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[afamousjohnson]

Renton - what is that monster green coral? - seems to be 2 of it glowing in the 1st blue pic, and in pic 11, 12?

 

[Renton777]

Renton - what is that monster green coral? - seems to be 2 of it glowing in the 1st blue pic, and in pic 11, 12?

That is a green branching psammocorra.

 

[afamousjohnson]

Nice - thought that might be what that was. Looks great.

 

[Renton777]

Shall I tag someone else while Mdbannister tends to his sick child?

 

[hybridazn]

Shall I tag someone else while Mdbannister tends to his sick child?

I would hold off a bit. He's currently on the road now. See, he can't even update us on that lol

 

[FLipp]

such a fan of your reef @mike&terry

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Ok guys! Sorry for the long wait!! I blame JPS…because of his lame jumping out and then randomly jumping back in…actually, I’ll just blame him bc it seems like he’s someone good to blame. HA!

I actually have 3 tanks, but I’m going to focus on my big mixed reef. The others are a 120 anemone tank that is still in process, and a 14g BioCube that I’m using as a frag tank.

Also, a brief disclaimer…my photography skills are not great. I’m working on it…

Now, here she is…

First, Here's where she started out when I first got her:

And the FTS from today!

Tank info: 180-gallon display (48†x 24†x 24â€). Glass. No idea who the maker/brand is bc I bought her used for $300, and I haven’t seen a label or stamp.
Sump: Sump is about 50 gallons (I think), and I think the dimensions are 36â€L x 20â€W x 22â€H. Acrylic. The sump came with the tank, so again, I have no idea who made it bc it came with the tank.
Refugium: Fuge is the large middle compartment of the sump. I have chaeto and LR in there at present. It’s got tons of pods.
Skimmer: Pacific Coast Imports Reef Octopus (3000 is the model number I believe)
Overflow: Herbie style
Flow: 2 Jebao RW-15s and my Jebao DC9000 return pump. I like the RW-15s, but was surprised that I had to turn them down quite a bit bc they were kicking up so much sand and even knocking my frags off the rockwork at full-power. The flow pattern is comparable to MP40s with the added advantage that they are adjustable.
Lighting: 3 EcoTech Marine Radions Gen1 over the DT (These are LEDs, …just in case anyone doesn’t recognize the name ). These replaced my old evergrow fixtures and corals that I thought were one solid color have started showing amazing colors! Also planning to add 4 T5 bulbs (going with ATI 3 blue+ and 1 purple+) as supplemental lighting…got everything installed but the ballast.
Refuge light is a cheap ebay LED growth lamp bulb 4 3w LEDs (2 blue and 2 red)
Dosing/caRx: Bubble Magus BM1 Currently dosing Alk and vodka (though after a recent cyano outbreak I may be stopping the vodka)
Controller if any: I don’t have one yet…but I’m saving pennies for an Apex
Maintenance info: Oh man….I’m a super lazy reefer I think. I scrape algae when I see it, feed the tank every two days (don’t judge…my fish are FAT. LOL), and I do a 5% water change once a week…unless I forget and then it’s a 10% change every 2 weeks.
Fish stock list:
· Clown pair (black ice and Picasso)
· Clown goby
· Mandarin dragonette (Fattest little mandarin I’ve ever seen)
· Matted File Fish (bought him to take care of aiptasia…he’s useless…LOL)
· Yellow Candy Hogfish
· 3 Tangs: Yellow, Blonde Naso, and Blue Hippo
· Wrasses: A. meleagrides (Yellow-tailed Tamarin), P. Carpenteri, M. Bipartitus (Blue Star Leopard Wrasse), and a pair of H. Melanarus.
Noteworthy Inverts:
· Harlequin Shrimp
· Arrow Crab
· A Blue-legged hermit named “Bobâ€
· Rainbow Bubble-tip Anemone
· Derasa Clam
Corals (not a complete list…the ones I can remember):
SPS:
· Sunset Monti
· Mystic Sunset Monti
· Bright orange monti (don’t know the name)
· Grape Monti Cap
· JF Outrage Monti
· Tyree Seasons Greetings Monti
· Green Monti Cap
· Sand dollar Monti
· Pocci
· Rainbow Stylo
· Tricolor Acro
· Thanos Acro
· Blue Tenuis
· ORA Green Scripps Acro
· Blue stag
LPS:
· Yellow and green plate coral
· JF Jack-o-lepto
· Scroll coral
· Scoly (Rescued this one from a LFS)
· Golden Eye Favia
· Raptors Peace Favia
· Green Monster Favia
· ASD Burning Gem Favia
· PPE Favia (which I actually think is a chalice)
· Green Lighting Chalice
· My Canadian Chalice (no name…but it’s from Canada)
· Purple Watermelon Chalice
· Gold Lytho
· Spiderman Blasto
Z’s & P’s
· Sunny D’s (from Renton777)
· WWC Halle Berries
· JF Rainbow (I forget the real name)
· Purple Rain
· Spiderman Palys (zoanthids.com)
· Whammin Watermelons
· Nuke Green Button Palys
· Gold Nugget zoas
· Utter chaos
· Green PPE
· Vivid Rainbows
· Polychromatics
· SC Red Devil Palys
· Purple Hornets
· Pink Hallucinations
· Lazer Lemons
· Rastas
· JF Acid Reflux
· Pink Zippers
· Dark Fire Zoas
·
NPS:
· RR Fathead Dendro
· Regular Dendro (from Canada also)
· Gorgonian
Other Softies:
· White Pulsing Xenia
· Neon Green Sinularia
· Purple plating sponge (photosynthetic)

Here are some pics that I took today:

 

[Daniel@R2R]

A few more from today:

And here are a few older pics of the inhabitants that are in there still (some of the fish had already gone to bed when I was finally able to take pics since these are from around 1 AM).

 

[Daniel@R2R]

A few more older pics:

 

[joshporksandwich]

this is the most I've seen you write anything without including the word TOS in it rofl!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

And here's my favorite part of reefing:

I’ve had this tank up and running for about 2 years. There’s a lot I would do differently now than when I set it up initially. I would not have a DSB. I would QT EVERYTHING that goes in it!!! I would space my rock work a bit further away from the sides with more open space. There are a lot of corals in there that I probably wouldn’t buy again (since I’d like to be more selective of what goes in the tank). I would plan my fish stock list before ever getting the tank wet. LOL But all-in-all I am very pleased with it.

I am already planning an upgrade to a 300 DD, but it’s probably more of a dream than a plan right now. It definitely won’t happen in this house (as long as I intend to stay married)
Lots of great guys have helped me get to where I am now in reefing…without their help, I’m certain I would have made a great many more mistakes (…I’ve made plenty of them as it is).

I’m going to tag a guy that has been one of the biggest helps to me in reefing, and who I’ve been bugging to get his tank build thread up here for a while! Now he’ll HAVE to post pics of his tank!! Hybridazn! You’re up!

 

[hybridazn]

Ugh, why you got to be like that? Lol I'll post up later tonight I suppose

 

[Renton777]

Looking good Daniel, you got some nice growth and encrusting going on!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking good Daniel, you got some nice growth and encrusting going on!

Thanks, Nathan. I need to come let you teach me how to take pictures!

 

[fishroomlady]

looking really good md! it's really telling how much tlc has gone into the tank from that shot of the tank and stand when you first got it.

 

[afamousjohnson]

Sweet tank Md. Always dug the black sand look.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Thanks guys! Everybody needs to PM hybridazn for being a slacker! LOL He's pushing the 48 hour time limit...of course I think mine came in a few hours late too. :tongue:

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Hmm...I tagged him and he disappeared... :squigglemouth:

 

[afamousjohnson]

Hopefully it was due to the detailed list its taking to describ his system.lol now I gotta see

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I talked to him today and he said he's gonna post. I still suggest we pm bomb him. Lol