130 gallon sps tank

[captjab]

Thanks for the explanation 459b.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

Very nice tank

 

[mpierce]

Looks like it has come along very nicely. Colored up well and cleaned up well.

 

[Jettareefer]

Awesome tank man! It's amazing how fast they grow. How did you over come your GHA so well if you don't mind me asking ?
-Addison

 

[459b]

How did you over come your GHA so well if you don't mind me asking ?

Main thing it took was patience. I started feeding smaller amounts more frequently. I became alot more vigilant with tank maintenance, so manually removed as much GHA as i could and syphoned as much detritus out of my tank/sump as possible. Changing my filter sock every few days also seemed to help alot.

 

[maikoa02]

Really like your base aqua scape. Very unique.

 

[459b]

A few more pics :

 

[glaukos]

Nice close ups!:thumbsup:

 

[459b]

Got some underwater shots last night -

 

[sahin]

Very nice shots! Is that big green one a Slimer? Cant believe how thick the branches are on that coral!

 

[459b]

Very nice shots! Is that big green one a Slimer? Cant believe how thick the branches are on that coral!

It is a green slimer. Since running out of vertical space, the branches have been getting thicker

 

[MistaOrange]

Think it's time for an update...

 

[Chris Lakies]

I really like your reef scape. That slimer is cool!

 

[459b]

Quick update. Finally added cladding. managed to get brushed aluminium cut and bent to size. It does look a bit space ship-like, but it looks good. Also handles salt water better than i thought.

 

[459b]

Few coral pics. Some of my zoas and a purple monit

 

[459b]

Bit of algae appearing here and there, fish/hermits seem to enjoy it so im not too concerned.

 

[sahin]

Tanks looking good. Lets see pic of tank with the Al cladding.

 

[459b]

My green slimer was getting a tad large and needed a trim:
Before -

After-

 

[459b]

Was a bit nervous cutting off such a large coral but i managed to get it off as one piece with very little damage

 

[459b]

Updated blurry shot

I mounted a piece lower down, shouldnt take long to fill the gap

If you look carefully youll see a few colonies have fairly substantial dead bits. We had a slight incident with our builders and they decided to paint a lot more than planned, came home to a home smelling of paint and very unhappy corals. After initial die off, things have settled and are growing and colouring up nicely