gacolt's 80g rimless shallow reef

[gacolt]

Gacolt's 80 gallon deep blue rimless.

tank: deep blue 80g rimless reef ready with black backing,
stand: pine stand
lighting: ati sunpower 6 bulb
sump:40g breeder acrylic baffles 3 section low flow,25lbs of live rock and rubble,some crabs and stars
skimmer: bubble king mini 160
plumbing: schedule 40.
reactor: tlf phos reactor,carbon ran in bags
flow pump: hydor evo 1600,ecotech mp40wes,hydor 400 in sump
Ato: jbj with 10g
dosing:brs 2part bubble magus dosing pump
supplements:fuel,acropower,reef energy a&b
fish & coral food:new life spectrum,hikari Mysis shrimp,hikari rotifers,live brine weekly.
fish stock: flame wrasse pair,scopas tang,picasso clown true perc
inverts:fire shrimp,blue leg crabs,turbo snail,red brittle star,banded serpent star.
anemone: rbta 6.
rock: caribsea life rock
sand: caribsea reef sand


I downgraded to this tank when I was having troubles with pest in my 125g sps tank.i used all new rock and sand dripped all corals and cleaned any equipment that was being transferred.In doing that is of coarse stripped all nutrients and bacteria and the tank crashed.I lost most of my acro's and inverts except my rbt anemone and fire shrimp.all fish survived.It's now been alittle over a month and three weeks and the tank stabling out color is coming back to the surviving acros and im starting to enjoy the hobby once again.There are around 20 different acro's that survived the crash tough little guys.On another positive note I have no hydroids,aiptasia,majano,acro eating spiders,acro eating flatworms or any other uninvited guest.Im will not be buying any new acro's until the back of my tank is covered in coralline algae but that stuffs has been growing very fast and I think I will be good to go in about 3 months.


future plans :apex,calcium reactor,reefbrite strip but im gonna wait alittle while before I spend more money on this tank since I just lost so much.

 

[kschweer]

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Best of luck moving forward. Can't wait to see it come together!

 

[gacolt]

Sorry to hear about your troubles. Best of luck moving forward. Can't wait to see it come together!

thank you.the tank is doing better everyday.im still getting alittle stn on some of the acro's.but getting new growth on other'snot sure what that is.

 

[gacolt]

pic

 

[Joe G]

Very dope . We have similar set ups but I have had a ruff time with mine which has been set up about 8 months now .
I hope u have a way better situation then me . Good luck I will subscribe to see how it goes. Keep us posted

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Your tank is looking good. Good luck with the rebuild!

 

[gacolt]

Very dope . We have similar set ups but I have had a ruff time with mine which has been set up about 8 months now .
I hope u have a way better situation then me . Good luck I will subscribe to see how it goes. Keep us posted

thank you.
sorry to hear about your hope you can get it on track. Will do

 

[gacolt]

Your tank is looking good. Good luck with the rebuild!

thanks.

 

[gacolt]

couple pics of my male flame wrasse flashing. sorry the pics suck.

 

[Shep]

Have always wanted a flasher wrasse, if only fish stood still for photos! Tank looks good so far! Keep us updated

 

[gacolt]

Have always wanted a flasher wrasse, if only fish stood still for photos! Tank looks good so far! Keep us updated

flames are fairy wrasse.he moves fast chasing the female all around the tank.thank you and will do.

 

[gacolt]

moved some things around for more coral placement and fish hiding spots.

fts as of today.tank is now two months old.

 

[Marquiseo]

Looking good!

 

[gacolt]

Looking good!

thank you marquiseo

 

[kschweer]

Looks great! Love the open aquascape. Been wanting a pair of flames for a while now. Going to have to keep my eye out for them.

 

[gacolt]

Looks great! Love the open aquascape. Been wanting a pair of flames for a while now. Going to have to keep my eye out for them.

thank you.there my favorite wrasse species when the male starts showing off it's like two different fish.

 

[gacolt]

little update
Im switching from 2part dosing to a calcium reactor.
i bought a korallin 1502 calcium reactor from the sale forum for a great price it should be here tomorrow.
I plan on getting a planted aquarium electronic regulator and maybe a ph lid for the korallin.
will update with pics once setup

 

[gacolt]

 

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[gacolt]

FTS

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