Erick's 165g Reef

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Start Date: July 7th, 2012
Tank:" 72 x 20" x 27"
Lighting: 72" AquaticLife 12 Bulb T5
Sump: 40g Breeder
Skimmer: AquaC EV-240 with Mag 18
Return Pump: Mag 18
Controller: APEX Aquacontroller
Auto Top Off: Aqualifter controlled by RKE
Circulation: (2) Vortech MP40
Other Filtration: Dual BRS GFO and Carbon Reactor and Chaeto in sump

Fish:
2 Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
2 Snowflake Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1 Wheeler's Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri)
1 Yellow Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
1 Female Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris)
1 Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse (Wetmorella tanakai)
2 Purple Firefish (Nemateleotris decora)
2 Hippo Tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus)
1 Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus)
1 Green Coris Wrasse (Halichoeres chloropterus)

I used 150 lbs of BRS Reef Saver dry rock.

 

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165g Update

Current FTS with moonlights:

 

[Pappy]

Nice!

 

[Dowtish]

Looking good man!

 

[revsgirl]

Looks great!!!!!!!!!

 

[Loki]

Cool! I'm glad to see it running!

 

[revhtree]

Awesome bro!

 

[reefinman]

Looks great

 

[weaponsofmassdesign]

Thank you everybody!! CUC will be here Thursday from Reef Cleaners! I got 70 Cerith, 10 Nerite, 10 Nassarius and two bags of theirs pods. Some of this will be going into my other two tanks.

 

[strange33w]

looks like you are off to a good start. Looking forward to seeing more

 

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165g Update

Just got the snails in and floating them now. I also got two bags of their Pods+. One of them has a huge Mysid shrimp, is what I'm guessing it is, that looks like its at least a half inch. I don't know how big those usually are, but you can tell its a shrimp by the body structure.

 

[weaponsofmassdesign]

There's easily 200 Dwarf Ceriths when I only ordered 50. I also got more Nerite and Nassarius than I ordered. I would definitely use Reef Cleaners again! And their prices are the best I've seen on snails.

 

[cdrewferd]

Looking good. I got the same thing in my bag of pods from Reef Cleaners. I think it's a ghost shrimp, but not sure. Amazingly, it's still alive in my tank. I see if every now and then.

 

[weaponsofmassdesign]

I need to work on some pictures, but I got both pairs of clowns, the Hippo and lots of coral moved over. I also added a Sixline Wrasse over the weekend.

 

[bknapp]

Good luck with the tank and the six line. Hope he isn't a bully.

 

[weaponsofmassdesign]

He hasn't paid anybody any attention so far. He just swims in and out of the rock work on a mission! I'm surprised at how well the clowns get along. All four hangout together pretty much all day. I didn't think my older pair would be as kind to the newbies, although my large female never has shown any aggression with my hand in the tank even with eggs.

 

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165g Update

Here's a quick FTS from my iPad. I still got get out the Canon. I moved more coral over from my frag tank today also that's not pictured.

 

[Loki]

Cool you've got a good looking tank! I recognize that scoly .

 

[bknapp]

Lookin good Erick.