150gal relocation start-up

[filbie70]

We purchased the equipment 120gal, live rock, and live stock on eBay and flew to Cleveland on a Friday night. We did a teardown in 6 hour starting around noon and drove through the night to the Nashville area to set up the tank through Sunday. All water, sand, and live rock were used to seed this 150gal. Finally, wrapping up around 2pm. Watch our progress.

 

[bknapp]

Looks good, tell us more about the system. Follow Nashvilleian here, well Smyrna now.

 

[filbie70]

I am running 2 Radion G2s, 2 Radion G3s, 2 Ecotech MP40s and a Vectra L1 return, with a Reef Octopus Diablo 200. We have a 60 gal sump/refugium with miracle mud and 4 red mangroves. I went a little crazy last week and put 25 frags from an auction with Cherry Corals. Very good quality, by the way. I'll post more pics. I am a MTRC member as well. How do you get the member status to show on R2R?

 

[bknapp]

Welcome to MTRC! As far as the avatar goes you need to contact the club President to get access to the private section and once you have access I think the avatar is added but I'm unsure.

 

[filbie70]

My Apex program is on reeftronics.net, if interested, under Matt F. I use the Ecotech profile from their coral lab white paper with modification for a mixed reef and sunrise/sunset plus random weather.

 

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[filbie70]

Nanobubbles every 3 hours for 5 minutes and from 4 to 7 every morning. They are the blur in the center. I introduce them through a limewood airstone directly into the return pump.

 

[CastAway]

Tagging along....

 

[filbie70]

This week marks 3 months

 

[filbie70]

Adds from the Huntsville, AL frag swap, our Moorish Idols, and watchman goby pistol shrimp pair.

 

[filbie70]

Any advice for removing Xenia? ...one downside of the live rock from the tank move. I've tried injecting them with kalkwasser.

 

[filbie70]

 

[filbie70]

Latest full tank shot

 

[filbie70]

Night shots not the best with the iPhone. But I love the color.

 

[nashvillian]

sick set up. lemme know if you ever frag anything.

 

[filbie70]

What I'm I going to do when this starts to grow out....Frag!!!!!!!!!!

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[filbie70]

I have to brag about the new shroom/zoa rock I bought at the LFS outside of Knoxville last night. There are 4 rhodactis babies with the two large. I'm going to hit them with high lighting to see if they will bounce more than they already are.

 

[filbie70]

I really liked this tank before the seam leak. Hopefully things will work out in the Waterbox raffle.