Mike's 150G SC Aquarium Build

chimmike · Nov 5, 2015

WWC is awesome. They have a ridiculous sale around black Friday every year too

BfishLpond78 · Nov 5, 2015

chimmike said:
WWC is awesome. They have a ridiculous sale around black Friday every year too

Yea they are pretty awesome, hoping to get involved on that sale as well.

evolved · Nov 5, 2015

BfishLpond78 said:
$500 Efflo is a type of coral, when it first came out it cost $500. So the price and name stuck, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

You've got it, and @gcarroll was a part of that.

gcarroll · Nov 5, 2015

evolved said:
You've got it, and @gcarroll was a part of that.

I wasn't part of the $500 origin however, my friend was the online seller that sold it to Steve Weast for $500. At the time it was a crazy high price for a 6" colony. Look how far we have come.

I was the originator of the Ultimate Stag and the Ultimate Efflo. The Ultimate Efflo is in WWC's showroom display. Not sure they even sell frags of it.

BfishLpond78 · Nov 5, 2015

evolved said:
You've got it, and @gcarroll was a part of that.

gcarroll said:
I wasn't part of the $500 origin however, my friend was the online seller that sold it to Steve Weast for $500. At the time it was a crazy high price for a 6" colony. Look how far we have come.

I was the originator of the Ultimate Stag and the Ultimate Efflo. The Ultimate Efflo is in WWC's showroom display. Not sure they even sell frags of it.

I love the history here, glad to be able to grab some of these pieces, hopefully I can achieve the success others have had.

Would love to get my hands on that Ultimate Efflo

evolved · Nov 5, 2015

Ok Greg; I didn't have it quite right but knew you know the history.

BfishLpond78 · Nov 9, 2015

So I needed a frag rack to get my newly acquired WWC SPS packs out of the sand bed. I was tossing the idea back of forth of making your standard egg crate super glued to a mag float, but I wanted something clean and low profile. A lot of the other racks are huge and stick out into the tank too much. In addition I've read negative reviews about those companies magnets and not being able to hold up to the weight of corals.

So during my search I stumbled upon a company that had what I wanted. Frag-a-rack had all black, low profile, sufficient room and super strong magnets.

Right now I'm holding 18 SPS frags with extra room. Very happy with this frag tank.

Few pics

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Ginu · Nov 9, 2015

Cool, i gave up the idea of a frag rack in the tank so got a frag tank

BfishLpond78 · Nov 9, 2015

Ginu said:
Cool, i gave up the idea of a frag rack in the tank so got a frag tank

Thank is newer so no coral colonies to frag and put into a tank. I'd like to do that someday. Just wanted to clean up sandbed and not have snails and crabs all over everything.

GlassMunky · Nov 11, 2015

gcarroll said:
I wasn't part of the $500 origin however, my friend was the online seller that sold it to Steve Weast for $500. At the time it was a crazy high price for a 6" colony. Look how far we have come.

I was the originator of the Ultimate Stag and the Ultimate Efflo. The Ultimate Efflo is in WWC's showroom display. Not sure they even sell frags of it.

Not to hijack the original thread here, but what are the differences between the $500 efflo and the ultimate efflo? is there a thread or writeup somewhere already? i cant seem to find anything

BfishLpond78 · Nov 11, 2015

GlassMunky said:
Not to hijack the original thread here, but what are the differences between the $500 efflo and the ultimate efflo? is there a thread or writeup somewhere already? i cant seem to find anything

Not many write ups, but a lot of discussion between the two. I believe just by googling each piece, you'll see the Ultimate Efflo has much deeper coloration. Greg or Hunter may know more...

drernesto · Nov 11, 2015

Great build! Can't want to see it full of eye-candy!

BfishLpond78 · Nov 25, 2015

Picked up a trio of clowns today...buddy of mine has had them for awhile like this...said I had to take all 3. Seems that they have all taken a liking to each other. Time will tell though. Premium Picasso and two Grade A Snowflakes.

BfishLpond78 · Dec 13, 2015

Little update to my build..here's a little video.

Culater94 · Dec 13, 2015

Looking real good Mike!

numsie · Feb 16, 2016

I too am looking at the 150, how's it going so far? Post some pics!

BfishLpond78 · Feb 16, 2016

numsie said:
I too am looking at the 150, how's it going so far? Post some pics!

Tank is doing really well at the moment. I've had my fair share of struggles though. Big battle with an algae that seems to be under control now...couple issues with the doser. I will post some recent pics soon!