spspirates 150 gallon build

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Pink Hallucinations

 

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I need some more additions to my zoa garden

 

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So I have three islands in my reef. One of them is made of Tonga branch and is dedicated to chalices only. But............there is one place at the top of the Tonga that would fit one particular SPS. So I went with my favorite ALL time coral. Oregon Blue Tort, it's a baby but it will grow nicely right here.

 

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Darth Maul feeling content

 

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Finally starting to get some growth out of my blue millepora.

 

[BigJohnny]

Darth Maul feeling content

This thing is awesome. Let's see a fresh FTS brotha!

 

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[MAXreefer]

It was a lot of work to go through all the pages but I am glad I did.
Really awesome what you achieved.
Keep going

 

[spspirate]

It was a lot of work to go through all the pages but I am glad I did.
Really awesome what you achieved.
Keep going

Thank you for reading!! That means a lot. I have had fun building and creating it. Iv'e got more corals to add and a couple more fish to go. As the corals fill in and grow you really start to see the ultimate goal but still have a long ways to go.

 

[Reefman24]

Great job on your tank. Everything looks so well planned out. Very clean setup! :)

 

[spspirate]

Great job on your tank. Everything looks so well planned out. Very clean setup! :)

Thank you!

 

[Justiful]

What is the purple and green ball between the two rocks that thing is cool. (sorry I am new, don't know much reef life).

 

[spspirate]

What is the purple and green ball between the two rocks that thing is cool. (sorry I am new, don't know much reef life).

Ha! Been there before:) I believe it's a symphilia. You'll learn quick hanging around here!

 

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Droblack's Bumble Bee Favia. This favia is one of my favorites to look at under just blue LED's

 

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ORA Plum Crazy "grafted" taking for ever to color up.

 

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This is a prime example of "that coral" that sits there and does nothing....... and all of a sudden it grows out of control.

 

[BigJohnny]

This is a prime example of "that coral" that sits there and does nothing....... and all of a sudden it grows out of control.

What is that? Btw do you just mount coral right away without trying them in different spots?

 

[spspirate]

A friend of mine relocated his PC Superman table and was nice enough to give me the base. You can see how the pigment is dark and rich from running all those LED's he has..Lol Im sure it will shift and hopefully have some axial corallites popping out everywhere.

 

[spspirate]

What is that? Btw do you just mount coral right away without trying them in different spots?

Red Planet YES!..Lol in a round about way. It depends. Some like my LPS are all mostly on the sand bed or very low near the sand bed and can be moved around. SPS I look for a suitable spot and mount it there. I do like to color coordinate my corals so no two blues next to each other and try to have a small group of different colored corals close to each other. I do consider flow and light intensity but Im working with a tank height of 20" so it's not going to be a huge difference on placement considering light intensity though there will be some.