Waterbox 7225 Chicago SPS Reef

ScottB · Jan 19, 2020

mfollen said:
Thanks Scott. He really did. It made the whole tank look that much better.

now the concrete ceiling... that was fun drilling into! Don’t think I’ll be doing that again

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mfollen · Feb 15, 2020

Heres an update with some more to report on the coral front.

Acros are picking up steam and I’m thankful that I got a calcium reactor setup.

slowly but increasingly the tank is becoming less of frag land.

here’s a video walkthrough of the peninsula from one side to the other:

mfollen · Feb 15, 2020

BC space laser up top, BC Adam bomb down below. Sprinkle in some hallucination zoas

BC rainbow brite:

CC kombucha starting to pick up:

From left to right
CRT peachy delight, tranquil millepora, Tyree superman tenuis, RR Taiwan mille, nice purple blasto, WWC heartbreaker, WWC Gatorade

WWC somewhere over the rainbow mille

nice ledge forming

mfollen · Feb 16, 2020

And not to forget some of the LPS

mfollen · Feb 17, 2020

vicious nori feeding frenzy by the tang gang

killers

mfollen · Mar 12, 2020

Here’s a quick update to interrupt the crazy days we got now!

Oh! A new centerpiece hybrid powder blue tang is the star of the video. Tang gang runs 5 deep now.

Nan3182 · Mar 12, 2020

@mfollen looking good!

mfollen · Mar 12, 2020

Thanks! It’s coming together

AV99 Sunset envy: day and night

ScottB · Mar 13, 2020

That is a spectacular tank in every regard. Well done!

Besides the 2 vortecs I see on the left side, what else you got running for flow.

A totally inspiring reef you have going there. I needed to see something like that these days as I rip apart my reef for a new aquascape.

mfollen · Mar 13, 2020

Thank you so much Scott!

It took many different sessions to get the aquascaping where I wanted it. Peninsulas are so tough because it needs to look good three different angles vs 1.

For flow I kept all pumps on the back end. 2 Mp40s per side. Total of 4. I have a gyre too I’m trying to figure out how to use to disrupt return flow.

what tank shape and gallons is yours?? Good luck on the resca

ScottB · Mar 13, 2020

I would love a peninsula but a large enough one does not work in my current floor plan. My display is Red Sea reefer 525 (139G). It has been up about 4 years now and is completely overgrown. Plus, I started with too much rock and stacked too high. I have 2 gyres and 2 MP40s but still cannot get good flow in the middle. SPS warfare everywhere. Corals growing out of the water. Cannot clean front glass anymore. I am about a 1/3rd through the rip; going slow so as not to shock the system too much. A couple pics: one is FTS after initial rip. Second is the right middle section; you can see it is getting tight.