Low Tech 75 Gallon Mix Reef/Sponge Farm

[PokeFish]

Hey R2R! Thought i’d share my third upgraded tank in 3 years
Went from 20gal to 55 Red Sea reefer to 75 GALLON AQUEON TANK

Nothing fancy but thought I’d start off on the right foot this time

TANK BREAKDOWN
Put rocks and coral and fish in 20 gallon
Also caught a BIG butt BOBBIT WORM

For the 75 gallon itself,
Ordered some base coralline rock from saltybottom as well as live sand
I pretty much just mixed all sorts of rock together, but most of my rocks from previous tanks were from SALTYBOTTOM

 

[PokeFish]

PICS FROM WHEN I JUST SET UP THE TAKK
originally I had 3 AI PRIMES, planned on having some sps on right side
One fell into the water tho
they gotta make this stuff for rimmed tanks too!
**EQUIPMENT LIST**
2x Nero 3
1x JEBAO (for surface agitation)
1x PENNPLAXX CANISTER
2x AI PRIME 16HD
1x heater
1x GREEN KILLING MACHINE UV (added later cuz my tank has ich or something )

 

[PokeFish]

STOCKING
corals
Bananas (eaten)
1x cleaner shrimp
1x whitetail bristle tooth tang (acorn)
2x clownfish
3x cardinal fish

**TANK IS NOW 1.5 MONTHS OLD**
Struggling ATM with high phos, but corals seem ok. Started running rowaphos yesterday

There’s also a pistol shrimp somewhere

I rely lots also on various sponges and live rock for biological filtration since I only have a canister on this guy

 

[PokeFish]

Forgot to mention there’s also a clear cave goby and a whatever this guy is
Also this clownfish has a on him!!

 

[PokeFish]

Coral rehab
the sad looking toadstool in the back is actually a Japanese neon toadstool!
A month ago when I received it, it was practically dead! - just a little nub

Has been slowly extending and recovering…
Hopefully it’ll grow up nice and strong

 

[PokeFish]

JUST GOT BACK FROM CORAL FARMERS MARKET (CFM)
Got some zoas, acros, LPS, and other sps!

All the trash!

Iodine dip :0

Some stickers

 

[PokeFish]

Here’s a pic of all the coral when I just added them - I will update later today

 

[CasperOe]

Looks like you're getting on very well! Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do a reef tank on a canister filter! Well done..

 

[Ioanis234]

can you do reef tank with canister? i thought for fw only. i have one

 

[Rugops]

Anything is possible!

 

[PokeFish]

Looks like you're getting on very well! Don't let anyone tell you that you can't do a reef tank on a canister filter! Well done..

Anything is possible!

Definitely! You would not believe the amount of people on Reddit of all places telling me I was on a road to failure with this canister…
but So far so good! Fingers crossed lol

 

[Ioanis234]

Forgot to mention there’s also a clear cave goby and a whatever this guy is
Also this clownfish has a on him!!

i like this fish but thought clown fish was orange

 

[CasperOe]

Definitely! You would not believe the amount of people on Reddit of all places telling me I was on a road to failure with this canister…
but So far so good! Fingers crossed lol

Well done so far, looks like you're on the road to success!

 

[PokeFish]

i like this fish but thought clown fish was orange

There are many clownfish species that may be yellow, orange, red or have one, two or even no stripes! I forgot the exact type of clownfish these are, but they are captive bred ones that you would not find in the wild - hence the color

 

[PokeFish]

Can someone id the Acro?

Alveopora doiin well

 

[PokeFish]

DAY 2 FTS!!

Really happy with how things are doing. Great extension throughout (acros taking some more time but they are coming out)

Acro

Acro 2 being bothered by chippy the shrimp

White zombie zoa

Some more sps- the big one I received for like 10 bucks since the dude just got it in and it’s was not looking too good from shipping

Pocillopora (?)

 

[PokeFish]

This elegance is also absolutely beautiful -
Sold to me as gold topped elegance but tips are more like neon greenish… wasn’t too bad for the price tho

 

[PokeFish]

Just noticed that the skeleton of the alveopora is a bit white?

Is this normal or is it bleaching…

 

[PokeFish]

Flatworms on the elegance! Seems ticked.
I’m going to dip it but any suggestions on wrasse that can eat these guys?

The flatworms are pretty big and are brownish in color

 

[PokeFish]

Okay quick update!
I dipped the elegance in iodine and the flatworms are gone (for now)
He’s opening back up

I also introduced a fish ( yellow coris wrasse aka banana aka flatwormdestroyer3000)

He’s acclimating well and making friends, but Acorn the Kole tang isn’t very friendly!!
He hides in a little fish trap I put as a safe spot, as well as holes my goby dug

Corals are doing pretty good.
Sps polyp extension isn't super super long but it’s there!
They are also coloring up nicely.
Still need an id though

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