ahayes13- 120gal. mixed reef.....

[ahayes13]

tank details-
(2) 250 mh lumen max elite reflectors w/ pfo ballasts w/ 20k radiums. current 4 bulb t5 for actinics. 4 moon lights. octo 200 skimmer. two filter bag sump. two fishes phos. reactor. current tower 1/3hp chiller. bagged carbon.



full tank shots----

Feb. 20, 2009

April 2009

August 8, 2009 (i think it looks better than its looking in the pics)

Current stock list.................. (updated as new pieces are added)

~SPS~


ice fire echinata
ff red robin stag
greg hillers aqua delight
oregon blue torte
forest fire digi
ora purple plasma
tyree undata
hawkins echinata
ora bird of paradise
ora phils granulosa
ora green birdsnest
atl pink lemonade
ora red planet table acro
setosa
garf bonsai
ora pearlberry acro
ora tri-color valida stag.
blue torte
ora blue milli.
ora borealis
orange and white cyphastrea
tyree sunset monti.
superman monti.
rainbow monti.
atl strawberry patch cap
tyree blue polyp cap
PPE cyphastrea
WWC grafted tricolor
WWC blueberry field acro
Incredible hulk acro
WWC tropicana twister monti.
green spongodes
jedi mind trick monti.




~LPS~

sub zero alien eye chalice
3 unknown chalices
green/ pink eye chalice
area 51 chalice
unknown red chalice
green and lavendar frogspawn
red and green blastos
lavender and green blastos
war coral
duncans



~Zoas and palys ~

cts rainbows
solars
king midas
polar ice caps
unknown pinks
unknown blue rainbows
armor of god
unknown hot pink palys.
unknown peach palys
unknown pink and yellows
007's
unknown green speckle pe's
bambams
greenbay packers
green staurdust pe's
purple fission
unknown pink speckled palys
ding dang pe's
red pe's
purple hornet



~Fish~

male psych. mandarin
purple firefish
pair of onyx clown fish
lineatus wrasse
mc coskers wrasse
mystery wrasse

 

[ahayes13]

new additons to the tank..... all purchased from Coral Corral...

unknown coral....

bird of paradise

cyphastrea

atl pink lemonade... (sorry my lights make everything blue )

little blue mili

red digitata

phils granulosa

 

[rarelyseriousb]

with that aquscaping and the nice pieces you are putting int there this is going to be cool tank.

 

[ahayes13]

some pics of our zoanthid collection.....

solars

2 diff unknown palys

unknown pinks

king midas (old pic)

polar ice caps

 

[ahayes13]

more pics...

candy apple greens

unknowns

armor of gods

 

[ahayes13]

thanks for the nice comment spike....

 

[ahayes13]

here are some updated pics of the different corals, just so i can keep an eye on growth...


blue torte

duncans

ora pearlberry

ora borealis

hawkins echinata

pink pocillopora

superman monti

 

[rarelyseriousb]

wow what a collection. your killin me. dont frag for anyone. I want to see this bad boy grow out. what a zoa collection. When all those sps start growing what are you going to do for cal/alk?

 

[msman825]

nice looking rock work. and will look even better when frags grow up

 

[ahayes13]

spike- thanks. i am trying to be "picky" about the pieces i add to the tank. their are so many diff. options for sps but i really want to stick to the rare-ish pieces. and yes i also have a zoa addiction. :) i prob. wont be fragging any of the sps anytime soon. they are all rather small frags.
as far as the sps usage of chemicals, right now its gonna have to be manual addition. i dont have a calcium reactor or anything and prob. wont be getting one anytime soon, after the money weve spent on everything else weve had to buy lately.

 

[MarvinsReef]

very very nice Amanda... :)

that will be killer when the rocks are covered with corals... :)

 

[rarelyseriousb]

Thats cool. If I was more into sps I think I would use a dosing pump before anything else (assuming Kalk was not enough). I just seems the easiest solution to me. Plus you can start with bulk supplys and do it by hand until It is to much of a PIA. Do you have any behind the seen or room Pics. Im digging the tank if you cant tell.

 

[ahayes13]

here is our pair of onyx clowns - they are still very tiny- maybe around an inch and the other a half inch

purple firefish

female mandarin

 

[reef-lover]

looking good Amanda...

 

[ahayes13]

this is a shot just to show the canopy and stand. aquascaping wasnt done yet and just thrown all in there.....

underneath the tank...

 

[ahayes13]

right now it just one big cord mess underneath. we need to go thru and get it a lil more organized and marked.. so we know whats what...

 

[ahayes13]

marv- thanks for the nice comments. i hope it will look nice all grown in too ! :)

spike- glad you are liking the tank, its been fun and a pita all at the same time ;). we dont have a fish room as behind the tank is our downstairs bathroom. so its just whatever will fit in the stand. :) our chiller (taller style one) sits next to the cabinet.

 

[rarelyseriousb]

its interesting I dont see a fuge. Dont see that to much anymore.
As for the cords have you seen the dj switches alot of people use. I think melev show it on his site. thanks for the picks Amanda

 

[ahayes13]

yeah your right, no fuge. i have considered it but havent figured out a way to do it. i dont have much room under there.

 

[str8salt]

Beautiful frags. Its like you stole half my list or something. As far as the fuge I think i might have some ideas if you are interested. If you are intersted holler at me. As far as dosing I use Kalk as my topoff water. Works great, is simple, and a lot cheaper than two part. I mix up five gallons at a time and let my dosing pump add it continually through the day. No spikes and great levels. Happy reefing