My 75gal DIY reef

Squadir · Jul 9, 2015

Hey guys, I've decided to start a tank thread seeing that I have some SP's now and I actually have something to post some pics of. I'll start it off from when I received my frags as I don't have much if any pics during construction and setup.

Squadir · Jul 9, 2015

Pics taken with crap phone, please excuse the quality
Box of frags delivered by FedEx

Frags unpacked

Acclimated and put into DT

Squadir · Jul 9, 2015

Frags placed on rockwork but nothing glued down in case I needed/ wanted to do some moving around.

Once again these are cell pics. When I locate a better camera I will take shots of individual frags and upload some progress shots. :)

Squadir · Jul 9, 2015

Some stats on my tank:

DIY cabinet made with 2x4's and sheeted with plyboard, will eventually get around to putting on some more trims.
Sump is DIY - 36 x 12 x 12 (LxWxH) with filter floss in DIY 'basket'
Tank is 48 x 18 x 20 (L x W x H)
Mag 7 for return
2 - 1050 Koralias
1 - 550 Koralia
No-Name skimmer rated for a 125 Gal works excellent, I empty the collection cup every 3 days, filled with dark smelly liquid
Lighting is Aquamana LED system (100 3w LEDs, 2 power cords and 2 dimmers, one for blues and one for whites, red, green and violet) works very well for me. can be seen here
http://www.amazon.com/AQUAMANA-LED-...p/B00LBM5K74/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8

around 30-35 Lbs rock epoxied together to form the scape I wanted.
1" Sandbed
Modified Bean animal overflow using 2 pipes

Dosing B-Ionic 2 part manually for now and magnesium when needed
I also dose Vodka (carbon)
Feed Coral frenzy 3-4 times a week
5 gallon water change done once a week or at least try to do it once a week...doesn't always happen on time

Params are kept stable at
Nitrate- 0 (undetectable)
Phosphate - 0 (undetectable)
Temp - 78-80
Calcium - 480
Alk - 11

livestock consists of:
2 clowns
1 firefish
2 seaweed blennies
2 tiger gobies (haven't seen them for a while)
started with 4 - 1" sized turbos now have quite a few babies crawling around...
cerith snails (reproduce like crazy also, I take out a handful around every other week)
15-20 nassarius snails
1 feather duster
some zoas (will get pics soon)
around 25 coral species (will also get pics soon)

I think I covered everything about the system so far....
will get some more pics up as soon as I get a better camera. :)

Feel free to leave any comments, suggestions or any type of feedback. It will be appreciated

Squadir · Sep 18, 2015

Update shot and will put up a short vid of my frags. (cell phone pic and vid)

Squadir · Sep 18, 2015

guy fawkes · Sep 18, 2015

Very clean looking display! How much rock do you have in there?

Squadir · Sep 18, 2015

There's about 40lbs of rock can't remember exactly.
I try to keep it clean, the only thing that drives me crazy is that I get puffs of micro bubbles every few minutes and for nothing I can find the source....

Squadir · Feb 2, 2016

Just an update shot. Got some more frags and got some good growth on previous pieces. Once again its a phone pic so bare with me.

Squadir · Feb 2, 2016

duplicate...

Squadir · Feb 2, 2016

Squadir · Feb 2, 2016

I'll make a list of all the corals I have in there off the top of my head, you may not be able to make them out clearly though. hopefully soon I get access to a good camera and get some better shots.

1. Red convict chalice
2. Meteor Shower
3. Hidden cup coral
4. Green Scoly
5. Yellow Polyps
6. Blue Candy cane
7. Watermelon Psammacora
8. Orange Monti Cap
9. Purple Digi
10. Green slimer
11. Bubblegum Milli
12. unknown milli
13. Pulsing Xenia
14. Blue stag
15. Cali tort
16. Red planet
17. Green slimeball anacropora
18. Pink birdsnest
19. Cotton candy acro
20. Strawberry shortcake
21. Hawkins enchinata
22. Purple tip acro?
23. Green undata
24. Blue stag (different type)
25. Galaxea
26. Bird of Paradise
27. Purple Birdsnest
28. Orange Digi
29. Neon green birdsnest
30. White gorgonian
31. Rainbow stylo
32. Bizarro cyphastrea
33. Green monti cap
34. Yellow bali slimer?
35. Jingle bells (encrusting monti)
36. Chillipepper monti
37. few types of zoas and palys.

I may have missed a few but that's all I can remember for now.