Carl’s 80 gallon reef

[Chac317]

Snapped a few top downs from my water change tonight. Pic dump incoming for my personal records

one zoa garden

 

[Chac317]

Other zoa mag rock

 

[Chac317]

Higher end stuff
VDMs, bow tie blasters, rainbow infusions, AOIs and others

 

[Chac317]

Not sure what these are. When all else fails put in high light and enjoy lol

 

[Chac317]

Miami vice, petroglyphs, Tubbs blue, acid reflux and a Monti

 

[Chac317]

Some other sps

 

[Chac317]

Last one I promise lol

 

[jguerin88]

are you using the deep blue stand for the tank?

 

[NanoDJS]

Not sure what these are. When all else fails put in high light and enjoy lol

butmunchers

 

[Chac317]

are you using the deep blue stand for the tank?

yep

 

[jguerin88]

yep

any pics of it ? quality ? do you recommend ? do you have the inside useable dimensions

 

[Chac317]

any pics of it ? quality ? do you recommend ? do you have the inside useable dimensions

I can get some when I get home. I bought it used so I’m not sure of the time it was used before me. It has the side door so I could slide an oversized sump in. I don’t like the fact that there is a middle brace that gets in the way when trying to work underneath. And the doors are starting to rust off lol. But it holds the tank I guess.

 

[Chac317]

A couple updated top down pics from a recent water change. I also ordered the smart phone top down viewer from Melev’s reef, definitely love this angle of pics the best. Hopefully it arrives decently soon with all that’s going on.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

Great looking frags. Looks like the move to the reefbrite and prime really worked out well

 

[Chac317]

Great looking frags. Looks like the move to the reefbrite and prime really worked out well

I do love the primes. I still need to get a hold of the local club PAR meter to really get them set. I went off eye judgement to start and the corals seem to be adjusting well for the most part

 

[Chac317]

Received my acrylic smart phone floater box. Now I can take top downs on days other than water change days. I have a bunch of the cheap gel filters and bam amateur photographer. Here is a pic dump from tonight. Some turned out better than others but I’ll get better lol I hope

 

[Chac317]

Top down Tuesday

one of these days they will all be open in the same picture

 

[Chac317]

Sold off my large Xenia rock. That was bittersweet, most think of Xenia as a pest but I use it as a visual alert to something wrong in the water. There have been times where they stop pulsing and sure enough something was off. Of course, I have some pieces all over since it spreads like fire but this rock gave a bunch of movement. But, now I can have more space for corals. I moved the large custom rock over to the side so it wasn’t blocking the flow and I never really liked it just straight in the middle of the tank. I’m going to let things adjust for a few weeks (we will see if I actually stick to this) before adding anything else.
Full tank shot, and then left side middle right side shots a bit closer up with t5 off and AI primes and reefbrites on.

 

[Chac317]

Couple close ups. No idea what either of the ones in the first pic are but they contrast nicely. Then some rose nebulas looking all purty

 

[Chac317]

I am having a total brain fart here. Anybody know how this intake tube gets removed so I can remove the body and clean the pump? I tried pulling and turning and I’m afraid I’m going to break it. Model is Skimz sp187. The manual online is less than helpful.