90 gal Mixed Garden

[Rychek]

Here is my little garden. It hasn't been running for all that long (about a year), but it makes me happy (unless it's making me sad or angry... it's a toss up).

These pics are a few weeks old. I don't have the Xenia or GSP anymore and I've re-aquascaped, but you get the general idea.

 

[Rychek]

Corals

Here is a sample of what I'm growing

 

[MarvinsReef]

sweet... pls post with the tank specs and updated pics when you get a chance... welcome to R2R...

 

[Rychek]

Here are my tank specs. I'm primarily working toward a softy garden, but I do have a couple hard corals.

Basic Info:

Hardware:
90 gal mixed reef
Custom Calfo style overflow with 2" drains
30 gal sump/fuge
Reef Octopus NW-150 skimmer
2x IceCap 660 running 6x 48" T5 in a custom canopy
Koralia #2, #3, Mag9.5 return and (temporarily) Marineland Magnum 350 cannister.

Livestock:
Fish:
Yellow Tang (still not sure if I'm going to keep him or not)
Flame Angel (also one step away from eviction)
Firefish
Purple Firefish
ORA Percula Clown (recently lost her mate )
Lawnmower Blenny
Randall's Shrimp Goby
Green Mandarin (fat as can be)
Target Mandarin (getting fatter all the time)

Coral:

Various mushrooms (Purple, Red, Orange, Green Striped, Green Spotted)
Florida Ricodia (orange/blue and blue/green)
A few Palys, lots of Zoas (too many to list right now)
Orange Monti Cap (was a free frag from a local MAAST member)
Christmas Favia (my lone LPS)

I tried to take a few pics last night, but they turned out fuzzy. I'll try to get the tripod out tonight and get a few worth sharing.

 

[ahayes13]

Very nice !

 

[Rychek]

New Pics

I managed to get a few pics taken tonight. Some of them turned out fairly well. One of these days I'll get a good lens (using the cheapo kit lens) and actually learn how to use my camera (Canon EOS XTI). I usually tinker with manual mode, but I was using a semi-automatic mode (didn't realize it until I was done). Anyway, here they are.

Left Side of Tank

More Left Side

Right Side of Tank

A Little More Right Side

Rightmost Side

One more Right Side

Sand

More Sand

 

[Mockery]

Looking really good! What did you make that arch out of?

 

[Rychek]

The arch is four rocks. I drilled 3/8" holes in each rock and used a plastic hanger and epoxy putty to give it its shape. Not much to it really.

 

[Rychek]

Here is an up to date FTS

 

[dfurbee]

Nice tank, and coralline.

 

[Rychek]

Thanks! I'm very pleased with how my tank is turning out. I can hardly wait for my frags to grow out and colonize the rock.

 

[Rychek]

I've been dissatisfied with my actinic lighting for a while, so I went to my lfs and picked up a Geissman Powerchrome (I think that was the name, it's a Geissman somethingorother) to add a bit more pop. When I went to instal the new bulb II discovered that half of my UVL actinic bulb was burnt out. :mad:

I moved a few bulbs around and replaced the old actinic with the new then took a few pics. For reference I've listed my bulb orders and ballast wiring.

Old Order (back to front)
B1 UVL Aquasun 10k
B1 ATI Blue Plus
B2 ATI Aquablue
B2 UVL Actinic
B1 KZ Figi Purple
B1 ATI Blue Plus

New Bulb Order (back to front)
B1 UVL Aquasun 10k
B1 ATI Aquablue
B2 UVL Actinic
B2 ATI Blue Plus
B1 KZ Figi Purple
B1 ATI Blue Plus

Now for the important part, the pics! These pics were taken with ballast 2 only (and I need to learn how to use my camera better).

Christmas Favia

Lunar Eclipse

Zoa Experiment on Arch

Radio Active Dragon Eyes & Orange Delight

AOG

Others

All in all, I'm happy with the new bulb combo, but I look forward to replacing a few more bulbs once they get old. :bigsmile: