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I wanted to introduce myself and my story of becoming the owner of a reef tank overnight. About a year ago, my neighbor purchased a complete 220g reef tank setup from an LFS. I remember seeing it delivered to his house and WISHING it was me, even my wife was impressed with the tank! About 8 months later, he messaged me and asked if I was interested in purchasing it from him. I was reluctant at first since I was not in the market for a tank, let alone a 220g reef! However, I made an offer, he accepted, and I was the owner of an instantly established reef tank over night! This was about 6 weeks ago.
Setup is as follows:
1) 220g Marineland reef ready tank with matching Java stand
2) Three Ecotech Radion XR30w G4 lights running Coral lab AB+ spectrum for mixed reef
3) Eshopps RS-300 sump
4) Reef Octopus Regal 200SSS Skimmer
5) Sicce Syncra 9.0 return pump
6) Two Maxspect XF350 Gyres
7) BRS media reactor running Rox 0.8
8) Spectrapure 5 stage RO/DI
9) AutoAqua ATO
10) 110 lbs live Carribsea rock and added 50 lbs dry rock
11) 120 lbs Carribsea Pink live sand
The tank came with assorted LPS and soft coral along with one anemone, one Sailfin Tang, and a Coral banded shrimp. I've only added one fish so far, a juvenile Black Oscellaris clown. Looking to make my next additions (fish) soon, open to suggestions.
The tank was being maintained with IO salt and Fusion 2 part. Reef Roids for the Coral. I am transitioning to Red Sea Coral Pro salt and will probably begin dosing Kalkwasser if needed through my ATO. Tank parameters are currently:
Salinity 34ppt
pH 8.2
KH 10
Cal 440
Mg 1350
Phosphate 0.03
Nitrate 0
Could use some help in identifying all the Coral. If you believe its not what I labeled, please let me know what you think it is. And sorry for the bad cellphone shots, I will try and take some decent DSLR shot's and update this thread.
Thank you all for an awesome forum, really has helped me get back into reefing and the current state of the hobby.
Green Goniopora
Rose bubble anemone?
Kenya tree
Unknown LPS
Uknown
White Goniapora?
Acan Lord (purple green?)
Pulsing Xenia
Hammerhead
Acan-Red & grey (ultra color)?
Starburst polyps, green
Cherry Bomb Zoanthids?
Setup is as follows:
1) 220g Marineland reef ready tank with matching Java stand
2) Three Ecotech Radion XR30w G4 lights running Coral lab AB+ spectrum for mixed reef
3) Eshopps RS-300 sump
4) Reef Octopus Regal 200SSS Skimmer
5) Sicce Syncra 9.0 return pump
6) Two Maxspect XF350 Gyres
7) BRS media reactor running Rox 0.8
8) Spectrapure 5 stage RO/DI
9) AutoAqua ATO
10) 110 lbs live Carribsea rock and added 50 lbs dry rock
11) 120 lbs Carribsea Pink live sand
The tank came with assorted LPS and soft coral along with one anemone, one Sailfin Tang, and a Coral banded shrimp. I've only added one fish so far, a juvenile Black Oscellaris clown. Looking to make my next additions (fish) soon, open to suggestions.
The tank was being maintained with IO salt and Fusion 2 part. Reef Roids for the Coral. I am transitioning to Red Sea Coral Pro salt and will probably begin dosing Kalkwasser if needed through my ATO. Tank parameters are currently:
Salinity 34ppt
pH 8.2
KH 10
Cal 440
Mg 1350
Phosphate 0.03
Nitrate 0
Could use some help in identifying all the Coral. If you believe its not what I labeled, please let me know what you think it is. And sorry for the bad cellphone shots, I will try and take some decent DSLR shot's and update this thread.
Thank you all for an awesome forum, really has helped me get back into reefing and the current state of the hobby.