GXPKY's 240 Gallon Reef

[GXPKY]

Well, I've been lurking here a long time and figured I'd finally post up my build, very pic intensive so bear with me! Will post the build photos from start to now. For starters the tank is 8 by 2 by 2 ft. Any questions or ideas, feel free to ask or tell me.

In the beginning.

Plumbing

 

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Livestock is in the tank at the time.
Purple Tang
10 inch Hippo Tang
Orange Shoulder Tang
Flame Fin Tomini Tang
Convict Tang
Vlamingi Tang
Clown Tang
Yellow Tang
Sailfin Tang
Lavender Tang
Might have missed one but that's the tang list! Think I'm gonna finish the cabinet work tomorrow but not sure depends on whether I can find time or not.

 

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Purple Tang

Hippo Tang (10 inches+)

Juvenile Orange Shoulder Tang

Vlamingi Tang

Clown Tang

Yellow Tang

Bristletooth Tomini Tang

 

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Older video of the tank.

[video=youtube;XiyGIoSBa4s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiyGIoSBa4s[/video]

 

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Strawberry Shortcake

Pearlberry

Green Milli

Green Slimer

Blue Efflo Table

 

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Acro crab and a hairy crab that seems to be doing very little damage but is soon to be removed, both stay in the coral all the time.

Efflo that my Ritteri stung really nice, healing pretty well though and polyps seem happy, starting to get some green back around the base, and a slight purple around the tips again.

 

[Reef keeper]

nice r most of those efflos?

 

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Aaaand, the hairy crab in my efflo got busted leaving only one crab in the acro (an acro crab, at least it belongs there) lol. Here's the little parisite, lost a claw and a leg or two in the battle but I won!

 

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Some of the chalices.

 

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And here are some current pictures for your enjoyment as well.

These huge birdsnest colonies are starting to entertwine!

 

[GXPKY]

nice r most of those efflos?

Yes, got like 4 different efflos.

 

[Reef keeper]

Awesome!!!!!!!!! Their addictive! i got one a few months back and their just awesome!

 

[Reef UP]

Looking good what's your lighting consist of?

 

[GXPKY]

Awesome!!!!!!!!! Their addictive! i got one a few months back and their just awesome!

Yep, I love Efflo's. The base on the big one is about 3 inches thick, the dead tissue is where it is recovering from a fight with a ritteri anemone that decided it'd split and end up all over the place, had to remove it when I transfered to the 240 from the 90 gallon, went from 1 anemone to 12 in under a year, half time it'd split into 3's.

 

[GXPKY]

Looking good what's your lighting consist of?

Using an Odyssea fixture, three 250 watt halides, four 96 watt full actinic PC bulbs, not the 50/50 bulbs, and eight lunar LED's.

 

[Reef keeper]

those nems can be a pain

 

[GXPKY]

those nems can be a pain

Only have the RBTA now, and seems to stay off the coral very well, the ritteri wouldn't care and climb all over the efflo. Hated it.

 

[Reef keeper]

Nvr had a ritteri but now no not to get one!

 

[GXPKY]

Picked up a Neptune aquacontroller 3 a couple days ago, can't wait to get it set up!