Innovative Marine SR60

[Joeganja]

Tank:
•Innovative Marine SR60
Equipment:
•2x Ecotech Marine Radion XR15 Pro G6’s
•Ecotech Marine MP10QD
•Red SeaATO+
•Innovative Marine Helios Heater
•Ice Cap K1 Skimmer (tbh quite surprised how well it works)

Substrate & Rock:
•CaribSea Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef Sand
•CaribSea Life Rock

Current Livestock:
•Mystery Wrasse
•Royal Gramma
•Pajama Cardinal
•Flame Hawkfish
•Juvenile Hippo Tang (will be transferring to a buddies aquarium when it outgrows this tank)

Future livestock additions:
•Thinking of adding a small Purple Tang down the road and hope it will live in harmony with the Hippo Tang so fingers crossed.
•Possibly add a couple of citron gobies and take a chance with them nipping at sps.
I’d like a dwarf angel someday but not in a rush.

Future equipment upgrades:
•Possibly add AI Blades to supplement my Radions or totally swap out the Radions for more powerful lighting. I plan to make it a mixed reef with a good chunk of sps.
•Neptune Systems Apex with DOS
•Possibly upgrading to a larger capacity skimmer if my bio-load becomes larger.

Feel free to follow my IG @Admirecorals I’ll be posting updates on there as well.

Tank Photo taken April 28th, 2024

IF ANYONE HAS AN SR60 please share some photos would love to see! Also curious to know what skimmer you guys are running for that tank.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following along! Those are some amazing photos of your tank and livestock!

 

[Joeganja]

Following along! Those are some amazing photos of your tank and livestock!

Thank you much appreciated!

 

[kevgib67]

Very well done Joe!

 

[Solo McReefer]

Beautiful

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I'll trade you my Coral Beauty for your Flame Hawkfish(love those little guys)

 

[Joeganja]

Beautiful

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I'll trade you my Coral Beauty for your Flame Hawkfish(love those little guys)

Haha I think I’d keep the flame hawk. I love his personality.

 

[ksliech]

Looks great and I love that mystery wrasse! I had one years ago and would love to get another. Where did you get him?

 

[NickHolmes]

Scape looks great. I had the Tunze 9004 on mine, worked a million times better than the IM Ghost Skimmer. Here's a progression pic of mine

 

[Joeganja]

Scape looks great. I had the Tunze 9004 on mine, worked a million times better than the IM Ghost Skimmer. Here's a progression pic of mine

I now know what my goals are. It looks phenomenal. Wonder how that tunze compares to the icecap. Also what is your lighting?

 

[Joeganja]

Looks great and I love that mystery wrasse! I had one years ago and would love to get another. Where did you get him?

I got him from a place from the Bay Area/Hayward CA called Aquatic Collection. They tend to get a variety of rare and unique fish and most often or not are healthier than other places nearby.

 

[NickHolmes]

I now know what my goals are. It looks phenomenal. Wonder how that tunze compares to the icecap. Also what is your lighting?

First pic was a Radion XR30 G4 pro, then replaced with an Orphek Icon

 

[Joeganja]

Good to know! It looks great!

 

[ksliech]

I got him from a place from the Bay Area/Hayward CA called Aquatic Collection. They tend to get a variety of rare and unique fish and most often or not are healthier than other places nearby.

Ah I haven’t been there yet! I’m in SF and have only been to Neptune in San Jose and High Tide in Oakland. High Tide is great because they do a strict quarantine, so I’m planning on getting most of my fish there but will also check out Aquatic Collection

 

[steveschuerger]

Very nice. My previous tank was an SR60. Certainly would consider another(larger) SR in the future. This it just before moving into my current 90.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Scape looks great. I had the Tunze 9004 on mine, worked a million times better than the IM Ghost Skimmer. Here's a progression pic of mine

You should start a build thread for that tank! Very nice looking tank!

 

[Joeganja]

Ah I haven’t been there yet! I’m in SF and have only been to Neptune in San Jose and High Tide in Oakland. High Tide is great because they do a strict quarantine, so I’m planning on getting most of my fish there but will also check out Aquatic Collection

Neptune tbh at least for me is overpriced anything above their $100 bin but that’s me. I have found similar larger colonies for significantly cheaper and their assortment of fish doesn’t even come close to aquatic collection. I’ve actually stopped going to Neptune on my trips out to the bay and solely go to aquatic collection. I’d highly suggest it.

 

[Joeganja]

Update. Finally got an Apex and MXM module along with the DOS to dose BRS 2-Part. Here’s a photo to show progress. 99% of the coral in this tank have come from @AquaSD

 

[steveschuerger]

Update. Finally got an Apex and MXM module along with the DOS to dose BRS 2-Part. Here’s a photo to show progress. 99% of the coral in this tank have come from @AquaSD

Looks good!

 

[Joeganja]

Looks good!

Much appreciated!

 

[TeamAquaSD]

Update. Finally got an Apex and MXM module along with the DOS to dose BRS 2-Part. Here’s a photo to show progress. 99% of the coral in this tank have come from @AquaSD