Maj, US Army (Ret)
Silverdale, Washington
1949 - ?
"OmarD"
(Scott Davis)
Maj, US Army (RET)
Silverdale, WA 3Reef is my internet/forum home. I love the discussion between responsible and experienced reef keepers. While I frequently visit other forums and occasionally post on them. Nothing compares to 3Reef. About self: Live in Silverdale, Wa - a ferry boat ride away from Seattle. Is town I grew up in. Am a retired US Army aviator. Spent 20+ years flying helicopters in "exotic" places around the world. Currently unemployed. Am married to a beautiful Palestinian which I met at during "Desert Storm." Have two gorgeous daughters, Sarah (15), Mariam (14). My favorite hobbies are Reef Keeping (of course), travel & diving. In last few years my only diving experiences have been in Bali, Indonesia, which I have been back to 4 times. And am ready to return again, at any time, when $ allow it. My tank helps keeping me sane between times of actually being in water.
AG "125" AquaC EV 180, 30
gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR,
CoralSeaLife "Moonlite"
Hood, PFO 250W HQI
Mini-Pendant (XM HQI 10000k
bulb), Battery powered air
pump backup, Generator.
12 Gallon NanoCube
OmarD's Home Reef
"...nothing good ever
happens fast in a reef tank,
only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA -  Contact: Scott Davis 12207 Crossridge NW Silverdale, Wa. 98383 Email: omard1@tscnet.com Home Aquarium Page: http://homepages.tscnet.com/omard1/aquarium.htm
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125 Gallon
"All-Glass" Davis Family Aquarium - 125 Gallon
"All-Glass" 3Reef Post:
Scott's (OmarD) 125 gal Tank
Thread
03-16-2008, 11:47 PM
Here are some pics of my 55
gallon started in 2002.
Nice to
have reference of where tank
was, and where it is now.
( Still have almost all the
same fish I started out
with, with only blue hippo
tang gone as it outgrew 125
gallon after spending couple
of years in it.)
The purchase and
establishment of this tank
was due to one of the most
bizarre SW aquarium events I
have yet to have seen posted
here on 3Reef or elsewhere.
A year or so after moving 55
gal to 125 gallon, I added a
matched pair of perc
clownfish. Sometime
thereafter one "disappeared"
as sometime fish magically
do. An after a while later
the 2nd went. Could not find
them in tank or out, so
assumed they fell prey to
the unknown fish
killer/eater that seems to
inhabit all newer tanks.
They were soon replaced with
a juvenile pair of Maroon's
which finally mated up as
nature took its course.
Last spring I for some
reason decided to try an
experiment that I had read
about on other forum. --- I
left lights totally off for
3 days which was supposed to
rejuvenate corals and rest
fish.
load of crap. Took days for
leathers to perk bank
up...and worst of all my
prize six-line was missing.
Found no sign in tank or
out, but decided to give the
overflows a check (which I
delinquently had never
thought of checking out
before as tank has full
canopy and it has to be
dismantled to get to back.
I found the sixline happily
swimming about on one side.
But amazingly I found a
mature mated pair of perc
clowns in other.
This is like more then 3
years after they went
missing!!!
-
I could not believe my eyes,
and actually at first
thought they must be from
some Maroon offspring that
wound up in overflow.
After rescuing all the fish
from the overflows (and
cleaning the gunk in them
that had gathered over the
years) - I returned them to
the main tank. Of course,
every fish in the tank
immediatly jumped on the two
slow swimming percs, and I
barely got them out in time
before serious damage was
done.
Anyway hence the need (and
justification to wife) why I
got the Nano.
Was on sale at DFS at the
time for $89 and with the
old 15% off "dodge" coupon
was a great bargin.
The original 12 gallon Nano
Cube features a compact
fluorescent light fixture
with 24-watt 50/50 lamp,
splashguard, energy-saving
"flicker free" electronic
ballast, flip-top canopy,
and a submersible 106-gph
pump for a thriving
mini-biotope
