Matts 150g sps tank

Msmith2813 · Aug 3, 2014

We just moved into a new house across town. So I had to move my 150g dt. I setup a temporary 55g to house my corals and fish until I could get the dt setup again. There are some changes I want to make to the dt tank while I have it down. And so it begins... Breaking down the tank and moving the corals to a temporary tank.

The 55g temporary tank housing my corals and the fish

Msmith2813 · Aug 3, 2014

I redid all the plumbing. I figured while it was down I might as well do it right.
I put a "t" with a plug in it in case the reeflo dart goes down and I need to tie in a temporary pump. Everything is schedule 40 pvc

I moved the suction line around to the back so I could have some extra room for the ato reservoir and other equipment on the side of the sump.

Msmith2813 · Aug 3, 2014

Things are not going so well with the livestock. I went out of town and am working nights right now. I guess while I was gone the switch for the temporary tank got switched off. So a couple of days with no flow, cleaning, or movement. Needless to say the corals did not like it at all. I have lost a palmers milli, strawberry shortcake, surf and turf acro, blue polyp digi, garf bonsai, and a few other pieces are showing signs of RTN. I need to frag and save what a can when I get off work in the morning. So far the only fish lost in the move was my mandarin dragonet, he decided to go carpet surfing. I hope I don't lose any more pieces. This is a total bummer and not looking forward to the cost of restocking.

Msmith2813 · Aug 6, 2014

So a tragic occurrence just took place upon moving to a new house: 95% of my corals all died. Here is the grave yard

Heres what it looked like before the move

I lost so many nice pieces. A year and a half down the drain. Its going to be a long road getting it to where it was. If anyone has some nice sps theyre looking to sell, old school and new pieces, let me know. Im in the market to replace a lot of my

Msmith2813 · Aug 10, 2014

What a difference a move makes. I just got back from 5 days in the mountains and this is what my tank looks like now. It looks like a beginning tank.

CastAway · Aug 10, 2014

I have a 60x28x24 myself, and hope it looks as good as yours one day. Nice skills. Coming back strong...

fishroomlady · Aug 10, 2014

so sorry to see your loss of corals

what do you think caused that? I saw where you had a problem with water movement in the temporary tank but you didn't note that many losses from that problem.

Your new setup looks great - nice scape and survivors look healthy. Hope your road back goes smoothly!

Msmith2813 · Aug 11, 2014

CastAway said:
I have a 60x28x24 myself, and hope it looks as good as yours one day. Nice skills. Coming back strong...

Thank you! I now need to get rid of some things to make money to add more corals

Msmith2813 · Aug 11, 2014

fishroomlady said:
so sorry to see your loss of corals what do you think caused that? I saw where you had a problem with water movement in the temporary tank but you didn't note that many losses from that problem.

Your new setup looks great - nice scape and survivors look healthy. Hope your road back goes smoothly!

All of the losses were from the temporary tank. Some just took a little longer than others to completely melt. There was nothing I could do about it since my main tank wasn't set up yet. I think was a combination of temperature, flow, and water parameters. Because the filter stopped and he fish kept doing their business, I checked the water and there was a good amount of ammonia which also contributed to the corals demise. The main tank is back up and all parameters are in check. I think most of the corals that have been moved into the dt should hold on and be fine now

Msmith2813 · Nov 11, 2014

My beautiful wife got me an amazing anniversary gift(s). Here is my new melanarus wrasse and blonde naso tang. Pardon the crappy iphone pic

Msmith2813 · Nov 12, 2014

New FTS! I'm doing my best to get this thing back to where it was...3 months later

Msmith2813 · Jan 27, 2015

I finally got around to taking a few pictures. Once I learned my emperor would not eat them, I decided to add a few more euphyllia to my tank. Here they are:
Hammer

Frogspawn

Gold Torch

Msmith2813 · Apr 21, 2015

So Ive been on a torch kick lately, and here is what i picked up this last week:
aquasd purple with yellow tips torch

731 by m_smith28131, on Flickr
aquasd aqua with white tips torch

733 by m_smith28131, on Flickr
reef raft green with purple tips torch

727 by m_smith28131, on Flickr
rainbow torch I got from AOA at Max

729 by m_smith28131, on Flickr

Sahin · Jun 1, 2015

Very nice. Before the move your tank was looking stunning. Will be looking forward to seeing the tank looking awesome again.

Msmith2813 · Aug 31, 2015

I finally got around to taking a couple new shots of the tank.

IMG_3644 by Matt Smith, on Flickr

Msmith2813 · Aug 31, 2015

Ignore the algae, thats what happens when you do no maintenance on the tank for two months
ORA Insignis- its probably one of the brightest corals in the tank

IMG_3593 by Matt Smith, on Flickr

Sapphire Milli- it looks like the growth is finally going to start taking off

IMG_3561 by Matt Smith, on Flickr

MikeC purple rain- it was one of the few pieces to survive the move crash. It didnt grow for months afterwards but its now starting to look good again

IMG_3538 by Matt Smith, on Flickr