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Hey guys! I am finally starting my build thread on my 7 month old reef tank lol.

 

So, I got a 75 gallon tank with stand and sump in total of 105 gallons...

 

Setup:

  • Tank: 75g standard
  • Sump: Eshopps R-300 sump (30 gallon)
  • Sand: 30 pounds of caribsea dry aragonite sand
  • Rock: 25-30 pounds of live rock and 50-60 pound of marco reef saver rocks
  • Skimmer: Tunze 9410 DOC
  • Return Pump: Jebao DCT-8000
  • ATO: Tunze Osmolator 3155
  • ATO Reservoir: IM 5 Gallon Hydrofill
  • Lighting: 3 of ViparSpectras 165W running at 95% blues, 10% whites for 10 hours a day.
  • Refugium Light: Tunze EcoChic 8831 running for 10 hours at nighttime.
  • Filtration: 1 of 7” filter sock and 1 of 4” filter sock
  • Biological Filtration: Live rocks and ceramic bioballs
  • Heater: Eheim Jager 300W
  • Temp Controller: Inkbird iTC-308 WIFI
  • Flow: 2 MP40wQDs (total gph: at least 6,600 gph)
  • Lid: 2 of DIY mesh lids
  • Salt: Regular IO

 

Livestock: (need some recommendations!)

  • 1 Ocellaris Clownfish
  • 1 Frostbite Clownfish
  • 3 Lyretail Anthias
  • 1 Ruby Longfin Fairy Wrasse
  • 1 Captive Bred Banggai Cardinal
  • 1 small Yellow Tang
  • 1 Firefish
  • 1 Fire Shrimp
  • Over 110 snails: Nassarius, ceriths, trochus, nerites, Mexican turbo, bubblebee snails
  • 1 Emerald crab
  • Sherman Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
  • Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemone
  • 7 Rock Flower Anemones

 

Corals:

  • Holy Grail Micromussa
  • OG UFO Micromussa
  • Red Goniopora
  • Sunkist Mushroom
  • Green Pacific Ricordea Mushrooms
  • Yellow/Green Ricordea Mushroom
  • Green Star Polyps
  • Space Invader Pectinia
  • WWC Purple Monsters zoas
  • OG Mummy Chalice
  • Green Hammer
  • Gold Hammer
  • Green and Purple Hammer
  • Alveopora
  • TSA Bam Bam zoas
  • Green Hairy Mushroom
  • Nightmares zoas
  • Green/red Blastomussa
  • Red Velvet Blastomussa
  • WWC Sweet Tooth zoas
  • WWC Space Queens zoas
  • Rasta zoas
  • Hooligans zoas
  • SBB Hephaestus zoas
  • CB White Zombies zoas
  • CB Rainbow Infusion zoas
  • ASD Hyper Jubilee zoas
  • Queen Strats zoas
  • Pink Diamonds zoas
  • Cornbred El Corazon zoas
  • WWC Tasers zoas
  • WWC Laffy Taffy zoas
  • Rainbow Yoda zoas
  • Beauty and the Beast zoas
  • RR Kraken zoas
  • WWC Illuminati zoas
  • Utter Peace zoas
  • Hydra Lady Dragon Eyes zoas
  • Sunny D zoas
  • Magician zoas
  • WWC Orange/Blue Acan
  • WWC Red Acan

 

SPS:

  • Peng's Heart of the Ocean Acropora
  • RRU Angry Birds
  • JF Homewrecker
  • Walt Disney
  • CC Walt Disney Jr
  • TGC Cherry Bomb
  • TSA Twisted Sister
  • TSA The Fuzz
  • TSA Dan Akroyd
  • TSA Fruity Pebbles
  • TSA Purple Rain
  • WWC Budgie Smuggler
  • WWC Pink Panther
  • CC Voodoo Majick
  • BC Adam Bomb
  • BC Reef Ready Grape Juice
  • CB Golden JD
  • CB Flaming Unicorn
  • RR Kandari
  • RC Poison Envy
  • Sanjay's Party Time Table
  • ARC Goldfinger
  • ARC Magic Dragon
  • TSA Cali Tort
  • Tierra Del Fuego
  • TRC Rocket Science
  • TRC Haley’s Comet
  • Greg Hiller’s Aqua Delight
  • Garf Bonsai
  • Highlighter Humilis
  • Beach Bum Monti
  • Blue and Teal Millie
  • Montipora Digitata


Feel free to ask questions or comments about anything and I would also like some recommendations for livestock.

 

Pics:

 

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Daylight

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Blues

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20 hours ago, Matteo said:

Nice! That mountain of sticks you have are gonna look sick once grown in. 

 

Cheers! 

I agree, I’m so excited to see them grow out!

1 hour ago, mitten_reef said:

there's some big hitters on that acro list of yours.

 

Will be following along and excited to see them grown out.  

Thank you! I really appreciate that. I will post some pics of my frags soon.

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Alright! Here are some pics of my frags. (The pics are taken straight from my iPhone with an orange filter.)

 

RRU Angry Birds

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JF Homewrecker

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Peng’s Heart of the Ocean (the one at bottom)

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Walt Disney

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TSA Dan Akroyd

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TSA Twisted Sister

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TSA The Fuzz

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TGC Cherry Bomb

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TRC Haley’s Comet

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Greg Hiller’s Aqua Delight

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NY Knicks Torch

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Holy Grail Micromussa

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Of course, that’s not everything of what I have. However, I think that’s enough for today 😉

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Hope y'all enjoyed Christmas!😀 So, I added 3 female Lyretail Anthias and I also got a bunch of goodies coming soon for my tank!

Here are what I got:

  • Holy Grail Micromussa
  • WWC Budgie Smuggler
  • Vivids Confetti
  • TSA Bill Murray
  • ARC Red Blasto
  • WWC Tasers zoa
  • Sanjay’s Party Time Table
  • ARC Magic Dragon
  • Ruby Red Goni
  • OG UFO Micromussa
  • ARC Goldfinger

You can see the new fish at the right side!

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Some frags I picked up... ;Drool

 

WWC OG Bounce

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WWC Budgie Smuggler

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TSA Rainbow Fusion

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Vivid’s Insanity

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ARC Goldfinger

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OG UFO Micromussa

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By the way, I also wanted to show you guys how fast my TSA Twisted Sister is growing!

 

4 months ago

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Now

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That’s not all! Got more coming soon!

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I noticed that I have not been updating my coral list, so here is the updated list now! I will post some pics really soon...

 

Corals:

  • Holy Grail Micromussa
  • OG UFO Micromussa
  • Green Pacific Ricordea Mushrooms
  • Yellow/Green Ricordea Mushroom
  • Green Star Polyps
  • WWC Purple Monsters zoas
  • Green Hammer
  • Gold Hammer
  • Green and Purple Hammer
  • TSA Bam Bam zoas
  • Green Hairy Mushroom
  • Green/red Blastomussa
  • Red Velvet Blastomussa
  • WWC Sweet Tooth zoas
  • WWC Space Queens zoas
  • Rasta zoas
  • Hooligans zoas
  • SBB Hephaestus zoas
  • CB Rainbow Infusion zoas
  • ASD Hyper Jubilee zoas
  • Queen Strats zoas
  • Cornbred El Corazon zoas
  • WWC Tasers zoas
  • WWC Laffy Taffy zoas
  • Rainbow Yoda zoas
  • Beauty and the Beast zoas
  • RR Kraken zoas
  • WWC Illuminati zoas
  • Hydra Lady Dragon Eyes zoas
  • Sunny D zoas
  • Magicians zoas
  • WWC Orange/Blue Acan

SPS:

  • RR Bleeding Avengers
  • RRU Angry Birds
  • Vivid's Insanity
  • SBB Rainbow Splice
  • SBB Wacky Watermelon
  • SBB Molten Lava
  • JF Homewrecker
  • MCC Prom Queen
  • POTO Flamethrower
  • RMF Lucky Charms
  • MattV Rainbow Envy
  • MattV Mad Hatter
  • Vivid’s Confetti
  • F2M Jerry Garcia
  • Walt Disney
  • CC Walt Disney Jr
  • TGC Cherry Bomb
  • RMF Candyland
  • TSA Twisted Sister
  • TSA The Fuzz
  • TSA Dan Akroyd
  • TSA Fruity Pebbles
  • WWC Budgie Smuggler
  • WWC Pink Panther
  • WWC Afterparty
  • LRO Komodo Island
  • CC Voodoo Majick
  • BC Bonfire Table
  • BC Adam Bomb
  • BC Reef Ready Grape Juice
  • CB Golden JD
  • CB Flaming Unicorn
  • RR Kandari
  • RC Poison Envy
  • Sanjay's Party Time Table
  • ARC Goldfinger
  • ARC Magic Dragon
  • TSA Cali Tort
  • Tierra Del Fuego
  • TRC Rocket Science
  • TRC Haley’s Comet
  • Greg Hiller’s Aqua Delight
  • Garf Bonsai
  • Highlighter Humilis
  • Beach Bum Monti
  • Blue and Teal Millie
  • Montipora Digitata
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