First custom tank :xd:

Mr Jaws · Apr 28, 2014

Hi everybody, i'm new here and i would like to share my new custom tank. Its my first upgrade from a 55 gallons to 130 gallons tank. I started it from 0 step by step to enjoy what i like, reef keeping, same with corals i bought all of them in frags to look at'em how the grow, how fast, the consume, the color, ect. That's my opinion

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Tanks info.
tank size: 48"L x 30"W x 21"H
Sump: 40g breeder aquarium
light: Tek Light 48" 8x54watts
Light supplemented by reef brite 48" royal blue
Flow: x2 Vortech MP40W
Filtration: x2 100 microon socks
skimmer: Vertex Alpha Cone 200 -royal exclusive-
Media reactors: Vertex Rx-U 1.5L (carbon & GFO) AIO
Return: Reef Octopus Diablo DC pump
Sand: Aragonite
liverock: 100lbs

Feeding:
frozen-rottifers, mysis, red plankton, cyclops
Live: brine shrimp
pellet: coral frenzy, new era, Algae

*No aditives*

Parameters:
Ca: 460
Mg: 1350
Kh: 8.4
Po4: undef. 0
No3: undef. 0
No2: 0
Nh3: 0
Ph: 8.1

Water change: every 15 days 5 gallons

Livestock:

Fish
Purple tang: 6 month
Lieutenant tang: 6 month
Yellow tang: 2 month
Melanorus wrasse: 5 years
Snowflake clown regular: 2 month
Snowflake clown black: 2 month

Inverts:
Blood fire shrimp
sand snifter starfish
x10 blue legs hermits
x5 turbo snails
Stomatelas snails

Corals:
Hammer ( green, peach, pink tip, purple tip)
Torch( green, gold)
Soft ( colt, tyree toadstool)
Acans
Favias
Rics( floridas, yumas)
Mushrooms
Galaxea
Duncan
Montipora (purple rim, setosa)
Birdnest (green, pink)
Wellsophylia
Rosy brain
Platygira
Fungia (green purple, orange)
Zoas ( chuckys bride, mind blowing, captn. america, masacre valentines, ppe (green, red, puple) nuclear death,purple death, ect...

HOPE YOU LIKE IT!

mike007 · Apr 28, 2014

Great looking tank.

Mr Jaws · Apr 28, 2014

Davesgt · Apr 28, 2014

Very nice!

Mr Jaws · Apr 28, 2014

Mr Jaws · Apr 28, 2014

Thanks Davesgt & mike 007

Mr Jaws · Apr 28, 2014

Arn@ldo · Apr 29, 2014

good to see you here buddy here you will find a lot of good info make good friends and learn from others.

Reefing Madness · Apr 29, 2014

Mr Jaws · Apr 30, 2014

Thanks , that's the purpose keep learning about reef keeping and share opinions with other people or suggestions about how to take care of corals or fishes in any situation.

Mr Jaws · May 1, 2014

Check it out! Picture from now. Opinions please.

Mr Jaws · May 3, 2014

btw, my skimmer the Vertex alpha cone 200 is for sale also the media reactor Vertex Rx-U 1.5L..... if you are interesed le me know pm cause from now i cant post it on the selling forum

fishroomlady · May 3, 2014

tank looks really nice!

Mr Jaws · May 3, 2014

Thanks. Fishroomlady! Still working on it to make it better. Its 9 month only.

kschweer · May 3, 2014

Very nice! Great job with the aquascape.

Mr Jaws · May 3, 2014

Thanks Ksxhweer that took me a while but patient its the key for this (;

AsphaltPays · May 3, 2014

Definitely a very nice setup! The dimensions are awesome Who built the tank?

Mr Jaws · May 3, 2014

AsphaltPays thanks, i made the dimensions and my friend built it, its in 1/2" glass rimless, 12"overflow drilled, 3/4" returns in both sides. I wanted to go euro braced but he said it wasn't necessary because ita not too high.