MadReefer Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Attempting a more concise write-up of my tank This tank has had some salt water in it since about 8/31/2009. I know many ways that I would like to make this system better but I am VERY happy with it considering how much money I have spent. Someday I might have more money and be able to set it up the way I really want. 180 Gallon glass used tank. I resealed the whole tank and built a coast to coast overflow with black acrylic. It still has towers in each corner but with a coast to coast piece that stretches between the towers. I have one of each Koralia 2, 3, and 4 for additional flow. I would like more but that is what I have now. My live rock is: 50 pounds of new Utah rock (LBTR); 45 pounds of new Fiji base rock; 45 pounds premium Fiji rock that is two years old; and 40-50 pounds miscellaneous rock that I accumulated over the years. I guess my sand is about 200-300 pounds of fine Utah oolite sand. I have 3x 250 watt stealth heaters, one in the sump and two in the back of display. Lighting: 1 250 watt basic Odyssea fixture; 1 Corallife 216 watt (4x54) T5 and I’m not sure of the bulbs but 2 daylight and 2 actinic; 1 Odyssea 3 foot 4x T6 HO fixture with 3 daylight and 1 actinic. Sump is a Rubbermaid tote that is 55 gallon total volume. I have a Remora Pro skimmer with a mag 9 pump. Chaeto fills most the space with room for one Maxi-jet 1200 for extra flow and 2x Rio HF 12 for returns. Also I have a maxi-jet 900 or 1200 pumping water to the mangrove bucket. The mangrove bucket is a 7 gallon bucket. It is about ¼ full of sand and has about 14 mangroves that are growing nicely. The drain is placed about half way up the side of the bucket. The mangrove bucket is in the window and gets a good amount of sunlight. The sump has a 65 watt CF spiral twist bulb over it; I think the spectrum is about 6500K. I built the stand myself out of 1x pine, wood glue, liquid nails, and coated with outdoor polyurethane. I connected two 5 gallon buckets with bulkheads and plumbing for an ATO reservoir that drains to a float valve drilled onto the side of the sump. I use BulkReefSupply.com #1 2 part mix at about 100ml per day. And that is about it. I will have to detail livestock later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kilmca Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Great looking tank. It's always good to see pics of club members tanks. What is the coral shown in the picture below the ricordias? 7th picture in your second post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadReefer Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'm not sure what to call that coral. I got it from snowpunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'm not sure what to call that coral. I got it from snowpunk. There are a few in there I recognize. Glad to see everything thriving in there. Your Kole tang and bangii cardinal are still doing great. I don't remember the name right now of that one but it looks and grows like a Montipora except that the polyps extend a little further and the base grows more like a chalice. It starts with an H but I forget... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Great looking tank. It's always good to see pics of club members tanks. What is the coral shown in the picture below the ricordias? 7th picture in your second post. I'm going to guess M. Hispada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowpunk Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'm going to guess M. Hispada thank you that is what it is. I couldn't remember the name... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Don't see any MRA's(scratch)...they are after all Mad Reefer Avatar's....see.... http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=8955 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadReefer Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Don't see any MRA's(scratch)...they are after all Mad Reefer Avatar's....see.... http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=8955 Cool! I have some in the tank and I just fragged some. I'm at work or I would post pics. I'll try to remember next time I post pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Don't see any MRA's(scratch)...they are after all Mad Reefer Avatar's....see.... http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=8955 eric, i see you were the one to submit these, do you currently have them in your tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy-S Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Nice looking tank! I want some of your grandis palys want to do a trade? I got some nuke greens, african blues or tubbs blues all fragged and ready to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadReefer Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Nice looking tank! I want some of your grandis palys want to do a trade? I got some nuke greens, african blues or tubbs blues all fragged and ready to go Thanks I will be fragging them in the next month or few. Maybe we can work out something, I'm in Utah so it will have to be shipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MadReefer Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Some updated pics. I still haven't done a water change. SG has dropped to 1.024 over the last 5.5 months from 1.0255. Fish and corals are growing fast. Here is a picture that shows the surface skimming of the coast to coast. These next two photos show why buying a used tank can suck. The algae in the sump has stopped growing but I don't think it's an issue because nuisance algae is not growing in the display. I don't know what to make of the way this short tentacle plate coral is looking. The tentacles are showing much more than I thought they would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undrtkr_00 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Wow, you know how to grow the zoos. Looking good! That last pic is a fungia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadReefer Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Yes it is a fungia. Its tentacles seem too long though. Maybe I'm not treating it right? I really like the zoas. I've been growing all these for over a year and they have really responded well to the 180, especially the last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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