My White Reef (72"x24"x20")

khuran · Jul 3, 2015

Greetings Reef2Reefers! I am Mike from the Philippines! I'd like to share my tank and also make this thread as a log of sorts! Hope you could all chime in with suggestions and advise. Always happy to learn!

To start off, my tank is 72inx24inx20in. Approximately 120G plus the sump which is around 30G. Some pics to start out with!

khuran · Jul 3, 2015

Tank delivered!!!

Pic of the actual tank with water in it.

With initial Aquascape with 100lbs. Arag Alive Reef Grade sand!

khuran · Jul 4, 2015

Tank plans on livestock:
My White Reef will mostly be made up of Flasher and Fairy wrasses. I already have quite a few wrasses that are currently in my old 3 feet tank. They are:
- 2 Attenuatus Flasher Wrasses (1 terminal male, 1 submale)
- 1 Lunatus fairy wrasse (submale or female not so sure)
- 1 Pintail Fairy wrasse (submale)
- 1 Pintail Fairy wrasse (Terminal male, in QT)
- 1 Katoi Fairy wrasse (terminal male, in QT)
- 1 Indonesian Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (male)
- 1 Yellow Assessor
- 1 Apogon Parvalus
- 1 Randall's Shrimp Goby

On the coral side of things, the tank will be dominated by zoas, acans and other LPS, possibly some nice SPS if I manage to stabilize the parameters in the future.
Will be posting some corals that I already have in my 3 feet tank to be transferred once the White Reef is cycled.

Aussie Duncan

Acan frag with an unidentified zoa-can anyone help ID this zoa? It has been with me for almost a year and it has NEVER grown or added a polyp.

Aussie blastomussa merletti? BIG polyps!

Sun Corals!

Rhizotrocus

Tahoe61 · Jul 4, 2015

Following.

It's beautiful. Hydra lighting?

mOnsterzOas26 · Jul 4, 2015

Looking nice !! Isn't more like a 150 gallon with those dims ?

kschweer · Jul 4, 2015

Very nice! Great photography too!

khuran · Jul 4, 2015

Tahoe61 said:
Following.

It's beautiful. Hydra lighting?

For now, using 1 vega and 1 Hydra 52. Will eventually upgrade to 3 x Hydra 52

mOnsterzOas26 said:
Looking nice !! Isn't more like a 150 gallon with those dims ?

Since the glass is 1/2" thick and there is a 2" distance from top to actual water level, computation is more like 71x23x18in.

rboutin111 · Jul 4, 2015

How long have you been in the hobby?

khuran · Jul 4, 2015

rboutin111 said:
How long have you been in the hobby?

I started in this hobby around 2008. My first big tank was a 5 footer that had around 7 Scarlet Flasher wrasse and lots of nice corals. Problem was the tank did not have a chiller and the summers here got way too hot. Water temperature was reaching 32C and corals started dying etc. The tank lasted a good 2+ years. On and off since then, then started again just last year with a 2 footer, then a 3 footer.

SeahorseKeeper · Jul 6, 2015

Looking good! Please keep us posted of your progress!

khuran · Jul 26, 2015

Update, put in 25 Apogon Parvalus last Jul 9. So far I count around 22 to 23 still alive and eating. Finally have my tank cover done. Will post pictures soon!

jason g · Jul 27, 2015

Looking good. Nice tank.

Saltwaterwill · Jul 27, 2015

I like the look and color of your tank/stand looking forward to seeing your posts

khuran · Jul 28, 2015

Thanks all! Got a reading of 0.03 on phospates 2 days ago. Still count at least 20 apogon parvalus in the tank.
Yesterday they finally installed the mesh cover, hooked up the frag tank and the chiller! YAY!

My new frag tank!

Setting it up now!

Mesh Cover for my Jumping fish!

luxauterna · Jul 29, 2015

looks great!

khuran · Oct 5, 2015

A week old full tank shot. Sorry just used iPhone camera. Will update with more pictures soon.
Current tank parameters are:
Nitrates = 0
Phospates = 0.00
PH = 8.28
Alkalinity = 7.78dkh
Calcium = 422ppm
Magnesium = 1250ppm
Salinity = 1.025
Tank temperature is set at 26Celsius.

I have noticed that some of my zoas have been bleaching and so is my brains that are on the sandbed. My AI Hydra 52 white intensity is at maximum 28%, no UV, little greens red, blues are at around 60% maximum. Anyone have any suggestions why my LPS and zoas are slow bleaching?