50g SPS Cube

[racinjason]

Howdy

I've had a thread over on RC for awhile, thought I'd start one on socali as I've met some good people while selling stuff over here. I recently moved and broke down my 300g, I'll be reef-less at my house for the first time in 16 years, but this 50g in my office is enough to feed my habit for now. I set this tank up in February of 2012, I started with all frags, over time I added a few mini colonies from my home tank but everything else has been grown out from the original frags. I'll start with some current shots, then I'll post a little progression sequence

 

[racinjason]

and here's some progression shots

 

[racinjason]

progression continued

 

[andi02]

Great shots and great tank!

 

[Reefomeez]

Stick heaven in there...love it.

 

[reefes pieces]

daaaaaaaaammmn! So what are you using for your tank? looks gorgeous!

 

[racinjason]

Thanks everyone, here are some equipment shots from when the tank was new, I will admit its not nearly as clean under the hood now

 

[phish96]

Those are some serious equipment! Where did you get the retractable pulley for your floating canopy? This is the only reason I haven't installed my hood because I dnt know a proper way of elevating it. Your setup is amazing! Built like a pro

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[evad1]

lookin good j
great colors/growth
that radion led is pullin some nice color out of those sticks

 

[Six2seven]

I remember seeing your thread on RC. Very nice tank.


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[gr1mm]

nice looking tank!

 

[jjmelgoza]

Sick stick tank, very clean and well organized.

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[jaypainter24]

Nice job Jay. Need to stop by the office and see it in person.

 

[racinjason]

Thanks!... They are called Sun Lifts, they are made by Sun Light Supply

Those are some serious equipment! Where did you get the retractable pulley for your floating canopy? This is the only reason I haven't installed my hood because I dnt know a proper way of elevating it. Your setup is amazing! Built like a pro

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[racinjason]

lookin good j
great colors/growth
that radion led is pullin some nice color out of those sticks

I remember seeing your thread on RC. Very nice tank.


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nice looking tank!

Sick stick tank, very clean and well organized.

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Nice job Jay. Need to stop by the office and see it in person.

Thanks everyone, feel free to come by and check it out anytime

 

[racinjason]

UPDATES

The top corals are really starting to grow out from the rock and they were badly shading some of my favorite corals that were mounted to the lower section, so I decided to mount a Kessil 150 to the front of my canopy, I went with the 20k. My initial thought is that it made the tank a little too blue but it may grow on me....if not I will have a Kessil up for sale very soon I also replaced the substrate and added a reactor with a small amount of carbon, I hadn't been a fan of carbon and had not run it up to this point but many corals are starting to grow into each other and the potential fall out from chemical warfare had me concerned

 

[Igarc009]

That space invader is so nice.

 

[Rrocky]

Wow awesome tank and good job documenting the growth of your tank! Very inspiring...what's the timeline on the pics??

 

[RileysReef]

and here's some progression shots

hello,

I had a few questions;

nice scape. so do you drill holes in the rock to put the plug in? also do you glue it? probably too hard to do if you have water in the tank. what size drill bit works for the plugs.

thanks,
d

 

[racinjason]

Wow awesome tank and good job documenting the growth of your tank! Very inspiring...what's the timeline on the pics??

Thank you, the first pic is February 2012, so its been about 20 months