29G Glowing Reef -> 75G Mixed Reef -> 180G SPS/Mixed Reef Build!

[Gernader]

Time for an update! I received the CUC from reefcleaners and everything looks great! I noticed the corals at the front are not getting much light after using a par meter, so I moved the lights forward by adding a piece of wood to the wall with a trim around it. It actually looks much better than before.

I have been trying to look for a couple of fish absolutely everywhere with no luck! I guess I have to wait until everything goes back to normal ugh.

 

[Raege]

Awesome tank! Nice upgrade from the 29 which was also real sharp. Loved the furniture/ stand it was on. Be nice to have as qt tank. Looking forward to following another 75 gallon adventure

 

[Gernader]

Awesome tank! Nice upgrade from the 29 which was also real sharp. Loved the furniture/ stand it was on. Be nice to have as qt tank. Looking forward to following another 75 gallon adventure

Thanks! I do not have much time to quarantine fish since I am a college student. Instead, I will buy fish online that are already quarantined, but I cannot find multiple fish I want everywhere due to the pandemic

 

[Raege]

Was one of toughest things to do for me. I found my dream stock list from a couple online places that qt. Took a long time timing wise to line up the last guys (tangs) to add in one shot to avoid aggression. Good luck with the hunt. The 75 will be a nice playground for em once ya track them down

 

[Gernader]

Time for an update!! I recently ordered some quarantined fish online and received them 3 days ago. The fish I got are a small yellow tang, and a firefish. I also got a male anthias and a female anthias, but unfortunately they passed away due to shipping stress. The rest of the fish are doing great and starting to increase my feedings every day.

I also decided to change my lighting with more whites, so I could see the colors of the fish. Oh and I bought 2 Zoa frags (cb white zombies and pink diamonds circled in the pic)! Anyway, here are some PICS!!

 

[Raege]

Nice additions. Sry about the lost guys.

 

[Gernader]

Nice additions. Sry about the lost guys.

Thanks! It does suck, but it happens.

 

[Gernader]

Update:

- The new fish are used to the tank and they are doing great!

- Tested water parameters and everything looks good except the nitrates are very low and phosphates is a little bit high at 0.19ppm

- Got some new corals (sps frags, zoas, and a mushroom)

- Cleaned the glass today and thought why not take some pictures and post them here!

 

[Gernader]

Wanted to share a video of my fish eating nori right after the lights turned on!

 

[SPSlover]

What's the green coral next to the digi?

 

[Gernader]

What's the green coral next to the digi?

goniopora/flowerpot coral!

 

[SPSlover]

lol i may be confused but i meant this green one!

 

[Gernader]

lol i may be confused but i meant this green one!

Ah, that’s from my old tank. It’s a pocillopora. I actually threw it away cause of the horror stories

 

[Gernader]

I already see some coralline algae on 2 months old rocks!! It must be the live rocks from my old tank

 

[Gernader]

Update: A couple of days ago, I got 6 of the beautiful rock flower anemones that was on sale! And today, I just met a local reefer and bought some of his nice SPS corals! The ones I got are Walt Disney, Tyree Tri-Color Valida, Blue and Teal Millie, TRC Rocket Science, and TRC Haley‘s Comet. I also got two more SPS frags from last week which are Tierra del Fuego and garf bonsai. I will let them get used to my tank for about a week before taking pics

 

[Gernader]

Decided to list my new 75g setup! (Updated on Dec 2020)

Setup:

• Tank: Marineland 75g (standard size)
• Sump: Eshopps R-300 sump (30 gallon)
• Sand: 30 pounds of caribsea dry aragonite sand
• Rock: 25-30 pounds of live rock and 50-60 pound of marco reef saver rocks
• Skimmer: Tunze 9410 DOC
• Return Pump: Jebao DCT-8000
• ATO: Tunze Osmolator 3155
• ATO Reservoir: IM 5 Gallon Hydrofill
• Lighting: 3 of ViparSpectras 165W running at 100% blues, 20% whites for 10 hours a day.
• Refugium Light: Tunze EcoChic 8831 running for 10 hours at nighttime.
• Filtration: 1 of 7” filter sock and 1 of 4” filter sock
• Biological Filtration: Live rocks, ceramic bioballs, and chaeto
• Heater: Eheim Jager 300W
• Temp Controller: Inkbird iTC-308 WIFI
• Flow: 2 MP40wQDs (total gph: at least 6,600 gph)
• Lid: 2 of DIY mesh lids
• Salt: Regular IO (But switched to Fritz to get lower alk)
• Doser: Kamoer X1 Pro 2
• Dosing Liquid: Tropic Marin All For Reef

Livestock:

• 1 Mocha Ocellaris Clownfish
• 1 Chilled Frostbite Clownfish
• 3 Lyretail Anthias
• 1 Captive Bred Banggai Cardinal
• 1 Yellow Tang
• 1 Firefish
• 1 Whitetail Bristletooth Tang
• 1 Pintail Fairy Wrasse
• 1 Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
• 1 Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse
• 1 Fire Shrimp
• Over 100 snails: Nassarius, ceriths, trochus, nerites, Mexican turbo, bubblebee snails
• 1 Emerald crab
• Sherman Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
• Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemone
• 7 Rock Flower Anemones

Corals:

• Holy Grail Micromussa
• OG UFO Micromussa
• NY Knicks Torch
• Aussie Gold Torch
• CB Radioactive Bounce
• Rainbow Interstellar Bounce
• Green Pacific Ricordea Mushrooms
• Yellow/Green Ricordea Mushroom
• Green Star Polyps
• WWC Purple Monsters zoas
• Teal Hammer
• Gold Hammer
• Green with Purple tips Hammer
• TSA Bam Bam zoas
• Green Hairy Mushroom
• Green/red Blastomussa
• Red Velvet Blastomussa
• WWC Sweet Tooth zoas
• WWC Space Queens zoas
• Rasta zoas
• Hooligans zoas
• SBB Hephaestus zoas
• CB Rainbow Infusion zoas
• ASD Hyper Jubilee zoas
• Queen Strats zoas
• Cornbred El Corazon zoas
• WWC Tasers zoas
• WWC Laffy Taffy zoas
• Rainbow Yoda zoas
• Beauty and the Beast zoas
• RR Kraken zoas
• WWC Illuminati zoas
• Hydra Lady Dragon Eyes zoas
• Sunny D zoas
• Magicians zoas
• WWC Orange/Blue Acan

SPS:

• RRC Rainbow Splice
• RR Bleeding Avengers
• RRU Angry Bird
• SBB Gummy Bears
• Vivid's Insanity
• JF Homewrecker
• MCC Prom Queen
• RMF Lucky Charms
• Vivid’s Confetti
• F2M Jerry Garcia
• Walt Disney
• CC Walt Disney Jr
• TGC Cherry Bomb
• RMF Candyland
• TSA Twisted Sister
• TSA The Fuzz
• TSA Dan Akroyd
• TSA Fruity Pebbles
• WWC Pink Panther
• WWC Afterparty
• WWC Culture Shocker
• LRO Komodo Island
• CC Voodoo Majick
• BC Bonfire Table
• BC Adam Bomb
• BC Reef Ready Grape Juice
• CB Golden JD
• CB Flaming Unicorn
• RR Kandari
• RC Poison Envy
• Tyree Pink Lemonade
• ARC Magic Dragon
• Tierra Del Fuego
• TRC Rocket Science
• TRC Haley’s Comet
• Greg Hiller’s Aqua Delight
• Garf Bonsai
• Highlighter Humilis
• Beach Bum Monti
• Blue and Teal Millie
• Montipora Digitata

Feel free to ask questions or comments about anything and I would also like some recommendations for livestock.

 

[Gernader]

I just made a quick video on my tank under blue light! (Sorry about the background noise though lol)

 

[Gernader]

Update: I ordered a big pack from @MRReefs to be able to acclimate new corals/anemones, got a frag rack, and take better photos from top down view! Here are the pics!

Walt Disney (might be my favorite )

 

[Gernader]

@fishguy242 I’m still waiting to see the corals in your tank...

 

[fishguy242]

SOON..soon..real soon