Stolireef
Active Member
Hi:
My name is Stolireef and I'm an SPS addict. I've been in the hobby for a few decades but have always had mixed reef tanks mostly because my family preferred LPS and anemones to pretty sticks. I turned 50 this year and decided I was going to do my new tank my way and tough nuggies to anyone who had a contrary opinion. With that in mind late last year after a whole house remodel (another good story) I restarted my tank with only one thing in mind, to keep amazing SPS.
So, here's my setup.
LeeMar 125 gallon rimless with center overflow. Tank dimensions are 48x20x30 (LHW). Running two Radion 4th Gen XR30s. Flow is provided by two MP40's running at 80% Reef Crest cycling between sync and anti-sync every twelve hours. Also have two Tunze 6095s on the back of the tank running at 100%. Trigger systems Crystal Sump, Vertex 180i Skimmer, Neptune DOS dosing system, Tunze Osmolator ATO. Everything is controlled by my Apex.
The tank finished it's initial cycle in early March and I've been very slowing adding livestock. So far, a trio of Lyretail Anthias, a Bangaii Cardinal and a small Caribbean Blue Tang. Coming soon into QT are a pair of midnight clowns.
Current corals include A. Loisette, Strawberry shortcake, Ponape Birdsnet, Bali Green Slimer, ORA Tricolar Valida, Red Planet, blue stag, ORA purple Stylo. Several more frags coming shortly. All frags are captive propagated and all have a known lineage. I'll post some pictures shortly but this is just the very beginning of the journey.
My name is Stolireef and I'm an SPS addict. I've been in the hobby for a few decades but have always had mixed reef tanks mostly because my family preferred LPS and anemones to pretty sticks. I turned 50 this year and decided I was going to do my new tank my way and tough nuggies to anyone who had a contrary opinion. With that in mind late last year after a whole house remodel (another good story) I restarted my tank with only one thing in mind, to keep amazing SPS.
So, here's my setup.
LeeMar 125 gallon rimless with center overflow. Tank dimensions are 48x20x30 (LHW). Running two Radion 4th Gen XR30s. Flow is provided by two MP40's running at 80% Reef Crest cycling between sync and anti-sync every twelve hours. Also have two Tunze 6095s on the back of the tank running at 100%. Trigger systems Crystal Sump, Vertex 180i Skimmer, Neptune DOS dosing system, Tunze Osmolator ATO. Everything is controlled by my Apex.
The tank finished it's initial cycle in early March and I've been very slowing adding livestock. So far, a trio of Lyretail Anthias, a Bangaii Cardinal and a small Caribbean Blue Tang. Coming soon into QT are a pair of midnight clowns.
Current corals include A. Loisette, Strawberry shortcake, Ponape Birdsnet, Bali Green Slimer, ORA Tricolar Valida, Red Planet, blue stag, ORA purple Stylo. Several more frags coming shortly. All frags are captive propagated and all have a known lineage. I'll post some pictures shortly but this is just the very beginning of the journey.
