My Florida Ricordea Theme Tank Project

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" This Tank will only House Florida Recordea & Florida Zoanthids "

After my " Great Disaster of "09 "
Which I lost 99% of my Zoa collection and 50% of my Ricordea.

After I cleaned up all of the " Death "
And returned the System to proper running conditions.

I had to decide on which direction to go.
And since my Ricordea fared the best through my Nightmare and colored up the Fastest.
I decided to build a " New " Ricordea System.
I will be starting small, with a 50 Breeder 36" L x 18" W X 18 H.
It will have a Closed Loop system consisting of ( 7 ) 1/2" Buld Heads.
Each Bulk Head will have its own Ball Valve to adjust flow through the Rock Work.
Then 2 Bulk Heads for the Return from the Sump.

Hear is a few picture of the Tank in the Development process.

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Here is the First Version of Adjusting Valves.
I think I am up to Version # 5

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I have also been working on the Rock Work.
The plan is, to get the best Flow Possible without and Dead Spots.
This is Version # 1,
Then I found some more Live Rock with better Structure.

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And during the Tank Development Process, which is finally coming to the end.
I started the search for sources for Florida Ricordea.
The Local Stores are out, " no selection ".
There are a lot Web-site vendors that carry the " Common Ricoreda ".
But, Who wants the Common Colors.

Then a New R2R Sponsor came along. Paradise Corals Yumas, Ricordias
A few of Tomasz's Ricordea survived My earlier Disaster.
And He now has 3 that I need to add to my Collection.

The Best source that I could find to fill my new tank with Multiple Color Combination Florida Ricoreda was Coral Morphologic Coral Morphologic*::*Ricordea*::*WYSIWYG Ricordea
There selection is unbeatable and there Customer Service is Second to None.

And now that I have found a couple of Sources for " Need to Have " Florida Recordea, Let the Buying Begin.
I have already purchased several Ricoreda from Colin & Jared @ Coral Morphologic.
Pictures to come as soon as I sort through all of the pictures.
 

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Can't wait to see the finished product. My wife and I would love to do the same. Unfortunatly being in Hawaii, we can only have a tank wit Hawaiian zoas. Good luck! I'll be following along.

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Hey Kevin
I hate to say that most of the Hawaiian Zoas that I purchased from you were lost in the " Great Disaster of 09 ".
The only Frag. that survived was Green People Eaters.

Here are a few pictures of the Rics. that will be making there way into the new Set-up.

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Awesome!! I am doing something similar! :D
 
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Cool another Ric nut!

I have always like Ricordea,
But, never had a good source for them.

And now that I have a reliable source for outstanding Rics.
Watch out, Bank Account.

I just picked up 2 more for my Collection.
 

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I have always like Ricordea,
But, never had a good source for them.

And now that I have a reliable source for outstanding Rics.
Watch out, Bank Account.

I just picked up 2 more for my Collection.
when he collects, he "really" collects... :) :) :)

great theme bud... looking forward to seeing the progression of the tank... I plan on having a semi ricordia falls in my tank as well... so colorful!!! :)
 

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That is one serious closed loop you put together. Nice work!! Looking forward to the progress.
 

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Gonna have to tag this thread just to follow along - looking good!
 
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Marvinsreef wrote:
great theme bud... looking forward to seeing the progression of the tank...
It will be a slow progression.
I am taking this one slow, trying to work out all of the bugs in the system before the Corals go in.

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Coral Morphologic posted up some SICK ones last night...
Coral Morphologic*::*Ricordea*::*WYSIWYG Ricordea
Tell me about it, I had to pick up 2 more last night.

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That is one serious closed loop you put together
Thanks, this has been a fun but brain racking build.
I highly dislike the looks of " Power Head Style Water Movement Devices ".
So, Bulk Heads and Loc-Line were the only choice.
When the Rock Work is complete, there should only be 2 visible Bulk Heads / Loc-Line out of the 9.
The " Overflow Box " will also be mounted externally. That is, after I design it and have it built.
 
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I have been working with some Dried Live Rock & Aqua-Mend to get the Rock Structure that I want.
And have it Stay / Stand Up where I put it.

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The plan is,
To have water flow between the Bottom of the Rock & Sand.
Hopefully avoiding any Dead Spots.
 
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I am waiting on a pump to complete the recirculating plumbing.
The pump will be ATB Flow Star 1500 and should be here in a week or so.

I will try to get some pictures of the completed bulk heads.

The Rock Work is changing again.
I found some Live Rock with better Structure than a few pieces I already have.
So, it is being dried & cleaned.
It had a Massive Colony of Green Bubble Algae,
and, Bubble Algae is one thing I highly dislike.
 

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