I've gone reef crazy. Here are some pictures of my new reef. First salt water set up i've been toying with for about 3-5 months now. Enjoy: Anyone able to id the coral in the last picture
My new 75 gal reef
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I've gone reef crazy. Here are some pictures of my new reef. First salt water set up i've been toying with for about 3-5 months now. Enjoy: Anyone able to id the coral in the last picture
Looking good. Are you running any carbon on this setup currently? It should help clear up the water, it is a bit cloudy.
The coral you asked about is a candy cane, just growing quite spread out compared to normal. Normally the polyps are tightly bunched, but that can depend a lot on lighting and flow.
The coral you asked about is a candy cane, just growing quite spread out compared to normal. Normally the polyps are tightly bunched, but that can depend a lot on lighting and flow.
The water is quite cloudy. I took these pictures one day after moving everything from my 60 to this 75. I also added 40 lbs of sand to the argonite I only had before. I believe the water will clear up as the last of the sediment settles. I washed the sand thoroughly but it still clouded the water.
As far as filtration goes I had been running no filtration since I started the tank. I just have had 5 powerheads and live rock with 25% water changes every week. Now I have a marineland hob and the before mentioned powerheads. I know this isn't the conventional way of running a salt water tank but i had a hard time justifying purchase of equipment I'm going to use for 6 months before upgrading. For now I am accumulating the equipment for my larger tank. I am working on a 150 with a 100 gallon cube for a seahorse tank/refugium and this 75 is eventually going to be the sump
Does the tall structure on the right look to artificial? I've been having a hard time deciding what to do with that...
The zoas are actually rather closed up compared to what they were before the move but the should open up soon.
Stock list consists of a sailfin tang, a yellow coris wrasse, 4 green damsels, 1 lawnmower blenny, one bicolor blenny and a misbar clown.
Inverts consists of 4 emerald crabs, a ton of hermits, ceriths and turbos.
Corals consist of one 3 headed torch, 3 seperate large sections of candy canes, an orange ricordia, green frogspawn, electric orange polyps, metallic green polyps, snowflake polyps, toadstool, green leather, pulsating xenias, kenya tree, blue/green mushrooms, several different variants of zoas... about 10 different ones as of now
Anemones consist of a rose, a yellow sabae, and a condy.
The zoas are actually rather closed up compared to what they were before the move but the should open up soon.
Stock list consists of a sailfin tang, a yellow coris wrasse, 4 green damsels, 1 lawnmower blenny, one bicolor blenny and a misbar clown.
Inverts consists of 4 emerald crabs, a ton of hermits, ceriths and turbos.
Corals consist of one 3 headed torch, 3 seperate large sections of candy canes, an orange ricordia, green frogspawn, electric orange polyps, metallic green polyps, snowflake polyps, toadstool, green leather, pulsating xenias, kenya tree, blue/green mushrooms, several different variants of zoas... about 10 different ones as of now
Anemones consist of a rose, a yellow sabae, and a condy.
and yes I do have a tank large enough for the sail fin as it grows... eventually ending up in my 240
Gotcha. Yes, the cloudiness will go away then.
I used to run a 75 gallon reef tank with nothing but a couple powerheads and a HOB aqua c remora skimmer. As long as you keep up on the water changes you will be alright. It isn't ideal, but it works.
I think the tall structure on the right looks a bit artificial, yes, but if you add corals on and around it, it will look great imo.
I used to run a 75 gallon reef tank with nothing but a couple powerheads and a HOB aqua c remora skimmer. As long as you keep up on the water changes you will be alright. It isn't ideal, but it works.
I think the tall structure on the right looks a bit artificial, yes, but if you add corals on and around it, it will look great imo.
Awesome stock. Love the sailfin tang. I'm no saltwater expert but have you thought about getting a protein skimmer? Will help with water quality & clarity
I'm so amazed at how you and other ppl are able to stock your tanks so full of life in such short periods of time- Kudos! At 3-5 mo. my 210 w/ 180lbs of cycling LR and 160lbs of cycling sand with just 4 lil' fishies was still reading Nitates @ 20-40 ppm, P04 of 5ppm, barely enuff supersaturated Mag to color a frag and enuff silacates to fuel a diatom factory. Ofcourse as of late, at 10+ mos. this is much, if not immensely improved. Guess I'm just slow on the uptake.
Looks great keep it comin'
Looks great keep it comin'