Ellery: New 2 Forum

[Ellery]

Hi All,

New to this forum - been in the hobby for over 20 years. Worked at LFS and did alot of DIY stuff in the early years to make what I couldn't afford.
Currently have a 125g RR plumbed in conjunction with a 90g RR and a 40g Megaflow 4 sump in Rochester NY!
2x Maxspect R420R 16K 160W LED
Skimz Cone Skimmer
JNR Biopellet reactor
Reeflo Dart Pump & QuietOne 750
Chaeto & Red Graciliar Fuge Lighting 24/7

Probably over 200# of LR split between both tanks.
Aiming to stick with LPS and SPS
Twin Bar Rabbit Fish
Purple Tang
Yellow Tang
Lavender Tang
Hippo Tang
Aptasia Eating Filefish
Cinnamon Clown Breeding Pair
6 Line Wrasse
Algae Blenny
Vlamingi Tang
Desjardins Sailfin Tang
Yellow Tail Damsel
Oscellaris Clowns Breeding Pair
Striped Squirrel Fish
Derasa Clam
Blue Crocea Clam
Tiger Tail Cucumber
Pink Cucumber
2xTuxedo Urchin
Various Mushrooms
3xToadstool Leather
Green Nepthea

LPS:
Purple Hammer Coral
Orange Torch
Duncans
Green Torch
Flat Brain
Green Acan Lords

SPS:
Joe the Coral Acro
Purple Stylophora
Red planet Acro
Atlantic Blue Eclius
Aqua Delight Acro
Meteor Shower Cyphastrea
Green Hulk Acro
Montipora Setosa
Purple Tri-Color Valida Acro
Blue Echinata Acro
Australian Delicate Acro
Bali Green Slimer

 

[Ellery]

Pictures are alittle old but just to show the base setup.

 

[Ellery]

 

[Ellery]

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Welcome to R2R!! Great looking tanks!!

 

[revhtree]

Nice tanks!!

Welcome to R2R, and we appreciate your membership!

Thanks for joining and please make sure and post often!

 

[AsphaltPays]

Hello and Welcome to R2R! Nice looking tanks!


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[Reefing Madness]

 

[revsgirl]

Welcome to R2R!' Beautiful pics!! Thanks for sharing!!


Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream! Tonya

 

[Ellery]

The one thing I learned when setting this system up , which has been up since 2005, was never to move a tank even for a short distance like 20 miles. Too much work and not enough time to plan to prep the new system since I was limited in time when we closed on the new house. I'll post some new pictures of the system later today. I also learned that soft corals and hard corals don't mis very well either so now I am focused primarily on hard corals with a hardy population of fish. At some point I would love to start over again to replumb everything but my system is fairly well automated now. Just to tweak a few things here and there so that I don't run into disasters when I am away for work or on vacation for over a week or two.

 

[cdness]

Welcome to reef2Reef! Stay long, post often and let's see some more pictures of your tanks!

 

[Ellery]

I will get some more pics once I figure out how to use my DSLR with the led lighting.

 

[Ellery]

Here's some more recent updates:

I have transitioned my 125g to primarily SPS and added a 40Breeder Frag Tank to the system to total about 300 gallons.
I have also started to try the All in One BioPellets since June and have added an Ozotech Poseidon Ozone Generator/drier to take care of the cyanobacteria that I have always seemed to always have lingering around since using Biopellets in general.

My Parameters have been holding fairly solid but want to make them more consistent since I only use 2 part to level and then run Kalkwasser in my ATO. Pondering about whether or not I need to does Alk and Ca daily or not now.

 

[Ellery]

Some of my favorite photos of my specimens past and present:
1) Tricolor Valida, Aquadelight, and Red Planet Cluster

My Roser BTA harem

Large head of Hammer Coral

Scrips Green Tip Staghorn before my wife accidentally dismantled it cleaning the glass with MagFLoat

My Rainbow Tort

 

[Ellery]

Expanding my system this Christmas with a new Deep Blue Professional 80 gallon Shallow Reef Tank for a total of 380 gallons.

 

[Ellery]

Also got a new lens set for my Galaxy S5 for some better Photos - Just can't get the images to rotate properly on here though even though they look fine on my pc.

 

[Ellery]

Also got a new lens set for my Galaxy S5 for some better Photos - Just can't get the images to rotate properly on here though even though they look fine on my pc.<br><img src="https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=208237&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="208237" alt="" id="vbattach_208237" class="previewthumb"><br><img src="https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=208238&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="208238" alt="" id="vbattach_208238" class="previewthumb"><br><img src="https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=208239&amp;stc=1" attachmentid="208239" alt="" id="vbattach_208239" class="previewthumb">

 

[Ellery]

 

[Oscaror]

:welcome: to R2R!

 

[spspirate]

Hey Ellery! Welcome to REEF2REEF!!!