Laird Tanks: 90gal Main + 30 gal frag

[Laird]

Wanted to put up some picks of my tank to be able to follow progress a little bit.

A little background info

90 gallon display

DIY Light
72 dimmable LEDs. 48 Royal Blue XREs, and 24 XPG
XREs have 80 degree optics, the XPG don't have any optics
2 54T5s, Front bulb is ATI purple plus, back is ATI blue +. T5s run 5 hours a day.

One MP40Wes, will be adding another shortly, and one 1400 Evolution.
mag 12 return pump
Apex Controller
Elite Aquatics cone skimmer, and sump.
9 watt UV Sterilizer ran 24/7
Shop light for Refug

Dose Vitamin C every other day
Dose fuel, and Mag once a week
Dose BRS Two part mix. System currently is taking 50ml of each alk and cal a day
I don't do a lot of water changes, about 20% every other month.

Fish
Powder Blue Tang
Borbonius anthias
snowflake clown
Flasher Wrasse
Purple Wrasse
Purple Firefish
flamehawk
mandrin goby
chromis


I don't like how messy it looks but I can't turn down good deals on coral. I just need A LOT bigger tank.

Frag tank

I'll get more detail pics of coral and frag tank later.

 

[Laird]

Coral List

SPS
Pink Lemonade
Raspberry limeade
strawberry fields
Figi Echinata
upscales microlados
ORA pealberry
Forest Fire Digi
Cry Baby Jake Mili
Nicks Bubble Gum Mili
Cali Tort
Purple Efflo
Teal Tort
Yellow Tort
yellow deepwater
Green Slimer
Fire and Ice
Red Robin Stag
ORA Pearlberry
Blue Hokei
shortcake Milli
Pink stag
Tri Color
Garf Bonzi
Greenday Milli
Setosa
chili pepper monti
sunset monti
Red monti
Rainbow Monti
Superman Monti
meteroshower
Green birdnest

LPS
Pandora Favia
Babies Breath Favia
FruitLoops Favia
PPE Chalice (favia)
mia's pot of gold
Prizim Favia
Purple Favia
Orange Plate
Stripped Plate
Bleeding apple Scoly
Purple Duncans
Green Duncans
Orange Crush echinata
Purple Echinata
Frog spawn
Hammer
bicolor warcoral
+10 different acans, some of my favorite corals, but they don't have names.

Chalices
Widow maker
Oregon Mummy Eye
Tyree Red Watermelon
Tyree Pink Watermelon
4 color Watermleon
Miami Hurrican
Mengs Pinkalisious
Hellfire
Bubble Gum Monster
Fruit Loop
Christmas Tree
Enigma
Lava Chalice
Orange Sherbert
WWC Toxic spill
My fair Lady
24K
Goldeneye
Cotten Candy
Green goblin
Tubs Alien Eye
ORANGE SPLASH
RIDDLER'S REVENGE
RED RIM-BROAD RIM
GOLD RIM DRAGON FURY
+ 15 or more not named chalices

Softies
Green/yellow rics
Orange rics
Blue and Gold Yumas

Zoas and Palys
Purple Hornets
Red Hornets
CARs
Utter Chaos
Space Monster
Captain America
Reverse Space Monster
Marry Jane
Magicians
Toxic Spill
La Lakers
Hawaiian Rainbow
AofG
Magnas
Bam Bams
Eagle Eyes
Two face
Millionaires
Blue Fire and Ice
Eye Of Ryae
Keds Reds
Dragons eyes
Solar Flair
Radioactive Dragons eyes
Green Bay Packers
Watermelons
Fire and Ice
Cats Eyes
+ lots of no namers

 

[revhtree]

WOW Packed FULL of goodies! Thanks for sharing and it looks great!

 

[revsgirl]

Lookin' great!

 

[Laird]

Thanks

Heres the DIY light and a bad top down.

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

I love it Laird. Future TOTM in the making!

 

[Anthrax15]

Would love to see pics of all those Chalices!

 

[Laird]

Would love to see pics of all those Chalices!

So would I, haha. I only have my camera phone and it takes horrible pics. I'm working on getting someone over to take some good pics tho.

I love it Laird. Future TOTM in the making!

Thanks mike

 

[revhtree]

Looks nice and packed with goodies!

 

[Laird]

Some grow pics, taken less than 4 months apart.

A few things moved around, but not much.


Oct 2011

Jan 2012

Oct 2011

Jan 2012

Oct 2011

Jan 2012

Oct 2011

Jan 2012

 

[Laird]

Now just a few new pics.

 

[Blackhawk Fan]

Looks great Laird! Those acans are coloring up nicely. ;-)

 

[Laird]

Updates 4/25/12

 

[revhtree]

Man I am loving this tank!

 

[Laird]

 

[jtgordon20]

What are you doing to get such great growth?? Loving it!! Looks amazing!!!
Can you get pics of the equipment that's running all of this beauty?

 

[Laird]

Thank you.

DIY LEDs and T5s. T5 bulbs are ATI purple + in front and ATI Blue + in back.

MP40wES

Elite aquatics Cone skimmer thats a beast. BRS deluxe GFO reactor. Aqua UV sterilizer.

 

[AsphaltPays]

Great looking tank I think you need some more room I like the DIY fixture


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[Laird]

I need A LOT more room thats for sure. I'm planning out a 180 build for the end of this summer.