Mike and Terry's 300g Reef

[Mike&Terry]

Well built and not over built. Well done. Looks great.

Looks great! :)

Thanks guys! It's nothing fancy, but definitely functional and will easily handle a 60g tank. Terry has been busy the past couple of days setting up a 50g stock vat as temporary housing for our frag tank livestock. She says she'll post up some pics in the next day or two.

We are starting to get SUPER pumped about this project after receiving a call from the tank builder tonight letting us know they will be delivering the new frag tank next Friday (October 4th) - WOOT! So it looks like we'll have it up and running in time for our annual Reef Party! :party:

-Mike

 

[CoralFragZ]

Looking great!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Looking great!

Thank you!

 

[Mike&Terry]

The temporary housing (round 50g stock vat) for our frag tank livestock is up and running and I managed to get most of the corals/frags moved over today. As promised, here are a couple of pics:





-Terry

 

[evolved]

Uh, some of your frags seemed to have turned into colonies. :p

 

[Mike&Terry]

Uh, some of your frags seemed to have turned into colonies. :p

Hahah, yes they have... There are a couple of massive stylo and seriatopora colonies hiding under the rack as well.

 

[skinz78]

Dang, I'd be ecstatic to have a temp frag tank like that. My 210g looks gross with frags right now lol.

 

[JasonKlink]

How high are your reflectors off of the water? I have the same setup and I'm experiencing spotlighting. My tank has the 2 center braces though.

 

[Jimbo662]

Amazing thread. You should post several FTS's so we can see the progression over time.

 

[Peterock]

Fantastic thread. Very inspirational. Thank you!

 

[ShippD]

Amazing

 

[Mike&Terry]

Dang, I'd be ecstatic to have a temp frag tank like that. My 210g looks gross with frags right now lol.

Thanks Chris! The stock vat was cheap and easy since we used equipment we already had on hand.

How high are your reflectors off of the water? I have the same setup and I'm experiencing spotlighting. My tank has the 2 center braces though.

Our reflectors sit approx 10" above the top of the tank brace. We do have 2 wide center cross braces as well and notice a bit of shading under the braces.

Amazing thread. You should post several FTS's so we can see the progression over time.

Thank you for the compliment! We'll try and post up some progression shots soon.

Fantastic thread. Very inspirational. Thank you!

Thank you Peter!

Amazing

Thank you!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Our annual reef party is just around the corner (October 12th) and we're starting to get excited!

We are once again holding another raffle and food drive and hope to exceed last year's donations. Here's a partial list of raffle items:

(1) LiveAquaria $50 Gift Certificate
(1) Hanna Alkalinity Checker w/reagents
(1) Hanna Phosphate Checker w/reagents
(1) Sybon Refractometer
(1) Premium Aquatics Deluxe Fragging Kit
(10) Silent Air B-11 Series auto on air pump w/check valve
(2) Lg Dip n Pour containers
(2) TLF VeggieMag
(2) Mag Float Glass Aquarium Cleaner - Medium
(2) Mag Float Glass Aquarium Cleaner - Small
(3) Instant Ocean 50g salt with $50 rebate coupon towards IO or RC
(6) Aquacraft 50g Bio Sea Salt w/Marine Environment Supplement

(10) ReefGeek T-shirts multiple sizes
(6) T-shirts from I'm A Reefer (It's not what you think) XXL/XL/L
(1) Marine Depot Polo Shirt (medium)
(6) Richmond Reef Club (RRC) Black Embroidered T-shirts (1) RRC White
(10) RRC Embroidered Towels

 

[Mike&Terry]

Exhausted! But the new frag tank is in. WOOT! :whoo:

We'll post some pics of the install up tomorrow, but in the meantime, here's a pic of the finished tank taken by our tank builders:



So stay tuned...

 

[Mike&Terry]

Rescued these rbta's from a slab of live rock in the old frag tank. Still have 3 more to remove...


We still have some cleanup and a bit of rescue work to do, but hopefully all will be finished in the next day or two.

 

[RiverRat]

That looks amazing! :)

 

[bige]

Looks awesome! Are those Tao tronic lights? Is the frag tank plumbed in with everything else. Looks like a lot of fun.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

What a sweet set up!

 

[Mike&Terry]

That looks amazing! :)

Thank You!

Looks awesome! Are those Tao tronic lights? Is the frag tank plumbed in with everything else. Looks like a lot of fun.

Thank You! One is a TaoTronic, not sure what the other one is. We originally purchased 2 of the TaoTronic's, but one was doa out of the box and returned for refund. And, yes, the frag tank is plumbed into our system. :bigsmile:

What a sweet set up!

Thank you, Rev!

 

[CoralFragZ]

awesome job. Nice frag tank.