Kongor88 Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hey guys, Started my tank on 12/20/2013 and was meant to be a FOWLR but decided to finally get some coral and give it a shot, here are some photos starting from beginning to current. 80ish lbs of live rock and 120 lbs of sand. Equipment: (sump is in the making, until then got the canister and HOB fuge) EHIEM pro3e canister filter 2x Hydro Koralia 750 Reef Octupus BH2000 HOB fuge 300W heater EVO 64 3W LEDs Livestock: 2 black and white clowns 7 blue chromis 1 foxface 1 sunrise dottyback 1 lawnmover blenny 1 pinkstopped watchmen goby 1 Rainbow BTA... grew from about an 1 inch to 5-6 inches already! 2 cleaner shrimps 1 fire shrimp 2 peppermint shrimp 1 coral banded shrimp too many snails to remember! Coral: various zoas, not sure what they are so if anyone can tell me what some of these colonies are that would be great! 1 kryptonite candy cane 1 green hammer 1 frogspawn 1 orange ricordea T5 New LED My frogspawn got molested by my CUC so i hope it opens back up and survives =( finally stuck in place Hope you enjoy the show, i already moved it around LOL so I will update sooner or later as stuff grows or when I add more. Thanks! Link to comment
malady Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 whats up man! nice rbta told ya it would look good Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Thanks I had to move the green hammer yesterday part of it was receding back into skeleton. I think it was getting to much flow. Brought it down lower where the flow is lighter and it looks just like new. I rescape like every other day lol I will try and snap some more pictures once/if the zoas start spreading and I see noticeable growth of the corals....or when I add new ones. Link to comment
wimby Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 I know what you mean. Took me awhile before I liked my scape. Good move on moving the hammer. I keep mine in low Flo. You check my thread one day. Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Will do! I think my issue is the canister filter, cant really control where it spits the water so can't wait to get the sump up and running. Its one of those returns that's a cylinder with holes in it so it shoots water out in every direction. I guess an option would be to remove the cap at the end of it so it shoots water straight out into one of my power heads. Doesn't help my CUC has pickaxes and dynamite... I swear they plan against me at night all I hear is the turbo snails making the back-up noise as they re-arrange everything lol Link to comment
wimby Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 LOL Crazy cuc Yeah the cannister can be a problem in many ways. Or you could shoot the spray bar up twords the water line. Or put standing in the corner to shoot water behind the rocks . A sump is so the way to go. How long till you get the sump up and running? Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 I want one running by june/july. I promised myself I cant spend anymore money on the tank lol trying to buy a new car. The reason I didn't get one originally was a) didn't plan on doing coral dont know alot about sumps and c) i thought it would cost more...but i actually think between the HOB skimmer + fuge and canister i spent more then a insump skimmer, the actual sump, and overflow would cost. And now I feel a lot more comforable about saltwater in general and did a ton of research on sumps so those are no longer an issue. Hoping I can sell the HOB stuff and canister on ebay/craigs or get some store credit from my LFS, they are pretty awesome about that. Link to comment
bencollinz Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 did you buy or make the canopy? Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted March 22, 2013 Author Share Posted March 22, 2013 Canopy came with the tank and stand for 400 total, couldn't say no lol. Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Frogspawn is doing good and will hopefully start to grow again Bought 4 more frags, 3 zoas and a Cauliflower Colt Coral which will hopefully be arriving Thrusday so i will try and get some updated shots of the tank, moved some stuff around. Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted May 18, 2013 Author Share Posted May 18, 2013 Going to add a melanurus wrasse, a green/red lord acan, darth maul zoas, and a couple ricordeas on tuesday! Will try and get some new shots in asap! Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 OK finally got the time and took some more photos! I just looked at the ones posted before and its crazy how much it changed! Zoa garden on the left side of tank: Guardian of the treasure cave Frogspawn healed! new mel wrasse with green hammer: colt coral: purple zoa growth: Thanks for looking! hopefully I will have time to get the dslr back and take some close ups like the ones above Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thanks! lost a couple frags to rogue crabs, but they got the death sentence so hopefully smooth sailing from now on. I got a Lord Acan that just came in but its just one head, waiting for it to grow first before I snap a couple pics. Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Ok here are some photos I took with an iPhone, no dslr yet. chalice frag: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/972017_714045914699_1596423130_n_zps4df58511.jpg.html'> Can anyone tell me what those blue star polys are?? neon toadstool: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/944715_714045934659_2132036252_n_zps506b0a0d.jpg.html'> colt coral and some zoas: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/600512_714045954619_1392821347_n_zpsf84df6ca.jpg.html'> frogspawn/torch coral frags, pink in the back: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/1016159_714046024479_1657607584_n_zpsd69a574f.jpg.html'> top view of zoa garden, left: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/1044725_714045984559_185023071_n_zps36b6cd8e.jpg.html'> chaeto growth in a month, about the size of tennis ball when first added: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/1005960_714046254019_2078235278_n_zpsf8471010.jpg.html'> Here is my sump, got most of the equipment in place now I just need to plumb from basement to first floor and clean up the table/paint floor where the table and sump will be (directly below tank): http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/1002836_714048604309_155422905_n_zps13646407.jpg.html'> http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/998181_714048619279_1192227042_n_zpsf07c604f.jpg.html'> Thanks for viewing! Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 haha im suprised I put it together right, pretty silent too Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Here are some photos of some of my new frags under some 450nm blues.duncan:magma chalice:lord of the ring zoa:Dendros w/ tentacles extended:some kind of acan i got for 10 bucks:my favorite zoa's in my tank to date:I just got the Super Actinic Reef Spectrum 48" fixture in today from buildmyled.com but I only have it set to 10%, however when I had it set to full power to see the effect it was amazing. I will update once I get the corals acclimated to that light and if all goes well I plan on buying another fixture from them to replace my chinese knock-offs Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 got a new fish addition to the tank last week: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/IMG_8608_zps5e02b58e.jpg.html'> http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/IMG_8601_zpsb8312264.jpg.html'> and here is my wrasse posing for the camera: http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/IMG_8591_zps26933dde.jpg.html'> http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/IMG_8598_zps41fa4d01.jpg.html'> and some pink zoas! http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/IMG_8584_zps39474eb7.jpg.html'> Link to comment
wimby Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Looks Good! I have the Reef one on my 20gl from Build my led. I love it was thinking about getting the blue. Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Thanks! Nice I'm loving the super actinic so far, have their 14k reef spectrum coming in on tuesday with an apex controller. Replacing my 10k chinese light Picked up a nice red sea fan too for the hawkfish to hang out in, so far so good polys opened up day 2. http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/IMG_8629_zps096a5f4a.jpg.html'> http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/Kongor88/media/IMG_8676_zps0e519c2d.jpg.html'> Link to comment
BeardedReeferLLC Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Great looking fan you have there. +1 Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Thanks! Wish I waited a day, liveaquaria has a golden polys red sea fan. Looks pretty cool but oh well maybe next time Link to comment
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