David's 180 Bow Front Reef

[Drendo]

Hey guys,
I'm planning on becoming more involved here and will be offering some DBTCs. I have been avoiding sitting down to start a journal and figured I would just get a basic one started and work my way back from there. Otherwise, it may take years to get the motivation to create a journal.

I started the tank in November of 2019. I will take some photos of the tank and gear over time, but here is a quick video of my livestock as of 5/31/22 to get me going.

Equipment List:

Oceanic 180 bow front
45 gallon sump
Maxspect Aeraqua Duo AD600 Protein Skimmer
Aqua UV 40 watt Sterilizer
Vectra M2 MobiusReady Pump
BRS Dual Reactor
APEX with Trident, DOS, ATK and 2 EB8s
Aqua Gadget 15 Gallon Hydrofoil Reservoir
2 MP40s
1 MP10
61 inch Aquatic Life housing 2 Kessil AP9s and 4 T5s (presently running 3 True Actinics and 1 Blue Plus
TK 2000 Chiller
BRS 300 Watt heater (X2)
Real Reef Live Rock and sand bed

Quarantine:

45 Gallon with UV for Copper application
75 gallon with 2 Kessil A360 Tuna Blue for post copper observation
15 gallon invert tank

Fish:

Hippo Tang
Zebra Tang
Chelmon Marginales
Laboute's Fairy Wrasse
Yellow Flanked Fairy Wrasse
Ocellaris Clown (X3)
Rainbow Basslet
Biota Blue Mandarin
Royal Gramma Basslet
Diomand Wtchman Goby (X2)
Pajama Cardinalfish

SPS:

TGC Acrolandia
LRO Buzz Lightyear
RR Pink Floyd
BC Hot Heaven
LRO Sugar Rush
RRC Rainbow Splice
CC Pink Highlighter
CB Malificient
Vivid's Confetti
SKA Jackpot
Magi Tort
JKR Rainbow
TCK Atomic Echinata
TGC Cherry Bomb
ARC Firework
TCK Superstar Tenius
BC Aquaticman Table
TCK Kaleidescope
JF Homewrecker
TCK Fireworks
CC Disney Jr
SB Creme De La Creme
TCK Wildcard
ARC Master Yoda
BC forgot the name
Yellow Aracnapora

Montipora:
JF Beach Montipora
Yellow Montipora
Red Montipora
JF Grinch Montipora

LPS:

Chalices:
WWC Superfly Chalice
LRO Watermelon Chalice
JF Crazy Fox
WWC Jelly Bean chalice
SC Dynamite chalice
Tony's Crazy Convict
TCK Radioactive Colorburst chalice
TCK Psychadelic Melting Rainbow
LRO Molten Lava chalice
JF Raja Rampage
WWC Stellaria

Softies:
ASD Holy Grail Torch
TCK Master Torch
Green Bubble Coral
Bicolor Frogspawn
Cat Eye Gonipora
Red Goni
Pink Goni
Australian Yellow Tipped Elegance

Stylocoeniella:
JF Loony Tunes stylo
JF Electric Daisy stylo

Blastomussa:

WWC Boogie Nights Blasto

Acans:

LRO Forgot the name
ASD Forgot the name Aussie Lord

Favia:

LRO Bejeweled
JF Sector 001
Dragon Soul Favia
War Coral

Zoanthids:

GB Rainbow Eclipse
GMK
RR Pink Diamond
WWC AOI
Emeralds on Fire
Purple Monster
ASD Hyper Julbile
Rastas
Illuminati


Whew, I did it! More to come...

 

[Srt4eric]

Good looking tank.

 

[Drendo]

Good looking tank.

Thanks!

 

[H2OPlayar]

Nice setup! Let's see a sump pic. How are you doing trace elements?

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Looks like a very happy system
Best fishes and happy reefing

 

[Drendo]

Nice setup! Let's see a sump pic. How are you doing trace elements?

Here are a couple of pics of the sump. I'm in the middle of a wire job, so my whole sump is kind of a mess right now. I'll update my wires when all done. Not terrible proud of it right now, but it is efficient.

I'm dosing Triton trace elements about once every couple of weeks. I'm dosing the larger corrections after ICP, which is usually every 4-6 weeks.

Through my Apex DOS, I am auto dosing Calcium and Alkalinity. I'm presently running Rowaphos in my reactor and dosing Chemipure Blue in my sump.

My Phospahtes were recently out of control after my RO water needed a change of cartridge. With the Rowaphos and WCs, my phosphates are back in the .03-.08 range. My Nitrates have been anywhere from .05 to 3 over the last 6 months. My SPS do much better with lower Nitrates. They are not as bothered by higher phosphate, but I prefer to keep them fairly low.

 

[H2OPlayar]

My Phospahtes were recently out of control after my RO water needed a change of cartridge. With the Rowaphos and WCs, my phosphates are back in the .03-.08 range. My Nitrates have been anywhere from .05 to 3 over the last 6 months. My SPS do much better with lower Nitrates. They are not as bothered by higher phosphate, but I prefer to keep them fairly low.

What's out of control? Check out my latest journal post. Not a recommendation by any means, but interesting to see what can be done at different nutrient levels.

Don't be ashamed of bad wiring jobs, that was my first 3 years.

 

[AARP-reefer]

Hey guys,
I'm planning on becoming more involved here and will be offering some DBTCs. I have been avoiding sitting down to start a journal and figured I would just get a basic one started and work my way back from there. Otherwise, it may take years to get the motivation to create a journal.

I started the tank in November of 2019. I will take some photos of the tank and gear over time, but here is a quick video of my livestock as of 5/31/22 to get me going.

Equipment List:

Oceanic 180 bow front
45 gallon sump
Maxspect Aeraqua Duo AD600 Protein Skimmer
Aqua UV 40 watt Sterilizer
Vectra M2 MobiusReady Pump
BRS Dual Reactor
APEX with Trident, DOS, ATK and 2 EB8s
Aqua Gadget 15 Gallon Hydrofoil Reservoir
2 MP40s
1 MP10
61 inch Aquatic Life housing 2 Kessil AP9s and 4 T5s (presently running 3 True Actinics and 1 Blue Plus
TK 2000 Chiller
BRS 300 Watt heater (X2)
Real Reef Live Rock and sand bed

Quarantine:

45 Gallon with UV for Copper application
75 gallon with 2 Kessil A360 Tuna Blue for post copper observation
15 gallon invert tank

Fish:

Hippo Tang
Zebra Tang
Chelmon Marginales
Laboute's Fairy Wrasse
Yellow Flanked Fairy Wrasse
Ocellaris Clown (X3)
Rainbow Basslet
Biota Blue Mandarin
Royal Gramma Basslet
Diomand Wtchman Goby (X2)
Pajama Cardinalfish

SPS:

TGC Acrolandia
LRO Buzz Lightyear
RR Pink Floyd
BC Hot Heaven
LRO Sugar Rush
RRC Rainbow Splice
CC Pink Highlighter
CB Malificient
Vivid's Confetti
SKA Jackpot
Magi Tort
JKR Rainbow
TCK Atomic Echinata
TGC Cherry Bomb
ARC Firework
TCK Superstar Tenius
BC Aquaticman Table
TCK Kaleidescope
JF Homewrecker
TCK Fireworks
CC Disney Jr
SB Creme De La Creme
TCK Wildcard
ARC Master Yoda
BC forgot the name
Yellow Aracnapora

Montipora:
JF Beach Montipora
Yellow Montipora
Red Montipora
JF Grinch Montipora

LPS:

Chalices:
WWC Superfly Chalice
LRO Watermelon Chalice
JF Crazy Fox
WWC Jelly Bean chalice
SC Dynamite chalice
Tony's Crazy Convict
TCK Radioactive Colorburst chalice
TCK Psychadelic Melting Rainbow
LRO Molten Lava chalice
JF Raja Rampage
WWC Stellaria

Softies:
ASD Holy Grail Torch
TCK Master Torch
Green Bubble Coral
Bicolor Frogspawn
Cat Eye Gonipora
Red Goni
Pink Goni
Australian Yellow Tipped Elegance

Stylocoeniella:
JF Loony Tunes stylo
JF Electric Daisy stylo

Blastomussa:

WWC Boogie Nights Blasto

Acans:

LRO Forgot the name
ASD Forgot the name Aussie Lord

Favia:

LRO Bejeweled
JF Sector 001
Dragon Soul Favia
War Coral

Zoanthids:

GB Rainbow Eclipse
GMK
RR Pink Diamond
WWC AOI
Emeralds on Fire
Purple Monster
ASD Hyper Julbile
Rastas
Illuminati


Whew, I did it! More to come...

Impressive

 

[Drendo]

What's out of control? Check out my latest journal post. Not a recommendation by any means, but interesting to see what can be done at different nutrient levels.

Don't be ashamed of bad wiring jobs, that was my first 3 years.L

They got up to .2 and .3, but after changing my RO cartridge, running Rowaphos and doing WCs, it’s all good now. Luckily I didn’t lose anything during the spike.

I wasn’t so lucky when I was using the Tropic Marin Pro Reef Turkish salts. It caused a bloodbath of coral loss!

I’ll check out your journal post.