SAM Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 150 gallon SPS dominant tank: Total - 3 major tank crashes (1. over dose Biopellet, 2. Tank move including installing a new return pump, 3. overdosing GFO) 4-5 minor crashes mostly involving ALK swing from switching doser to Cx Reactor, LED upgrades, etc 5x2x2 (Purchase from Intrinsic Reef Design - Thank you Wes for the hook up back in 2010) 2yrs later - Tim (Wizard) helped me remodel the whole setup and turn it into a SPS Dominant tank: I run it like Tim did utilizing: JNS Alpha 2 Bio Reactor - Biopellet (two little fishies) Two little fishies 150 Reactor - BRS Carbon Two little fishies 550 Reactor - Rowaphos Turbo Twist UV 18w Reef Octopus skimmer Viaaqua 300w heater JBJ chiller Ecotech G2 Radion LED x3 Tunze nano wavebox Tunze 6105 x2 (continuous for circulation) Tunze 6095 (sync with nano wavebox) Tunze 6015 x2 (control by apex) Tunze auto top off Sicce Voyoger 4 x2 (continuous for circulation) Reef Octopus Water Blaster HY-5000W as main return Geo Calcium Reactor Apex (Tim's original apex used on his 215) Fish: Naso Tang Blue Tang Purple Tang Chevron Tang Magnificent Foxface Extreme misbar clownfish - orange & black 6 line Wrasse Green wrasse Clam: Purple Crocea Coral: Mushroom: Green fuzzy Superman - Pham's version Superman - Mr. Coral version Purple Blue Orange Ricordia Z/P: Candy Apple Red Purple Death Rastas Captain America Bam Bam King Midas Nuclear Green Fairy Dust <--this is a weed from Tim lol LPS: Duncan Orange Frogspawn Teal Frogaspawn Yellow scroll Chalice: Miami Hurriance Tyree bubble gum Tyree Watermelon Nick's Pink Pink Chalice Favia: Teal Favia Prism Favia Christmas Favia War Favia Tyree Pastel War Monti Digi: Purple Digi Blue Digi Pink/Red Digi Forest Fire Digi Yellow Lantana Green Digi Spongedes Plate/Encrusting: Tyree Flower petal Tyree Strawberry field Jedi Mind Trick Pink Sand Dollar Purple Haze Rainbow Monti Superman Monti Sunset Monti Setosa Birdsnest: Hycinthus ORA Screaming Green Birds of Paradise Ponape Pink Birdsnest Pocillipora: Harry's Valentino ORA Red tip Stylo: Purple Stylo Rainbow Stylo Pink Stylo Acro: ORA Red Planet ORA Hawkins ORA Joe the Coral ORA Blue Voodoo ORA Purple Plasma ORA Pearlberry ORA Strawberry Shortcake ORA Oregon Tort ORA Cali Tort Tyree Blue Matrix Tyree Pinky the Bear Tyree Icefire Echinata Tyree 2 tone tort Tyree Pink Lemonade PC Rainbow CITR Red Dragon Jose Casa Rainbow Prostrata Vivid Rainbow Delight JF Aqua Delight Frag Farmers Red Robin Stag Paletta Pink Tip DFS Blue Tenius DFS Pink Panther CC White/Green Horrida CC Pastel Shortcake GWS Planet Earth Hoeksemai GWS Choas Branching Cyphastrea Roy's Pink Branching Cyphastrea Roy's Rainbow Nasuta Nick's Purple Passion Nick's Blue Hoeksema RMF Wonderland Mille RMF Ace of Spade Mille Rommel Watermelon Rommel Rainbow Mille Palmers Blue Mille Sam Blue/Green Mille Sam Mint Julep Sam RasBerry Delight Sam Rainbow Nebula Sam Purple Bonsai Sam Golden Pink Secale Sam Flame tip Dragontail Aboratindes Sam Purple delight Sam Rainbow Nasuta Sam Strawberry Flavor Nasuta Tim's Plum Crazy Tim's Pink Mille Tim's Green/Purple Plana Tim's Red Rainbow Stag Tim's Skittle Granulosa Tim's Yellow tip Mille Tim's Purple Meridian Tim's Green Dragon Ty's Neon Green Shirahoshi Aussie IceFire Tenius Aussie Teal Stag Aussie Green/Purple Spathulata Aussie Purple Horrida Aussie Blue tip Granulosa Aussie Purple/Pink Delsawlii Aussie Frazzle berry Macrolades Aussie Passionfruit Aussie white/blue/purple Macrolades Aussie 2 tone tort Aussie Neon Green Aussie Cherry Blossom Aussie Blue Curacao Aussie Pink Hyacinthus Aussie Green/Blue Hyacinthus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sam's tank is awesome and has been my saving grace in sanity during my upgrade debacle! Thanks for letting me stare at pretty SPS until mine come back to me! About time on the build thread Sam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sam's tank is awesome and has been my saving grace in sanity during my upgrade debacle! Thanks for letting me stare at pretty SPS until mine come back to me! About time on the build thread Sam! Thanks Ty, I've being just too lazy but figure I needed to start documenting some of these coral. It's getting too hard to keep track of all the coral names in my head. I figure writing it down and storing it online somewhere would be better. lol Sorry about the horrible phone camera pic, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reburn Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sam good to see your doing a build thread. I think you should charge admission to see your tank. It's like a 4 yr old going into a candy store and pictures don't do it justice. . It really is jaw dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Roy V Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Lots of nice acros you have there! Tank is looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Lots of nice acros you have there! Tank is looking good.Thanks Roy! Everyone always want me to frag the 2 coral from ya. Your rainbow nasuta and pink cyphastrea. Those are some popular stuffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Reburn Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Sam, what brand and model LEDs are you running. I have forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ecotech Radion Generation 2 I got 3 of them running at 80% for 2yrs+ now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+KimP Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Wow, your tank looks amazing! Great job. Those are some nice chalices. Good to see a tank like this lit by leds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Sam what are the two acro colonies in the picture to the right of the chalices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Wow, your tank looks amazing! Great job. Those are some nice chalices. Good to see a tank like this lit by leds Thanks Kim. Really enjoy all the options that come with the LED. Only thing is price. Really tempted to try a cheaper version of LED . just ordered a apogee mq200 to test the PAR. I had being using these for 2+yrs. Also for security measure, just wanna see when I will start losing PAR from these radion. Yet I only have them on 80% intensity so perhaps they will last longer. My fear is Radion has only being out so long and I even went on their forum on R2R and asked about the longevity of the LED with no luck for a proper answer....I guess I gotta do my own experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Sam what are the two acro colonies in the picture to the right of the chalices?Left one is Raspberry Delight SubulataRight one is Frazzleberry Macrolados I like to give people the actual scientific name of the species if all possible. Thanks [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Ah, ok. I got a stick of the Raspberry from you. If it gets even close to looking like yours I will be so happy! And I LOVE the Frazzleberry, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAM Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Ah, ok. I got a stick of the Raspberry from you. If it gets even close to looking like yours I will be so happy! And I LOVE the Frazzleberry, very nice.Thanks Jim. I do have a frag of that Frazzleberry healing on the the frag rack right now lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Maybe it will be my lucky day soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SAM Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 For anyone interested in the PAR, I'll be documentating the PAR in my tank. From another reefer in Reef Central did a research on the amount of PAR lost over one year period, it was like ~2% I figure according to that calculation and running my LED at 80%.....with minor tuning on the intensity each year, these Radion 2 should last around 10yrs before it's lost the amount of PAR I need for my tank. This is all theory though base on another reefer research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jolt Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I am definitely looking forward to that info Sam. I documented mine recently in my build thread and would like to compare to what you are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Looking forward to your par readings! Sent via Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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