Cooters tanks

[Cooterbrown]

I know ive probably posted pics of my tanks on her before but figured if I'm going to hang around I might as well start a thread to show progress of my systems. I'm currently running a 150g reef tank with a 55g sump. And a 180 with a 100 sump.

A good reef needs a baby shark lol. Currently on this tank I'm running 2 400w coralvue 20k bulbs 6 hours a day in 2 3 hour cycles and a 250w hqi pheonix 14k for 10-12 hours a day for viewing. 2 koralia 4s and a mag 9 return. For filtration I basically have a sump with a dsb as well as a dsb in the dt and a massive ball of chaeto and about 50# of lr in the sump. Currently I'm using a red sea Berlin skimmer, had very good luck with this skimmer. I feed a blender mush I make out basically whatever fresh seafood is at the market mixed with garlic guard, brine shrimp, phyto and zoo plankton and then krill after its blended. (tip: dont blend octopus the skin with make a giant mess of your blender.)

My 180

I changed out the t5s to my old 250w halides I did the math and figured it would be cheaper and look better than running 16 t5
Thanks for looking. I still needed to skin my stand on the 180 and build my hood for both tanks to hide my ghetto lighting rig

 

[uall8up]

Very nice tanks. Thank you for sharing!

 

[Reef Breeders]

+1, love the setup! The shark and halequin tusk are very cool, and not too often found in reef tanks.

 

[Cooterbrown]

Thanks guys. The tusk was a risk but do far he hasn't harmed a thing. The shark tries to eat the hermits but gives up quick. He hatched in the reef and I wanted to get him eating and grow him out a little before adding him in with the big boys. The eels and remora would try to eat him at this size I think.

 

[AsphaltPays]

Great looking Tanks and fish


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[Cooterbrown]

had a photographer and fellow reefer come take some shots of the tank, this ones my have. just had the 250w light i use for viewing when the 400s go off

 

[revsgirl]

Beautiful tank and photo! Thanks for sharing!

 

[revhtree]

Looks great!

 

[slugwall]

Nice tank!

 

[ritter6788]

Very nice!

 

[Cooterbrown]

Thanks everybody! I'm getting excited alot of my Sps frags are starting to take off. So shouldn't be long before they get a spot in the tank to take over

 

[david00061]

looks great

 

[Cooterbrown]

Had some hiccups lately with temperature swings. Was swinging 72-85 everyday. So I picked up a reef angel and now my temp is within 1-2 degrees. So everything is bouncing back. I finally got around to finishing the stand and canopy for the 180. And got a better fixture for the 150. Here's some pics

Ignore the mess. Lol this was right after I built it. But hey it's a fish room it'll never be clean.

New lights on the 150. Looks a lot better than before. Now I don't have bat wings hanging from the ceiling.

And here's my frag tank. Lots of babies in here

 

[nitrox36]

Wow is that nice, great job

 

[Cooterbrown]

Thanks! It's def a labor of love. But it's worth it. And being an aquafarmer it's a hobby that pays for itself

 

[Cooterbrown]

updated FTS of the reef

 

[Cooterbrown]

fish room/bar

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Your tanks look great!!!