Tony's 72g Mixed Reef Build

[Luckyduck]

What are those frag racks called you have hanging on the back? Those are awesome! And absolutely gorgeous tank by the way! Nice place you got there too. Personally not a fan of city living, more of a Burbs guy myself but if I had a place like that with a view like that *thumbs up*!

 

[DiefsReef]

Beautiful tank!

 

[TonysReef]

Well don't I feel special, @revhtree

Here are some quick updates and pics I just snapped:

Decided to get into zoas:

Got a small powder blue tang finally (got it straight from the shipment bag at lfs, so has some ich. Not worried, it's only been a week):

Got a pink nepthea that is my new favourite:

My rainbow trachy that I almost killed (I think by feeding too much, or a new small one I got infected it w/something) has made a full recovery.

Left side (going to sell some of my purple gonis to make space for zoas).

Middle (got a second xmas tree worm rock):

Right (got a new pink tip elegance):

Full tank shot:

Built a lid kit so that I could get a pearly jawfish, which my fish beat the hell out of yesterday and now lives in my friends tank. Also a royal gramma that is still getting beat up and kept in the corner, may fish the psuedochromis out today, but I think the clownfish is the real aggressor. Took my pink damsel out of the tank also, just didn't love the colour or the fish anymore. The yellow tang is also new.

Next on my list is a blue ribbon eel or two. They seem to be in short supply these days.

Otherwise the tank is going well enough. Going to rearrange the sump a little and use sections for growout. Will snap some more photos maybe later this week and list a couple of items in the for sale section.

 

[Waynerock]

Beautiful goni playground I love it

 

[brandon429]

nice tank

from this I infer all the negative chemistry attributed to black sand is false, like what api says free ammonia does.

sharp pics,
B

 

[AZMSGT]

Long term, how are you liking the Tunze frag racks?
I was asking about the racks over in this thread:

Tunze Rock frag rock, lets see yours.

I picked up a Tunze frag rack magnetic rock. I got the larger one to help hide my overflow on my tank. Just wondering if anyone else has bought and filled these with growing corals. looks pretty bare right now.

www.reef2reef.com

Feel free to join in the conversation there.

Good looking tank you got there. Read the story... man those pistol shrimp.. grats on the tank award.

 

[FamilyMan_4]

Killer Tank!
Just read through the whole story.
Inspiring colours, pictures and tank progress
Congrats!


Do you still have both clams?
I could only find one in your recent pics

Also is your porthole still holding up?
Your pictures make me want to invest in one for sure and up my own camera game

 

[Fred2482]

Tank looks great!

 

[LRT]

Beautiful reef!

 

[BAUCE]

I got PTSD reading through this thread haha. When I first saw that rock I thought I should have started my tank with that stuff instead of dry rock. No way I'd put that in my tank without quarantining after getting through this thread.

Tank looks awesome though.

 

[Alexusmc]

Finally attacked the mess of wires and reclaimed the other half of my couch. Also the trochus snails are doing an awesome job, I regret only getting six of them. Going to grab another ten or so on Thursday when I'm near the only LFS I actually like in the area which is in Brooklyn near work.

I need to get a smaller board, but this was good as a test run. The skimmer power wire wasn't quite long enough so that's next to the sump, and the ATO box I need to rewire a bit to mount, didn't have the energy for it. Happy to have crossed this off the list for now though.

Finally attacked the mess of wires and reclaimed the other half of my couch. Also the trochus snails are doing an awesome job, I regret only getting six of them. Going to grab another ten or so on Thursday when I'm near the only LFS I actually like in the area which is in Brooklyn near work.

I need to get a smaller board, but this was good as a test run. The skimmer power wire wasn't quite long enough so that's next to the sump, and the ATO box I need to rewire a bit to mount, didn't have the energy for it. Happy to have crossed this off the list for no
Which local fish store in Brooklyn? I work in BK as well, live in Yonkers and go to an LFS in Greenwich, CT.

 

[DxMarinefish]

Amazing reef you have there.

 

[DxMarinefish]

What do you feed your Xmas tree worm rocks?
So you target feed or broadcast feed?

 

[TonysReef]

Wow, I just realized I haven't updated this thread in nearly a year. I'm the WORST. Although it's the two year anniversary of this tank, so something to celebrate!

Fortunately the tank has been doing great. As with most reefs a couple of losses here and there and very many changes of direction. For now here is a video. 72g worth of water, about 180g worth of fish and coral. But everything is doing really well. Forgive the dirty glass, hard to fit the magnet anymore. lol


This system is only to be for a few more months before I move in August though. I'll update as things start to materialize, but if all goes well then all these fish are in for a MAJOR upgrade and there will be a whole new build thread.

 

[New&no clue]

Wow, I just realized I haven't updated this thread in nearly a year. I'm the WORST. Although it's the two year anniversary of this tank, so something to celebrate!

Fortunately the tank has been doing great. As with most reefs a couple of losses here and there and very many changes of direction. For now here is a video. 72g worth of water, about 180g worth of fish and coral. But everything is doing really well. Forgive the dirty glass, hard to fit the magnet anymore. lol


This system is only to be for a few more months before I move in August though. I'll update as things start to materialize, but if all goes well then all these fish are in for a MAJOR upgrade and there will be a whole new build thread.

Really impressive tank

 

[fcmatt]

I think you need to control your impulse to buy new corals... lol.