Sviellvoicae's 90 Gallon Mixed Reef

sviellvoicae

sviellvoicae

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Tank
90 Gallon AGA with built in overflow
AGA canopy
AGA stand
Light
Coralife Retro-Kit
2x150 watt MH hqi
2x96 pc
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Sump/Fuge
30 Gallon TruVu Platinum sump with custom baffles
Skimmer l Retrun l Fuge
Looks funny saves money on fuge
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75lbs of live rock(still have 20ish pounds to add)
100lbs of aragonite white sand
2 misbar clowns
1 scopas tang
1 flasher wrasse
1 mandarin goby
1 scooter blenny
1 sand sifting star
1 fighting conch
1 derasa claman>
Hammer Coral
Orange Setosa
Green Finger Leather
Toadstool
Neon Green StarPolys
Green Birdsnest
Duncan Coral
Xenia
Nepthea Tree
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Misc Zoa's
Misc Mushrooms
Red/Green Trumpet
Paly's
Turbo snails, red legged hermits, blue legged hermits, misc snails
Day 1
Empty tank

Light system

Sump baffleless

After a long day of transfering everything to this tank here is what I had at about 2 am

This is how I had the sump setup so that the skimmer could start working

I thought that this idea might work for a refugium, but quickly I realized that it took up too much room and I didnt really like it.

After waiting a couple days for some cut glass this is the finished sump set up. Ive ran all my sumps like this and love it still.
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Up and running. I tested the water level with power off so many times. This was topped off a little too high for my comfort but even like this the sump will still not overflow. I run my returns very high to the top of the water and even at this height it doesnt reach the top of the sump. (excuse the wire mess to the right)

FTS

Full shot with sump

Mushroom hangout


The start of my garden

Bubble Coral

Toadstool

Hammer

Clam

Duncan with new head coming in

Xenia going crazy

Setosa

Birdsnest-not the best picture. You can also see my star polyps growing on the back wall
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Thats it for now. Im going to use this as a way to track progress and growth.
 
flower

flower

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Hi,
I have a 90g as well...looking good, I really like the cave.
I found that the best placement for the power heads were in the back pointing forward to the front. When I put them on the sides like that I didn't get as much flow for the corals. Just a suggestion.
 
sviellvoicae

sviellvoicae

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So far this has been my best location. When I put it on the back it blows sand everywhere and exposes the bottom. I do want to get a weaker koralia and do this on the left side next to the overflow. Although all my corals seems happy. I have some growth pictures that I will post as well. Flow has always been something that I'm worried I don't have enough of but everything seems fine.
 
flower

flower

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Quote:
Originally Posted by sviellvoicae http:///t/391257/sviellvoicaes-90-gallon-mixed-reef#post_3468783
So far this has been my best location. When I put it on the back it blows sand everywhere and exposes the bottom. I do want to get a weaker koralia and do this on the left side next to the overflow. Although all my corals seems happy. I have some growth pictures that I will post as well. Flow has always been something that I'm worried I don't have enough of but everything seems fine.
As long as you have no dead spots...all is well...LOL...don't fix what isn't broken.
The Koralia can be angled, so should you decide there is a need to move them...put them in the back corner and angle them toward the center front and a little upward to not disturb the sand. If you start seeing cyano, otherwise you need not even bother.
 
flower

flower

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Quote:
Originally Posted by sviellvoicae http:///t/391257/sviellvoicaes-90-gallon-mixed-reef#post_3468805
No cyano yet! But I don't trust that nasty stuff. Might be playing me for a fool

I should explain myself better, sometimes I don't realize how I sound. I meant that if you have trouble like I did...then change the possition of the PHs. Give me red slime any day over hair algae. My God bless I never see either one in my tanks again.
 
sviellvoicae

sviellvoicae

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Couple recent growth shots.
Setosa in Feb. 1st

Setosa now

Birdsnest Feb. 1st

Birdsnest now

Star polyps April 15th

Star polyps now

Zaos April 15th also I need an id on these if anyone can help

zoas now

Scallop still alive after 8 months

Scooter cruising as usual

My refugium. For some reason I can grow gracilaria like crazy but kill chaeto in matter of a week or so. Any ideas as to why?
 
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