75 Gal Reef Build

[Dano.]

Full tank shot...

 

[TommyP]

Looks awesome Dano.

 

[danbstrong]

Looks awesome Dano.

Jmo i dont think lettuce has proper nutrients to keep a tang healthy for long term it might feed its belly but theres no nutrition there

 

[Gregcoyote]

That's what my research has shown. Like brine shrimp, they eat it but there isn't that much nutrition in it. I load my tangs up on proteins about 2-3 times a week and then just feed Nori sheets (chinese market) and spirullina flakes on the off days. Several of them are over 6 years old and one is 10. They are all fat and have never had ICH. But if they like lettuce, I would still give it to them.

 

[Dano.]

Does anyone know why sometime Bubble tip anemones are sometime have bubble tips and sometimes long and stretched out?

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Does anyone know why sometime Bubble tip anemones are sometime have bubble tips and sometimes long and stretched out?

I think it depends on how much flow there is in the tank...?

 

[Dano.]

There is a good amount of flow, he sits in the dame spot. But sometime he is stretched and some time bubbled.

 

[HovaRockz]

My yellow sebae does the same thing and my flow is outrageous

 

[San Raphael Catfish]

Very nice tank! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Sniperhank]

If I remember correctly dano, no one is actually sure why that is the case.

 

[Dpickleboy]

Hey Dano can you post your blue prints, how much materials cost, how you glued it, etc please?

I'd greatly appreciate it!

 

[Dano.]

If I remember correctly dano, no one is actually sure why that is the case.

Right on, just a curiosity thing. Thanks

 

[Dano.]

Hey Dano can you post your blue prints, how much materials cost, how you glued it, etc please?

I'd greatly appreciate it!

Yeah I will send these out, give me a day or two to compile it, lots of notes lol.

 

[Dano.]

Hey Dano can you post your blue prints, how much materials cost, how you glued it, etc please?

I'd greatly appreciate it!

Alright this is probably going to take a few posts so ill start with the sump and some of the basics...

The tank is a 75G custom acrylic with overflow. The sump is a approx 30G with 3 compartments. First compartment contains 18watt uv sterilizer ($65 eBay) and eshopps psk125 protien skimmer ($95 LFS). Second compartment is my fuge, I have a clip on light I picked up at the hardware store running a 5000k bulb to support my cheato growth. There is 3-4inches of live sand and an inch or two of miracle mud. As the water flows into the the return compartment (3rd) it flows through 2 bags of chemipure elite and is pumped back by my 800GPH return pump (eBay $40).

My sump contains a handful of various snails an is a great place to grow pods

I also have the grow light set to a reverse night cycle to keep my tank PH balanced.

 

[Dano.]

My display tank has 2 1050GPH koralia hydor powerheads ($50 each) they are controlled by a koralia wave maker controller ($80) that is housed in the stand. I have approx 80lbs of rock 60 ($200 about half came from my previous tank) live and 20 base ($45). I do not have these glued or framed. I simply built the base rock into the sand and stacked the rock. The display tank also has a 4-6" deep sand bed. I used 160lbs ($120) of caribsea bagged 'live sand' then ordered 50lbs ($100) of live sand from premiumaquatic.com.

I am defiantly a fan of the DSB my nitrates and phosphates never seem to stray to far from 0. I think all of the live rock and live sand helped my tank cycle and mature very quickly. I had my first live stock and coral in the tank about 2 weeks after the cycle.

 

[Dano.]

Live stock listing...

2 black and white clowns
Yellow clown goby
Blue mandarin
Red scooter Benny
Royal gramma
Lawn mower Benny
2 blue green chromis
Rose bubble tip anemone
Serpent star
Double tile reef star
Coral banded shrimp
Cleaner shrimp

Coral listing...

Hammer (6 heads)
Frogspawn (8 heads)
Torch (frag 2 heads)
Green acro
Pink birds nest (frag)
Candy cane (18 heads)
Green star polyps
Assorted zoa frags
Blue acro colony

 

[Dano.]

After a few weeks my serpent star is finally starting to come out and stay out after feeding time!

 

[Rosseg]

How did you deal with the anemone vs coral issue? I want to get an RBTA but I don't want it to kill my corals as it moves!

 

[Dano.]

I have been very fortunate, I had my BTA in my previous tank for almost a year and he picked a rock that he liked and dug his way in. When I moved him to my new setup I put him in a place with about the same lighting and flow, he just hangs out there

 

[Rosseg]

Any advice you'd have for me, who already has 10-12 Corals on various points on the rock?