BobZ's 210 Reef Tank

[bobz]

Lee got me thinking that it has been a few years since I posted any pics of my 210. It's been on "autopilot" for the past four years due to work commitments but still seems to be doing OK. I am primarily doing basic maintenance on weekends which consists of scrapping the front glass, refillng the RO for topoff and cleaning the skimmer and that's about it. I try to get a water change in every two - three weeks but a lot of times it goes longer than a month. I am dosing two part Calc & Alk, other than that nothing else. I'd like to be able to spend more time on the tank but not much I can do at this point.
The Blue-polyp leathers on the left and right side were from a small gold ball sized piece that Budsreef gave me about 18 months ago. It split in two when I rubberbanded it to a rock and now there are two huge leathers, approximately 18" wide. They are amazing, closeup in the third pic.

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[sn4k33y3z]

Tank looks awesome!

 

[ringo®]

Nice tank.....what's the lighting?

 

[bobz]

Ringo®;894341 wrote: Nice tank.....what's the lighting?

Thanks, I am using a TEK T5 Fixture. Eventually want to make the jump to LED but probably not anytime soon!
bz

 

[atmercure]

looks good

 

[bobz]

Thanks man!

 

[toyo]

All I can hope for is that my tank looks anything like that when on auto pilot!! Good Job:up:

 

[curtismaximus]

Awesomr tank Bob! Water changes are over rated! What skimmer do you have on that bad boy?

 

[bobz]

Curtismaximus;894379 wrote: Awesomr tank Bob! Water changes are over rated! What skimmer do you have on that bad boy?

I'm still running my MRC MR3R. The total system is about 400G and it does an awesome job!

 

[spike]

Great looking tank Bob,lots of happy coral. How long have you had the Copperband?

 

[raz0945]

Really great looking tank!

 

[jj ocean]

Looks awesome Bob! I love that big leather. Gorgeous CBB too.

 

[glxtrix]

Love! So glad you posted some pics, such a beautiful tank not to show off!

 

[acroholic]

Looks great Bob. I love LPS and Softies as well as SPS, so I have a 100 gallon mixed reef like yours.

 

[bobz]

Spike;894405 wrote: Great looking tank Bob,lots of happy coral. How long have you had the Copperband?

Thanks glen. The CBB is a couple years old. Been very healthy and eats like a pig.

Appreciate the nice comments from everyone. The leather is one of my favorite too.

 

[kirkwood]

Very Nice... Sand looks too clean for someone that says they are doing minimal maintenance... ;-) the ocean is on auto-pilot too, so maybe your following the right advice...

how long have you had the CBB??? what do you feed when you are gone??

 

[bobz]

Kirkwood;894843 wrote: Very Nice... Sand looks too clean for someone that says they are doing minimal maintenance... ;-) the ocean is on auto-pilot too, so maybe your following the right advice...

how long have you had the CBB??? what do you feed when you are gone??

Lol. I don't touch the sand but that pair of diamond gobies do all the work! The CBB is a couple years old now. Got him from Greg at optimum. As for food, I leave little cups of frozen food for my wife to drop in the tank for me. It's the only thing she has to do while i am gone. Been very lucky so fAr there have been no major equip failures. The vortechs and the sump are on battery backups which were tested a couple of weeks ago when we had a power outage for four hours. I was a little tense until power came back on and luckily everything started up again with no problems. I do have a pc cam I keep on the tank so I can see the tank while I am away and keep tabS on things.
BZ

 

[dylan ringwood]

A pretty awesome tank especially for being on auto pilot!

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[bobz]

thanks Dylan. Unfortunately I am in the process of having to break down the tank now. trying to work through the logistics to figure out what and how to do it.

 

[dylan ringwood]

In a move process I assume?

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