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Here's a few recent pictures I happen to have of my tank. Need to try to get a nice full tank shot sometime, but these are pretty good for now.
Tank specs:
150 gallon
6' long X 18" deep X 27" tall
Mixed reef, but I tend to always lean towards SPS. I just love watching them grow and color up. Plus it turns out that they're fun to frag as well
Black box lighting, with DIY diffusers and some added deep blue LEDs to help with spectrum. Would like to add some T5's at some point
Stand/canopy is all DIY from 2x4's, 2x6's, and skinned with white melamine panels for some contrast and easy to clean.
Filtration is a modified wet/dry sump which of course is no longer "we/dry". Has LR rubble, matrix, DIY filter socks, Eshopps skimmer which is undersized, GFO reactor, GAC in mesh bag, and Mag9 return filter.
Fish:
Blue Tang
Pair of clowns
Porcupine Puffer
Brisstletooth Tang
More to come at some point
CUC consists of only 2 urchins and occasional manual cleaning with a toothbrush. The puffer would eat just about any CUC, so I don't have much. Algea stays under control with the system running low P and Nitrate, so haven't felt the need to try much more CUC anyways.
Next steps:
I'd like to add a doser, and a fuge to the tank as budget allows. I'd also like to get some more powerheads for more water flow in the display.
I recently bought a Deep Blue frag tank and am very slowly going to be setting that up in my basement to get my frags out of my main display. 30" x 30" x 12". I'll have to start a build thread for this once I start getting parts. So far I only have the tank itself.
I started fragging my larger corals to free up some space, and am planning on getting more into it since it seems like it would be a fun way to further fuel the hobby. i'm sure any money I'd make from it would go straight back into the reefing addiction. I have yet to sell or trade any, but enjoyed cutting up 50 frags that I have in my tank now. Hoping to be able to use some of them to build up my dedicated frag tank, and also to build up some more coral diversity in my tank.
Tank specs:
150 gallon
6' long X 18" deep X 27" tall
Mixed reef, but I tend to always lean towards SPS. I just love watching them grow and color up. Plus it turns out that they're fun to frag as well
Black box lighting, with DIY diffusers and some added deep blue LEDs to help with spectrum. Would like to add some T5's at some point
Stand/canopy is all DIY from 2x4's, 2x6's, and skinned with white melamine panels for some contrast and easy to clean.
Filtration is a modified wet/dry sump which of course is no longer "we/dry". Has LR rubble, matrix, DIY filter socks, Eshopps skimmer which is undersized, GFO reactor, GAC in mesh bag, and Mag9 return filter.
Fish:
Blue Tang
Pair of clowns
Porcupine Puffer
Brisstletooth Tang
More to come at some point
CUC consists of only 2 urchins and occasional manual cleaning with a toothbrush. The puffer would eat just about any CUC, so I don't have much. Algea stays under control with the system running low P and Nitrate, so haven't felt the need to try much more CUC anyways.
Next steps:
I'd like to add a doser, and a fuge to the tank as budget allows. I'd also like to get some more powerheads for more water flow in the display.
I recently bought a Deep Blue frag tank and am very slowly going to be setting that up in my basement to get my frags out of my main display. 30" x 30" x 12". I'll have to start a build thread for this once I start getting parts. So far I only have the tank itself.
I started fragging my larger corals to free up some space, and am planning on getting more into it since it seems like it would be a fun way to further fuel the hobby. i'm sure any money I'd make from it would go straight back into the reefing addiction. I have yet to sell or trade any, but enjoyed cutting up 50 frags that I have in my tank now. Hoping to be able to use some of them to build up my dedicated frag tank, and also to build up some more coral diversity in my tank.
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beautiful tank.. stunning really. Love how you've grown out a select number of BBC (Big, Beautiful Colonies)Here's a few recent pictures I happen to have of my tank. Need to try to get a nice full tank shot sometime, but these are pretty good for now.
Tank specs:
150 gallon
6' long X 18" deep X 27" tall
Mixed reef, but I tend to always lean towards SPS. I just love watching them grow and color up. Plus it turns out that they're fun to frag as well
Black box lighting, with DIY diffusers and some added deep blue LEDs to help with spectrum. Would like to add some T5's at some point
Stand/canopy is all DIY from 2x4's, 2x6's, and skinned with white melamine panels for some contrast and easy to clean.
Filtration is a modified wet/dry sump which of course is no longer "we/dry". Has LR rubble, matrix, DIY filter socks, Eshopps skimmer which is undersized, GFO reactor, GAC in mesh bag, and Mag9 return filter.
Fish:
Blue Tang
Pair of clowns
Porcupine Puffer
Brisstletooth Tang
More to come at some point
CUC consists of only 2 urchins and occasional manual cleaning with a toothbrush. The puffer would eat just about any CUC, so I don't have much. Algea stays under control with the system running low P and Nitrate, so haven't felt the need to try much more CUC anyways.
Next steps:
I'd like to add a doser, and a fuge to the tank as budget allows. I'd also like to get some more powerheads for more water flow in the display.
I recently bought a Deep Blue frag tank and am very slowly going to be setting that up in my basement to get my frags out of my main display. 30" x 30" x 12". I'll have to start a build thread for this once I start getting parts. So far I only have the tank itself.
I started fragging my larger corals to free up some space, and am planning on getting more into it since it seems like it would be a fun way to further fuel the hobby. i'm sure any money I'd make from it would go straight back into the reefing addiction. I have yet to sell or trade any, but enjoyed cutting up 50 frags that I have in my tank now. Hoping to be able to use some of them to build up my dedicated frag tank, and also to build up some more coral diversity in my tank.
Has a very clean, very realistic look to it. If my luck holds for 5.7 years!!
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Here's a few recent pictures I happen to have of my tank. Need to try to get a nice full tank shot sometime, but these are pretty good for now.
Tank specs:
150 gallon
6' long X 18" deep X 27" tall
Mixed reef, but I tend to always lean towards SPS. I just love watching them grow and color up. Plus it turns out that they're fun to frag as well
Black box lighting, with DIY diffusers and some added deep blue LEDs to help with spectrum. Would like to add some T5's at some point
Stand/canopy is all DIY from 2x4's, 2x6's, and skinned with white melamine panels for some contrast and easy to clean.
Filtration is a modified wet/dry sump which of course is no longer "we/dry". Has LR rubble, matrix, DIY filter socks, Eshopps skimmer which is undersized, GFO reactor, GAC in mesh bag, and Mag9 return filter.
Fish:
Blue Tang
Pair of clowns
Porcupine Puffer
Brisstletooth Tang
More to come at some point
CUC consists of only 2 urchins and occasional manual cleaning with a toothbrush. The puffer would eat just about any CUC, so I don't have much. Algea stays under control with the system running low P and Nitrate, so haven't felt the need to try much more CUC anyways.
Next steps:
I'd like to add a doser, and a fuge to the tank as budget allows. I'd also like to get some more powerheads for more water flow in the display.
I recently bought a Deep Blue frag tank and am very slowly going to be setting that up in my basement to get my frags out of my main display. 30" x 30" x 12". I'll have to start a build thread for this once I start getting parts. So far I only have the tank itself.
I started fragging my larger corals to free up some space, and am planning on getting more into it since it seems like it would be a fun way to further fuel the hobby. i'm sure any money I'd make from it would go straight back into the reefing addiction. I have yet to sell or trade any, but enjoyed cutting up 50 frags that I have in my tank now. Hoping to be able to use some of them to build up my dedicated frag tank, and also to build up some more coral diversity in my tank.
Great looking tank!!!
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By the way, it's nice how I can upload full sized pictures here the other forum I'm on I always had trouble with all but the smallest file sizes.
Glad to be part of the group!
Ohh yeah, forgot to mention I also have a water mixing station in my basement with (2) 55 gallon brute cans, and a dual head masterflex perisalic pump I use for automatic water changes. Super nice not having to carry buckets up and down stairs anymore.
the other forum I'm on I always had trouble with all but the smallest file sizes. Glad to be part of the group!
Ohh yeah, forgot to mention I also have a water mixing station in my basement with (2) 55 gallon brute cans, and a dual head masterflex perisalic pump I use for automatic water changes. Super nice not having to carry buckets up and down stairs anymore.
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Not carrying buckets!!!
What do you do now for exercise? My water changes are the secret to my fitness level! I know that a 5g bucket is 40 pounds, half full is 20 pounds, and so forth. I add or remove water in the buckets as I work through my water changes and different exercises!
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