our 75 gallon mixed reef

[labnjab]

We've been a member for a while but haven't really posted much. Here is our 75 gallon mixed reef. It been running since December of 2009 and is doing really well.

We just recently added 20 lbs of eco-rocks to the left half of the tank. We use to have a very large toadstool leather in that spot that was just getting too big. The picture is a little cloudy because it was taken just after adding the eco-rocks

Equipment list
Live rock
-85+ lbs in the display
-15-20 lbs in the sump

Sump
-20 gallon long
-Magdrive 9.5 return pump
-auto top off
Lighting
-2x250 watt HQI with phoenix 14000K bulbs

Flow
-4 koralia 2's
-1 Koralia 1

Skimmer
-Coralife 125

Reactors
-Aqua C Rx1 Calcium Reactor
-2 little fishies media reactor with GAC
-BRS Reactor with GFO

Controller
-Reefkeeper Lite level 3

Heaters
-2x 200 watt visa therm stealth

 

[labnjab]

Forgot to add stocking

2 O-clowns
1 Foxface Rabbit fish
1 Falco Hawkfish
1 Bangai Cardinal
1 Yellow Corris Wrasse
1 Tiger Pistol Shrimp
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
1 Pencil Urchin
1 Dersa Clam

 

[jayman10134]

Looks good. I like that welso in the front.

 

[s_kelley]

looking good love the brain in the front left and the kryptonite candy cane is Intense.

 

[FOXYB]

looks good that brain is sweet

 

[labnjab]

Thank you everyone. That open brain was our first LPS coral. We got it a year and a half ago when we only had a 29 gallon. Here are some up close pictures of everything. Sorry the glass is a little dirty


FTS without cloudy water

Sps Mountain, we have to trim the acros back every 3-4 weeks to keep them from touching

Hammer coral and bangai cardinal

 

[labnjab]

There's 2 BTA's here.

 

[labnjab]

 

[Moe_K]

Excellent!

Any problem w/ the yellow wrasse harassing inverts?
Mine got big, and I think it may have started knocking off my snails and hermits.

 

[pillowfish]

Looks great, love the brain too!

 

[Takara]

nice!

 

[labnjab]

Thank you

Excellent!

Any problem w/ the yellow wrasse harassing inverts?
Mine got big, and I think it may have started knocking off my snails and hermits.

No problems yet but we've only had it a few months. We had a mated pair and our hawkfish chased the female out a day after we got them so we put a screen top on the tank. The only inverts he's eaten are flat worms. The only complaint I have is he's skittish. If you move to fast around the tank he quickly hides in the sand

 

[Moe_K]

Thank you




No problems yet but we've only had it a few months. We had a mated pair and our hawkfish chased the female out a day after we got them so we put a screen top on the tank. The only inverts he's eaten are flat worms. The only complaint I have is he's skittish. If you move to fast around the tank he quickly hides in the sand

That'll pass as the fish grows used to the tank and the outside action.

 

[CrazyCorals]

looks awsome

 

[number1gsxxr]

That looks great. The kryptonite candy cane is about the brightest I have seen!

 

[labnjab]

Thank you for the compliments. Wow the kryptonite is bright, lol

That'll pass as the fish grows used to the tank and the outside action.

Cool, he has gotten better since we got him. He use to hide all day if he got startled, now he's usually back out under an hour

 

[ytang1]

Looks nice.

 

[labnjab]

Thank you ytang 1

We made a few additions to the tank today. We added a very small randall goby and a pair of peppermint shrimp to hopefully make a dent in our aptasia problem until we can get a few berghai (sp?) nudibranches. We've been trying to kill the aptasia for months and can't keep up with it. I know there's no guarantee on the shrimp eating them, but at 2 for $12.50 it was worth a shot

Here's the goby perched on the open brain shortly after acclimation

and another shot of the goby

and the peppermint shrimp

We plan on adding 1 more fish to the tank, which will hopefully be a tank raised Mandarin once ORA releases them this summer (fingers crossed, lol)