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New house, new tank. Upgraded my classic 75 gallon to a ProStar 150 (120 gallon display).
To a greater extent than my prior tanks over past 17 years, I really wanted this one to be aesthetically pleasing within the house and have it as a focal point of living area in the home. It is direct line of sight from front door.
Equipment:
Lights: 3X NooPsyche K7 V3
Flow: Ecotech MP40 and Jebao OW-40
Return: Orlushy DC-9000
Skimmer: Reef Octopus 150 EXT
Controller: I made a reef-pi (Raspberry Pi 4) with temp/ ph monitoring, and 3X outlet control. Planning to add dosing soon. I have an old iPad2 next to tank that displays ReefPi Ph and temp
Old iPad showing Pi stats
Control board
Power bar for ReefPi that I designed and printed
Filtration:
Protein skimmer, 3X filter socks (dislike but it’s noisy without them), BRS 6” media reactor for occasional carbon. Also plastic bio balls in sump so I can quickly spin up a QT. Sump is definitely the biggest eye sore of the system.
Params:
Temp: 75 F
Ph: 7.6-8.0 typical day
Alk: 6.5 dKh
Phos: .25 ppm
Don’t test others frequently
Dosing:
All for Reef by hand, daily
Water changes: Almost never, tank is dialed in, but I did a lot while tank was breaking in years ago. If an issue arises I just do a lot of water changes while trying to figure out root cause
Fish:
Kole Tang
2X Classic Oscellaris Clowns
2X Chromis
1X Coral Beauty
1X Royal Gramma
All of the fish are 2+ years old
Coral:
Mostly easy SPS like montis, most are beautiful mature colonies now
I may be wrong but feel like this Monti may be somewhat unique with its green spots amongst the red. Maybe time to get some space from the torch…
New Mai Thai Goni (bad photo)
Torch:
Zoas:
Anyone know what zoa below is?
Frog Spawn:
Porities
Other Inverts:
Derasa Clam
Shrimp
More photos, how about an orange filter:
Things I’d like to improve:
-Bare spots in sand
-Fuge light spill
-Cabinet tidiness
-Aquascape for right half of tank
Let me know your thoughts
Prior 75 G tank
![IMG_5013.jpeg IMG_5013.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381351-0ca48983b3c3820e5c75d9caeafda198.jpg)
To a greater extent than my prior tanks over past 17 years, I really wanted this one to be aesthetically pleasing within the house and have it as a focal point of living area in the home. It is direct line of sight from front door.
![IMG_7610.jpeg IMG_7610.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381279-fc6677a80ea6ca1ec821fcd504f9b075.jpg)
Equipment:
Lights: 3X NooPsyche K7 V3
Flow: Ecotech MP40 and Jebao OW-40
Return: Orlushy DC-9000
Skimmer: Reef Octopus 150 EXT
Controller: I made a reef-pi (Raspberry Pi 4) with temp/ ph monitoring, and 3X outlet control. Planning to add dosing soon. I have an old iPad2 next to tank that displays ReefPi Ph and temp
Old iPad showing Pi stats
![IMG_7320.jpeg IMG_7320.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381345-1f51931a661071f4bdbde440fccd5eb9.jpg)
Control board
![IMG_7620.jpeg IMG_7620.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381280-577b30ec143ec7e9cff8eb50d77e57b2.jpg)
Power bar for ReefPi that I designed and printed
![IMG_7208.jpeg IMG_7208.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381306-0d7fa8a4dea1c911346476d8edf5264c.jpg)
Filtration:
Protein skimmer, 3X filter socks (dislike but it’s noisy without them), BRS 6” media reactor for occasional carbon. Also plastic bio balls in sump so I can quickly spin up a QT. Sump is definitely the biggest eye sore of the system.
![IMG_7622.jpeg IMG_7622.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381281-8832b144af3abf1ae63e1784ff788b8d.jpg)
Params:
Temp: 75 F
Ph: 7.6-8.0 typical day
Alk: 6.5 dKh
Phos: .25 ppm
Don’t test others frequently
Dosing:
All for Reef by hand, daily
Water changes: Almost never, tank is dialed in, but I did a lot while tank was breaking in years ago. If an issue arises I just do a lot of water changes while trying to figure out root cause
Fish:
Kole Tang
2X Classic Oscellaris Clowns
2X Chromis
1X Coral Beauty
1X Royal Gramma
All of the fish are 2+ years old
Coral:
Mostly easy SPS like montis, most are beautiful mature colonies now
![IMG_7661.jpeg IMG_7661.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381292-93ad4dfba827bac014bac269bae67ffe.jpg)
![IMG_7654.jpeg IMG_7654.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381297-8ce1de17c879c31d34698aa4cc6af677.jpg)
![IMG_7658.jpeg IMG_7658.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381294-2e0946aa6be37a6d1e70763dea48e940.jpg)
I may be wrong but feel like this Monti may be somewhat unique with its green spots amongst the red. Maybe time to get some space from the torch…
![IMG_7651.jpeg IMG_7651.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381286-3200e77524c034ffe45557f0ad3376db.jpg)
New Mai Thai Goni (bad photo)
![IMG_7502.jpeg IMG_7502.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381330-2d95e68e7480e6720830c825c6cc5546.jpg)
Torch:
![IMG_7652.jpeg IMG_7652.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381288-a73daecd87f910d9f4f21130746e38ba.jpg)
Zoas:
![IMG_7660.jpeg IMG_7660.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381291-882dea0c0a6547f4b66058937ce468fb.jpg)
Anyone know what zoa below is?
![IMG_7646.jpeg IMG_7646.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381285-13609de11a9581ec6308b64b698166e1.jpg)
Frog Spawn:
![IMG_7653.jpeg IMG_7653.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381287-2c2ad30ff1d823891a011f5e7451ba6b.jpg)
Porities
![IMG_7662.jpeg IMG_7662.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381293-53b2e379822a7300c2422d5fca8017ee.jpg)
Other Inverts:
Derasa Clam
![IMG_7656.jpeg IMG_7656.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381290-046436286686ef69a225fc59bf993270.jpg)
Shrimp
![IMG_7643.jpeg IMG_7643.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381284-26e21dba985560b663b91fee84d43952.jpg)
More photos, how about an orange filter:
![IMG_7532.jpeg IMG_7532.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381344-aa36edbe9dd30784439ed162e6709084.jpg)
![IMG_7529.jpeg IMG_7529.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381342-230e9de4a2ae54727e9c7fdde880b63b.jpg)
![IMG_7531.jpeg IMG_7531.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381341-416282b8538aeaadd60da5e52e956a65.jpg)
![IMG_7637.jpeg IMG_7637.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381282-738214290e00fb7390558852edbbfdb4.jpg)
![IMG_7664.jpeg IMG_7664.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381295-7ff0d868099bd6040f5cd8501eb21747.jpg)
Things I’d like to improve:
-Bare spots in sand
-Fuge light spill
-Cabinet tidiness
-Aquascape for right half of tank
Let me know your thoughts
![IMG_7640.jpeg IMG_7640.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381283-30670afcf08bc0f9ae7117ad8b12d238.jpg)
![IMG_7649.jpeg IMG_7649.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381289-58f4188f4c5da0c4cfd1c143825b5b01.jpg)
Prior 75 G tank
![IMG_5013.jpeg IMG_5013.jpeg](https://www.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/3381/3381351-0ca48983b3c3820e5c75d9caeafda198.jpg)
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