Grassi's Red Sea 450

[reefrun]

I figure it's about time I do build thread. I've had my red sea 450 set up since March 2019, but I got back into reefing in 2016 and I've had some of the livestock for 4 years now.

FTS
11/19/20

LIVESTOCK
Fish
Hippo Tang
Yellow Tang
Starry Blenny
Clown pair
Chromis x6

SPS
BC Aquatic Man
BC Blue Ghost
BC Cricket Spine
BC Hawaii
BC High Rainbow Teni
BC Pig Champion
BC Sunshine Milli
Bubblegum monti
Bud's Pretty in Pink
CB Maleficent
CC Voodoo Majick
Jimbo Mojo
JF Fox Flame
JF Solar Flare
ORA Green Birdsnest
RR Pink Caddie
SC OP
Sanjay's Leprechaun Beard
TCK Rainbow Fusion
TGC Cherry Bomb
TSA Bill Murray
TSA Pineapple Express
Vivid Confetti
Walt Disney
WWC Heartbreaker
WWC Sunfire grafted monti

ENCRUSTERS
BSE AFternoon Delight chalice
GB Convict chalice
JF Brain Freeze monti
JF Burning Banana
Joker cyphastrea
Oregon Mummy Eye chalice
OG Mummy Eye chalice
Rainbow monti
WWC Bizzaro


LPS
Aussie Gold Torch
CB Spongebob favia
Blue Raven blasto
Red-Green blasto
Blue-green duncan
Blue-lavender duncan
Nuclear Green Candy Cane
Handful of acans
Green scroll
Rainbow goni


ZOAS
Acid Reflux
AOG
ASD Leprechauns
ASD Hyper Jubilee
ASD Time Machines
JF krak
Awesome Blossom
BBEB (Blondies)
Blue Hornets
BSA Sticker Shock
CB Bowsers
CB Disco Inferno
CB El Corazon
CB Pink Diamonds
CB White Zombies
CB Walking Dead
Chiquitas
CK Bitcoin
GB Rainbow Troll
GB Butt Kissers
HR Death Star
JF Bloodshot
Magicians
Nirvanas
Nuclear green
Pikachu
Rainbow Incinerators
Rainbow Hornets
Rastas
RDPE (Red Devil People Eater)
Red Death
Red People Eaters
RR Kraken
Suck-Ups
WWC AIO
WWC Illuminati
WWC Superstars
WWC Tasers
WWC Twizzlers


Shrooms
Jawbreakers
Hot pink yuma
Blue-peach yuma
Sunkist Bounce
Bright orange rimmed green rhodactis

 

[reefrun]

Now for a photo dump

SC Orange Passion - my second time trying this piece and it's one of my favorites!

Left to right - JF Solar Flare, BC Aquatic Man, and WWW Heartbreaker
Obviously I need to get things off the frag rack before they encrust so much

BC Cricket Spine.. color in the photo is more washed than in person where it has an intense berry-red with yellow polyps. I can't wait to see this one larger

WD - this one bleached out from an Alk swing but it's coming back with pinks this time

JF Fox Flame - I've had this for a couple years. It was a good size colony before a series of tank disasters that left me with only a bit encrusted on the plug. Funny thing is that it was dark purple with green polyps so I thought it was my bonsai... finding it's actually the FF was a fun surprise. It's really starting to take off now

TSA Bill Murray - I bought a tiny frag of this online and it browned out in shipping and has stayed like that without growing for over a year. FINALLY it encrusted and is coloring up!

 

[reefrun]

I got this beauty from a local reefer, he’s calling it Jimbo Mojo. Polyps are turning orange in higher light

 

[reefrun]

I told a bunch of zoas before thanksgiving, which let me go a little nuts in black friday sales

My first order came in today and she's looking great!

HR Death Star
Sticker Shock
Acid Reflux
El Corazon
Chiuitas
Suck-Ups
Awesome Blossom (still opening)

Hooked Reefer hooked me up!

 

[reefrun]

Got myself another Bottlebox, always one of the BEST purchases! I wanted bright and polyp-y with at least one fast grower... most of these aren't on his website, so if anyone has one I'd love to see yours!

BC High Rainbow Teni
BC Sunshine MIlli
BC Hawaii
BC Pig Champion
Sanjay's Leprechaun Beard


BC High Rainbow Teni

BC Hawaii

BC Pig Champion

BC Sunshine MIlli

Sanjay's Leprechaun Beard

 

[reefrun]

So proud of this! My SPSs are finally starting to take off

Bill Murray growth -> Dec 5th to Jan 20th

 

[NY_Sea]

Very very nice!!!

 

[reefrun]

Well the **** keeps piling on... I had to go out of town because my grandma was in the hospital, then I took care of her while she was dying and then had to deal with the funeral.. all horrible. Of course my Aussie gold died (no idea why) and my zoa shipment was delayed while I was gone

After 10 days FINALLY get to go hone, but to an ice storm. Power is out for 3 days, and I heat bags of water to try keeping the temp up. Even with a propane heater in the room and swapping bags every 30 mins (24hrs a day) I can only keep the tanks around 60 degrees. Power comes on and things look angry/faded, but other than my SCOP everything looks ok

I check my parameters and my alk dropped 9.1 to 8.5, so not bad. 2 days later I check and it’s 7.4!!! Turns out my doser failed. Guessing my sps that survived prom won’t after this added stress. ***

 

[reefrun]

I haven’t updated this for a long time! I created an Instagram account for my tsnk(s) so I’ve been posting things there. Instagram.com/justanotherreefer

But here’s an updated FTS from a couple weeks ago.

It’s fun to see how much the sps are filling in. Less fun to see my zoas aren’t doing as amazing.., I made a stupid mistake of replacing ALL of my long overdue T5 bulbs at once with acclimating snd it ended up melted most of my high end zoas. On the plus side it made my jawbreaker spit out 4-6 new babies lol

 

[reefrun]

I wanna give Rudy at Golden Basket some love.. I’m lucky enough to live near this reef legend and he has sone of the most amazing SPS. Here are some I’ve gotten from him:

GB Pink Kitty

GB Incredible

BKChem FruitLoops

Sunfire grafted monti

 

[RiptideAquaculture]

WOW your Pictures are great!!! awesome Thread!

 

[reefrun]

Tank update! Here’s a top down shot.. I love this hobby

I haven’t been posting here as much.. but I’ve been posting a ton on Instagram- Instagram.com/justanotherreefer

 

[reefrun]

Jimbo Mojo has gotten pretty big, and his buddies are catching up.. zoom in and you’ll see BC Hawaii hiding upper left, Sanjay’s Leprechaun Beard below that, TCK Rainbow Fusion to the right, and CB Maleficent at the bottom

 

[reefrun]

Updated side shot