65 gallon sps reef profile with many pics

[brooklyn johnny]

Hey guys... I've profiled my 10 gallon kitchen nano and 54 gallon corner mixed reef, and now am finally getting around to the 65 sps tank. Here are the specs...
Tanks:
65 gallon AGA with standard 20 gallon adjoining frag tank and 20 gallon sump
Lighting:
2x250 watt DE ushio 10k in reef optix 3 reflectors
3x75 watt actinic VHO
(1x250 watt DE ushio 10k w/ 2 x 15 watt NO actinic on frag tank)
Filtration:
Euroreef ES5-3 Skimmer
7 gallon refugium
Dual MAK4 pumps (1200 gph each)- #1 for sump return going to 3/4 sea swirl in main tank and through SCWD to frag tank... #2 on closed loop in main tank going through SCWD
My Reef Creations custom rowaphos reactor (fluidized) on it's way:happy:
Calcium and alk supplementation:
My Reef Creations dual chamber calcium reactor
custom Nilsen reactor (6"x24") hooked up to auto topoff
Here's the full tank shot with many more pics to follow...

 

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BAcking up... all three tanks in the living room...

 

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Top shot one left side of tank with derasa clam...

 

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Moving right, with pink A. millepora in center

 

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Center shot showing ricordea garden with Acropora simplex in center

 

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Moving right more, showing A. jacqueliniae, Montipora peltiformis, and crocea clam...

 

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Here you see another A. millepora (powder blue) with Acropora Tortuosa (this is the "cali" or "bennett" tort)

 

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Acropora efflorescence on the right side of the tank...

 

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Side view showing Red Sea regal angel with peppermint hogfish...

 

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The guts of the stand I built, which is 40 inches high with every inch needed. I planned on a high stand anyway of about 36 inches, but in order to fit everything with the fuge I needed 40. It's nice because you don't have to bend over to see the tank...

 

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Closeup of my Oregon blue tort, the slowest growing coral in the world (not really, but it feels that way...)

 

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My cali tort, grown from a one branch small frag received less than six months ago... this guy on the other hand grows like a root...

 

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The soon to be famous "DC tort" from a guy loaclly around me... put one down for the East Coast...

 

[golfish]

VERY VERY NICE

 

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Montipora peltiformis colony #1...
Skilos I will... can we even discuss trades on this board? Or is it just selling corals for profit? One of the great benefits of boards is the trading of captively propogated corals... Anyway I'll get in touch...

 

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Second peltiformis before hacking for frags (I got slammed for hogging two of these...

 

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Closeup of second colony...

 

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Closeup of first colony

 

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Tridacna maxima encrusted with yellow polyps next to Ricordia Yuma

 

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Red polyp purple base Montipora danae