220 Gal Build for a 700 gallon system (STRS)

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Some other ora coral i forget its name

 

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On a side note i also have my lights stagger 15 min from each other to simulate sun rise and sun set.

 

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New corals for the tank came in along with the addition of some corals from my old tank.

 

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This one i am currently unsure if its gonna do well or not. It contains 2 acro crabs in it but i cant determine if the tips are new growth or bleaching as of yet.

 

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This is my fav out of the new stuff also contrains 2 acro crabs inside of it. Its been in my tank for only 4 days and the purple tips are starting to pop out more.

 

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Heres one of my other corals with an acro crab inside so you can get an idea what they look like. Apparently they have a symbiotic relationship with the coral and live off the mucus a coral produces which i think is neat. This one Ive had with me for 2 years.

 

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Added a few corals from the frag tank here is a green torch.

 

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Trumpet coral roughly 50 heads

 

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Some lovely acans. These grow pretty slow for me mayb a head a month give or take. I should also note i dont spot feed them.

 

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Some new additions for QT over the past 4 weeks were a yellow watchmen goby. small powder blue, yellow tang and a desjardini salfin tang. The flame angel and blue hippo from my hospital tank were added to my display. I decided to get all of those tangs less then 2 1/2 inches in hopes of them being peaceful with one another. They have been in my tank for a week and all seem to be eating well and getting along with the Achilles.

Currently in my Qt tank now are 2 Kaudern cardinals 2 black and white Ocellaris clown fish 2 True Percula Clownfish a chocolate mimic tang vlamingi tang and another desjardini salfin tang The salfin and mimic tang are for the 265 gallon upstairs and the rest are for the 220.

All these fish in the qt eat like pigs.

 

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Here are a few shots of the Achilles that im proud to say after being in my care for many weeks is still fat ichless and has now taken a liking to New Life Spectrum pellets.
Sorry in advance for the bad shots this guy is fast!.

 

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The boss getting cleaned by the bloodfire shrimp. He changes to a pale color as he gets clean but ive yet to catch it on camera yet.

 

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Brittle star in hiding.

 

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Montipora capricornis that's roughly 8 inches diameter.

 

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Updated FTS ill take a better one in the morning.

 

[Neoz]

Looking good! How do you like your Radions? Do you get good coverage with just three?

 

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Love my Radions originally i was skeptical of the light coverage and was planning to get another one but i heard rumors of Ecotech upgrading their reflectors so i decided not to get a 4th for a while.Ive been satisfied with the coverage I got prior to getting the lens and now with the lens im very satisfied i have some corals 34 inches from where the light is and they seem to be responding well. Most of my tank is sps dominate and i haven't lost a coral from lack of light. Looking at my tank at night is a real treat for me because prior to leds I use to hate when the lights would turn off now i can enjoy my tank at the late hours while the blue leds making colors vividly pop.

 

[Neoz]

I see your in Endwell, I work in Endicott would love to see your lights in person over your tank before I drop that much money on Radions.

Would it be possible some weekend to stop by at your convenience?

 

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Yes that would be fine by me msg me sometime and well figure out a day/ time thats convenient for both of us.