Anthony’s Cade 1500

Wrassefan78 · Jul 4, 2022

Hi Everyone,

After about a 15 year hiatus I decided to set up a reef tank. It’s only in the just after cycling stage so it still has a long way to go. I’m planning on doing a SPS dominate tank with some great fish to go with. As per my forum name there will be a few wrasses. Here is my set up so far and equipment. Cycling is complete and now I’m just waiting for the weather to be right so I can add a couple of small fish.

Tank- Cade 1500 s2 with sump and gravity fed auto top off.

Equipment
Lighting- AcroOptics LED’s
Skimmer- Bubble king mini 160 - love this thing
Powerhead/wave maker- 1 x MP60, 1 x MP40, and 1 x Nero 5
Return pump- Vectra M2
Heater- Helios 400W
Carbon reactor- BRS
CALC Reactor- Aquamax but not installed.

Misc
Dry Rock- Caribsea Life rock about 90lbs
Live Rock- Australian live rock from unique corals 25 lbs

Livestock- None so far

Status- Fully cycled and I’m debating on wether to add a clean up crew.

Please excuse the poor iPhone pics.

Dan_P · Jul 5, 2022

Wrassefan78 said:
Hi Everyone,

After about a 15 year hiatus I decided to set up a reef tank. It’s only in the just after cycling stage so it still has a long way to go. I’m planning on doing a SPS dominate tank with some great fish to go with. As per my forum name there will be a few wrasses. Here is my set up so far and equipment. Cycling is complete and now I’m just waiting for the weather to be right so I can add a couple of small fish.

Tank- Cade 1500 s2 with sump and gravity fed auto top off.

Equipment
Lighting- AcroOptics LED’s
Skimmer- Bubble king mini 160 - love this thing
Powerhead/wave maker- 1 x MP60, 1 x MP40, and 1 x Nero 5
Return pump- Vectra M2
Heater- Helios 400W
Carbon reactor- BRS
CALC Reactor- Aquamax but not installed.

Misc
Dry Rock- Caribsea Life rock about 90lbs
Live Rock- Australian live rock from unique corals 25 lbs

Livestock- None so far

Status- Fully cycled and I’m debating on wether to add a clean up crew.

Please excuse the poor iPhone pics.

Clean up crew needs to eat. Unless you plan to feed them, which is cool, wait.

animatedcorals · Jul 8, 2022

Wrassefan78 said:
Hi Everyone,

After about a 15 year hiatus I decided to set up a reef tank. It’s only in the just after cycling stage so it still has a long way to go. I’m planning on doing a SPS dominate tank with some great fish to go with. As per my forum name there will be a few wrasses. Here is my set up so far and equipment. Cycling is complete and now I’m just waiting for the weather to be right so I can add a couple of small fish.

Tank- Cade 1500 s2 with sump and gravity fed auto top off.

Equipment
Lighting- AcroOptics LED’s
Skimmer- Bubble king mini 160 - love this thing
Powerhead/wave maker- 1 x MP60, 1 x MP40, and 1 x Nero 5
Return pump- Vectra M2
Heater- Helios 400W
Carbon reactor- BRS
CALC Reactor- Aquamax but not installed.

Misc
Dry Rock- Caribsea Life rock about 90lbs
Live Rock- Australian live rock from unique corals 25 lbs

Livestock- None so far

Status- Fully cycled and I’m debating on wether to add a clean up crew.

Please excuse the poor iPhone pics.

Hey once you placed your order, how long until you received it? I’m placing an order tomorrow - hoping it’ll be delivered by July 23rd or 25th (took vacation those days)

Wrassefan78 · Jul 9, 2022

Hello,

Which order are you referring to? Live rock?

Anthony

Wrassefan78 · Jul 26, 2022

Back with a few pictures,

Tank is doing great still dealing with the ugly phase. Added a few fish to the tank. Everyone is doing great. Highly recommend Among the Reef and Poma labs.

Current Stock List

1) Tiger Pyge
2) Conspicuous Angelfish
3) Tiger Angelfish
4) Zebra Tang
5) Gem Tang
6) Earls Fairy Wrasse
7) Bells Flasher Wrasse
8) Johnson’s Fairy Wrasse

Mattgee87 · Jul 29, 2022

Nice stock list! How long does the ATO tank last before it needs refilling?

Wrassefan78 · Jul 30, 2022

Mattgee87 said:
Nice stock list! How long does the ATO tank last before it needs refilling?

Hey there,

Thanks!

I have a fan running above the tank so evaporation is a little quicker. For me it’s about 5 days or so. I never let it empty though.

Wrassefan78 · Jul 30, 2022

This was shortly after feeding time.

ReefSakes · Aug 8, 2022

Wrassefan78 said:
Back with a few pictures,

Tank is doing great still dealing with the ugly phase. Added a few fish to the tank. Everyone is doing great. Highly recommend Among the Reef and Poma labs.

Current Stock List

1) Tiger Pyge
2) Conspicuous Angelfish
3) Tiger Angelfish
4) Zebra Tang
5) Gem Tang
6) Earls Fairy Wrasse
7) Bells Flasher Wrasse
8) Johnson’s Fairy Wrasse

Nice stock list! Similar to mines for my 260g sps system. BA regal angelfish, BA multibar angelfish, BAgoldflake angelfish, BA yellow/purple hybrid tang, Zebra tang, Kingi Tiger Angel, BA purple mask angel, BA Tigerpyge Angel, Blueface Angel, Poma Labs Conspic Angel, Scribbled angel, sunburst anthias, borbonius anthias, Mystery wrasse, possum wrasse

Wrassefan78 · Aug 8, 2022

That’s quite a list! I was offered a yellow/purple hybrid but declined. Are you ordering directly from BA? I want to see what it looks like when it’s an adult. I know there’s a picture of one but I’m not sure if that’s the norm or not. I know from my list I need to start looking at smaller fish. I do have a joculator angel coming in the next few weeks as well as a pair of blue lines.

ReefSakes · Aug 8, 2022

There are no pictures of adults yet as there are no adults yet. Mines is 2.5-3"

Wrassefan78 said:
That’s quite a list! I was offered a yellow/purple hybrid but declined. Are you ordering directly from BA? I want to see what it looks like when it’s an adult. I know there’s a picture of one but I’m not sure if that’s the norm or not. I know from my list I need to start looking at smaller fish. I do have a joculator angel coming in the next few weeks as well as a pair of blue lines.