DaveRaz
Active Member
I set up this 90 one year ago this week.
This was taken today. A lot has changed in the past year. Mostly due to my ignorance and terrible planning. As you can see from the first post that my tank has changed quite a bit. My first 1" frag of SPS doomed the fate of any and all animals that competed for space. Once I added that little frag to the tank, It Was On! I became obsessed reading about their husbandry and admiring all the beautiful pictures.
So my local LFS (now closed - out of business) encouraged me to add the hippo. He said "oh yea, you will have about three years until you need to upgrade tanks. Add him it will be fine." That was March. He was 3/4' long. He is now 4 to 4.5" and fat as heck and it was obvious I needed to act NOW. I couldn't imagine waiting 3 years!
Fish
(2) Blacker Ice Clownfish
Kole Tang since Feb
Coral Beauty since March
(3) Lyretail Anthias 1 make 2 female since April
Red Hawkfish
Yellow Tang
Melanurus Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse (claudia)
I feed 2x per day via auto feeder and 1x homemade chum. Nori daily for the tangs and a food ring every week or two. All my fish are fat fat. Except the new ones added today.
SPS:
20k Lokani
Aquamarine Jewel (similar)
ASD Aussie Hot Pink Prostrata
ASD Aussie Slimer
ASD Raspberry Fuzz Millie
ASD Ultimate Rainbow
BC Battle de Fuego
BC Hellraiser
BC Hyperberry
BC Rainbow Bright
BC Reefers Poison Envy
BC Rose Garden
BC Sky Dopple
Bubblegum Milli
California Tort
Forest Fire
George Elias Staghorn
Green Lantern Monti
Green Monti
Green Stylophora
Mystic Monti
ORA Birds of Paradise
ORA Red Dragon
Paletta's Blue Stag
Pink Birdsnest
Pink Lemonade
Red Setosa
Purple and Green Monti
Purple Bonsai
Rainbow Stylophora
Red Monti
Red Planet
RR Flaming Orchid
Seasons Greetings
Skittles Rainbow Granulosa
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Spongodes
Toxic Green Tort
Tyree Sand Dollar
Tyree Tricolor
unknown
unknown acro blue
Unknown Green Fuzzy Acro
Vivid Rainbow Delight
I feed the coral oyster feast and Acropower occasionally.
I had my last two reef members join the fun today from QT. I added 20# of Fiji Pink on one end, the rest is bare bottom.
For lighting I have experimented with a couple different led but my latest set up is ATI dimmable 6x39w and 3 kessil 360we. One on each end and one in the center. I have the LED at 80% intensity and 30% color ramping up/down for 10 hours. T5 is on 100% 8 hours. Wonder what my par is on the bottom......
I travel weekly for business and use a dropcam for some piece of mind. I moved it from the coffee table and mounted to a mag float. Pretty decent resolution considering.
I used a 5 gallon bucket in a small wicker chest for months. Just upgraded to this 15 gallon ATO in a wicker trash can. Mrs Raz loves it as it blends in better with our decore? Say what? I wouldn't have an issue with a 32 gallon Brute sitting beside the tank to be honest. And of course we had to refinish the cabinet and buy matching chairs. JUST FORGET all that and let's use that money for more coral, I said. Yea right......
My big three fall into the range as most other reefers on this forum. Use DFS 2 part dosed ~62ml/day.
No3 - .25
Po4 - 0
Ph - 8 to 8.3
Temp 78 - 78.5
20% biweekly WC
Blow off the rocks with a baster every week or so.
Filter sock changed every other day or third day. Depends on how dirty it is.
88x random flow
Sump:
Berlin with oversized skimmer
~30lbs of large live rock
Carbon reactor runs two weeks per month (every other WC I refill and turn it on).
GFO 1/3 recommended amount. Runs 24/7 until I see it creep up then I change it out. About every 6 weeks I estimate.
two powerheads that cycle on/off during the night
packet of purigen replaced every 6 to 8 weeks when turns light brown
My corals have a good 4 to 7 inch radius around each one. I also have 4 or 5 corals on the bare bottom between the islands that are all doing very well also, but the rocks are full. Out of real estate! No vacancy!
Well I've stretched it out as long as I can, one year this week to be exact. I've been building a powerhouse reef and I've reached a stopping point. This past year was a one year hiatus from house remodel....much needed! All that's left are the bathrooms and one bedroom. Lots to do yet and my wife is excited. meh......
It has been quite the learning experience. Now if I can just keep from crashing it!
I'll update this thread in six months. Thanks for looking!
This was taken today. A lot has changed in the past year. Mostly due to my ignorance and terrible planning. As you can see from the first post that my tank has changed quite a bit. My first 1" frag of SPS doomed the fate of any and all animals that competed for space. Once I added that little frag to the tank, It Was On! I became obsessed reading about their husbandry and admiring all the beautiful pictures.
So my local LFS (now closed - out of business) encouraged me to add the hippo. He said "oh yea, you will have about three years until you need to upgrade tanks. Add him it will be fine." That was March. He was 3/4' long. He is now 4 to 4.5" and fat as heck and it was obvious I needed to act NOW. I couldn't imagine waiting 3 years!
Fish
(2) Blacker Ice Clownfish
Kole Tang since Feb
Coral Beauty since March
(3) Lyretail Anthias 1 make 2 female since April
Red Hawkfish
Yellow Tang
Melanurus Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse (claudia)
I feed 2x per day via auto feeder and 1x homemade chum. Nori daily for the tangs and a food ring every week or two. All my fish are fat fat. Except the new ones added today.
SPS:
20k Lokani
Aquamarine Jewel (similar)
ASD Aussie Hot Pink Prostrata
ASD Aussie Slimer
ASD Raspberry Fuzz Millie
ASD Ultimate Rainbow
BC Battle de Fuego
BC Hellraiser
BC Hyperberry
BC Rainbow Bright
BC Reefers Poison Envy
BC Rose Garden
BC Sky Dopple
Bubblegum Milli
California Tort
Forest Fire
George Elias Staghorn
Green Lantern Monti
Green Monti
Green Stylophora
Mystic Monti
ORA Birds of Paradise
ORA Red Dragon
Paletta's Blue Stag
Pink Birdsnest
Pink Lemonade
Red Setosa
Purple and Green Monti
Purple Bonsai
Rainbow Stylophora
Red Monti
Red Planet
RR Flaming Orchid
Seasons Greetings
Skittles Rainbow Granulosa
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Spongodes
Toxic Green Tort
Tyree Sand Dollar
Tyree Tricolor
unknown
unknown acro blue
Unknown Green Fuzzy Acro
Vivid Rainbow Delight
I feed the coral oyster feast and Acropower occasionally.
I had my last two reef members join the fun today from QT. I added 20# of Fiji Pink on one end, the rest is bare bottom.
For lighting I have experimented with a couple different led but my latest set up is ATI dimmable 6x39w and 3 kessil 360we. One on each end and one in the center. I have the LED at 80% intensity and 30% color ramping up/down for 10 hours. T5 is on 100% 8 hours. Wonder what my par is on the bottom......
I travel weekly for business and use a dropcam for some piece of mind. I moved it from the coffee table and mounted to a mag float. Pretty decent resolution considering.
I used a 5 gallon bucket in a small wicker chest for months. Just upgraded to this 15 gallon ATO in a wicker trash can. Mrs Raz loves it as it blends in better with our decore? Say what? I wouldn't have an issue with a 32 gallon Brute sitting beside the tank to be honest. And of course we had to refinish the cabinet and buy matching chairs. JUST FORGET all that and let's use that money for more coral, I said. Yea right......
My big three fall into the range as most other reefers on this forum. Use DFS 2 part dosed ~62ml/day.
No3 - .25
Po4 - 0
Ph - 8 to 8.3
Temp 78 - 78.5
20% biweekly WC
Blow off the rocks with a baster every week or so.
Filter sock changed every other day or third day. Depends on how dirty it is.
88x random flow
Sump:
Berlin with oversized skimmer
~30lbs of large live rock
Carbon reactor runs two weeks per month (every other WC I refill and turn it on).
GFO 1/3 recommended amount. Runs 24/7 until I see it creep up then I change it out. About every 6 weeks I estimate.
two powerheads that cycle on/off during the night
packet of purigen replaced every 6 to 8 weeks when turns light brown
My corals have a good 4 to 7 inch radius around each one. I also have 4 or 5 corals on the bare bottom between the islands that are all doing very well also, but the rocks are full. Out of real estate! No vacancy!
Well I've stretched it out as long as I can, one year this week to be exact. I've been building a powerhouse reef and I've reached a stopping point. This past year was a one year hiatus from house remodel....much needed! All that's left are the bathrooms and one bedroom. Lots to do yet and my wife is excited. meh......
It has been quite the learning experience. Now if I can just keep from crashing it!
I'll update this thread in six months. Thanks for looking!
