Waters Cade 1800 SPS dominated reef

[Waters]

CURRENT TANK STARTS AT POST #79

Well since I have been a member here for 5 years, I figured it was time to do a build thread :) Since my current tank has been running for over a year, it will be more of a tank update thread since everything is already in place. I will keep this first post updated as things change (both livestock and equipment).

Tank
105 gallon Deep Sea Aquatics rimless
Bashsea SS-36 Signature sump
Cade 1800 S2 with Cade Sump

Water Flow
2 AI Nero 7s
5 Ecotech MP40s
Ecotech Vectra M1

Filtration
NYOS Quantum 120 skimmer
Red Sea Reefer DC 600
Aqua Ultraviolet 40 Watt UV
Red Sea Reefmat 1200
3 Bashsea 4-12 media reactors

Media
Rowaphos phosphate remover (when needed)
Rox 0.8 carbon
Soda Lime

Dosing
2 part
AWCs throughout the week

Lighting
3 Ecotech Radion XR30 Pros Gen6
4 T5s (2 Coral+ and 2 Blue+)

Controller
Neptune Apex
Neptune Dos X2 (AWC and 2part)
Neptune DDR
Neptune ALD

Misc.
Finnex 300W heater
Tunze Osmolator 3155
Cade ATO
Ecotech Reeflink

Stock list
Dragon Wrasse - Novaculichthys taeniourus
Red Coris Wrasse - Coris gaimard
Gem Tang - Zebrasoma gemmatum)
Blue Tang - Paracanthurus hepatus
Mocha Storm Clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris
Black Storm Clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris
One Spot Foxface - Siganus unimaculatus
Spotted Mandarin - Synchiropus picturatus
Azure Damsel -2 - Chrysiptera hemicyanea

Astrea Snails
Turbo Snails

100% Acropora

Here are some equipment pictures.....sump sits in my fishroom/furnance room/extra refrigerator room behind the tank :) Please ignore my wife's glasses (I hope she doesn't see this thread) being used for my dosing containers.....DDR is in for repair.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Amazing tank! Looks good :) I'm hoping my red cap looks that good one day :)
Make sure you claim your build thread badge by clicking the link below in my signature if you already haven't :)

 

[Waters]

Amazing tank! Looks good :) I'm hoping my red cap looks that good one day :)
Make sure you claim your build thread badge by clicking the link below in my signature if you already haven't :)

Thanks Crabs....just did actually. I wish you lived closer....I have more than I know what to do with that stuff. Wants to overgrow all surrounding coral lol.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Thanks Crabs....just did actually. I wish you lived closer....I have more than I know what to do with that stuff. Wants to overgrow all surrounding coral lol.

Mine is pretty small, but that's due to my own stupidity. It used to be about the size of my Samsung S8, but now its almost a quarter that size. It'll grow out though :)

 

[Waters]

Mine is pretty small, but that's due to my own stupidity. It used to be about the size of my Samsung S8, but now its almost a quarter that size. It'll grow out though :)

Yeah, once they start growing it is pretty hard to get them to stop lol. Mine didn't move for a long time.....then overnight it seemed I noticed new growth on all the plates. Now I have to snap pieces off almost twice a month to control it.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Yeah, once they start growing it is pretty hard to get them to stop lol. Mine didn't move for a long time.....then overnight it seemed I noticed new growth on all the plates. Now I have to snap pieces off almost twice a month to control it.

My uncle, who gave me the frag, has a 45, and one whole half of his tank is covered.

 

[Foxy-88]

This tank is beautiful. Hope my monti looks like that one day

 

[Crabs McJones]

Yeah, once they start growing it is pretty hard to get them to stop lol. Mine didn't move for a long time.....then overnight it seemed I noticed new growth on all the plates. Now I have to snap pieces off almost twice a month to control it.

Here is mine before I broke it

 

[Foxy-88]

Here is mine before I broke it

That's awesome!

 

[Waters]

Here is mine before I broke it

Looks good! As long as you are seeing the white growth rings it is in good shape :)

 

[Foxy-88]

Mine isn't as impressive as both of yours but for almost a years worth of growth I'd say it's doing pretty good. When I first got it it was the size of quarter it's definitely quadrupled in size

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Beautiful reef!! Following!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

@Waters any updates?

 

[revhtree]

Great reef!

 

[mattgsa]

You have a really nice tank, I really love your dosing containers.

 

[Waters]

@Waters any updates?

Unfortunately not........everything is just chugging along......I will post a few pictures this week. I haven't added anything new but all the Acros and Montis are showing strong growth.

 

[Waters]

You have a really nice tank, I really love your dosing containers.

Lol thanks.....my wife wasn't too happy with them, since they were our new glasses :) I have my Dos containers back in place fortunately.

 

[mattgsa]

I was thinking my wife would not be happy either. Great tank. :)

 

[Waters]

I snapped a couple of quick top down, room lit pics during a water change. Amazing how much the look of everything changes once the lights go on......

 

[Waters]

Snapped a full tank shot........everything is growing nicely :)