Wow!!!

[mbdave]

YouTube - Aquariums - David Saxby's Reef Aquarium (extended version)

Did I say WOW!!

 

[redseareef]

Dave,
Thats a awesome tank huh? He feeds all those fish a few times a day too. Everything looks VERY healthy in that tank!!

 

[reefer4200]

i love that video EVERY timei watch it. unbelievable! wowwww is right!

 

[Reefmack]

Wow is correct! Is it just me or does the tank seem very overstocked with fish?

 

[funkpolice]

too many fish for my taste, and the video is kind of overproduced and tacky, but it is an amazing tank. How big do you think it is? Very cool.
bill

 

[wooddood]

beautiful tank but i agree he is way overstocked in my opinion, but everything does look healty. good luck to him though.



dave.

 

[redseareef]

if memory serves me correct that tank is 3-400 gallons. To feed that tank like that and have that amount of fish w/ all those acropora corals he uses ALOT of rowaphos.
That is a beautiful tank!!

 

[steveh]

Not sure it's the right place for the Red Sea Max owners club posts guys & gals.

 

[mbdave]

Yep lot of fish, but with the exception of some depressed reefs I have dove theres always a bunch of fish. Also I read something on the tank before about filtration and it has a killer system. Personally I love lots of fish.
Steve, whats it matter??

 

[ReefLady]

I think the total system size is around 3,500g. He has over 400 fish in the tank.

It's an "L" shaped tank - the display tank is 1,200g.

David Saxby | January 2007 Tank of the Month | UltimateReef.Com

 

[ReefLady]

I'm moving this to the General Reef Aquarium forum - unless I am mistaken, this is not a RSM tank (please let me know if I'm wrong).

 

[nicoleblkwidow]

Wow! Huge tank and packed full.
Not sure I agree with the fish selection though. Angel was pecking at coral in the video! Very neat schools though! Would love to see more specs on the tank.

 

[funkpolice]

when you have a 1200 gal tank, you can have angels that pick at coral and not even notice. Lot's of fish on the reef eat coral, but it doesn't make it look depleted. I wish I had the money/time/knowledge to have a tank like that. Compatibility is a smaller concern when you have that much volume.
bill

 

[Varga]

Owners Name: David Saxby
Location: London, England
Year the tank was set up: Photos 1 -10 Set-up in 1995, Photos 11 - 17 Set-up in 2003
Size and Volume of the Tank: J-Shaped - 3 feet (1m) x 8 feet (2.7m) x 6 feet (2m) and 47 inches (117cm) high - approximately 1700 US Gallons
Sump Size: 1500 US Gallons
Pounds of Live Rock: 2000 Pounds
Sand Type/Depth: ROWAlith/4 inches (20 cm)
Type of Biological Filtration: Berlin

Reader submitted photos: David Saxby

 

[Varga]

I'm moving this to the General Reef Aquarium forum - unless I am mistaken, this is not a RSM tank (please let me know if I'm wrong).

HAHA thats cute

 

[miaskies]

Wow is right, it looks like the national aquarium in baltimore. What is rowaphos?

 

[BentMyWookie]

Lol yeah didnt see this model RSM in the Drs catalog.

I cant even begin to imagine the maintenance schedule for this thank. Like 100-200 gallon weekly water change/ :bouncebox

Amazing Tank!

 

[ReefLady]

What is rowaphos?

Phosphate remover/reactor. I believe he has 2 phos. reactors. Rowaphos is the media in the reactor.

I cant even begin to imagine the maintenance schedule for this thank. Like 100-200 gallon weekly water change/

If I remember correctly, his process of doing a water change spans several days.