SPSjunky
Active Member
I'm back, after too many years out of the hobby I pulled the trigger and getting ready to jump back in. Due to an unexpected move years ago, I was forced to sell-off my beloved reef and but the hobby on the back seat. I built my first reef in 2002, managed a reef shop, built and owned a reef shop, then went back to being a hobbyist(which I enjoy most). My son now turning 12 I've been looking for sometime for a complete system at a reasonable price to dive back in with.
This past weekend the search came to an end. After talking to a gentleman from southern NY, which is about an hour north of me, I made the decision to buy his dry reef. We made a plan for pickup and set the date for Sunday morning. When the day came, I woke my son up and we took the ride to bring home our new reef. This system has been dry for about 6 months, but has almost everything we need to start back up rather easily.
My vision for the reef is very different from my prior tanks. As the name suggests, I have an SPS addiction, at one time it was rather severe and complex, but I'm a changed man! For this reef, I am picturing a mixed reef with a trend. Lots of zoas down bottom, I'm thinking hornets, lakers, eagle eyes, candy apples, and maybe bowsers. On the lower part of the mid section, I am going to try to go with some euphyllies, bi-color frogspawn, torches, and a hammer. In the upper mid section, I am going to do a few leathers, I used to have a blue toadstool that I loved. The upper section is going to be saved for acros, pink lemonade, green slimer, strawberry fields.
I've never grown a tank for all frags, no colonies at all, and that is something I am going to try to stick with as much as possible. I'd really like to try to find some of the old school designer corals that were some of my favorite from back in the day. Part of the vision is to have a lot of movement in the tank, which is why I am going to put the euphyllias and leathers in the mid section.
For the aquaculture, the rock scape was created by a gentleman in PA, David Chandler of ChandlerRocks. It's made up of 4 pieces that fit together, all drilled for frag plugs, with a ton of negative space due to no rock piling at all, which I love. Couldn't be happier with the rock scape.
Equipment:
Pro-clear Prostar 90 V2 tank and stank
Pro-clear 4 area Sump
2x Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro G6
2x Ecotech Tank Mount Arm
2x EcotechDiffusers
2x Ecotech light shades
Reef Octopus Skimmer
Reef Octopus Return Pump
ATO system
4 -stage RODI Unit
AI Orbit Wavemaker
This past weekend the search came to an end. After talking to a gentleman from southern NY, which is about an hour north of me, I made the decision to buy his dry reef. We made a plan for pickup and set the date for Sunday morning. When the day came, I woke my son up and we took the ride to bring home our new reef. This system has been dry for about 6 months, but has almost everything we need to start back up rather easily.
My vision for the reef is very different from my prior tanks. As the name suggests, I have an SPS addiction, at one time it was rather severe and complex, but I'm a changed man! For this reef, I am picturing a mixed reef with a trend. Lots of zoas down bottom, I'm thinking hornets, lakers, eagle eyes, candy apples, and maybe bowsers. On the lower part of the mid section, I am going to try to go with some euphyllies, bi-color frogspawn, torches, and a hammer. In the upper mid section, I am going to do a few leathers, I used to have a blue toadstool that I loved. The upper section is going to be saved for acros, pink lemonade, green slimer, strawberry fields.
I've never grown a tank for all frags, no colonies at all, and that is something I am going to try to stick with as much as possible. I'd really like to try to find some of the old school designer corals that were some of my favorite from back in the day. Part of the vision is to have a lot of movement in the tank, which is why I am going to put the euphyllias and leathers in the mid section.
For the aquaculture, the rock scape was created by a gentleman in PA, David Chandler of ChandlerRocks. It's made up of 4 pieces that fit together, all drilled for frag plugs, with a ton of negative space due to no rock piling at all, which I love. Couldn't be happier with the rock scape.
Equipment:
Pro-clear Prostar 90 V2 tank and stank
Pro-clear 4 area Sump
2x Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro G6
2x Ecotech Tank Mount Arm
2x EcotechDiffusers
2x Ecotech light shades
Reef Octopus Skimmer
Reef Octopus Return Pump
ATO system
4 -stage RODI Unit
AI Orbit Wavemaker
