Karo's 75 gallon reef

[karo25]

Progression from March - August

 

[KJ]

Nice looking tank

 

[FugeReefer]

Nice system! How long has it been cycling?

 

[karo25]

Thanks KJ and FugeReefer. Started the cycle on April 15th so about 3.5 months.

 

[jsker]

Nice that you are not rushing things, great system.

 

[FugeReefer]

Nice that you are not rushing things, great system.

I completely agree with jsker

 

[Big G]

Smart! Unions everywhere. Very smart. Nice plumbing. How do you like your Gyre?

 

[karo25]

Love the Gyre, lots of flow without making it choppy on the surface. Need a second on the other side, but all in due time. (When the wallet allows LOL)

 

[Big G]

Love the Gyre, lots of flow without making it choppy on the surface. Need a second on the other side, but all in due time. (When the wallet allows LOL)

Is that the IceCap or Maxspect?

 

[thinktank]

Great sump set up and good looking tank! Can't wait to see it covered in corals and filled with fish. Or will this be a FOWLR?

 

[karo25]

IceCap

 

[karo25]

Great sump set up and good looking tank! Can't wait to see it covered in corals and filled with fish. Or will this be a FOWLR?

Corals should be arriving Saturday! I'm so excited ;Joyful

 

[Big G]

Corals should be arriving Saturday! I'm so excited ;Joyful

Care to share your list of starter corals?

 

[karo25]

War Coral, Violet and Green Favites, Ultra Leptoseris, Spartan Leptoseris, Green Pavona, Pink tip Pocillopora, Miami Hurricane Chalice and of course some Zoas.

 

[karo25]

A few of the corals I got in.

 

[karo25]

A few more

 

[Big G]

Awesome! Where did you pickup those beauties? Well done! Well done! Which one is "the" one you just had to have above all the others?

 

[karo25]

I purchased the frags from TidalGardens. They hold a live sale, usually once a month on YouTube so everything there is WYSIWYG. They're also offering some frag packs. All very reasonably priced.
I love the Ultra Leptoseris, can't wait to watch it grow.

 

[Big G]

I really like TidalGardens. Been eyeing their "Pavona Collectors Pack". My new coral qt tank is cycling as I type. Everything's getting the qt, everything. Can't wait to put it to good use. . . Enjoy your new finds. Cheers!

 

[karo25]

Update: All the corals I purchased from Tidal Gardens are doing well. One zoanthid was touch and go for awhile. Look like it might have been damaged in shipping with a couple of the heads missing. I moved it to a less trafficked area and left it alone and it has recovered nicely. I've also added a few fish. So the list now is:
2 clownfish
1 Mandarin Dragonet (will eat almost anything... pellet, mysis, Ova, rod's food) She's fat and happy
Bicolor Blenny
Six Line Wrasse
One Spot Foxface
I need to find the Foxface a buddy. He so wants to hang with the wrasse but it's too fast for him and goes into the rock where he cannot go.
My scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp is the biggest guy in the tank. He won't stop growing!

There is a Green Bubble Tip Anemone on the back side of the rock with just the tips showing toward the end of the video. It's gotten quite large so I'm not as disappointed that it has stayed on the back side. Now the hope is that it will not move to the front... lol.