BWine's 210g Tank

[BWine]

I just wanted to show my tank. I ran this tank as a mixed reef for about a year and a half. I wasn't very happy with it so I sold everything off and shut it down for about 6 months. I was tired of that rock wall look. I got that itch to get back into it, so I set the tank up again. As you can tell from the pictures below, I didn't get the overflows completely clean. They still have coralline on them. I started the cycle on March 8th. It just finished cycling a few days ago. I added a very small CUC on Friday. I have 1 Black and White Ocellaris Clown in QT. The other one died during shipping. He is due to go in the display next week. Sorry for the crappy cellphone pictures!

Tank Specs:

210 gallon AGA
150 lbs LR
120 lbs Oolite sand
75 gallon Sump
15 gallon Refugium
4 Tunze Streams on a Multicontroller
Eheim 1262 Return
AquaC 240 Skimmer w/ Mag 18
8x80W T5 Retro

Fish List (not complete):

2 B and W Clowns
3 Lyretail Anthias
2 Banggai Cardinalfish
Royal Gramma
Convict tang
Mimic Lemon Peel tang
Scopas tang
Purple tang

FTS:

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Center:

Right:

Side:

 

[Rustylugnuts]

Gotta love that new tank smell.

Taggn along!

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[BWine]

Any other comments? :bum:

 

[Iguana79]

I just did the same thing. Never really cleaned out the tank, just let it sit with salt water and the stuff that didn't die after the move from Cali to vegas a year ago. Lost about 5g of coral and fish so was very upset, but had to much into it to let it go. But now I'm really cleaning it up and ready to get back into it. Good Luck, Tank looks great!! Soo Hard to walk away from this hobbie!

 

[sondaar]

Very nice BWine! I love the rock work! Much better than the "WALL" IMO.

 

[drummereef]

Looks nice BWine. :thumbsup: Is that live rock or base rock you put in there? Looks a lot like Marco rock.

 

[BWine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14774675#post14774675 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drummereef
Looks nice BWine. :thumbsup: Is that live rock or base rock you put in there? Looks a lot like Marco rock.

It was once live rock but I bleached it clean when I took my tank down. You're correct, it is Marco rock.

 

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14774707#post14774707 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BWine
It was once live rock but I bleached it clean when I took my tank down. You're correct, it is Marco rock.

Nice, it looks brand new. Have you seen any sign of a cycle since you put it in the tank? I'm assuming there's probably a bit of organics still in the rock that will process.

 

[BWine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14774737#post14774737 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drummereef
Nice, it looks brand new. Have you seen any sign of a cycle since you put it in the tank? I'm assuming there's probably a bit of organics still in the rock that will process.

I scrubbed off most of the leftover organics prior to setting the tank back up. The rock cycled in the tank for almost 4 weeks. It's good to go now.

 

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14774802#post14774802 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BWine
I scrubbed off most of the leftover organics prior to setting the tank back up. The rock cycled in the tank for almost 4 weeks. It's good to go now.

Gotcha. What are you planning on keeping? Have you taken any recent equipment pics of the new setup?