I just wanted to share my pics of the 500g mixed reef tank at the Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Museum at the National Mall in Washington DC.
Someone on RC did a thread on this 3 years ago, since then the tank has matured now having fewer but much larger colonies.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1674135
You know you're a typical, spoiled southern california reefer when you're at the "official reef tank" of the United States of America and you say "yep I got that, and that, two of those, that too, sold that one, keeping that one at my buddy's house.....who can I talk to for a frag of that?!" LOL
The water shimmered from obvious metal halide lighting in this bowfront tank.
I was most impressed by the 2feet wide strawberry shortcake (A. microclados) colony, but im partial to SPS.
more SPS
obligatory giant clam (the size of a 28g nano tank)
Basketball-sized LPS
large yellow leather way up top near the water surface
Common fish
Someone on RC did a thread on this 3 years ago, since then the tank has matured now having fewer but much larger colonies.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1674135
You know you're a typical, spoiled southern california reefer when you're at the "official reef tank" of the United States of America and you say "yep I got that, and that, two of those, that too, sold that one, keeping that one at my buddy's house.....who can I talk to for a frag of that?!" LOL
The water shimmered from obvious metal halide lighting in this bowfront tank.
I was most impressed by the 2feet wide strawberry shortcake (A. microclados) colony, but im partial to SPS.
more SPS
obligatory giant clam (the size of a 28g nano tank)
Basketball-sized LPS
large yellow leather way up top near the water surface
Common fish
