ritter6788's 75 gallon sps

SeahorseKeeper · Dec 9, 2013

I think this thread needs some more pics.

ritter6788 · Dec 29, 2013

SeahorseKeeper said:
I think this thread needs some more pics.

Since you twisted my arm!

My tripod attachment is missing so I freehanded a few. I don't take corals pics very well without a tripod but I got a couple that turned out ok.

I removed the large frogspawn and hammer and relocated them to my 40 breeder. They were getting huge and starting to sting a lot of other corals. The derasa clam is really growing these days and I worry that in the near future I'm going to have to make major changes to house it. It's really taking up the bottom corner of the tank and I have to be careful not to chip the shell when cleaning the glass with the mag float. It's big enough now I can hear it across the room when it closes it's shell quickly. After removing the 2 large corals I added a couple new frags so I have a couple spaces to fill in but I think it will catch back up in no time. The new frags are already colored up and starting to grow.

FTS 12/29/13 by ritter6788, on Flickr

I got a couple of old clowns back that have been around for years. They have been passed around the local club a couple times and ended up back to me.

Clownfish/Toadstool by ritter6788, on Flickr

Partial tank shot 12/29/13 by ritter6788, on Flickr

Paly Grandis by ritter6788, on Flickr

skinz78 · Dec 29, 2013

The first image isn't there Gabe?

Everything is looking great, how fast do the Paly Grandis grow for you? I have recently picked up my first couple of polyps and I'm wondering when I'll see some growth.

ritter6788 · Dec 29, 2013

skinz78 said:
Everything is looking great, how fast do the Paly Grandis grow for you? I have recently picked up my first couple of polyps and I'm wondering when I'll see some growth.

They grew fast for me. I got it as one polyp and it turned to 5 quickly. Looks like at least 7 now. They have covered the rock they are on so I'm not sure what kind of growth they will have now.

Sahin · Jan 1, 2014

Can you please detail what and how often you feed the fishes and sps corals? Your tank is supremely beautiful, and is a fine example of LED's working just fine for SPS corals.

ritter6788 · Jan 1, 2014

ritter6788's 75 gallon

Sahin said:
Can you please detail what and how often you feed the fishes and sps corals? Your tank is supremely beautiful, and is a fine example of LED's working just fine for SPS corals.

Thanks for the nice compliment.

I try to feed the fish once per day. I use mysis, Marine Cuisine or Rods Food original. Occasionally I miss a day or 2 but I try my best to feed once per day. Some days if I'm home in the afternoons I'll feed spectrum pellets one at a time just to watch them chase them down and race each other for them. I feed a strip of Nori a couple times a week for the tangs but almost all the fish eat it except my Royal gramma, mandarin and hawkish. I have freeze dried cyclopeeze I feed very rarely. I almost never feed more than once a day no matter what I feed.

I don't use coral foods or directly feed my corals ever, at all.

Sahin · Jan 2, 2014

Great. Thanks for the info.

watdachuck · Jan 2, 2014

Great set up!

revhtree · Jan 2, 2014

Man bud the tank looks great!

ritter6788 · Jan 2, 2014

I need to take more pics but someone removed the tripod attachment from my camera at Christmas and now I can't find it. I have a bunch of new frags I need to take pics of for progress shots. All of them are colored up nicely and starting to grow. I'm really having a hard time finding spots to add more corals. There are really more corals in the tank than what the FTS shows. There are corals down in caves and gaps that I can't even get pics of!

I just noticed the ORA purple stylo and the Tubs Pink Jade Acro in the top left of the tank have attached to the back glass and are starting to encrust the glass.

watdachuck said:
Great set up!

revhtree said:
Man bud the tank looks great!

Thanks!

Curtis Scott · Jan 2, 2014

WOW! Beautiful tank, thanks for sharing!

Sahin · Jan 3, 2014

ritter6788 said:
I need to take more pics but someone removed the tripod attachment from my camera at Christmas and now I can't find it. I have a bunch of new frags I need to take pics of for progress shots. All of them are colored up nicely and starting to grow. I'm really having a hard time finding spots to add more corals. There are really more corals in the tank than what the FTS shows. There are corals down in caves and gaps that I can't even get pics of!

I just noticed the ORA purple stylo and the Tubs Pink Jade Acro in the top left of the tank have attached to the back glass and are starting to encrust the glass.

Thanks!

Please post top down shots of not only the new frags, but some of the nicer SPS as well. You've got such a beautiful tank and your SPS are coloured beautifully. Share the eye candy with us!

ritter6788 · Jan 4, 2014

Thanks for the compliments.

I'm tying GFO again but only for a trial run. I've used it on and off for years but if it doesn't show any positive results I likely won't try it again.

spspirate · Jan 4, 2014

Looking good Gabe! Im running ROX from Bulk Reef and ROWA PHOS and love them both! Im running an open top system so who knows what junk gets mixed in to the water.

Flameback Pair · Jan 4, 2014

ritter, I just realized I've posted on your 40 gallon thread but never your 75 gallon thread. Corals look great!

chefb_5 · Jan 4, 2014

Hi, how did u get rid of the blue cloves? I have the same problem? can u pm me how u got rid of them thanks!

ritter6788 · Jan 6, 2014

spspirate said:
Looking good Gabe! Im running ROX from Bulk Reef and ROWA PHOS and love them both! Im running an open top system so who knows what junk gets mixed in to the water.

Thanks Andy! I used to run the ROX but I switched to the lignite just because it's less messy for me. I've run GFO off and on over the years. When something goes wrong though it's "one of those things we blame" for the issues. Whenever my corals don't seem right GFO is the first thing I unplug.

powers2001 said:
ritter, I just realized I've posted on your 40 gallon thread but never your 75 gallon thread. Corals look great!

Thank you!

chefb_5 said:
Hi, how did u get rid of the blue cloves? I have the same problem? can u pm me how u got rid of them thanks!

This is the part of my thread where I started getting rid of them, https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/71555-ritter6788s-75-gallon-5.html#post1091671

I learned from reading this thread, https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/reef-aquarium-discussion/86509-killing-blue-cloves-fluke-tabs.html

Rob&Gab · Jan 6, 2014

LOokin good bro. keep up the good hard work!

TJ's Reef · Jan 6, 2014

Very NICE Gabriel, finally found and read through your entire build thread. I now kind of miss my old 75g, it was so stable and an easy to take care of. Great photog skills as well, for me still in the early stages of working with a DSLR but did receive my new Tamron 90mm Macro today so who knows.... wish me luck.

Cheers, Todd