Jay's 75g Mixed Reef

** Updated 2/07/2011 **

This is only my second tank. Been in the reef hobby for less than a year total but i've been into large freshwater tanks for about ten years now. It's amazing how much more work a 75 gallon reef tank is compared to a 200 gallon cichlid tank! Anyway, here's my new tank! It's only been up and running for 2 months. Before this was a 45g RR tank that was running for only 6 months before I wanted more...

Tank:
75 gallon (48"x15"x24")
*single built in overflow
W/ 30 gallon 4 chamber sump w/ refugium

Stand:
Custom 36" tall stand and Canopy

Lighting:
*R2 Moonlights
*Tek II 36" 2 bulb retro kit
*Tek II 48" 2 bulb retro kit
Bulbs Front to Back: Fiji Purple / Pure Actinic / Blue Plus / Aqua Blue Special

Equipment:
Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper Lite
Koralia Evolution 1400
Koralia Evolution 1050
Vertex IN-100 Skimmer
Phosban Reactor w/ maxijet 1200
JBJ Macro Fuge light for the refugium
Eheim 1060 return pump
Tom's Aqualifter for the ATO


Livestock:

Fish and Inverts:
Mated pair of percula's
Algae Blenny
Diamond Goby
Christmas Wrasse
Yellow Tang
Trio of Chromis
3 Peppermint Shrimp
Lots of assorted CUC

Coral:
Aussie Gold Torch
Frogspawn
Leather Cabbage
Fiji Pulsing Xenia
Neon Green Trumpet Coral
Sunburst Paly's
Some type of multi colored open brain coral (maybe you could tell me which ones in the pics"
Purple Birdsnest
Yellow Birdsnest
Neon Green Birdsnet
Neon Green star polyps
Yellow Polyps
Rainbow Polyps
Purple Mushrooms
Neon green hairy mushroom
Gold Lace Cloves
Orange Montipora Cap
Purple Montipora Cap
Purple Finger Leather
Three types of misc chalice
Couple different types of Acropora

Im sure i'm missing something. I tried to go from right to left but it's kinda hard to remember them all. lol

Latest FTS



Comments, good or bad welcome of course! We're all in this hobby for good! Karma is appreciated!

 

Full tank shots! thought I forgot huh? haha. I almost did =)





pics of the sump



FTS the plate rock on the right is only temporary. Haven't found a place for that yet.

 

The open brain is a trachyphillia, used to be called wellsophyllia.

Coral look great. Sorry I am no help on the chalices, I just buy what I like and not care about the names. There may be 2 or 3 names for each chalice depending on the vendor.

 

Because of the many different types of corals I have, I had to create many different lighting levels hence the slope from left to right in my tank. I don't think it looks bad and of course like all tanks, it looks 100 times better in person.

 

Thats what I did yesterday. "Oh. I like that. I'll take it." lol

 

I saw the fts in the "say hello forum". That thing looks much larger than a 75. Cool though.

 

Best way to do it, you never get disappointed because you can't find something on your list.

 

It does look pretty big. It's a 75 though. I made the stand higher than any stands i've seen. I needed space for the beast of a sump and skimmer. I was tired of reaching in blind on my old setup. Now i can fit my whole head under there to look above the sump in any of the compartments.

 

That's a good thing though. It being higher up seems to make the glass itself look much taller. The stand looks like 3.5 feet high?

Extra room for equipment is always a good thing.

 

Tank looks rally nice! The rock-scape looks very natural with the left to right slope. Any plans for some more livestock?