Lazy Reefer SPS Tank - 210G Reef

[snotdoc]

Hello fellow ARC folks. I have been meaning to post my tank. This is my largest tank at 210 gallons and is in my music studio. It is just at a year old, but some of the colonies are from frags I've been growing for 2-3 years. The tank is mostly SPS, as my Foxface likes to eat LPS. The Goniopora is retracted because I just mounted it to a plate. The Cigar Wrasse rearranges anything that isn't bolted. Down. I have a custom sump I designed that is two chambers. I did all the plumbing. I'm running a GEO Calcum Reactor and am feeding it with a DOS. I have chaeto in a sump. I skim pretty dry. I feed heavily 2-3 x per day, pellets and mysis. I have done two 20 gallon water changes in the last year. All of the rock was cured in the tank except for a couple transplants from my 2-3 year old tank, which I show below. For lighting, I have three Kessil AP700 lights and a 2 bulb T5 80w fixture in the lid. I have it at about 400 PAR at the top of the reef. Grown is VERY rapid right now.I have two MP60's, an MP40, and a Gyre 280. All on Apex.

I'm really lazy and basically do a minimal amount on the tank. I prefer to try to let it achieve balance and try to keep my hands out of it.

Thanks for looking!

The Laziest Reefer on ARC

 

[cbj25isback]

The work under the tank doesn’t look to lazy! Whatever your doing keep it going. Looks great!

 

[Adam]

That's an awesome looking display! Great job on everything below the tank too, very clean.

 

[lmm1967]

holy cow - love the tank - and the room. 16 guitars, 10 amps, love the floor, great tank etc.


Can you invite us all over to play someday?

 

[Mom2Many]

Wow! Very nice tank and set up! I bet it is very peaceful and inspirational having that work of art in there! Looks amazing! Thank you so much for sharing!

 

[jcook54]

Man, you're officially winning. Super impressed with the plumbing.

 

[snotdoc]

Thanks yall! Its been fun and stressful putting this thing together and its fun to see it come into its own.

 

[snotdoc]

holy cow - love the tank - and the room. 16 guitars, 10 amps, love the floor, great tank etc.


Can you invite us all over to play someday?

The studio pic is from last year at setup. I've found space for quite a few more guitars since then, much to my wife's chagrin.

 

[civics14]

Very cool room and tank!!

 

[snotdoc]

Thanks!

 

[snotdoc]

I need to frag this tank. Trying to clean out the frag tank to make some room.

 

[snotdoc]

Few random shots

 

[Mom2Many]

Very nice!

 

[snotdoc]

Took some top down photos. Pretty happy with growth.

 

[Mom2Many]

Love top down shots! Very nice!

 

[kodock]

Awesome tank. I really like the tonga stands. How did you get them to stand up straight?

 

[snotdoc]

Awesome tank. I really like the tonga stands. How did you get them to stand up straight?

Thanks! The main rock structure is all cemented together and is super stable. The tonga I addded later. I basically propped it up on the back of the reef and then used standard epoxy to glue them in. I will say its not easy to get corals to stay on the tips. When thy encrust they look awesome though!

 

[snotdoc]

Here's an update video. Growing well!

 

[ActiveAngel]

Looks great! And I agree; it doesn’t look lazy, it looks organized and patient, which is exactly what you want in this hobby!

As for needing to frag soon; I’d even suggest maybe not to frag and let everything grow out a little more. However, i’d be down to trade 1 or 2 sticks down the road (I want mine to grow out a bit more too)

 

[Eric_n_Ga]

Very very nice.

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