than the 250w halide and I have seen a nice spike in growth. Only thing I don't like is that the fixture overhangs the solana due to its 24" width.


FTS Sep 9th

pic of the fixture the first day

A few close ups

 

[cali_reef]

Nice! Whats up with the LPS in the SPS Pimp's tank?

 

[jackson6745]

Nice! Whats up with the LPS in the SPS Pimp's tank?

Thanks Pierce I am baby sitting that LPS for Kasei until he gets a new tank.....whenever that maybe. I think that one is called a peace favia. Pierce PM me your cell #. I am still on the fence about MACNA (work related) not being a biotch

 

[autoponicz]

nice solona ....that powermodule seems to be doing a great job on the colors..i can imagine you picking up that whole rockscape and 1-2-3 ..its in the solona..haha

 

[NDY]

Very Nice Nice Colors
Which Combination Ur Using On The Bulb

 

[mmike1992]

rich tank looks great it is filling in nicely

 

[NYreefNoob]

yeah another converted to t5's, tank looks good rich