Tag Your It - lets play along

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

@fabutahoun Here's your tag!

 

[fabutahoun]

@fabutahoun Here's your tag!

Thanks for the tag , wanted to play by the roles lol


Tank info: Custom Made by Blue Life KSA, 72" X 24" X 24" 3 sides Starphire Tempered glass 180 gallons
Sump: Custom Made by Blue Life KSA, 40"L X 20"W X 18"H 60 gallons
Refugium: In Sump
Skimmer: Super Reef Octopus SRO 3000 In-Sump, its a beast in the downside it needs to shalow sump level so I added I DIY stand made of eggcrat.
Flow: 2X Jebao WP-40 Wave Maker, DIY connection to Apex, afordable price and decent quality, the proplem is the lemted controlablity so I DIYed an APEX cable
Lighting: 1 Radion xr30w G3 pro and 2 Radion xr30w G3 pro
Dosing/caRx: Dosing Randy Recipe 3ml of each CA and KH every hour using Jebao dosing pump
Controller if any: Classic Apex controller with Ph,ORP and temp props, WMX module to control the Radions, PMK to continuous par monitoring, AFS auto feeder.


Maintenance info:

Twice a week: 40 Ml Acropower

Weekly : CA,KH,NO3,PO4 Testing, skimmer cup, LPS Coral Direct Feeding with Gonipower and coral frenzy, clean skimmer cup and nick, wash and replace filter stocks and 10% water Change with red sea salt.

Monthly: Change Carbon, Magnesium Test and supplement, Test I,K with Red sea color package and make weekly doses if needed.

Quarterly: Clean All bumps with vinegar
Stock list:

Fish:

Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

3 X Dispar Anthias (Pseudanthias dispar)

Blotched Anthias (Odontanthias borbonius)

Golden Red Sea Butterflyfish(Chaetodon semilarvatus)

2 X Black Ice Ocellaris Clownfish, (Amphiprion ocellaris )

2 X Platinum Percula Clownfish, (Amphiprion percula)

Wheeler's Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri)

Diamond Watchman Goby (Valenciennea puellaris)

Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)

Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)

Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon)

Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)

Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cf cyanopleura)

Six Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)

Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)


Corals Sps Dominated Tank with few softies and LPS:

SPS:

Acropora Turaki

Acropora Pacman

Acropora Red Dragon

Acropora Strawberry Shortcake

Acropora Plana

Acropora Valida

Acropora Simplex

Acropora Exquisita

3 X Acropora Tenuis Metallic Blue, Green, and Blue

Acropora Granulosa

Acropora Hyacinthus

Acropora Loripes

Acropora Tortuosa

Acropora Suharsonoi

Acropora Aculeus

Acropora Caroliniana

Acropora Echinata

Montipora Foliosa Green And Red

Montipora Superman

Montipora Undata

Montipora reverse sunset

Montipora digitata red

Purple Wild Red Sea Acropora

green pocillopora

green birdsnest



LPS:



Purple Goniopora

Green Goniopora

Green Hammer Coral (Euphyllia ancora)

Green Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabrescens)

Green Frogspawn Coral (Euphyllia divisa)

Few Acans

Few Blastomussa wellsi


Inverts

Blue Maxima Clam

Red Sea Marbled Linckia Star

2 X Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)

2 X Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)

Banded Boxer Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)

Infinite Number of Snails that keep breeding :

Astraea Turbo Snail (Astraea tecta)

Banded Trochus Snail (Trochus sp.)

Nassarius Snail (Nassarius distortus)

Bumble Bee Snail (Engina sp.)

Nerite Snail (Nerita sp.)

Turban Snail (Tectus fenestratus)


Follow my tank Build Thread for more details and photos
http://reef2reef.com/threads/fadis-reef-180-gallons-sps-dominated-tank.268341

I Tag @maroun.c

And Finally some Photos

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Thanks for the tag , wanted to play by the roles lol


Tank info: Custom Made by Blue Life KSA, 72" X 24" X 24" 3 sides Starphire Tempered glass 180 gallons
Sump: Custom Made by Blue Life KSA, 40"L X 20"W X 18"H 60 gallons
Refugium: In Sump
Skimmer: Super Reef Octopus SRO 3000 In-Sump, its a beast in the downside it needs to shalow sump level so I added I DIY stand made of eggcrat.
Flow: 2X Jebao WP-40 Wave Maker, DIY connection to Apex, afordable price and decent quality, the proplem is the lemted controlablity so I DIYed an APEX cable
Lighting: 1 Radion xr30w G3 pro and 2 Radion xr30w G3 pro
Dosing/caRx: Dosing Randy Recipe 3ml of each CA and KH every hour using Jebao dosing pump
Controller if any: Classic Apex controller with Ph,ORP and temp props, WMX module to control the Radions, PMK to continuous par monitoring, AFS auto feeder.


Maintenance info:

Twice a week: 40 Ml Acropower

Weekly : CA,KH,NO3,PO4 Testing, skimmer cup, LPS Coral Direct Feeding with Gonipower and coral frenzy, clean skimmer cup and nick, wash and replace filter stocks and 10% water Change with red sea salt.

Monthly: Change Carbon, Magnesium Test and supplement, Test I,K with Red sea color package and make weekly doses if needed.

Quarterly: Clean All bumps with vinegar
Stock list:

Fish:

Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

3 X Dispar Anthias (Pseudanthias dispar)

Blotched Anthias (Odontanthias borbonius)

Golden Red Sea Butterflyfish(Chaetodon semilarvatus)

2 X Black Ice Ocellaris Clownfish, (Amphiprion ocellaris )

2 X Platinum Percula Clownfish, (Amphiprion percula)

Wheeler's Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri)

Diamond Watchman Goby (Valenciennea puellaris)

Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)

Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)

Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon)

Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)

Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cf cyanopleura)

Six Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)

Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)


Corals Sps Dominated Tank with few softies and LPS:

SPS:

Acropora Turaki

Acropora Pacman

Acropora Red Dragon

Acropora Strawberry Shortcake

Acropora Plana

Acropora Valida

Acropora Simplex

Acropora Exquisita

3 X Acropora Tenuis Metallic Blue, Green, and Blue

Acropora Granulosa

Acropora Hyacinthus

Acropora Loripes

Acropora Tortuosa

Acropora Suharsonoi

Acropora Aculeus

Acropora Caroliniana

Acropora Echinata

Montipora Foliosa Green And Red

Montipora Superman

Montipora Undata

Montipora reverse sunset

Montipora digitata red

Purple Wild Red Sea Acropora

green pocillopora

green birdsnest



LPS:



Purple Goniopora

Green Goniopora

Green Hammer Coral (Euphyllia ancora)

Green Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabrescens)

Green Frogspawn Coral (Euphyllia divisa)

Few Acans

Few Blastomussa wellsi


Inverts

Blue Maxima Clam

Red Sea Marbled Linckia Star

2 X Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)

2 X Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)

Banded Boxer Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)

Infinite Number of Snails that keep breeding :

Astraea Turbo Snail (Astraea tecta)

Banded Trochus Snail (Trochus sp.)

Nassarius Snail (Nassarius distortus)

Bumble Bee Snail (Engina sp.)

Nerite Snail (Nerita sp.)

Turban Snail (Tectus fenestratus)


Follow my tank Build Thread for more details and photos
http://reef2reef.com/threads/fadis-reef-180-gallons-sps-dominated-tank.268341

I Tag @maroun.c

And Finally some Photos

I'm loving that reef! Following your build too. (Anyone who might not have noticed, be sure you check the link in @fabutahoun's signature for the build thread).

 

[fabutahoun]

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I'm loving that reef! Following your build too. (Anyone who might not have noticed, be sure you check the link in @fabutahoun's signature for the build thread).

Thanks Daniel for your kind words

 

[afamousjohnson]

Holy conoli - that's sick and great write up to boot. Glad to see this starting back up - such a fun cool way to share our tanks
@fabutahoun thanks for jumping in on the restart

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

@maroun.c you have been tagged... (see @fabutahoun's post)

 

[maroun.c]

Thanks for double tag
Amazing thread.

Tank info: Custom made tank Glass 88-34-30 400 G Total system volume 1000 G (3650L)(220x85x80 1500L) Tank is linked to a setup in basement with following frag tanks:
52x24x20 95G (130x60x40 350 L)
48x24x22 88G (120x60x45 324L )
72x28x16 135 G (180x70x40 500L)
Nano Cube 20x20x16 26 G (50x50x40 100L)
Sump: DIY glass 72-28-18 150 G (180x70x45 565 L)
semi automatic water change system 80G (300L)
Refugium: 28x28x12 40G (70-70-30 150L) in Sump
Skimmer: SROXP 8000 external. performing great since 3 years.
Flow: 5500 G return (20000LPH) Hayward pump delivering half effective after head loss split on two returns with Seaswirl and Mocean to get some more redundant flow. Vortech MP 60- MP40 and 2 Tunze 6201 (still to be hooked to APEX for all to work together)
Lighting: 3x250 W MH in lumenbright pendants with dimmable lumatek ballasts, running with Phoenix 14K DE bulbs. LEDs for actinic period and supplementation @ Orphek Atlantic 2.1 and 2 razor 160 W frag tanks running on orphek and Razor LEDs
Dosing/caRx: 2PArt Dosing at 450 ml per day currently.
Controller if any: APEX Gold controlling the following Temp, PH , Conductivity chillers and heaters, ALD votech module and getting the Tunze connectors to control all my in tank flow
Maintenance info: 10% water change every couple weeks. cleaning glass dosing 2 part.GFO and Carbon reactor refill every month or so (Super simple)
Stock list:
Fish:
Hippo tang 10 yrs old he's the boss.
2 Yellow tang 9 yrs old
purple tang 9 years old.
2 Tominensis
2 Chocolate tangs
2 Platinum clowns
swallow tail Pair
Bellus male and 2 females on the way
7 Lyretails anthias.
8 Apogon lepthacanthus school
midas blenny
mandarin
4 flasher wrasses (carpenter, flavi annalis, cyaenus, filamentosus)
Orantus leopard wrass
meleagris leopard wrass
flame wrass
radiant wrass
rubrimarginatus wrass
Lubocks wrass
orange back Wrass (aurantidorsalis)
Adornatus wrass
Melanurus wrass pair.
Fish in frag tanks and nano cube.
Sailfin tang, Ocellaris Pair, maroon clown, sixline wrass, yellow eye kole tang, melanurus pair

Corals
SPS dominated mixed reef.
Softcorals.
Zoanthids,mushrooms, ricordeas, GSP, RBTAs,
LPS
Euphilia, elegance, scroll coral, Acans, Chalices, Fungia, favia,
SPS.
Accros
Oregon tort, Blue matrix, wwc Tricolor, ORA green birdnest, ORA birs of paradise, Pacman, Red dragon, Tricolor Valida, Bonsai, SSC,Nasuta, Tenuis, Green slimmer, Green efflo, Blue efflo,ice fire echinata, hawkins echinata Milka, stylo, pocilora, birdnests, psammacora, styloconiella, millepora...
Montis
red cap, green cap, purple cap, chilli pepper, sunset, rainbow, superman, Purple haze, Hirsuta, Stargrazer, Jedi mind trick , tyree undata, purple tip undata, pocker star,marmelade, Mystic...

Anything else you want us to know: setup has been running since 1998 with 3 upgrades and one recent seam failure. I'm based in lebanon so collecting all those corals that are not available in the region was a long time chore picking up the frags I could find while on travel. Checkout build thread for more info

Tagging @Luc Vogels

 

[fabutahoun]

Thanks @afamousjohnson glad that you liked my tank

@maroun.c amazing tank Maroun, same situation here in Saudi Arabia too hard to get these corals in our region, most of mine are special ordered by me from Bali. I wish I have access to some of ORA, wwc and Battlecorals

 

[maroun.c]

Thanks @afamousjohnson glad that you liked my tank

@maroun.c amazing tank Maroun, same situation here in Saudi Arabia too hard to get these corals in our region, most of mine are special ordered by me from Bali. I wish I have access to some of ORA, wwc and Battlecorals

Thanks Fadi.
Am sure these will be cultured and distributed in the region soon