Nicks 220g Big Boy Build

[Daniel@R2R]

Glad the plumbing issue is sorted. Great job on the rockwork! I also like the siporax reactor. That's something I hadn't thought of doing (but might do...).

 

[Nick James]

Glad the plumbing issue is sorted. Great job on the rockwork! I also like the siporax reactor. That's something I hadn't thought of doing (but might do...).

I borrowed the idea from someone else as well. It ensures there is always flow throughout and hopefully not much detritus.

 

[ihavecrabs]

Any recent updates?

 

[Nick James]

Any recent updates?

I realized I am a bit behind..

I have snails in it now.. I had two gobies in QT.. one disappeared the first day and the second died 5 days later.

The first goby was a tiny suntail and the second goby was a very large pink and blue spotted goby. I am not certain but I believe the tiny goby was a snack and not sure why the second goby died. I was going to start general cure that night when I got home from work, but it was dead.

I have orange striped cardinals on order as well as two skunk cleaner shrimps.

 

[Nick James]

Not much to update other than I have started to finally build my canopy. I also have my soon to be first fish in QT.. which is what got my butt moving on the canopy

Oh I also have some macros in my insump refugium. They will need some nutrients soon..

 

[Radman73]

Beautiful fish! Tagging along.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Nice looking tank and set up! Who is the manufacturer of the 220g tank?

 

[Fin]

Nice looking big tank. Sorry about the plumbing issues. One of my fears for my new build is flipping that switch when it is full of water and praying everything is water tight. Like your Siporax reactor. I did the same thing with an old Geo Kalk reactor I had laying around. It is 19" tall. Drilled a couple extra holes to install the necessary plumbing. I went with the large 25mm Siporax that I have seen used on some of the South American tanks I have seen on here. I have the same hope that it won't get too messy in the reactor. Counting on the larger size will help with that.

 

[Nick James]

Nice looking tank and set up! Who is the manufacturer of the 220g tank?

It's a stock marineland 220. I drilled it and had the overflow built.

 

[Nick James]

Beautiful fish! Tagging along.

Thanks radman.. I like it very much, it will be interesting to see how his colouration reacts as I add more fairy wrasses.. preferably female..

 

[Nick James]

@Fin I tried to stack the siporax in neat columns but it wasn't happening, thanks for the kind words.

 

[Nick James]

I got 3 marsaquas for Christmas and built my canopy.

And over the last few days I have been moving stuff into the 220.

Today I hope to catch my blennies and leopard wrasse to move them over, and the last of the corals and rock.

I had one newer pink milli mini colony I just picked up rtn after I moved it over. Hoping a few polyps hang on. Most of my acros were already browning out due to the neglect of the biocube and death of my skimmer over the past month and a half. I'm hoping in the 220 everything bounces back.

I still need to skin, paint and do the finish trim.

 

[Clayton Jessup]

It's a stock marineland 220. I drilled it and had the overflow built.

Very nice Nick James ! I am using a Standard Marineland 75g on my build , with a Synergy Reef Ghost Overflow 16in. How big is your overflow ? And who made it ?

 

[Nick James]

Very nice Nick James ! I am using a Standard Marineland 75g on my build , with a Synergy Reef Ghost Overflow 16in. How big is your overflow ? And who made it ?

It was built by JT acrylics in the Toronto, Canada area. It's 48" long

 

[Nick James]

These two seem to enjoy each others company from the get go.

 

[Nick James]

I've recently added three new fish that were on my list, Cirrhilabrus lubbocki, Cirrhilabrus exquisitus and a rainfords goby.

The lubbocks has done very well, (s)he? is acting like she has been here the whole time. The Exquisite seems to have an injured head (small bump) and maybe a small tear near one gill. I don't think it's from aggression from other fish but perhaps from dive bombing into the rocks upon entry into the tank.

The rainfords goby I have not seen since day 2 when it was hiding beneath some rocks (I could still see it). It has since relocated but I have not seen it, cross your fingers for me.

Lubbocks

 

[Nick James]

And another pic of my big cirrhilabrus rubrimarginalis

 

[Nick James]

Ok, I have some pics of my the fishes that were hiding. The exquisite wrasse definately had physical injuries and thankfully had recovered well without infection or issues.

Rainfords Goby hanging in the back where it ALWAYS hangs... picking away at algae and sand...

Exquisite Wrasse

 

[Nick James]

There was a first annual coral show in Niagara yesterday which was a huge success. I picked up a mini colony of a reddish pink acro with red/pink polyps, Tyree pink lemonade, a crazy leptastrea (forget name), JF Foxy Lady(?), a very fuzzy green acro, and grew up/yellow favia with orange eye.

I also picked up a tabling pinky/purple acro and a blue stag, both were huge chunks.

I suck at pics but here are a few under white lights:

 

[Texas Reefer]

Looking good!