Few pictures from my new adventure :) - crossing to the dark side- my NPS corals

[MMreef]

Hi everybody, I guess you can't keep an reef addict down for too long . To spark my interest back, I decided to try something different from my previous tank, I ventured into dark world of NPS corals. To be honest, right now I am trying my luck with easier corals like sun corals, dendros , few " easy" gorgonians ,etc. In the future I plan to set up continuous feeding system to be able to keep more demanding species of NPS coral. Pretty much my system stayed the same as far as equipment goes, with powerful skimmer being the hart , I keep my water on cooler side now, so I set up a chiller to keep my temperature stable around 74-75 degrees. For lighting I use my LEDs from my ATI fixture set to mimic the look of dark, deep water environment. Anyway, that's it for now,of course few pictures fallow for your enjoyment. I will be slowly adding more corals,as I get my hands on it, for now just a few that seems to be thriving.

Of course my dendros:

[/url]dendros1 by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]dendros2 by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

sun corals

[/url]sun coral by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]sun coral2 by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

my corkscrew gorgonian

[/url]corkscrew gorgonian by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

chili coral

[/url]chili coral by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

pink tube anemone

with flash

[/url]tube2 by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

without flash

[/url]tube3 by mark_mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[jrpark22000]

Awesome stuff Mark! looking forward to seeing this come along. I love NPS tanks, but don't want to take on the bioload issues from all the feeding.