T-Man's new 50 Gallon Drop Off

[Mark Teitelman]

You bet! Me too haha

Looks great! Keep it forever i wanna see this in 20 years ;-)

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey everyone so here are some updates...about 6 months in now...been a fun ride! Classic mixed reef, pretty heavy lean to LPS, but I have a number of SPS frags that are starting to grow pretty well. Mostly Acros, a couple of Monti Satosa and some other montipora. 7 fish in and a yellow assessor will be added in 3 weeks after QT. Coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, peppermint shrimp, pistol shrimp and 2 emerald crabs also in system. Fish are 2 clowns (tank raised), 2 watchman gobies (tank raised and paired with shrimp now), Melanarus wrasse, blue springeri damsel (tank raised), and gold midas blenny.

Pics aren't as crips as normal, i'm filtering out the blues a bit. But you get the idea. Onward!

 

[MermaidTail]

One of my favorite tanks on the forums. Looks awesome!

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey thanks Mermaid that means a lot! Made my day

 

[MermaidTail]

Hey thanks Mermaid that means a lot! Made my day

Be proud- it’s a beautiful tank!!

 

[kciNFL]

The tank keeps getting better and better! I love it.

 

[FredsNJReef]

this tank is beautiful and you are stocking it so well!

cheers!

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey thanks! I’m out of country for a week but when I get back will update. Added a few pieces. Pretty much full now!

 

[HolisticBear]

Hey thanks! I’m out of country for a week but when I get back will update. Added a few pieces. Pretty much full now!

Looking forward to the new pictures

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey everyone so I'm putting up some pics I just took of the 50 gallon drop off reef. Been up and running for about 9 months...system has been remarkably stable--I'm at war with my huge pistol shrimp and bonded watchman gobies, who disagree with much of my design choices haha Man they do love to move that sand! So not a ton of changes in the last couple months--I did add a meat coral to the front, and moved my white bubble to the back, replacing it with a cool red blasto colony. For some reason the shrimp and gobies loved trying to bury the bubble...so the move seems to have staved that one off for now...

10 fish in there now--the 2 Gobies, a Springeri Damsel, Midas Blenny, Melanarus Wrasse, Yellow Assessor, a pair of Banggai Cardinals, and a pair of clowns. In about 2 weeks once they clear QT a small cleaner goby and a stippled clingfish are going to join the party. Inverts are Coral Banded shrimp, peppermint shrimp, cleaner shrimp, a couple of emerald crabs and various snails and hermits.

For the most part not too much coral warfare so far...I keep a close eye on the hammers and frogspawn, those tentacles get VERY long...but most of the tank is getting along nicely. I'm sure I'll be keeping a close eye on this as space becomes a premium as things grow in...especially up top.

Been a pretty fun adventure so far...a ton of work, but all good...

 

[FredsNJReef]

looking really good!!

 

[ryan32.rc]

Awesome tank [emoji106]

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hello all I’m heading out of the country for a work gig so I took these pics of the tank to take with me—pretty much filled it in, added some gorgonians to the top and snuck in one hammer on the bottom for the euphillia garden. And last night I discovered a very tiny Banggai Cardinal baby—it’s so small I doubt it will survive but we are dumping plenty of planktonic foods and small bits so it has a chance—pretty cool.

 

[FredsNJReef]

Looking good and good luck with the baby BC!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Hey @Mark Teitelman how's the reef doing? Great job! Following!

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Hey @Mark Teitelman how's the reef doing? Great job! Following!

Hey there!!! Sorry for my absence...Been crazed the last several months!!! But all is well with the reef! I'm still at war with my pistol shrimp who does not care for my design choices one bit...so i've had to move a couple of pieces off the lower sand and to the upper part of drop off...

Just added a really nice mystery wrasse to the menagerie...will try to get a pic of him when I can...

Here are some updates...

I like this one, my lights have barely turned on, it's just as the sun comes up outside our window, we get some cool natural light shining on it for about an hour as everything wakes up...

I will get some pics with the full blues at some point in the next couple days (I'm still out of town doing World Cup stuff) but overall I think the tank is aging well!

I know it doesn't look like it but there are 12 fish in there now...2 clowns, 2 Banggai Cardinals, Gold Midas Blenny, 2 Watchman gobies, a blue Springeri Damsel, yellow assessor, Melanarus wrasse, Mystery wrasse and Kamohara blenny.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Hey there!!! Sorry for my absence...Been crazed the last several months!!! But all is well with the reef! I'm still at war with my pistol shrimp who does not care for my design choices one bit...so i've had to move a couple of pieces off the lower sand and to the upper part of drop off...

Just added a really nice mystery wrasse to the menagerie...will try to get a pic of him when I can...

Here are some updates...

I like this one, my lights have barely turned on, it's just as the sun comes up outside our window, we get some cool natural light shining on it for about an hour as everything wakes up...

I will get some pics with the full blues at some point in the next couple days (I'm still out of town doing World Cup stuff) but overall I think the tank is aging well!

I know it doesn't look like it but there are 12 fish in there now...2 clowns, 2 Banggai Cardinals, Gold Midas Blenny, 2 Watchman gobies, a blue Springeri Damsel, yellow assessor, Melanarus wrasse, Mystery wrasse and Kamohara blenny.

Those are some REALLY cool pics! Awesome!!

 

[infinite0180]

Wow, this is incredible!

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Those are some REALLY cool pics! Awesome!!

Thanks man! It's been a fun ride so far...

 

[Mark Teitelman]

Wow, this is incredible!

Hey thanks! I learn a lot every day but overall am really happy with the system! Weekly water changes, algae reactor, skimmer...a few dosing things...not too bad overall