New to R2R- my 75 gallon mixed reef

[CenlaReefer]

Greetings everyone! I like what I see with R2R. It seems like a great forum, I hope to increase my activity on this forum soon. Here are some pics of my tank. I will update this thread soon I hope.



Here is my favorite coral around 2013:



This is the same coral as of last month:





Here are some more close-ups of various corals:

 

[kschweer]

Very nice! Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[CenlaReefer]

I made most of the rock in the display tank. This pic is of the very first set I made which is now in the tank. I showed these pics to Leroy from GARF less than a year before he died. He liked them and posted them on the GARF website. He is the guy who started the "movement" of man-made reef rock:



As you can see, this huge arch is made up of 3 pieces yet in the tank, it is very hard to tell. I used syran wrap over the joining seam before making the joining center "cap."

 

[CenlaReefer]

Very nice! Welcome to R2R!!!

Thanks so very much!

 

[Shep]

Very nice looking tank!

 

[melypr1985]

Very nice tank! Welcome and thanks for sharing

 

[trio91]

welcome aboard....i dig the tank man

 

[Bunnee911]

Welcome

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R

 

[cameronh]

Nice! Welcome to reef2reef!

 

[oneyedfish]

Love the rockwork! Very cool!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Nice!

 

[TheWhiteFord]

Nice tank! Welcome to reef2reef

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[CenlaReefer]

Thanks everyone! Thanks for all the kind words. I really like the cave look. It seems to add some depth to the tank. I learned after a few years that this man-made rock does not have the porosity and thus the surface area necessary to harbor bacteria for nitrification. I had problems with cyanobacteria until I put about 2 quarts of Marine Pure 1 1/2 ceramic biofilter media spheres in my sump. This made a HUGE difference! I have been having a fight with algae yet my 2 tuxedo urchins and other CUC are taking care of this. I would not mind a third tuxedo urchin.