The MRK 240g peninsula tank

[jvb89]

Finally got our tank setup in the new house. Its gonna be an extremely SPS heavy system(The only way in my mind).

Tank- custom 240g peninsula 72x32x24

Light- 8x80w ATI sunpower w/ reefbrite XHO

Bulbs- 4x Giesemann Actinic Blue
4x Giesemann Aquablue Coral

Sump- tideline 48

Skimmer- aquamaxx coneS-3

Reef octopus CR-5000c calcium reactor

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[FutureInterest]

Nice. That's going to look amazing.

 

[jvb89]

Photo tracking

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[jvb89]

Nice. That's going to look amazing.

Now I just need to chase down some of the corals I had that didn't make the move and load the tank up.

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[FutureInterest]

I've got pretty much a piece of all the sps you had... so if there's something that didn't make it... let me know and I'll see if I can return a piece back

 

[jvb89]

I've got pretty much a piece of all the sps you had... so if there's something that didn't make it... let me know and I'll see if I can return a piece back

I will shoot you a pm

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[kodock]

Tank looks good!!

 

[jvb89]

Tank looks good!!

Thanks! Its coming along. Things are stable, just having to watch low nutrients.

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[jvb89]

Update finally. The tank has been running for 18 months now and I've just now started to be able to keep SPS alive. I have tried many times over the past 18months but every time they would just slowly die. I searched high and low but found nothing wrong with the tank. I did start the tank from 100% dry rock and zero seeding except for bottled bacteria sources. About 4 months ago after being a fish only basically, I made the decision to buy live rock out of Florida and overnight it to the house. I rinsed the rock with water change water from my other tank and put it in this tank. After 3 months of allowing the tank to season/seed with the new rock, coralline algae started exploding everywhere. Once I saw this happening I started doing 15% water changes for 6 weeks to reset the tank. I also started dosing NOPX to reduce my nitrates down a bit from 25-30. Some how two SPS frags managed to hang on through the tanks "slow death phase" and are now showing signs of some growth with coloration increases. I think the tank has finally turned for the good. Here are a few pictures showing the added rock w/coralline.

 

[jvb89]

The only coral that made the move to this point is my bulletproof WD. Orange filter used.

 

[saltwaterwannabe]

I love peninsulas! That is gonna look great!