FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

[Francesca]

Hello all,

Longtime cruiser of the club, first-time build thread poster.

I'm not going to bore you with details of when my passion for the hobby began and my first fish tank... yada yada yada.

I know what everyone came for... pics and videos! Please be patient with me as I figure out how to post videos and pics on this forum. I got it down pat on my local forum so forgive the missteps while navigating the learning curve.

Shot these last night, enjoy!

Lovely looking reef

 

[dricc]

I LOVE your tank. I see in one of your posts you mentioned "see it across the room coral" What are some of your favorites? TIa

 

[FarmerTy]

I LOVE your tank. I see in one of your posts you mentioned "see it across the room coral" What are some of your favorites? TIa

Thanks for following!

Some of my favorite "see across the room" corals are my Oregon Tort, green slimer, CR Electric Miyagi, Tyree Pink Lemonade, FarmerTy Purple Efflo, Strawberry Shortcake, GARF Purple Bonsai, Tyree Tricolor, ORA Hawkins Echinata, FarmerTy Lava Monster, Palmer's Blue Mille, JasonFox Fox flame, and SunnyX Sunset mille. Most of these are old school and honestly, they are the best for across the room good looks. In my experience, a lot of the newer and "high end" pieces these days look great under a closer view and from the top down or mainly under bluer lighting or even ALL blues.

The ones listed above look great from across the room and from the front as well and look great under what I call "regular lighting", at least for me that is. Somewhere around a 12k-14k spectrum... The sand is white... Not blue.

I enjoy my high end pieces too, don't get me wrong. They look amazing in the frag tank as you're already looking down on them anyways and seeing their colors like that is insane.

 

[najer]

"regular lighting" rocks, I actually like when my corals do max "normal" lighting, they are what they are!
Excuse the pic on you journal, about 30 minutes ago England time!
DSC_0003 by sshipuk, on Flickr

 

[FarmerTy]

"regular lighting" rocks, I actually like when my corals do max "normal" lighting, they are what they are!
Excuse the pic on you journal, about 30 minutes ago England time!
DSC_0003 by sshipuk, on Flickr

Beautiful! So healthy and inflated!

 

[blackizzz]

Ashamed of myself for not following this earlier Bad bad bad :mad:

Incredible tank FarmerTy! Feel like this is a must follow!

 

[FarmerTy]

Ashamed of myself for not following this earlier Bad bad bad :mad:

Incredible tank FarmerTy! Feel like this is a must follow!

Thanks for following blackizzz! It's the kid pic that sealed the deal, isn't it? [emoji12]

 

[blackizzz]

Thanks for following blackizzz! It's the kid pic that sealed the deal, isn't it? [emoji12]

Definitely the chaos one

 

[najer]

I love following the sensible journals!

 

[FarmerTy]

Definitely the chaos one

Haha, it's a daily thing in the house. [emoji23]

 

[norfolkgarden]

Thanks for following!

Some of my favorite "see across the room" corals are my Oregon Tort, green slimer, CR Electric Miyagi, Tyree Pink Lemonade, FarmerTy Purple Efflo, Strawberry Shortcake, GARF Purple Bonsai, Tyree Tricolor, ORA Hawkins Echinata, FarmerTy Lava Monster, Palmer's Blue Mille, JasonFox Fox flame, and SunnyX Sunset mille. Most of these are old school and honestly, they are the best for across the room good looks. In my experience, a lot of the newer and "high end" pieces these days look great under a closer view and from the top down or mainly under bluer lighting or even ALL blues.

The ones listed above look great from across the room and from the front as well and look great under what I call "regular lighting", at least for me that is. Somewhere around a 12k-14k spectrum... The sand is white... Not blue.

I enjoy my high end pieces too, don't get me wrong. They look amazing in the frag tank as you're already looking down on them anyways and seeing their colors like that is insane.

Interesting thought.

It's part of why we have a harem of royal gramma instead of a pair of black cap.
Both are beautiful!
But you can pick out the grammas from sitting across the room.

Thanks for an amazing tank thread!

 

[dricc]

Interesting thought.

It's part of why we have a harem of royal gramma instead of a pair of black cap.
Both are beautiful!
But you can pick out the grammas from sitting across the room.

Thanks for an amazing tank thread!

Funny I am setting up my new tank and my first fish will be a trio of royal grammas.

 

[FarmerTy]

Unique Corals Red Velvet - Color is finally coming back after the TDS incident. It's one of the last to regain color in the tank.

Cultivated Reef Electric Miyagi tort - Just wow... Never waivers... Always looks good.

Westside Purplishous - it's always nice to find a good purple acro.

 

[FarmerTy]

Well, nothing like starting the day with a City-wide boil your water notice which they have no idea when it'll end. [emoji53]

 

[lapin]

Thankfully you have that 15 stage rodi unit

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Well, nothing like starting the day with a City-wide boil your water notice which they have no idea when it'll end. [emoji53]

Feel your pain. They’re putting in a new subdivision just down the street and we got boil notices like once every week or two for what seemed like months.

 

[FarmerTy]

Thankfully you have that 15 stage rodi unit

Haha, better go get my drinking water kit and set it back up.

 

[FarmerTy]

Feel your pain. They’re putting in a new subdivision just down the street and we got boil notices like once every week or two for what seemed like months.

Annoying for sure! How has your tank done with all the boil notices? A new subdivision is going in right across the road from me soon. [emoji44]

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Annoying for sure! How has your tank done with all the boil notices? A new subdivision is going in right across the road from me soon. [emoji44]

Tank did just fine. I didn’t notice any major changes. Most of the time it was because pipes would be broken and repaired or lines were tied into the water main. At most I think my RODI sediment filter had to work harder.

 

[FarmerTy]

Tank did just fine. I didn’t notice any major changes. Most of the time it was because pipes would be broken and repaired or lines were tied into the water main. At most I think my RODI sediment filter had to work harder.

Good to know! I guess its not like when the City works on it... They will flush with chloramines in my area if they do. That's a nightmare!