7 Feet of Wonderland plus a a bit more - Jay's Reef.

[jasonvan]

Old build thread

Build Thread - Jays 160G Dream Reef and Red Sea 40gal Floating Reef

Where to begin? Started in the fish hobby a decade ago starting in fresh water. First reef 5 years ago in a 40gal which I took down in a move. Started again a year ago with a used 230gal display tank that leaked a few months later from the bottom seal. Woke up to me thinking a fish was flopping...

www.reef2reef.com

The 160g reef just before the new tank arrived. Crammed pack full of corals. Just in time as my skimmer broker and I was already overstocked on everything.​

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The new tank measures 7feet long by 2.5feet high by 2.5feet depth, bringing the display to 330gal plus a 60gal sump. Total of a 390Gal system. 2x bigger than my last.

The current layout has 4 Individual islands. One for SPS/LPS, One for Euphyillia, One for mushroom/softies, and Last one for Zoa's.

Main Tank

Live stock include​

Yellow Tang
Blue Tang
Purple Tang
Chocolate Tang
Salifin Tang
Naso Tang
Fox Face
2x Chromis
Springer Damsel
Clown Wrasse
Lagoon Shrimp Goby
Pajama Cardinal
6x Clownfish
Coral Banded Shrimp
Seacumber
Large 10 year old snail plus 20 smaller ones
Large Tuxedo Urchin

Sump ​

Tomato Clown
Blue Velvet Damsel

Equipment​

2x Neptune Wav
2x MP40
1x MP10 (for sump)
Neptune Apex
Neptune Dos + DDR
Neptune ATK
Neptune AutoFeeder
Neptune Trident
Neptune Cor20
Octo 202s Skimmer
Aqua UV 40watt (plumped in return)
2x Random Flow nozzles
2x Orphek Icon
1x Ai 16hd (for sump)

https://i.postimg.cc/jdYGK2xx/20230812-163851.jpg

Red Sea 170 Frag Tank
Originaly bought becausei always wanted a floating island. Plans for the future are to eventually take it down and get a Red Sea 350 to replace it. Until then, it will serve as a Frag Tank.

Live Stock​

Blue Tang
Scopas Tang
Mandarin Fish
2x Chromis
4 Moonlight Clownfish (pair in the sump)
Watchman Goby
Pistol Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Bangaii Cardinal
Anthias

Equipment​

2x EcotechMP10
Ecotech XR40 G6
Small Sump light
Neptune Apex
Neptune DOS + DDR
Neptune Autofeeder
Current USA return Pump
Mini Green Machine UV in the sump

JBJ 25Gal SPS Grow Out tank. ​

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Bought as a dedicated qt tank that turned into a SPS as I needed a very clean tank for them to grow. The tank is very simple as I just use filter floss that I change out once a week. It is bare bottom for easy removal of detritus.

Livestock​

Yellow Tang (rehoming)
Aiptasia File Fish

Equipment​

AI 16HD
Ecotech MP10
Slicce Return Pump

 

[blaxsun]

Nice - looks like you'll have your work cut out for you!

 

[jasonvan]

The whole tank transfer took about 3 days. I had 8 black 30g totes each with its own wave maker, heater, and a few had a airpump. unfortunately during the transfer i lost 2 fishes. hawk fish and a yellow eye kole due to not having a air pump during the first night.

The new tank took a good 3 hours to install. Even with 4 guys we almost lost it a few times.

Once the tank was in, over the next 2 days I put everything back in. Sand was rinsed with tank water until clear. Who knew there could be so much detritus even with gobies and snails helping turn the sand.

 

[jasonvan]

Spent yesterday going to home depot and getting plywood cut. Bought some wood edge banding to cover up the ugly plywood. Attached using Velcro for easy removal and Maintence.

 

[jasonvan]

Nice - looks like you'll have your work cut out for you!

The wife was not happy. I slept next to the tubs for the 3 days it was there. Haha. Still got lots of work to do.

 

[blaxsun]

The wife was not happy. I slept next to the tubs for the 3 days it was there. Haha. Still got lots of work to do.

That was probably the safest place to be anyway!

 

[jasonvan]

Some of the corals in the tank.

GMK zoas (40plus on this plate) Probably my most expensive purchase.

Bleeding Apple Scoly

Plate Corals

Rainbow Clove Polyps

Bounce Mushroom

Space Invader

Pink Goni

Premium Purple Green Acan

Bi-Color Frogspawn

Mummy Eye (to me its more like a watermelon haha)

Does anyone know what this is?

 

[jasonvan]

Crazy Polyp Extension today and puffy corals. Haven't seen my 24k torches extend this long since I got them. Even found a clove polyp behind my Acan today that I never knew was there.

 

[jasonvan]

Quick video of the entire tank just as everything was set up.