Fred's 40Breeder SPS dominated mixed Reef

[BEAU_RN]

Hi to all RF members!

Finally managed to take time and upload some pics of my tank. Sorry for the poor quality, but I was rushing lol. Initially started in spring 2012 and currently planning my 125 or 180 gallon upgrade since this tank is close to overloaded. It's had its ups and downs in the beginning, but this year things are finally taking off and all parameters are steadily within normal parameters the last 13 months. Cheers to all Reefers and this incredible addiction!!!
:wave::music::clap2:

FILTRATION
60lbs LR
Red Sea Protein skimmer
4" DSB in sump/fuge
Phosban Reactor
Chemi-pure Elite
Tons of Macro (Cheato, Caulerpa Prolifera & Caulerpa Mexicana)
CPR bak-pak HOB (*No skimmer, used only for copepods & sponges*)

PARAMETERS
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Phosphate - 0
Magnesium - 1340ppm
Alkalinity - 10.4 dKH
Calcium - 440ppm
pH - 8.12
SG - 1.024
Temp - 76.6F

 

[user 26995]

Very sweet. Some nice sps in there.

 

[glweek]

wow you have some great looking pieces in there!

 

[Yellow-Tang]

great job on those sps, all looking very healthy

 

[BEAU_RN]

Thanks guys !!! Can't wait til they're mostly grown out though. Still a long way.

 

[rainydave]

Very nice. Love the variety.

 

[dawguy]

nice! definitely some nice looking sps in there.

 

[BEAU_RN]

:amen: .........

 

[ak_reefer]

Looking good Fred, still think you need more zoas in there!!!

Javier

 

[BEAU_RN]

Looking good Fred, still think you need more zoas in there!!!

Javier

Well i know who to visit if I ever feel the need for more zoas right Javi... Actually thinkin of thinning out the green common zoas which i think is called dragon eyes since it taking over lol

 

[ak_reefer]

You know it! You upgrading soon? You know you have a spot all picked out!!!

 

[newlyreefd]

Beautiful tank. I am starting a 40B myself and I hope that one day it looks that good. What other fish do you have in there besides the 2 clowns?

 

[BEAU_RN]

You know it! You upgrading soon? You know you have a spot all picked out!!!

Yea buddy!!! Either a 125 or maybe 180 gallon, but either way a 6ft long tank downstairs after the renovation of my man-cave lol.

 

[BEAU_RN]

Beautiful tank. I am starting a 40B myself and I hope that one day it looks that good. What other fish do you have in there besides the 2 clowns?

Thanks! It took a while and lots of $$$ of course to overfill this decent sized reef tank. I've also got 3 sapphire damsels, 1 neon dottyback, and 1 green mandarin. I'd be careful with adding a mandarin to a 40B since it can be difficult to keep without always adding pods, but my sump/fuge and HOB fuge resolves that issue and I haven't had to add pods since the beginning when I seeded the tank. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions, I'm happy to help.

 

[FishGuy30]

Very nice tank cant wait to see what it looks like when it grows out even more

 

[trido]

That's a damned good looking tank!

 

[pandora32]

Very nice tank!

 

[BEAU_RN]

Very nice tank cant wait to see what it looks like when it grows out even more

Yea. Now comes the tough part... just waiting for grow out of all pieces since some sps are just so darn slow to grow lol. In the meantime, I'm upgrading equipment as my budget allow its. Thanks!

 

[BEAU_RN]

That's a damned good looking tank!

Thanks Duane!!! It's too packed already that I had to break out a frag rack just to fit the pieces I got from ya :cheer2:

 

[BEAU_RN]

Very nice tank!

Thanks!! Hope your birdsnest is gonna do better in it's new spot :high5: