calreef18's 180g

[Calreef18]

Hey guys! Thought I would finally post this up since its finally stabilizing and coming together. Got the tank earlier this year from Smite.

Lighting is a Maristar II fixture with 3 x 54w blue plus and 1 x 54 purple plus, 27w of royal blue LED and 1 x 250w Phoenix 14k metal halide

Flow is a RW15 and WP25 and 2 koralias + MP10, hoping to swap the koralias and MP10 to a gyre type powerhead soon.

Skimmer is a Bubble Magus BM-220 Return pump is a danner 1800

Dosing is DIY 2-part with BRS dosing pumps and kalk topoff.

Thanks for looking!

The start:

April:

10/1/16:

 

[reefes pieces]

Wow that's an amazing tank!

 

[LesPaulPlayer73]

Looks awesome.

 

[OGFrenchHorn]

Wow so glad you posted pictures and that Mike's old tank went to someone who can make it as beautiful as He had it. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Calreef18]

Thanks guys! I told Mike when I picked up the tank I would get a thread going...months later it finally happened haha. Kept the original stand but also working on a cool facade to go around it eventually.

 

[|FATHOM|]

Love the tank. Amazing growth as well. Any pics of how you did your aquascape? Thanks

 

[Smite]

Thanks guys! I told Mike when I picked up the tank I would get a thread going...months later it finally happened haha. Kept the original stand but also working on a cool facade to go around it eventually.

Dang looks great Calvin! Mike was the original owner of the tank. I picked it up from Ev'e. You got that thing looking good man. That clam is killer too

 

[mdbannister]

That looks great!!

 

[Calreef18]

Dang looks great Calvin! Mike was the original owner of the tank. I picked it up from Ev'e. You got that thing looking good man. That clam is killer too

Thanks Matt again for the great deal on the setup, sorry I got your name wrong, I had your SN right in the OP haha.

No pics of the rockscape as I sorta built and moved stuff as I went. Mix of rock transferred from my 80g plus some nice dry rock from reef cleaners that is covering pretty well with coralline now. Left side is a big cave while the right side is a couple of rock mounts pushed together. I tried to keep the tank pretty open rock-work wise to allow plenty of room for fish to swim and the corals to grow.

 

[Calreef18]

Hey guys tank update, added a few more fish and two more T5's, needed more coverage due to tank width. Getting good growth, acros need some trimming. Trying to crank out a little more color and the fish are definitely helping.

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[lowbudget]

Nice tank. Which coral is the blue tip stag

 

[Smite]

Look good! Tanks filling in nicely. Wish I had room for an elegance coral, love those things.

 

[Calreef18]

Thanks guys! I've been really happy with the stability in a larger tank, makes it a lot more set it and forget it.

As for the blue tip stay, it's a colony I got from a fellow Reefer. Aussie origin, the pics don't show it well but it's actually bicolor tips, baby blue with the very tip being a nice pinkish purple color. Main body has green corallite edges too. One of my favorite pieces considering it started pretty brown with a ton of red bugs when I first got it. If you look at the first post second pic you can see what it looked like around April of this year.

 

[OGFrenchHorn]

wow! So glad this tank is ding well. what kind of anthia is that in the first pic?

 

[Calreef18]

Red striped anthias, he's developing more male characteristics as time goes by, pulling some greens and purples now instead of just the orange/red.

 

[Calreef18]

11/25 FTS added some sweet pieces from reefapalooza and RG:

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[Calreef18]

The higher fish load is definitely helping color with the sps, getting better day by day. Also added one of my favorite angels, he's a beast for pellets and mysis so hopefully that keeps his picking to a minimum. He hates the copperband for whatever reason lol.

Couple pics and short vid of him chomping some pellets:

https://vimeo.com/195290233


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[theMerchant]

Very Nice tank, Thanks For sharing.

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[EyeReef]

Wow what an update! Love your collection of corals and fish


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[Calreef18]

Couple update pics, all fish are pretty happy and minimal picking on coral from the blueface. Doing a little rescape to add a few rocks for some more grow out real estate.

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