cmaxwell39's 150

cmaxwell39 · Apr 21, 2013

I thought I would start a thread over here for my tank. It is a 150 gallon (72x24x20) glass tank with a 135 basement sump.

This tank is 2 1/2 years old, and is a SPS reef. Flow is provided by 2 MP40's. The tank is lit by an Aquatinics Constellation fixture. Skimmer is a SRO 3000 Int and the return pump is BF3600.

Fish are as follows.

White Cheek Tang (Acanthursu nigricans)
Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus)
Mededithi Angelfish (Chaetodontoplus meredithi)
Ocellaris clownfish x2 (Amphiprion ocellaris)
Green Chromis x5 (Chromis viridis)
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
Rhomboid Fairy Wrasse x2 (Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis)
Labouti Fairy Wrasse x3 (Cirrhilabrus laboutei)
Lineatus Fairy Wrasse x2 (Cirrhilabrus linneatus)

Some pics of the tank.

Thanks for checking out my humble tank. If you have any questions please ask.

mrpillow · Apr 21, 2013

Surprised no comments on this one! Awesome looking tank, love the open space and some beautiful fish.

CoralFragZ · Apr 21, 2013

Corals are looking great Calvin!

cmaxwell39 · Apr 21, 2013

mrpillow said:
Surprised no comments on this one! Awesome looking tank, love the open space and some beautiful fish.

Thanks a bunch.

tdb320reef said:
Corals are looking great Calvin!

Thanks Tom.

SeahorseKeeper · Apr 21, 2013

Awesome looking tank!!

cmaxwell39 · Apr 21, 2013

Thank you.

revsgirl · Apr 22, 2013

Looks great!! Thanks for sharing!

Chasing the Dream Giver, not the dream! Tonya

cmaxwell39 · Apr 22, 2013

Thank you. How about a few more pictures?

revhtree · Apr 22, 2013

Well done! Great job!

cmaxwell39 · Apr 23, 2013

Thanks Rev.

How about some acros?

cmaxwell39 · Apr 25, 2013

Dug through the photobucket account and found some old pics of the "guts" of the system.

The pics are from this past summer, not from the start of the tank.

There is also a 50 gal QT tank in the basement, not pictured.

cmaxwell39 · May 11, 2013

Pink Lemonade:

Jingle Bells Table:

Pearlberry:

Some random pics of my fairy wrasses:

gotzkill · May 23, 2013

love your wrasse's

revhtree · May 23, 2013

Looks great!

cmaxwell39 · May 23, 2013

gotzkill said:
love your wrasse's

Thank you. My collection is just about complete (well for now at least) I would just like to find a nice male exquisite, or a pair, to put with my remaining female. The male of the pair died this past winter. Not sure what happened to him. Watched that guy change from female to male in QT, was almost beat to death by a bad fairy wrasse decision that I had made (pylies), made a comeback and would display with insane brightness and regularity. Here are some old pics of one of my favorite fairy wrasses. RIP.

I obviously miss this guy.

revhtree said:
Looks great!

Thanks rev.

cmaxwell39 · Jun 14, 2013

Got a frag pack from BattleCorals this week. This is my first order from them and so far I am very pleased. Figured I would use this batch of corals to document my coral QT process. There has been quite a learning curve for me to get a process down where I can keep them alive, and yet feel confident that any pests are taken care of before going into the main system.
Frags floating to temp acclimate:

After temp acclimating I just remove from shipping bag and place into QT tank. I have found that giving corals a week or so to acclimate to the new light and QT parameters before dipping really helps cut down on losses for me.
Corals in QT:

Full QT shot:

I will dip the corals this weekend (probably tomorrow). I am going to be using RPS All Out. I have yet to try this dip, but I have it on hand so I want to try it out. I also have Revive, and Bayer on hand if All Out does not do what I want it too. I will post some shots individual corals later on.

Flameback Pair · Jun 15, 2013

Are you supplementing anything to make the corals color-up?

cmaxwell39 · Jun 16, 2013

My system is pretty simple. I dose vinegar to control nitrates and phosphates and once in a while I throw in some MicrobeLift Special blend. I also use a couple of drops of Elos amino acids when colors are starting to get to pale and dose some lugols when the blues are fading. Other than that it is simply maintaining good water parameters dosing 2 part and doing weekly water changes. Thanks for asking and hope that helps.

cmaxwell39 · Jul 27, 2013

Finally had a chance to get a few pictures taken. Work has been crazy the last few weeks and haven't had much time, but here are a few that turned out halfway decent.

Full tank shot:

Green Slimer:

Sunset Milli:

Jason Fox violet orange monti: