What The Frag's 200 Gallon Tank Thread

What the frag · Feb 26, 2019

I'll be using this thread to document my 200 gallon tank build as well as sharing some of my DIY projects and macro photography. The tank was started in Aug of 2018 using rock and some components from my 90 gallon which was about 5 years old. Here's a quick overview of my system, I'll be posting periodic updates. You can also follow me on Instagram and YouTube .

The Tank
200 Gallon Marineland deep dimension tank: 4' x 3' x 2'
Custom covers made by Safe Top Lids

In The Sump

Bubble Magnus Filter Roller (aka roller mat)
Reef Octopus Skimmer
DIY Algae Turf Scrubber
Dual 40 gallon Sumps
Refugium with Miracle Mud and Caulerpa lit 24/7
Neptune COR 20 return pump
Neptune Apex (2016)
- Flow monitoring kit
- PAR monitoring kit
- Leak detection kit
- WXM module
Neptune Apex DOS (for 2 part dosing)
Finnex Titanium Heater
BRS dual reactor with GFO and carbon
Coralife UV sterilizer

Flow & Powerheads

2 x Maxpect Gyre XF230
2 x Ecotech Marine Vortech MP40
Dual 1" durso overflows, 1 safety pipe and 1 return line split into 2 random flow nozzles

Lighting

Modified Aquatic Life T5 Hybrid 48" with 24" extenders
- 2 x ATI Blue Plus bulbs
- 2 x ATI Coral Plus Bulbs
- 2 x Ecotech Marine Radion Gen3 running modified AB+
- 1 x Auqua Illumination Prime HD

Livestock - Fish

Blonde Naso Tang
Chevron Tang
Barbonius Anthias
Hawaiian Golden Dwarf Eel
Marine Betta aka Comet Grouper (12 years old)
Red Tail Triggerfish aka Sargassum Triggerfish
Mystery Wrasse
Six Line Wrasse

Livestock - Coral (over 160 corals in the tank, these are just some of them)

Acroporas
- JF Homewrecker
- Matt V Rainbow Envy
- Matt V Psycho Asylum
- Matt V Armageddon
- Cornbred Flaming Unicorn
- Cornbred Atomic Fireball
- Cornbred Wet Dreams
- Cornbred OMG
- Oregon Blue Tort
- Tierra Del Fuego
- SC Orange Passion
- Forest Fire Digitata
- Bubble Gum Digitata
- Superman Digitata
- RRC Pink Cadillac
- Walt Disney
Zoas and Palys
- GB Ring of Fire Krakatoa
- Cornbred Bloodshot Krakatoa
- WWC Buttkisser
- GB Buttkisser
- JF As krak
- Cornbred Flaming Oompa Loompa
- White zombies
- Speckled Krakatoas
- GB Cosmic Dust
- GB Hawaiian God
- Solar Flares
- JF Rainbow Incinerator
- WWC Pinky and the Brain
- Green Bay Packers
Mushrooms
- Sunkist Bounce
- OG Bounce
- Jawbreaker
- Intersteller
- Kryptonite
- St Thomas
- Ragnarok Bounce
Misc and LPS
- Space Invader Pectinia
- Torch corals (4 different colors)
- 2 x Trachyphyllia
- Lobophyllia
- Red Glitter Goniopora
- Red and Green Goniopora
- 7 x Acan Colonies (rainbow and other colors)
- WWC Vodoo Child Chalice
- GB Lava Rain Chalice
- Bubble Gum Chalice
- Dragon Soul Favia
- Ultra Dragon Soul Favia
- Ultra Pink/Yellow rock flower anemone
- Toxic Green Hammer
- Gold Hammer
- Purple Hammer
- Orange Frogspawn