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Clevers 220g Reef Upgrade!
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I had been planning a large reef tank for months last year i started planning and talking to people on this site about ideas. for a long time i planned on doing a 150g Cube SPS reef after I moved into a house. about 2 months before I moved I came across a 210g 7ft tank and stand from a guy. Turns out that the tank was so badly scratched I couldnt use it. However I had a nice stand so I decided to buy a 220g Tank instead of going with a cube. Also went LPS instead of SPS because I found myself loving LPS corals so much more then SPS over time. So enough of the rambling lets get the pictures out (sorry for low quality Iphone pics)
Lets start from the begging.
Here is the stand when I got it, It had great structure but was in terrible shape so I stripped the thing and took off all the trim and added new trim to it and painted it.
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Coated it all in Kilz
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You will see if finished painted later
Bought my skimmer and rock for the tank about a month before moving in so I could get it cycling in a trashcan for a while. The skimmer is a Reef Octopus DCS250
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Got the tank moved into the house it was a PAIN almost broke it one time and the stand was so long that we had to remove a light fixture to get it down the steps lol
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The first time the tank was wet.
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Heres with the Live rock in it that had been cycling. I let it run like this for about 3 weeks before I moved the rock and livestock from my 75g that was at my parents house into it.
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Put up my lights after I moved everything over. I decided to go with AI Hydras because they looked nice and would give me all the lighting I needed.
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heres the tank about a week after adding all the Live rock in
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So I was going to keep it BareBottom but just didnt like it that much the tank seemed like it was loosing a lot of depth and color pop from the lack of sand so I did what I swore I would never do again and added sand to the tank. Honestly I love it looks so much better and really brings out the coral. This is the tank as of today. As you will see i have been collecting a lot of coral.
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Tank Stock includes
Marine Betta
Yellow Tang
Tomato and Cinnamon Clown
4" Yellow Watchman
Coral Beauty
Equipment
3x AI Hydras
Reef Octopus DCS250
Fluval 300W heater
Dont Remember what the return pump is lol
ReefKeeper Light Plus
2x WP40s
Dual BRS Reactor with carbon and GFO
5g ATO with Kalk dosing in it
Lets start from the begging.
Here is the stand when I got it, It had great structure but was in terrible shape so I stripped the thing and took off all the trim and added new trim to it and painted it.
Coated it all in Kilz
You will see if finished painted later
Bought my skimmer and rock for the tank about a month before moving in so I could get it cycling in a trashcan for a while. The skimmer is a Reef Octopus DCS250
Got the tank moved into the house it was a PAIN almost broke it one time and the stand was so long that we had to remove a light fixture to get it down the steps lol
The first time the tank was wet.
Heres with the Live rock in it that had been cycling. I let it run like this for about 3 weeks before I moved the rock and livestock from my 75g that was at my parents house into it.
Put up my lights after I moved everything over. I decided to go with AI Hydras because they looked nice and would give me all the lighting I needed.
heres the tank about a week after adding all the Live rock in
So I was going to keep it BareBottom but just didnt like it that much the tank seemed like it was loosing a lot of depth and color pop from the lack of sand so I did what I swore I would never do again and added sand to the tank. Honestly I love it looks so much better and really brings out the coral. This is the tank as of today. As you will see i have been collecting a lot of coral.
Tank Stock includes
Marine Betta
Yellow Tang
Tomato and Cinnamon Clown
4" Yellow Watchman
Coral Beauty
Equipment
3x AI Hydras
Reef Octopus DCS250
Fluval 300W heater
Dont Remember what the return pump is lol
ReefKeeper Light Plus
2x WP40s
Dual BRS Reactor with carbon and GFO
5g ATO with Kalk dosing in it
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Looks great!! I'm envious of your location, looks out of the way, quiet, and comfortable.
I'm envious of your location, looks out of the way, quiet, and comfortable.
Just thought I would list the corals I have currently
Tongue Coral
Three Welsos, Metallic Green, Purple with Green Stripes, tri Color with Green Red and Blue
Two Hammers - Purple Tip, and Spattered Hammer with green and blue tips
Lots of Ultra Acans
Galaxia Large one
Toad Stool
Two duncans one is branching the other is more of a cluster
Six Chalices - Aussie stary night, Aussie Big eye, Mars Man, Blood Red, Miami Hurricane, Radical Red Chalice, The radical red is my favorite, it is red with a gold growth rim and has blue streaks that go through the eyes
Frog spawn
Few Brains
Blasto colonie
5 types of zoas
2 Maxi clams one Gold and one Purple with blue dots
Candy Cane
Not sure what the Red Coral is thats on the bottom looks like a doughnut of some kind and it has split into two mouths.
also unsure of another coral that is really cool and maybe one of the coolest shaped corals iv seen, Ill have to get a picture and hope someone can ID it for me.
I added a birds nest last night to start to mix the reef. I just want some simple easy to keep acros in the tank to give some texture and allow me to fill out the top of the rock beings I dont find much for LPS that will thrive on top of my rocks. I will probably use Acans to fill a lot of it however but the birdsnest is a test run
Tongue Coral
Three Welsos, Metallic Green, Purple with Green Stripes, tri Color with Green Red and Blue
Two Hammers - Purple Tip, and Spattered Hammer with green and blue tips
Lots of Ultra Acans
Galaxia Large one
Toad Stool
Two duncans one is branching the other is more of a cluster
Six Chalices - Aussie stary night, Aussie Big eye, Mars Man, Blood Red, Miami Hurricane, Radical Red Chalice, The radical red is my favorite, it is red with a gold growth rim and has blue streaks that go through the eyes
Frog spawn
Few Brains
Blasto colonie
5 types of zoas
2 Maxi clams one Gold and one Purple with blue dots
Candy Cane
Not sure what the Red Coral is thats on the bottom looks like a doughnut of some kind and it has split into two mouths.
also unsure of another coral that is really cool and maybe one of the coolest shaped corals iv seen, Ill have to get a picture and hope someone can ID it for me.
I added a birds nest last night to start to mix the reef. I just want some simple easy to keep acros in the tank to give some texture and allow me to fill out the top of the rock beings I dont find much for LPS that will thrive on top of my rocks. I will probably use Acans to fill a lot of it however but the birdsnest is a test run
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Alright here are some more pictures and ill be uploading a video soon. I hate Iphone camara...I really need to invest in a nice camara for this hobby.
I got a new Blond Naso, its about 6-7" long and nice and fat. Im thinking its a male based on how sharp his tail is and the hump on his nose. He has settled in quite well over the last 2 days and is eating like a champ and put the yellow tang in his place really quick.
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I got a new Blond Naso, its about 6-7" long and nice and fat. Im thinking its a male based on how sharp his tail is and the hump on his nose. He has settled in quite well over the last 2 days and is eating like a champ and put the yellow tang in his place really quick.
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