please rate

[teambutterfield]

please rate my tank

[matrixnyc]

Nice looking tank :)

Tell me more about your setup and then I will rate it :)

[MARIA]

oooooooooohhhh you have a flame angel. my favorite fish. beautiful tank.

[teambutterfield]

its is a 50 gal. with build in over flow
10 gal. sump
turbo floator skimmer
rio 2500 as a return pump
4xpower heads
2x96w actinic pc
2x36w actinic pc
2x32w 10k pc
1x175w 10k mhl

use b-inonic 3 times a week
lougo solution once a week
combi-san once a week
this year is exactly 2 years old

80lb of fuji live rock
fish: flame angel, flame back angel, purple tang, bicolor dottyback, bicolor blenny, long nose hawk, frickle hawk, ring eyes hawk, 1 diamond watchman goby, 3 yellow watchman goby. Most fish are about 2 years old also.
Coral: Damn too many to list, 6 acropora, 1 organ pipe coral, 1 large area green star polyps, many sand polyps, 1 large area yellow polyps, 4 leather coral, 1 brain coral, 1 red brain coral, 1 red donut coral, 1 finger coral, 1 metalica mushroom, 1 super bright red mushroom, many purple mushroom, many green stripe mushroom, 1 clover polyps, 1 fuzzy mushroom, 1 hammer coral.

[matrixnyc]

Nice Tank and Setup, you should enter it in the Tank Of The Month Contest, Maybe you can win some $$$$ :)

If I had to give it a number, I would give it an 8 or 9, leaning towards the 9 :)

[teambutterfield]

so what would make this tank a Perfect 10? hehe jk. It will be great if people can give me suggestions tho.

[Irisservice]

I agree with Matrixnyc you lost one point for calcium on the front glass blocking view of corals!!!

[Pineapple House]

I give it a 8. You lost one point for the coralline algae growing on the front of the tank...that can lead to not seeing the corals! You loose another point for the powerhead in the middle, you should have them hidden behind the rocks :roll: lol, jk

Great setup teambutterfield! Very nice Tang!

PH =)

[teambutterfield]

hehe thanks guys, now u guys can see that particular leather coral i was talking about in another thread. You can see the algae is growing on top of that leather coral. The brain coral is very close to that leather too, it actually got stuck on it now and it is impossible to take it off the brain coral.

[teambutterfield]

new pics

[matrixnyc]

Great looking tank :) I like the new photos.

Did you enter the tank into the Tank Of The Month Contest?

[Irisservice]

WOW nice clean glass make the difference!!!!

[Pineapple House]

Looks nice!

You should really enter your tank in the tank of the month contest! Your tank is awesome!


PH =)

[teambutterfield]

how do i submit my picture?

[Pineapple House]

http://www.reeflounge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=635

Read that to submit your pic :)

PH =)

[Samurai]

Talk about diversity!! Very nice tank.

[Fugly]

8) :shock: How is that flame angel DAMN!! Healthy little trooper.

[michealprater]

Nice looking flame angel, I also noticed a flameback pygmy. Very cool. How do they get along?

[vidodivr]

nice tank..

vidodivr

[teambutterfield]

the flame back is 2 years old, and the flame was introduced to that tank about 1 year and 5 months ago. The oldest fish in it its the purple tang, I had him as my tester =P. the ring eye hawk fish is about 4 years old, but he was transfered from another tank to that tank. Most of the fish in it are average 1 year old or more.

[Sean Smith]

how do you find the flame angel? Does he chew on anything or make a nuisance of himself?

Keen to know..... thanks, Sean.

[matrixnyc]

teambutterfield, How much did you spend on the setup? If you dont mind to tell :)


We have a discussion going on in another post, and your tank will make for a good comparison.

[matrixnyc]

I mean to get it setup and to a point where you were able to add live stock.

[teambutterfield]

actually its not that bad.
Stand & Canopy: 300.00
50 Gal Tank with over flow: 250.00
10 Gal tank: 10.00
Eco Light 13w: 35.00
Rio 2500: 60.00
Turbo Floter: 275.00
Rio 1700: 50.00
JBJ 96w retrofit: 280.00
Custom Sea Life 96w retrofit: 300.00
Non brand 36w retrofit: 100.00
175w 10,000k MH: 250.00
100lb live rock: 275.00
20lb live sand: 25.00
parts: 50.00

I cant really remember how much the rest are, but, i will try to update this price list.

I dont see my Flame Angel pick on anything, maybe i got lucky.

[teambutterfield]

new pictures

[teambutterfield]

another one

[BIG Phil]

Nice selection of corals

Nice Job

[Astrogazer]

Love the Purple Tang ... see so few of them here