Mpekoske 75g mixed reef reboot

[mpekoske]

I thought I would start a build thread for my newest tank. I was able to transfer most of my corals from my previous 60g cube but used all new rock in this tank. Unfortunately I lost a lot of my sps so decided to do more of a mix in this tank.

-75g tank
-Trigger crystal 30 sump
-3 noopsyche lights with 2 t5 blue plus bulbs
- 2 mp40s and Nero 5
- tunze ato
- aquamax Q2 skimmer
- mr30 reactor
- apex El with wxm and DOS

Below is my 60g before I took it down: (https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/60g-cadlight-cube-sps-dominate-upgrade.609836/)

 

[mpekoske]

I set up the new 75 in early March and let the tank sit for about a month before I added the livestock over from the previous tank below are some previous progression photos:

 

[mpekoske]

We had our 3rd child in early June so the tank has been running idle the last month and a half but things are growing and coloring up for me which is a good sign... also started getting some torches which included a dragon soul that I have always wanted

 

[mpekoske]

That brings me to where the tank currently is which is pictured below! I created this to track my progress but thank you to anyone that is reading this

 

[mpekoske]

As for my numbers:

Alk: 9
Calcium: 440
Mag: 1300
Phosphate: .1
Nitrate: 10-20
Sg: 1.26

I dose about 35ml of 2 part each day along with running kalk in my ato

In my reactor I mainly run carbon with very little gfo as I like to feed heavy

Daily feeding: auto feeder 3 times a day with pellets and then a cube of mysis and rotifers in the evening along with AB+ 15ml daily

After doing some reading I decided to try zeobak and sponge power which should arrive today... I will update if I see any changes or not

Thanks

 

[MERKEY]

Great swap over and tank!!!

 

[mpekoske]

Great swap over and tank!!!

Thank you things are bouncing back and now even getting some growths on the sps that were on deaths door

 

[mpekoske]

Decided to place an order for some sps frags... all no names but excited for them to arrive tomorrow and will update with actual pics when they arrive (below are the wyswyg frags I purchased)

 

[mpekoske]

Also did some fragging for some locals last night of some easy sps for people that wanted to try them out but not spend much

 

[mpekoske]

Snapped some photos of some of the corals I have growing... sorry for the photos they were shot using orphek phone clip on iPhone

 

[mpekoske]

Added a couple new torches last night and will snap a couple picks once they settle in... in the mean time here is a updated FTS along with some other pics

 

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Some other corals around the tank so I can keep track of growth

 

[mpekoske]

Picked up another torch yesterday to add to my collection. Also pic below of some of the torches in the tank

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking great! Any updates?

 

[mpekoske]

Thank you! Just changed from 2 part to a calcium reactor and working on getting it tuned in... will update with pics soon