REEF OF THE MONTH - October 2021: Charlie's Amazing 400-gallon Reef

[Sebastiancrab]

Congrats Charlie! What a beautiful reef. Can you post some more video with close ups of the coral?

 

[charliethetuna]

Congrats Charlie! What a beautiful reef. Can you post some more video with close ups of the coral?

Thank you i will..

 

[charliethetuna]

Congratulations!! Well deserved! Love your story. I got a tank at a young age too, my fondest childhood memories are with it. Excited for the day we can all build out our dream tanks! LIRA is an awesome organization, so great that you’ve been a longtime supporter and were elected secretary.

By the way, excellent advice/final thoughts!

Thanks you very much ..

 

[charliethetuna]

Awesome tank. If close up shot without showing the tank, it looks like real-life ocean. Amazing!

Thanks

 

[charliethetuna]

Beautiful reef Charlie, and thanks for sharing it.

Thank you

 

[charliethetuna]

Charlie - You are a great inspiration! Thank you for sharing your experience and really relate to the aquarium being my sanctuary!

Best wishes!

Thank you ..for me the tank really gets my mind of the daily life stress

 

[Epic Aquaculture]

Amazing tank! Congratulations on a well deserved honor!

 

[lacrosseboss18]

Congratulations!!!! Well deserved. One of the nicest tanks I've seen!

 

[Wasabiroot]

Is the tank in your basement? That's my dream setup....just a dedicated fish room with fresh and salt. I see you have discus too - want to try those eventually. Your tank is gorgeous - incredible work. That orange tongue coral is super pretty . I think the pectinia colony looks flawless also. Thanks for sharing.

 

[P-Dub]

OUTSTANDING! BRAVO! WELL DONE! Other than that, I'm speechless!

 

[JMacedo]

Gorgeous reef. Very well deserved "Tank of the month". Congratulations!

 

[charliethetuna]

Is the tank in your basement? That's my dream setup....just a dedicated fish room with fresh and salt. I see you have discus too - want to try those eventually. Your tank is gorgeous - incredible work. That orange tongue coral is super pretty . I think the pectinia colony looks flawless also. Thanks for sharing.

Yes thanks in the basement in wall funny i never added a picture of the in wall ..

 

[charliethetuna]

Few more shots

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Such an amazing reef!!!

 

[revhtree]

Few more shots

HA! Love the baby shot!

 

[Reef Man]

Incredible tank !! Congratulations.
Just one question, I can see your skimmer is an Alpha Cone 250. Is not too small for all your tank?

 

[Josepha7697]

Fantastic tank Charlie - are you running the Calcium reactor and Kalk reactor both 24/7, or do you just run your Kalk at night, or other method? Also how do you run your calcium reactor - your ph? is it managed by Selenoid on the Apex? Hi or low drip rate? Any advice would be great!

 

[charliethetuna]

Fantastic tank Charlie - are you running the Calcium reactor and Kalk reactor both 24/7, or do you just run your Kalk at night, or other method? Also how do you run your calcium reactor - your ph? is it managed by Selenoid on the Apex? Hi or low drip rate? Any advice would be great!

Thanks ,i run the calreactor 24/7 off the apex ,turning the co2 regulator on and off ,i top off at night with kalk ,drip rate is a steady broken stream for the effluant ,and i adjust the ph regulator numbers threw the apex .i dont like dripping as it will clog up the lines ..

 

[ReefGeezer]

Wow! Great reef. Inspirational.