75g Glowing Reef Build

[Gernader]

May 3, 2020:

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

I’m planning to transfer everything from my 29g to 75g.

I bought a return pump, lights, a skimmer and a heater. Now, I need to find new sand and figure out how to mount black boxes on top of my tank (I am thinking of using large L shaped brackets on the wall and hang the lights on them).

I finished the plumbing, but I need to go out to get pvc cement and primer to bond some of the pipes.

I also did aquascaping and I think I like it. I might add more rocks at the middle.

Let me know what you think.

 

[Gernader]

May 5 2020:

The 75g with 30g sump is finally up and running! The fish and corals are a little stressed due to moving from 29g, but that’s expected. So far, I’m loving this tank!

 

[Gernader]

May 9, 2020:

Well, it’s been a week since my 75 has been running. Everything looks great, but I got one problem though, the return pump (Jebao dct) is humming loud.

Pics:

 

[Gernader]

May 12, 2020:

I just noticed I got some dinoflagellates in a 1 week old tank. So I’m starting to feed more often, added nitrifying bacteria, and do a blackout for 2 days. Hopefully, I can beat it!

 

[Gernader]

May 16, 2020:

HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS!! I also received an awesome Tunze skimmer from the R2R community! You have no idea how excited and appreciative I was lol!







May 16 2020:

Forgot to mention that I added an extra powerhead for more flow. Now, my tank got over 3,000GPH of flow which is about 41x turnover.

 

[Gernader]

May 22, 2020:

Everything is going well except I see small spots of Dinos around the rocks! Honestly, I should add way more corals since it looks empty lol. I am also adding more fish in my tank by next month (they are currently in quarantine now). Now, let’s see some pics!!

Pics:

Clownfish in anemone



Bangaii Cardinal



Top Down Shot



Left Side Shot



Right Side Shot



New Skimmer

 

[Gernader]

May 29, 2020:

Time for an update! I received the CUC from reefcleaners and everything looks great! I noticed the corals at the front are not getting much light after using a par meter, so I moved the lights forward by adding a piece of wood to the wall with a trim around it. It actually looks much better than before.

I have been trying to look for a couple of fish absolutely everywhere with no luck! I guess I have to wait until everything goes back to normal ugh.

 

[Gernader]

June 13, 2020:

Time for an update!! I recently ordered some quarantined fish online and received them 3 days ago. The fish I got are a small yellow tang, a firefish, and a yellow watchman goby (can’t find in my tank since it’s so tiny lol). I also got a male anthias and a female anthias, but unfortunately they passed away due to shipping stress. The rest of the fish are doing great and starting to increase my feedings every day.

I also decided to change my lighting with more whites, so I could see the colors of the fish. Oh and I bought 2 Zoa frags (cb white zombies and pink diamonds circled in the pic)! Anyway, here are some PICS!!

 

[Rcslade124]

That tunze skimmer is nice. Wish I would've gotten one over my curve 7 elite

 

[Gernader]

That tunze skimmer is nice. Wish I would've gotten one over my curve 7 elite

Thanks, I appreciate that. I really love this skimmer since it is really small and can handle up to 265g. I also love the emergency overflow feature where it will never overflow no matter what.

 

[kanzekatores]

Great tank! What kind of anemone is that?

 

[Gernader]

Great tank! What kind of anemone is that?

Thanks! It’s specifically called a sherman rose bubble tip anemone

 

[Gernader]

Update:

- The new fish are used to the tank and they are doing great! Although, I still cannot find my watchman goby since it hides all the way back lol

- Tested water parameters and everything looks good except the nitrates are very low and phosphates is a little bit high at 0.19ppm

- Got some new corals (sps frags, zoas, and a mushroom)

- Cleaned the glass today and thought why not take some pictures and post them here!

 

[Gernader]

Just wanted to show a video of my fish eating nori!

 

[ImpairedFish]

Thanks for all the pictures, great looking tank! Now I want a salt water tank.... Thanks....

 

[Gernader]

Thanks for all the pictures, great looking tank! Now I want a salt water tank.... Thanks....

No problem and thanks for the comment! I’m glad I was able to get you into saltwater

 

[ImpairedFish]

No problem and thanks for the comment! I’m glad I was able to get you into saltwater

This hobby is a money pit....

 

[Gernader]

This hobby is a money pit....

I agree! However, I only have a few hobbies so, I am able to afford it lol! It‘s definitely worth the cost if you love it.

 

[MomeWrath]

That tank is amazing. Your plumbing looks amazing. Your skimmer is enviable, as are your sump and your lights and OHMYGOSH that nem!!! I have reef envy...and I had a nice reef lol!

 

[Gernader]

That tank is amazing. Your plumbing looks amazing. Your skimmer is enviable, as are your sump and your lights and OHMYGOSH that nem!!! I have reef envy...and I had a nice reef lol!

Haha, thanks for the compliments! The only reason I upgraded to this tank is because I found a great deal for this setup and decided to bite the bullet! I love this hobby

 

[Gernader]

I already see some coralline algae on 2 months old rocks!! It must be the live rocks from my old tank

 

[Maryellen]

Beautiful! Soooo jealous!

 

[Gernader]

Beautiful! Soooo jealous!

I appreciate that! You should get a reef tank

 

[Gernader]

Update: A couple of days ago, I got 6 of the beautiful rock flower anemones that was on sale! And today, I just met a local reefer and bought some of his nice SPS corals! The ones I got are Walt Disney, Tyree Tri-Color Valida, Blue and Teal Millie, TRC Rocket Science, and TRC Haley‘s Comet. I also got two more SPS frags from last week which are Tierra del Fuego and garf bonsai. I will let them get used to my tank for about a week before taking pics

 

[Gernader]

Decided to list my new 75g setup!

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
• Lighting: 2 of Mars Aqua 165W running at 100% blues, 5% whites for 8 hours a day.
• Filtration: 1 of 7” filter sock and 1 of 4” filter sock
• Biological Filtration: Live rocks, ceramic bioballs, and Seachem matrix
• Heater: Eheim Jager 300W (I also got a backup heater)
• Flow: 1 MP40wQD and 1 Hydor Koralia 1950gph model (total gph: at least 3,500gph)
• Lid: 2 of DIY mesh lids

Livestock: (need some recommendations!)

• 1 Ocellaris Clown (used to have 2, but removed 1 due to insane aggression whenever I have blue lights on, that was a surprise!)
• 1 Ruby Longfin Fairy Wrasse
• 1 Captive Bred Banggai Cardinal
• 1 small Yellow Tang
• 1 Firefish
• 1 Cleaner shrimp
• 1 Fire Shrimp
• Over 110 snails: Nassarius, ceriths, trochus, nerites, Mexican turbo, bubblebee snails
• 1 Emerald crab
• Sherman Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
• 7 Rock Flower Anemones

Corals:

• Leather Toadstool
• Tree Coral
• Green Pacific Ricordea Mushrooms
• Yellow/Green Ricordea Mushroom
• Orange Ricordea Mushroom
• 2 frags of Green Star Polyps
• Xenia
• WWC Purple Monsters zoas
• Green Flowerpot/Goniopora
• Hollywood Stunner Chalice
• Venus Flytrap palythoas
• Green Hammer
• Alveopora
• TSA Bam Bam zoas
• TSA Magma Flow Echinata
• Green Hairy Mushroom
• Nightmares zoas
• Green/red Blastomussa
• WWC Sweet Tooth zoas
• WWC Space Queens zoas
• Rasta zoas
• Hooligans zoas
• CB White Zombies zoas
• Pink Diamonds zoas
• Cornbred El Corazon zoas

SPS:

• Walt Disney
• Tierra del Fuego
• TRC Rocket Science
• TRC Haley’s Comet
• Tyree Tri-Color Valida
• Garf Bonsai
• Blue and Teal Millie
• Montipora Digitata

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

 

[Gernader]

I just made a quick video on my tank under blue light! (Sorry about my dog barking lol)

 

[Gernader]

Update: I ordered some supplies to be able to acclimate new corals/anemones, got a frag rack, and now can take better photos from top down view! Here are the pics!

Walt Disney (might be my favorite )

 

[MomeWrath]

That orange mushroom (yuma? it's been so long now...) is pretty amazing. I'm a mushroom fan tho.

 

[Gernader]

That orange mushroom (yuma? it's been so long now...) is pretty amazing. I'm a mushroom fan tho.

Good guess, but it’s a type of Rhodactis mushroom. I think I bought it as “Forest Fire Rhodactis.”

 

[Aurorafishy]

This is sooo beautiful!

 

[Gernader]

This is sooo beautiful!

Thank you for saying that!

 

[Gernader]

July Update:

Here are some nice sps I got from TSA! (The front ones on the rack)

- TSA Twisted Sister
- CC Voodoo Majick
- TSA The Fuzz
- TSA Dan Akroyd



July FTS

 

[Gernader]

Well, I made some changes to my tank! I removed my powerhead and added 2 MP40s on The back wall for SPS corals. Now, it looks like my flow rate is around 6,800 gph or 90x! It’s gonna be difficult to make all corals happy since it’s a mixed reef lol.

Oh, I bought many sps frags and they are coming this week . I also added a rainbow bubble tip anemone next to my huge anemone since I found it for a great deal.

PICS SPAM

 

[Gernader]

Sunkist Bounce


Chalices/ RFAs/ Hammers/ Space Invader Pectinia


TSA Twisted Sister


CC Voodoo Majick
TSA Dan Akroyd
TSA The Fuzz
Walt Disney
TRC Rocket Science
Garf Bonsai and Tierra Del Fuego

 

[Gernader]

Tyree Tri-Color Valida
Blue/Teal Milli

 

[Rcslade124]

I'm getting risky. Ordered a beautiful rose BTA. Tanks only 4 months old so it might not go well. But 60$ anem is too hard to pass. Also added my first acan I love the acan. All levels are elevated. 11.6kh 500 calcium and 1880 mag. Nitrates 2.5 algea consuming it. And idk phos. Here goes nothing lol

 

[Gernader]

I'm getting risky. Ordered a beautiful rose BTA. Tanks only 4 months old so it might not go well. But 60$ anem is too hard to pass. Also added my first acan I love the acan. All levels are elevated. 11.6kh 500 calcium and 1880 mag. Nitrates 2.5 algea consuming it. And idk phos. Here goes nothing lol

Nice! Just keep your parameters stable and your anemone will be fine. It loves a lot of light and some flow. Your parameters are high, just like you said. My anemone is doing great and growing fast at these parameters: 8-10 dKH, 400-450 calcium, 1400-1500 mag, 1-2 nitrates, and 0.2 phosphates. All of my corals are happy with no nuisance algae!

 

[Rcslade124]

Yes my parameters are high. I'm not sure if it was the last batch of reef crystals that raised it that high. I started io to try and get lower numbers and I can dose. And I'm almost through with the hair algea stage. We will see. A little early but good deal and I will try my hardest to keep it happy.

 

[Gernader]

My new SPS additions

TGC Cherry Bomb (in the middle, has insane PE)


TSA Purple Rain


Some of my current corals below:

Tyree Tri-Color Valida


TSA The Fuzz


TSA Dan Akroyd


CC Voodoo Majick


Walt Disney


TSA Twisted Sister


Garf Bonsai


Acans

 

[Gernader]

Well, it’s been a month since the last update! I took a bunch of pics to show the progress of growth for SPS. I also got a high end sps frag, TSA Fruity Pebbles . That’s gonna be a stunner when it gets big!

Pics (taken with my phone with filter, no edits):

FTS




Walt Disney



Greg Hiller’s Aqua Delight



TSA Dan Akroyd



Garf Bonsai



TSA Twisted Sister



TSA The Fuzz



RR Kandari



Tierra Del Fuego



TRC Rocket Science

 

[Rcslade124]

Looking great! I got a jason fox enchanted forest bird'snest and a suntan montipora hopefully they survive. My bubble tips anemone hasn't moved from it's spot so hopefully it's happy

 

[Gernader]

Looking great! I got a jason fox enchanted forest bird'snest and a suntan montipora hopefully they survive. My bubble tips anemone hasn't moved from it's spot so hopefully it's happy

Thanks! I’m sure your new corals will do well as they are generally easy to take care of. Glad to hear that your anemone hasn’t moved!

 

[Gernader]

I have some surprising news! My rainbow anemone has splitted into 4 anemones! I got them all and put them in my anemone box, so I’m gonna let them grow a bit and sell 3 of them! My big Sherman anemone is still growing lol.

Daylight pic:


Blues:

 

[Rcslade124]

Mine is still in it's hole on top of the rock. Getting fuller looking but no movement and only a month or so. I am waiting to see what happens in a few months

 

[MomeWrath]

That is awesome!! Congrats on the "babies!" I love how reefing, if you're patient, starts to support itself after a bit.

 

[Gernader]

My Walt Disney keeps getting more prettier and a fast grower, that’s for sure!

July 2020


Aug 2020


September 2020


October 2020 (now)

 

[Gernader]

Alright guys, I took some pics of my tank after I changed to 3 ViparSpectras to have a better spectrum, more par, and can add more SPS in the middle



Daylight


Blues


On a side note, my new clownfish (white) is finally being hosted by my anemone!

 

[Gernader]

Got some new frags! I took these iPhone pics yesterday

CC Walt Disney Jr


WWC Pink Panther


TSA Fruity Pebbles


CB Flaming Unicorn


BC Reef Ready Grape Juice

 

[Gernader]

Well... I went crazy with buying some high end corals for the past couple of weeks

Here are some crappy phone pics (will have to take some better pics soon)

RRU Angry Birds



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


JF Homewrecker


SBB Hephaestus Zoa


And... a huge head of NY Knicks Torch

 

[Gernader]

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!