Full Tank Shots... Let's see progression pics...

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June 30th 2019



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July 8th 2021
 
June 2020 to July 2021
 

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May 2020 - today
 

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May 2021
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Aug 2021
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Nice. I love the coraline on the glass. I just got a small frag of red tree sponge to see if I can keep it alive in a macro algae tank. I'm thinking of adding some more sponges and gorgonians like you have if it does well. What do you feed yours? I have some ReefBlizzard-O - Powdered planktonic food blend. Not sure if that will do on its own.
 
Nice. I love the coraline on the glass. I just got a small frag of red tree sponge to see if I can keep it alive in a macro algae tank. I'm thinking of adding some more sponges and gorgonians like you have if it does well. What do you feed yours? I have some ReefBlizzard-O - Powdered planktonic food blend. Not sure if that will do on

Nice. I love the coraline on the glass. I just got a small frag of red tree sponge to see if I can keep it alive in a macro algae tank. I'm thinking of adding some more sponges and gorgonians like you have if it does well. What do you feed yours? I have some ReefBlizzard-O - Powdered planktonic food blend. Not sure if that will do on its own.
I feed the tank marine snow every other day, brine shrimp every other day, phytoplankton everyday and reef roids about once a week. Then for the fish I make my own mix of chopped up clams, shrimp, scallops, squid and what ever else I can find at the time with mysis shrimp
 
My Waterbox Marine X 60.2 just passed the six month mark. Started it up on 26Feb2021 and has been relatively smooth sailing so far.

26Feb2021 - All assembled and filled with water to start cycling:
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01Mar2021 - In the middle of cycling:
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05Mar2021 - Tank cycled. Added my ORA Snowflake Clowns:
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14Mar2021 - First set of corals added:
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02Apr2021 - Since last update, added a few more corals, Purple Firefish, Royal Gramma, Yellow Watchman Goby and Tiger Pistol Shrimp:
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01May2021 - Added the diffuser to the AI Prime 16HD:
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12May2021:
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24May2021:
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14Jun2021:
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29Jun2021 - Added a nice Warpaint Scoly and a few other frags:
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08Jul2021:
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27Jul2021 - Euphyllia are noticeably larger and are growing fast:
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15Aug2021 - Added to my Caulastrea garden
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30Aug2021 - Tank turned 6 months old a few days ago:
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Sorry for the picture quality on some of these - still waiting on my lens filters from Coral’s Coral!
 
Here is the 5 year progression of my current system. Started out with a 90 gallon and a whole lot of DIY iniative. The first set up used t5 lights, and coralife skimmer that barely did anything. Gradually I got the hang of things and the tank thrived, despite my laid back reef keeping style. At some point I switched to LEDs and a better skimmer and I eventually got a good deal on a used 125gallon and switched everything over and set up a remote sump in the basement. Shortly after the 125 was set up, the tank slowly started crashing with slow and sporadic Coral and fish death. ICP test (should’ve not waited so long) showed extremely high tin which I was able to trace to two large plastic tubs that I used for my sump system. The last picture is what things look like 1 year after I sorted out the tin issue, the corals that survived grew massive! Now I’m slowly adding new coral to build up the tanks diversity, as it took a hit with the crash. Thanks for reading!
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