My visit to Austin, Texas

September 1, 2007: I decided to drive down to Austin to visit some of the gorgeous reef tanks I've only seen online. With the help of the Austin Reef Club, we were able to make it a Tank Tour for the day. Fortunately the weather cooperated.

Brian 300g Starfire A.G.E. Reef

Brian goes by MakoJ on ReefCentral.com, and is president of MAAST

4 X 400W 10k Reeflux's and the tank has been running since 1/04/2007

Brian is the president of MAAST, and has a beautiful tank. It is lit with four 400w 10,000K Reeflux bulbs in Luminarc III reflectors. The tank has an external overflow. It is built inwall with a fishroom behind it, and all kinds of cool equipment hooked up. My favorite is the laptop mounted on a wall within the fishroom. This tank has been running since Jan 2007, an upgrade from a 150g and a 75g combined.

For some reason, I never took a full tank shot. I guess I was too busy enjoying the corals and pizza.

From the end of the tank.

I loved seeing his Copperband Butterfly.

Some acanthastrea

Acropora sp.

Rock anemone

Female Blue Star Leopard Wrasse

Male Blue Star Leopard Wrasse

Vlamini tang, with streamers showing. This was the largest fish in the tank.

Elegant Foxface

Regal Angel

A very pretty all green Frogspawn

Various frags growing out

Efflo

Acropora sp.

Chalice

Clams

Gorgonians

Zoanthus sp.

Acropora sp. - tricolor

A. tortuosa - this was the showpiece of the tank, and there were two large pieces dead center, with blue color bursting out.

A. tenuis

Superman montipora

These looked like Purple People Eaters to me

Montipora sp. - blue polyps

M. foliosa

A. millepora

A. lokani - gorgeous piece

Micromussa, perhaps?

The huge birdsnest colony

Lighting, accessed from the front of the tank

Lighting from the rear. In a larger version of this picture, you can see the reflection of the reef in the rear panel

That's it for this tank.

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