Roid Reefs
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I got my 75G used from craigslist. Found what I thought was a good deal. I ended up buying it around May of 2017. Tank was advertised to leak so I knew it would need a reseal. No biggie. Then I had to start buying equipment for it. Buying piece by piece I realized was still expensive, and I could have gotten a better deal buying a used system all at one time. Well, lesson learned for next time.
I ended up resealing the tank and getting a different stand for the tank, traded the stand and hood I had for just a nicer stand. But did all the plumbing, got all the basic equipment, and got the tank set up for my birthday in the beginning of December. (had rock that I got from macna in a brute cycling since august). I let the tank run with the original aquascape in it for about two weeks after setting up before adding our first fish.
So, to date,
It is a 75G mixed reef. Going to focus heavy on softies with a couple LPS. going to have a small hammer garden and my wife wants a bubble. the rest will be softies.
Got about 15 different zoas at the moment. some Kenya tree, a brown toadstool, a green hammer w/ purple tips, xenia, gsp, another clove polyp.
Fish right now are two black and white clowns, a yellow tang, and a two spot bristletooth (blue eye tang). I have lost a few fish to jumping, hence the reason I have not bought any more fish until I build a hood, which I am currently working on right now. I lost my favorite little guy, a geometric pygmy hawkfish. guy was so freakin cool. but I have my eyes on another one at the moment
CuC is small, but working well for my tank. ~5 blue leg hermits, 3 trochus snails, 2 Astraea, 1 porcelain crab, pom pom crab, cleaner shrimp.
I am running a jebao dct-12000 tuned down for my return pump. I have a 48" and a 24" current loop led, but I have a 48" two bulb t5 I can mount inside the hood when I get it built. going to take the 24" current off and save that for my son's tank that he wants. plan to get him a small tank once his little brother gets here in May. But I am running a 3 chambered sump with a filter sock, a chamber in the middle that I recently added sand to and am looking into lights for a refugium in that section. and just a bit of extra rock for added bio filtration. running two 150w heaters. Have a tunze osmolator for the ato. I still need to get a skimmer.
I ended up resealing the tank and getting a different stand for the tank, traded the stand and hood I had for just a nicer stand. But did all the plumbing, got all the basic equipment, and got the tank set up for my birthday in the beginning of December. (had rock that I got from macna in a brute cycling since august). I let the tank run with the original aquascape in it for about two weeks after setting up before adding our first fish.
So, to date,
It is a 75G mixed reef. Going to focus heavy on softies with a couple LPS. going to have a small hammer garden and my wife wants a bubble. the rest will be softies.
Got about 15 different zoas at the moment. some Kenya tree, a brown toadstool, a green hammer w/ purple tips, xenia, gsp, another clove polyp.
Fish right now are two black and white clowns, a yellow tang, and a two spot bristletooth (blue eye tang). I have lost a few fish to jumping, hence the reason I have not bought any more fish until I build a hood, which I am currently working on right now. I lost my favorite little guy, a geometric pygmy hawkfish. guy was so freakin cool. but I have my eyes on another one at the moment
CuC is small, but working well for my tank. ~5 blue leg hermits, 3 trochus snails, 2 Astraea, 1 porcelain crab, pom pom crab, cleaner shrimp.
I am running a jebao dct-12000 tuned down for my return pump. I have a 48" and a 24" current loop led, but I have a 48" two bulb t5 I can mount inside the hood when I get it built. going to take the 24" current off and save that for my son's tank that he wants. plan to get him a small tank once his little brother gets here in May. But I am running a 3 chambered sump with a filter sock, a chamber in the middle that I recently added sand to and am looking into lights for a refugium in that section. and just a bit of extra rock for added bio filtration. running two 150w heaters. Have a tunze osmolator for the ato. I still need to get a skimmer.
