4 year old 120 Gallons mixed reef full of wrasse now with Radion G5 Blues

[Jstn]

Now only post pics on instagram https://www.instagram.com/build_things_reef/

FTS 5-18-2020

Established Dec 2016

Fish
Lineatus fairy wrasse
Rubyhead fair wrasse
Pintail fairy wrasse
Potter's leopard wrasse (2X)
Bipartitus leopard wrasse
Melagris leopard wrasse
Yellow corris wrasse
ORA Picasso percula clownfish pair (8 years old)
Purple tang
Potters Angel
Mandarine Dragnet (Male)
Copperband Butterfly

Equipment
Marineland 120
Synergy shadow
Synergy Ts-34
Ecotech Radion Blue G5 x 2
Ecotech Vectra L1
Ecotech MP40QD x 2
Ecotech Battery Backup
Ecotech Versa x2 (ATO, Kalk)
Deltec 1000xi
Kessil H380 for chaeto
Apex 2016
Trident
WXM
ATK
FMM
Dos for Alk and Ca
Dos for 2 gal daily water change
Medium spyglass reactor
0.75 cups Rox 0.8 carbon mixed with 1.5 cup HC GFO changed biweekly
500w x2 finnex titanium heaters with controllers (apex backup)

Alot of previous photos were hosted on flicker which is no more, i will add some of older shots as i find them to post #2

 

[Jstn]

Reef tank History:

First reef tank 20L 2008-2010.

After doing freshwater monsters I decided to scale down and try a nano reef this was my first attempt with a sump, chaeto, clamp on light and aqua c remora skimmer. I used a modified stand from petco, for the remainder of my builds all stand were DIY.

2011-2014 I decided to upgrade to my 40 Breeder


2015-2016 upgraded to a 90 gal with DIY stand ( late 2015, this is the current rock in my 120 gal

FTS History
12-23-18 FTS

9-4-19 FTS

 

[Jstn]

Some of my wrasse collection; Im not the best photographer at all, so I used the auto mode on my T3i with flash. The flash makes coral ugly but fish sexy so here they are..





Emo shot of my potters







Male pintail

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Nice reef! Love that scoly

 

[RobinsonReef]

Love your wrasse collection!!! Beautiful 90, cant wait to follow your 120 journey!

 

[KorL]

nice fish collection. pics came out good

 

[Jstn]

Thanks all, got the tank on the stand to check it out. the stand heigh is around 42" I hated bending down to look at my coral so i decided to go tall with this stand.

Stand and tank by J Bolton, on Flickr

 

[Jstn]

Quick video of all my wrasse in my 90
Untitled by J Bolton, on Flickr

Just got a rhomboid pair,

Also continued on the stand build with reinforcing the inside of the stand.

Untitled by J Bolton, on Flickr

Untitled by J Bolton, on Flickr

 

[Jstn]

Quick pic of my new rhomboids with my male pintail along with the transitioning flame.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Wow! It is so clean and beautiful!

 

[Jstn]

Wow! It is so clean and beautiful!

Thanks!

A quick video of my wrasse

reef fish by J Bolton, on Flickr

Tried to embed it and couldn't get it work, perhaps some flickr experts could tell we where I went wrong?

 

[R_C]

Looking great man! I wish I had those carpentry skills

 

[Jstn]

Looking great man! I wish I had those carpentry skills

Thanks, just started slow and building up. I need a table saw and a proper router but all in good time.

 

[Jstn]

Now embedded

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[Jstn]

IMG_1886 by J Bolton, on Flickr

quick sunday FTS

 

[bknapp]

Dang. That 90 looks sweet and your fish selection is outstanding, love the wrasses! I'm sure the 120 will be just as sweet. Great stuff.

Any way we could look under the hood and learn more about how it runs?

 

[Jstn]

Dang. That 90 looks sweet and your fish selection is outstanding, love the wrasses! I'm sure the 120 will be just as sweet. Great stuff.

Any way we could look under the hood and learn more about how it runs?

Thanks I will have to take some and update the specs.

Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr
Reef 6-12-16 by J Bolton, on Flickr

 

[bknapp]

Dang. Outstanding. We have a lot of the same fish (pin tail, blue star leopard) and you have the rest I want (flame, rhomboid) any aggression issues? Are you running Radions and T5?

 

[Jstn]

Dang. Outstanding. We have a lot of the same fish (pin tail, blue star leopard) and you have the rest I want (flame, rhomboid) any aggression issues? Are you running Radions and T5?

No aggression so far, for
The first week the male pintail chased the sub male rhomboid and now he is indifferent. The super male ruby head was chased also for a week but by the tang (go figure).

The complete list of fish
Ora Picasso percula x2 (since 2011)
Yellow canary wrasse
Mandarin female
Yellow tang
Potters angel
Potters wrasse
Blue star leopard x3
Ornate leopard
Melagris leopard
All leopards are female, I had a sweet Melagris male that translation in my tank that ended up
Dying for no reason

Flame wrasse submale
Rhomboid x2 female and submale
Pintail x2 terminal male and submale
Ruby head wrasse


I want a kole tang, lineatus wrasse, black leopard(s) and more potters and that's it.

Check out evolved chart with wrasse compatibility, I found it very accurate so far.
http://www.reefedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/chart.png

 

[bknapp]

I'd like to get a lineatus as well. I'll take a look at @evolved list never seen it before. I also looked back at your 90 build. Its funny how we've done a lot of the same things with stocking and build (I've also made a Radion/T5 hybrid.)