my reef tank

[steamboatwv]

My first reef tank

Updated specs.

75 gal aquarium
4x64watt pc actinics
2x250watt MH
12 moonlight led's
coralife superskimmer 90gal
1 powerhead 600 gph
1 powerhead 1200 gph
1 300watt submersible heater
80 lbs of LR
40 lbs of LS

LIVESTOCK:
1 regal tang
1 achilles tang
1 cleaner shrimp
2 peppermint shrimp
4 scarlet hermit crabs

2 large feather duster
1 large open brain coral
1 large colony mixed zoos
1 4 x 3 inch frag of acro.
1 pink birdsnest
1 3 in plate of monti orange
20 mushrooms various
1 small candy coral

and a partridge in a pear tree......
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[steamboatwv]

updated

[Loverotties]

Looking good!

[steamboatwv]

newest pics after changes...

[steamboatwv]

update...

Built hood for the tank and upgraded the lights to

pc 4x64watt lighting modified now with 2 x 175 watt MH between for a total of 610 watts = 11 wpg.

added 15lb more of LS

[steamboatwv]

newest pics after new lights.

[reefermike1]

verynice, the aquascaping looks great!

[steamboatwv]

updated

[chaynes73]

really like the arch of the big rocks very nice.

[steamboatwv]

thanks, am just trying to build it up slowly and get it right best i can the first time around, thanks to everyone here its seems to be going smoothly..

[YiNYaNg]

coming along nicely

[steamboatwv]

lost the yellow tang to black ich
got a decent frag of sps that is doing great has grown about 1/8 in in about a month and a half
lost plate coral due to child accident.
xenia's have grown tremendously along with the anemone
added a small frag of orange plate coral and its shown very good growth since added a month and a half ago.
coraline growth has picked up quite well lately
new mushrooms showing there little heads in various places
and one piece of greenery not sure what it is yet, looks like a small bonzai tree lol has grown out nice.

newest pic of tank.

[jgordie]

how well did your corals due before you upgraded your lighting? What do you think did the best under the PC lighting?

[steamboatwv]

Originally Posted by jgordie

how well did your corals due before you upgraded your lighting? What do you think did the best under the PC lighting?

Well to be honest I only put things in that would do well with the pc lighting before i upgraded, gsp, mushrooms, xenia, etc.. they all did quite well with it, after i upgraded they grew tremendously in size at a much faster rate, then i added the anemone and the sps and plate corals, and they all have grown around a 1/8 in size in a month or so.. dont seem like much but is alot more than just the pc would do.. but the sucess of my tank goes to the members here, it was my first and with all the help here with suggestions on the lighting and where to start I didnt crash my first tank like i have heard others have done, so if you have pc just stay with softies and gsp's is my oppinion worked well for me till i was able to upgrade and softies make a gorgeous tank...and do quite well with the pc lighting..

[tellycoleman]

hey just a sudjestion why dont u get a black (or any color) background. that would hide your equipment from view. and make the equipment u do have look more camoflaugue (if i spelled the word right)