Here are pictures of Paul Stoner's home reef tank. Paul may be reached
at pstoner3@earthlink.net
180 gal tank, 20gal smp, 8" x 6' skimmer, 2x250W/10,000K
metal halide bulbs, 4 VHO Actinics, PVC racks are for stacking rock
and refuge for fish. |
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Custom 8" skimmer which works very well for the
large bio load. |
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This soft coral was cut many times and ended up in
7 of club members' tanks. As soon as I got the 250W metal halides
I found that in a corner near the bottom was the best place for this
soft coral to grow. |
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One mistake was that these cleaner shrimp over time
killed this Elgance coral for a bigger cleaning station. The Red Sea
purple tang was very hardy and loved to be touched. Very strange fish. |
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This yellow porites grew up from the live rock and
was propigated many times. |
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Three month growth of this acropora and other cuttings.
Most corals in this tank had very good growth under the 10,000K metal
halides. |
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Right side |
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Overview of entire tank with Big Bertha (13" Red
Sea Maximum clam). |
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Big Bertha was a total joy to have had. On some days
her mantle would expand up to 10" across. She was a very beautiful
clam. |
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This large brain coral was hand fed brine shrimp soack
in a vitamin solution over other night, with good results in growth
and color. |
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At one time I had 13 different 4-6 inch Red Sea blue
maxima clams with one 13". Big Bertha lived 5 years before she
died. All Red Sea clams were very hardy and had steady growth and
great expansion. |
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This elegance coral would expand to the size of a basketball. |
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Eight inch gigas clam next to a Red Sea maxima clam.
The star polyps were too hardy and had to be harvested and given away
from time to time. |
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Live rock was all uncured from Figi and soon was covered
with bright purple and pink coraline algae and there were many porites
and montipora colonies that grew up over time. |
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