Well, I've been in the hobby a while now and haven't posted my tank here, here it goes. My main tank is a 120g standard dimension (total system volume ~230g), roughly 1300gph return flow with rfg nozzles, 2x MP40s, 3x tunze pumps, 3x ecotech radions, 2x reef brite strips (blue), and 4x T5 (I kinda feel like a reef nerd now). The main tank is on the main level of the house with all the filtration in the basement, I had to have a house with a basement for this reason. I use a 100g Rubbermaid as a sump. From the sump I have a 65g softie/anemone tank and a 40g frag tank. I use a reef octopus 225 internal skimmer and it's a beast, intake air comes from outside, the cup gets full once a week and it's dark brown nasty.
I started out with a free 14g nano a friend was getting rid of, when I moved I upgraded to a 65g (now in the basement) that I got from a guy I had met at a lfs, moved again and upgraded to a 90g, bought a house and upgraded to my 120g. This hobby has been progressively growing in my life. The 120 and 65 actually came from the same guy and were well taken care of.
For the past year my tank was absolutely packed with coral, I couldn't find places to put things without harming another coral. I began to really want to try sps but I was hesitant due to failure in the past. I bought a few pieces here and there and put them on frag racks, they lived so I bought more. I had started to not only keep the sps alive but actually make it grow which increased my desire. I had many nice color frags in my system but couldn't really display them with my lack of real estate so I set up my frag tank to keep them safe. I had been planning to convert my whole tank to sps dominant around the end of the year, I was anxious about it because I had to basically tear it all apart and start over but I really wanted to make this happen. I had mentioned my plan to a fellow reefer and he offered his time to come over and help, this eased my fear of failure a good bit. @jcook54 came over and we got our hands wet for sure, and got a lot done, I couldn't have done this successfully with out him. Over the following week I started moving my little sps babies to their new home and things started to look beget than I had imagined. Below are a few before and after photos, and pics of how I mounted my corals into predrilled holes. I'm sure I forgot to say some things about the tank that I wanted to say. Feel free to ask questions.
I need to find a way to make a huge frogspawn and 5 anemones look good in the 65.
I started out with a free 14g nano a friend was getting rid of, when I moved I upgraded to a 65g (now in the basement) that I got from a guy I had met at a lfs, moved again and upgraded to a 90g, bought a house and upgraded to my 120g. This hobby has been progressively growing in my life. The 120 and 65 actually came from the same guy and were well taken care of.
For the past year my tank was absolutely packed with coral, I couldn't find places to put things without harming another coral. I began to really want to try sps but I was hesitant due to failure in the past. I bought a few pieces here and there and put them on frag racks, they lived so I bought more. I had started to not only keep the sps alive but actually make it grow which increased my desire. I had many nice color frags in my system but couldn't really display them with my lack of real estate so I set up my frag tank to keep them safe. I had been planning to convert my whole tank to sps dominant around the end of the year, I was anxious about it because I had to basically tear it all apart and start over but I really wanted to make this happen. I had mentioned my plan to a fellow reefer and he offered his time to come over and help, this eased my fear of failure a good bit. @jcook54 came over and we got our hands wet for sure, and got a lot done, I couldn't have done this successfully with out him. Over the following week I started moving my little sps babies to their new home and things started to look beget than I had imagined. Below are a few before and after photos, and pics of how I mounted my corals into predrilled holes. I'm sure I forgot to say some things about the tank that I wanted to say. Feel free to ask questions.
I need to find a way to make a huge frogspawn and 5 anemones look good in the 65.
