So I recently joined R2R, and figured along with my local club, I would start a build here as well. I currently have a 57 Rimless Deep Blue, and a recently started to cycle a 150 gallon. I have aquascaped, plumbed, and filled it with water. My cycle has started, and I plan on trying to follow Tony Vargas method of cycling (90 days before adding anything.) You would think that it was easy, seeing as I already have a tank setup, however, every (impatient) ounce of me wants to load it with fish and corals immediately.
My 57 is a mixed reef of SPS and LPS. I also have 3 anemones. 1 GLTA, and 2RBTA's. I have frequently considered keeping an aquarium just for nems, they facinate me. I have manually cloned 6 of my RBTA's, and they have both split naturally once. I'm still learning to take photos under the LEDS, but it won't stop me, and I like to frequently update as things happen, it's a way for me to share my trials and tribulations, as well as my sucesses. What I really enjoy though, is looking back, and seeing how far I've come, and how much has changed.
My equipment is fairly simple. I run an Evergrow IT2080 with the standard layout. It's just enough spread for my 36" long tank, and I have seen great growth with all my corals, hard and soft. I have an MP40 for flow, an eshopps 20 gallon sump, with an Avast CS1 Recirc skimmer. I am running a regular Avast CS1 on my 150, with a 45 gallon ADHI sump. The sump is plumbed to the side as my stand is very low, and the lady says the stand had to stay. I said yes ma'am. I have another MP40 , and another IT2080. I have an Apex Jr, with an 8 bar attachment, as well as an Avast Skimmate locker that still both need to be hooked up.
My fish are: 4 Blue Chromis, 2 mated regular clown perculas, and 1 hippo tang. In my 150 I plan on:
Chevron Tang (Tenochaetus Hawaiiensis)
Achillies Tang (Acanthurus Achillies)
Blond Naso Tang (Naso Elegans)
Hoeven's Wrasse (Halichoerus Melanurus)
Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (Parecheilinus Carpenteri)
Scotts Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus Scottorum)
Red Striped Anthias (Pseudanthias fasciatus)
Yellow Prawn Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
I already have the Melanarus, Chevron, and the Achilles in QT, and the next on the list will probably be the Naso.
Here are some pictures from my 57:
Here is my 150, I will post up more later, my laptop is about to die:
My 57 is a mixed reef of SPS and LPS. I also have 3 anemones. 1 GLTA, and 2RBTA's. I have frequently considered keeping an aquarium just for nems, they facinate me. I have manually cloned 6 of my RBTA's, and they have both split naturally once. I'm still learning to take photos under the LEDS, but it won't stop me, and I like to frequently update as things happen, it's a way for me to share my trials and tribulations, as well as my sucesses. What I really enjoy though, is looking back, and seeing how far I've come, and how much has changed.
My equipment is fairly simple. I run an Evergrow IT2080 with the standard layout. It's just enough spread for my 36" long tank, and I have seen great growth with all my corals, hard and soft. I have an MP40 for flow, an eshopps 20 gallon sump, with an Avast CS1 Recirc skimmer. I am running a regular Avast CS1 on my 150, with a 45 gallon ADHI sump. The sump is plumbed to the side as my stand is very low, and the lady says the stand had to stay. I said yes ma'am. I have another MP40 , and another IT2080. I have an Apex Jr, with an 8 bar attachment, as well as an Avast Skimmate locker that still both need to be hooked up.
My fish are: 4 Blue Chromis, 2 mated regular clown perculas, and 1 hippo tang. In my 150 I plan on:
Chevron Tang (Tenochaetus Hawaiiensis)
Achillies Tang (Acanthurus Achillies)
Blond Naso Tang (Naso Elegans)
Hoeven's Wrasse (Halichoerus Melanurus)
Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (Parecheilinus Carpenteri)
Scotts Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus Scottorum)
Red Striped Anthias (Pseudanthias fasciatus)
Yellow Prawn Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
I already have the Melanarus, Chevron, and the Achilles in QT, and the next on the list will probably be the Naso.
Here are some pictures from my 57:
Here is my 150, I will post up more later, my laptop is about to die:
