Jourdy's 90 Gallon Mixed Reef

[NY_Sea]

Every time I look at your thread I am amazed at your results with led lighting.. Your pictures are awesome too !!!!

 

[spspirate]

Congratulations on your marriage! Reef looks great. You know lately I've stopped adding aminos, potassium and vinegar and just only add calcium, magnesium and alkalinity.

 

[jourdy]

Thanks @spspirate!
I don't think I've ever dosed potassium. I dosed Fuel before but haven't been able to for about 6 months already.

Alk, Cal, and Mag are all I need.

 

[loz]

Reefbuilders brought me here ! amazing tank ...Do you still running biopellets ?

 

[FireEMT]

I just started my first tank and just bought a dozen or so frags of Zoas. My question to you is, how did you mount them? Did you leave them on the plug and have them grow over the plug or do you remove them and glue just the zoas down? Any info would be appreciated especially from someone that has so much success.

 

[jourdy]

Yup still running Biopellets! @loz

@FireEMT I just glue the whole frag plug onto the rock and let it grow. Less stress and easier to pull back out in case you want to frag the zoas again.

 

[FireEMT]

Yup still running Biopellets! @loz

@FireEMT I just glue the whole frag plug onto the rock and let it grow. Less stress and easier to pull back out in case you want to frag the zoas again.

Awesome, thanks for the info. I love your tank

 

[revhtree]

I dose Alk and Calcium, that's all.
As of this moment, I have not seen my tank for 2 weeks! (got married last week)
Things are not yet sorted

Living in a different house, so it's safe to say I'll be seeing my tank less and less. I think I've ran out of alk and calcium! Not even sure if my fishes are still alive haha.


Anyway, here's a picture of our wedding cake! 100% edible. Even the corals.
Waiting for photographer's photos.

Oh wow @jourdy this is sweet! HA! Very cool!

Any new tank photos?

 

[spartanman22]

You must have a keeper for getting a reef themed wedding cake!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Awesome! Congrats on the wedding! Love the cake, btw.

 

[glweek]

love the tank!

 

[jourdy]

Thanks!

I will update if I get home to take photos.
I currently live in a different house and haven't seen my tank for about 3 weeks. Not even sure if there have been casualties, but I hope not! Haha.
That reminds me.. I don't think there's enough water for my ATO!

The wedding itself is reef-themed. Haven't received the photos from the photographers yet, but the decors are also reef related. Also the boutonnieres and the gowns.
My wife joked it was actually a birthday party instead of a wedding.

 

[Chknsamich]

don't have enough water for ATO..... please save this tank soon, we need more pics.

 

[VTek]

@RynoBrooks

 

[davejep]

Hows the tank doing Jourdy?
We are all in desperate need of an update.

 

[s2nhle]

so are you settling yet? It is time to update. Have you forget about your tank already? LOL.

 

[revhtree]

@jourdy we need you!

 

[bigsarge81]

nice tank

 

[Joshky]

I dose Alk and Calcium, that's all.
As of this moment, I have not seen my tank for 2 weeks! (got married last week)
Things are not yet sorted

Living in a different house, so it's safe to say I'll be seeing my tank less and less. I think I've ran out of alk and calcium! Not even sure if my fishes are still alive haha.


Anyway, here's a picture of our wedding cake! 100% edible. Even the corals.
Waiting for photographer's photos.

Cake came out pretty sweet, almost looks like a coral insert. Congrats!

 

[Leo_oasis6]

Hi everyone! New to this forum.
Wanted to share my tank with all of you.


A quick background:

I started back in 2001, joining a forum called ReefAquariumGuide (RAG). Not sure if that site still runs, but my interest in reefing culminated from there. During that time, there were very little material available on the internet for the hobby, and I got flamed a lot for my poor reefing choices. Haha. My tank did not last very long - I was ill equipped and the summers in my country (Philippines) run to 38 degrees! There were no chillers available at that time, and the only lights I could get my hands on were fluorescent lights. No skimmers yet as well! LFS had poor husbandry for livestocks. Basically I started with the worst possible chance in the hobby.

In 2004, I joined Rc and that was when I started having moderate success. Tank thrived, but obviously not as nice as I had hoped and compared to others. There were no chillers/skimmers/lights to be found still, but at least I kept things alive! In 2006 (or 2005), a local club formed and there was a guy who started bringing in equipment from the USA. I was a fresh graduate then, and started with a cheap nano that i kept for years! In 2010 I decided to join ReefCentral's nano tank of the month contest for fun; really surprised to have won! Ever since then, I started upgrading my tanks. It seemed like I was upgrading every year or so.. I have had experience with 20 gallons, 30 gallons, 55 gallons, to 67 gallons, and now up to my current 90 gallons (4x2x1.5 ft). I am actually planning on upgrading again next year when I move to a new home. Seems like you just don't ever get contented once you get to taste this hobby


My current equipment are as follows:
2 Ecotech Radion Gen 2
2 Ecotech MP40
Reef Octopus XP2000 Cone Skimmer
TECO TR20 Chiller


Here are some pictures of my tank. Please bear with me as I try to take newer and better pictures. I am currently away from home for a week.
My only lens is a 55mm Zeiss fixed lens, and thus taking pictures is a bit more difficult without the flexibility. I am hoping to get a more suitable lens for reefing soon.

Also, sorry for the small pictures. Will update to bigger pictures once I learn how. I am currently using IMGUR and the default images are too big that it stretches the whole page. Had to choose thumbnails but they turn out a bit small and quite hard to see things clearly.


This is the only FTS I have on my computer as of the moment. Filled with micro bubbles as the return pump has just been turned on.

Overhead shot

Zoas are my first love, and that's why you will see most of my corals are zoas.
They all started as small frags (ranging from 1-4 polyps), and they have grown in my tank like mad over the past few years.

Favia and Acan

I just started keeping SPS about 6 months ago. I just tried it to check if I could keep them. I am always away from home, so I couldn't keep a closer eye on them. So far, so good.
Wildcaught SPS are still difficult though. I am having difficulties in retaining their wild color.

This is a triggerfish given to me a few months ago when my friend dismantled his tank.

Will post more pictures soon!


My tank is always changing. I keep moving things around, so my tank looks different often haha. I have some close friends who I share frags with (we sometimes take turns taking care of something) and there are plenty times when my tank has been like an evacuation home/hospital tank for my friends' corals.

The best thing I like about my tank is how maintenance-free it is. Like I said, I am barely home most of the week - I am thankful that my tank is alive and well. I don't dose anything, and I forget the last time I checked my parameters. All I know is having old and mature live rocks help a lot! Also biopellets which I use!


Thanks for viewing! I am open to all comments and criticisms.

Simply amazing!!! Congrats!!!