Spankey's 75g Reef Tank.....

[spankey]

Well I wanted to share some recent photos of my 75g reef tank. I started this tank about two years ago which was a transfer from a 46 bow front. The bow front became way too crowded so I went what would fit in my living room without intrusion.
Specs:
75g AGA RR
30g Oceanic Sump
48” NEP T-5 Fixture (All bulbs replaced with higher end bulbs of course)
MRC1 Protein Skimmer
Reef Keeper Two Controller
Calcium Reactor
Vortech Power head
1 Korilla 3 timed for one minute on 5 minutes off to kick some extra detris.
Auto Top off RO only.
I do weekly 7 gallon water changes on this tank with a mix of reef crystals and tropic marin salt mixed 50/50.
I have been dosing Prodibio BioDigest and Bioptim for about two months now faithfully.
I dose daily 3 drops of Zeo supplements: Sponge Power, Coral Vitalizer and Zeo Ammino’s.
I feed once a day and alternate between Spectrum flakes and home made food.
Some shots of the tank.
Full Tank Shot

Left Side

Center

Right Side

Random Coral Photos

 

[spankey]

 

[spankey]

 

[spankey]

Nursing these guys from shipping  Just got em a few days ago….

Top downs

These are true colors from looking down at the tank. It’s amazing the colors the T5’s produce!!!!! But then again, the top downs are the best!!!!

Critique away and please feel free to ask any questions.
Thanks
Spankey!

 

[spankey]

The real kicker is it's hard to believe but a month and half ago I almost lost this tank fully. Every coral you see in the photos were nearly bleached and have recovered two fold!
Amazing!

 

[spankey]

I am actually ashamed to post this but to give everyone an idea, this is what my tank looked like two months ago when it partially crashed. Allot of hard work and attention made it come around again!
Two months ago.

 

[spiderwoman]

Spankey, you make me SICK with envy! <faint> <yoohoo> <faint>
Awesome colors!

 

[rebelprettyboy]

man I love looking at ur tank! Its freakin awesome!

 

[mr_x]

looks great spankey.
just out of curiousity, what are those "higher end" bulbs you mentioned? i'm thinking of swapping out some of the lamps in my nova pro.

 

[spankey]

I am running
2Aqua Blue Specials
2Blue Plus
1Fiji Purple
1Haggen Actinic's
Six total.
The colors are amazing. I can't say it's 100% the lights though. I think some of the dosing has some play in that too....
Either way the look of the lights are awesome.

 

[nycbob]

wow love the colors! all of these under t5!

 

[spankey]

Yep! Only 6 54watt T5's.... I used to run halides and after seeing what these can do,,,,, I will never go back again. T5 from now on!

 

[clownfish11]

theres no way thats a 75gallon, and I'm getting your exact fixture in a few days

 

[netimreefer]

nice tank

 

[sickboy]

awesome corals, love the tank

 

[mr_x]

so, you don't use any daylight bulbs then? i have 2 blue plus, and 1 fiji purple in my nova pro, along with 2 aquasuns. what puts the white light in the tank...the haggen actinic?

 

[spankey]

The two aqua blue specials are 12k bulbs.

 

[mr_x]

ahh..that explains it.

 

[m0nk]

Beautiful tank! Love those colors.

 

[kevin34]

WOW...