New 150 Gallon SCA Tank And Custom Stand Build

[vpierce3]

Very nice setup! Putting your ATO tank on a slide out - genius!

You can add a few more fairy wrasses; the following are some that will get along with your lubbocks:

C. Lineatus aka lineatus fairy
C. rubrimarginatus aka pink margin fairy (don't mix this one with lineatus)
C. rubeus aka ruby longfin fairy
C. naokoae aka naoko's fairy
C. exquisitus aka exquisite fairy

I noticed that you have a mandarin so I won't suggest any wrasses that will out compete the mandarin for pods.

Thank you!
Would a carpenter wrasse be ok? I think they’re really pretty.

 

[vpierce3]

Very nice setup! Putting your ATO tank on a slide out - genius!

You can add a few more fairy wrasses; the following are some that will get along with your lubbocks:

C. Lineatus aka lineatus fairy
C. rubrimarginatus aka pink margin fairy (don't mix this one with lineatus)
C. rubeus aka ruby longfin fairy
C. naokoae aka naoko's fairy
C. exquisitus aka exquisite fairy

I noticed that you have a mandarin so I won't suggest any wrasses that will out compete the mandarin for pods.

Thank you also for considering my mandarin. I’m fortunate with him though as he eats frozen foods.

 

[SaltyT]

Thank you!
Would a carpenter wrasse be ok? I think they’re really pretty.

Yes, a carpenter's flasher wrasse would be fine. You could add 3 or 4 flasher wrasses to your mix.

 

[SaltyT]

Thank you also for considering my mandarin. I’m fortunate with him though as he eats frozen foods.

Getting one to eat frozen can be tough. Nice job!

 

[vpierce3]

Getting one to eat frozen can be tough. Nice job!

I wish I could take credit but when I saw him at the LFS, I asked to see another fish eat. When he poured in the food the mandarin started eating. I was like, never mind the other fish, I’ll take HIM. Lol. Totally lucked out.

 

[vpierce3]

Dang it. You guys got me started. Check out my new name avatar.

 

[SaltyT]

Dang it. You guys got me started. Check out my new name avatar.

And so it begins lol

 

[vpierce3]

And so it begins lol

Ok. So I’ve decided on a few wrasses:
McCoskars wrasse
Red Head Solon Fairy
Red Velvet Fairy
Earmuff wrasse

Do those choices look good to you?

 

[vpierce3]

Tank update:
Everything is doing well. The dinos are totally gone. I did loose two small stylophora frags. All other corals are well.

I am still dosing small amounts of trisodium phosphate. I’m not watching numbers as much as I am the rate at which film algae forms on my glass.

I also just ordered a couple of AI Nero 5 pumps to replace the cheapies I have now. My flow is good but I know it can be better with controllable pumps.

The next thing I will be doing is slowly adding larger substrate to my fine sand bed to help things stay put.

 

[SaltyT]

Ok. So I’ve decided on a few wrasses:
McCoskars wrasse
Red Head Solon Fairy
Red Velvet Fairy
Earmuff wrasse

Do those choices look good to you?

Both of those fairies can be downright aggressive towards flashers so I recommend dropping the McCoskers off the list. The other 3 should be fine together.

 

[vpierce3]

I got my new pumps today. Two AI Nero 5s. I really like them so far. Very powerful, small and nice looking, and the setup on the app was a breeze.

 

[cwerner]

Have any updates for us? I'm looking hard at the SCA 150 as a tank upgrade, how has it been performing for you?

 

[Wasabiroot]

SCA tanks are great bang for the buck. Following!

 

[vpierce3]

Have any updates for us? I'm looking hard at the SCA 150 as a tank upgrade, how has it been performing for you?

I haven’t done anything new in a while. Been really busy. Everything is really stable. I’m still struggling to keep my phosphates up. I’d like to add some more polluters (fish) to help with that.
The tank is great. No problems at all. It’s beautiful.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I haven’t done anything new in a while. Been really busy. Everything is really stable. I’m still struggling to keep my phosphates up. I’d like to add some more polluters (fish) to help with that.
The tank is great. No problems at all. It’s beautiful.

Glad everything is stable!

 

[OutColdCRNA]

Absolutely love you stand. I made one similar for a 65 gallon tank. Following along as I’m looking to upgrade to this tank.