HaWrasser
Community Member
hey guys, this is my first saltwater tank. ive kept freshwater for a few years and wanted to take the leap into a reef tank. i started the tank about a year ago last may or june im not sure. i didnt document the building of the tank but i just took pictures of some of the corals i have so i wanted to share! i dont have names for any of them so if youd like to chime in and give a name or just a comment that would be awesome! if you have any questions just ask. ill try to get some pictures of my sump up soon as well.
the equipment that i have running is as follows:
-70 gallonish acryllic tank 24x22x30 i picked it up off craigslist for 75$. at the time i loved it but now i kind of want to upgrade to a more shallow traditional tank this one has given me some issues with maintenance because it is so deep and just an overall lack of space.
-display has about 70lbs of rock and a 5 inch deep sand bed
-lighting is a kessil a360w on a kessil spectral controller
-trigger systems sump. refugium section has some mangroves and macro algae as well as and a 3-4 inch sand bed. return pump is a mag 18
-aquac ev-240 skimmer (thing is a complete monster) powered by a mag drive 18
-i have a few small maxijets in the 1st section and return section of the sump to keep detritus from settling
-for chemical filtration i run chemi pure blue and some purigen
i dose two part solution, somewhere around 45 ml a day. i want to get dosing pumps eventually as well as a controller. my system is pretty basic and just has a massively oversized skimmer which has been working out pretty well so far!
okay to the fun part...pictures! now bare with me i have a cheap lens i bought used off ebay that i took these macro shots with. i turned the kessil to 100% color for most of the shots, some may be more like 30% color but most should be with the whitest light i could provide. ill try to get better at using my camera. this was the first time i took photos of my reef as i now have a dslr and a lens with a macro function.
Acan lord (Unique corals)
Acan bowerbanki (Ultimate Corals)
Favia (LFS)
Acan echinata (Unique Corals)
Acan lord (unique corals)
Brain coral, lobophyllia (Saltwaterfish.com mystery coral)
partial view of sandbed
Front tank shot
Hammer coral (Saltwaterfish.com)
Hammer coral (saltwaterfish.com)
i need to post again to upload some more pics so i will try to do that now!
the equipment that i have running is as follows:
-70 gallonish acryllic tank 24x22x30 i picked it up off craigslist for 75$. at the time i loved it but now i kind of want to upgrade to a more shallow traditional tank this one has given me some issues with maintenance because it is so deep and just an overall lack of space.
-display has about 70lbs of rock and a 5 inch deep sand bed
-lighting is a kessil a360w on a kessil spectral controller
-trigger systems sump. refugium section has some mangroves and macro algae as well as and a 3-4 inch sand bed. return pump is a mag 18
-aquac ev-240 skimmer (thing is a complete monster) powered by a mag drive 18
-i have a few small maxijets in the 1st section and return section of the sump to keep detritus from settling
-for chemical filtration i run chemi pure blue and some purigen
i dose two part solution, somewhere around 45 ml a day. i want to get dosing pumps eventually as well as a controller. my system is pretty basic and just has a massively oversized skimmer which has been working out pretty well so far!
okay to the fun part...pictures! now bare with me i have a cheap lens i bought used off ebay that i took these macro shots with. i turned the kessil to 100% color for most of the shots, some may be more like 30% color but most should be with the whitest light i could provide. ill try to get better at using my camera. this was the first time i took photos of my reef as i now have a dslr and a lens with a macro function.
Acan lord (Unique corals)
Acan bowerbanki (Ultimate Corals)
Favia (LFS)
Acan echinata (Unique Corals)
Acan lord (unique corals)
Brain coral, lobophyllia (Saltwaterfish.com mystery coral)
partial view of sandbed
Front tank shot
Hammer coral (Saltwaterfish.com)
Hammer coral (saltwaterfish.com)
i need to post again to upload some more pics so i will try to do that now!
) riccordia, brain coral/favites (saltwaterfish.com)
