Servo's 850 gallon Upgrade

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Beautiful reef! I really like the scape!

 

[LDH]

I have to decide if I want to use wood and paint it, or use HDPE for the catwalk base, but here is what the front of the tank will look like with the frame of the cat walk in the front wall.

I am getting ready to acid wash the rock and use lanthanum chloride to remove any residual phosphates.

Amazing build. Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry for all your struggles along the way but nothing worth doing is ever easy so well done for keeping your focus and ending up with an amazing product. I am currently building my fish room and I was going to tile the floor but I like the look of yours... what kind of flooring is that in your fish room? Cheers

 

[FarmerTy]

Tank is looking great Ryan! I'm glad to see all the corals doing well! How's the fish restocking going? I'm about 3 fish away from completing mine.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Amazing!

 

[Servo]

Beautiful reef! I really like the scape!

Thanks! escaping a 10 foot by 6 foot tank seems like it is easy, but the perspective with that dimension made it REALLY challenging. I was very happy w/ how it turned out! I intentionally tried to keep all of the rock between 1/3 from the top and bottom. I wanted the corals to fill the gaps while maintaining the rule of 3's.

 

[Servo]

Amazing build. Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry for all your struggles along the way but nothing worth doing is ever easy so well done for keeping your focus and ending up with an amazing product. I am currently building my fish room and I was going to tile the floor but I like the look of yours... what kind of flooring is that in your fish room? Cheers

It's tile. Mirage Buff Porcelain Tile 18X18 w/ antique white grout. It was sourced at Arizona Tile and was 1.69 sq/ft.

 

[Servo]

Tank is looking great Ryan! I'm glad to see all the corals doing well! How's the fish restocking going? I'm about 3 fish away from completing mine.

Thanks Ty! Next time I head to Austin, I'll try to hook up with you. The corals look FANTASTIC. The fish restocking has been interesting but ok. I pressed my luck a bit. I never pulled out the 4 fish that survived armageddon, so I knew that I would run some risk of disease if I ended up putting in other fish. I've QT every fish going back into the system. All has been well however, the Achilles started to pick on the hippo (one of the 4 fish that survived) and he broke out in ick pretty bad. I set up a bunch of tanks and he cleared up. They go at it all the time, but I haven't seen any signs of active disease in over 8-9 months. I never saw a spot on the Achilles through all of that. (or my black tang for that matter)

 

[Servo]

Amazing!

Thanks Rev! It's good seeing you around here.

 

[FarmerTy]

Thanks Ty! Next time I head to Austin, I'll try to hook up with you. The corals look FANTASTIC. The fish restocking has been interesting but ok. I pressed my luck a bit. I never pulled out the 4 fish that survived armageddon, so I knew that I would run some risk of disease if I ended up putting in other fish. I've QT every fish going back into the system. All has been well however, the Achilles started to pick on the hippo (one of the 4 fish that survived) and he broke out in ick pretty bad. I set up a bunch of tanks and he cleared up. They go at it all the time, but I haven't seen any signs of active disease in over 8-9 months. I never saw a spot on the Achilles through all of that. (or my black tang for that matter)

Yeah, Chris told me the corals were looking great! That's good to hear! I got some nice stuff growing out now that should be ready in time for your next jaunt to Austin.

Well that's good that the achilles is doing well in the new tank. Its like the canary in the coal mine. Tank looks great! I'll have to see it sometime in person!

 

[Servo]

I made a data base of the corals in my tank.

acropora microclados
acropora microclados (strawberry shortcake)
acropora millipora (Aqua SD)
acropora millipora (smurf)
acropora millipora ( red
Acropora Millipora (Cherry Corals Heaven and Hell)
acropora millipora ( UC Hyper red Milli)
acropora tortuosa (cali tort)
acropora tortuosa (Oregon Tort)
acropora tortuosa (Oregon Tort)
acropora Samoensis (Farmer Ty Purple Martian)
acropora turaki ( ORA Hawkins)
acropora echinata (ice fire echinata)
acropora tenius (Walt Disney)
acropora tenius (unknown)
acropora tenius (RD Ice cap Tenuis)
Acropora Tenius (Farmer Ty Glacier Tenius)
acropora carduus (red dragon)
acropora robusta
acropora lokani
acropora granulosa (skittles)
acropora secale (GARF Bonzi)
acropora nasuta (pink lemonade)
acropora Florida
UC Acropora Vermiculata (Super Blue Aussie)
UC Purple Monster
UC Blueberry Shortcake
UC Blue Madness
ORA Laura's Purple Polyp
ORA Red Planet
ORA Pearlberry
Tierra del Fuego
Pinkie The Bear
PC Rainbow
Battle Corals Vivid Rainbow
Battle Corals Superman Tenius
Battle Corals Ultimate Table
Battle Corals Sodapop Pipinski
Battle Corals Houdini
Battle Corals Space Invader Table
Farmer Ty Ectoplasm
Farmer Ty Eternal Flame
Farmer Ty Pepper Mint
Jason Fox Homewrecker
Jason Fox Fox Flame
Jason Fox Serial Killer
Jason Fox Daredevil
RD Dragon Stone (99)
RD Rainbow Blossom (80)
RD Fruity Pebbles ( 80)
RD Grape Infusion ( 40)
Queen of Dragons
Blue Bonnet Bottle Brush
Acropora cytherea (pink no name from frank)
Anacropora ( Jason Fox Green Goblin)
Psammorcora
Stylopora pistulata (Tyree Rainbow Stylo)
Stylopora pistillata (Unique Corals Aussie Superpink Stylo)
Jason Fox Burning Banana Stylo
Echinophyllia Aspera (Miami Chalis)
Echinophyllia echinoporoides
Echinophyllia Aspera (watermelon chalis)
Montipora Foliosa (Starburst)
Montipora Setosa
Montipora Digitada (Green Digitada)
Montipora Digitada (Forest Fire)
Montipora Nodosa
Montipora Undata
Montipora monasteriata (rainbow montipora)
Euphelia Ancora
DARK PURPLE NEON LIME GREEN
MULTICOLORED ORANGE HAMMER
Cyphastrea Meteor Shower
Jason Fox Bling Bling Cyphastrea
Red Brick Cyphastrea
Leptoseris foliosa
Jason Fox Lunar Leptoseris
Pavona frondifera

 

[jkobel]

This tank is amazing, I just read this whole thread. Congrats on the house and tank!

I have a couple questions:

1. Can we get a tour of the fish room?
2. is the bottom bare or is there sand, it's hard to tell?
3. it seems like you didn't paint the back of the tank that's finishing the fish room, was there a reason for that?

Thanks!

 

[CoralWealth]

awesome build!!

How are you dealing with water changes in since a large system and what salt are you using

 

[Servo]

Here are some updates growth shots. I’ll do a back room tour soon.

Tyree rainbow stylopora

(L->R. GARF Bonzai, Red Dragon, J Fox Serial Killer, Aqua SD)

Ty's. Blue bottle Brush

Front to back. J fox Dare Devil, multi colored rainbow Millipora

Cyphasrea bolder, green monti cap, oregon tort, green birdsnesr, green anacropora

Ice fire Echinata

UC hyper red milli

Pink lemonade, green A. Florida, blue squamosa clam

Ty's eternal flame and ORA Red Planet

(Top to bottom) Miami chalice/RBTA , UC blue Madness, oregon tort on side, purple pink unknown, ORA Turaki, battle corals soda pop pipinski.

 

[Servo]

This tank is amazing, I just read this whole thread. Congrats on the house and tank!

I have a couple questions:

1. Can we get a tour of the fish room?
2. is the bottom bare or is there sand, it's hard to tell?
3. it seems like you didn't paint the back of the tank that's finishing the fish room, was there a reason for that?

Thanks!

Ill post a video with the fish room. The tank is bare bottom and the back wasn't painted because i want it to be viewable from that side as well. There is data that shows painting the back wall ultimately decreaseing the PAR. It will decrease the relection of the light off the wall. I may hang a curtain to give the tank more depth (as if 5 feet wasnt enough) and a faux background.

 

[FarmerTy]

Wow! That's some great growth Ryan and the Eternal Flame looks amazing in your tank!

 

[Servo]

awesome build!!

How are you dealing with water changes in since a large system and what salt are you using

Thanks. Ill include the details of the water changes with the fishroom video. I am using live Aquarias salt. I switched because i am testing Triton ICP and have found that it keeps the minutiae. Where it should be!

 

[Servo]

Wow! That's some great growth Ryan and the Eternal Flame looks amazing in your tank!

Here are shots from the corals i got from you. I have no idea what these two are but they grow super slow and they both came from you

And

Pro corals rainbow

Cherry corals heaven and hell. They photoshopped they hell out of this one!!

Oregon

Queen of dragons

ORA lauras green polyp.

Tierra Del Fuego

Purple martian

Skittles granulosa

Ectoplasm

Peppermint background, foreground your unknown as above.

Hawkins.

And

and

and

. Whew.

 

[Servo]

I love [emoji173]️ [emoji177] my clowns

 

[FarmerTy]

Here are shots from the corals i got from you. I have no idea what these two are but they grow super slow and they both came from you

And

Pro corals rainbow

Cherry corals heaven and hell. They photoshopped they hell out of this one!!

Oregon

Queen of dragons

ORA lauras green polyp.

Tierra Del Fuego

Purple martian

Skittles granulosa

Ectoplasm

Peppermint background, foreground your unknown as above.

Hawkins.

And

and

and

. Whew.

Wow! Is it wrong to want to buy back colonies from you! I want them all! [emoji14]

I'll try to look back and see if I have any record of the two unknowns for you.

Growth is amazing on all your pieces as well as color!

 

[FarmerTy]

We're clownfish brothers!