Fortunato's 210 Gallon Reef

[reefs4lifee]

Hello RC, I've been a memeber for quite some time now but never posted much till very recently. I figured I should make a tank thread to fully initiate myself into this forum, so to speak lol. This tank has been running since 05/01/2010 and is an upgrade from my previous 75 gallon that I had for 2 years. I feel like my progress isnt all that great considering the amount of time I've been doing this but unfortunately a lot of factors are playing into the way my tank is running. I'll start with a small equipment list:

Deltec AP1003 Skimmer
Hammerhead Pump
2 Vortechs MP60W ES
4 160w Pacific Sun Black Pythons
120 gallon Sump
MTC Procal Calcium Reactor
Next-Reef Dual Reactor
Sochting Oxydator W
Neptune Apex (+WXM, PM2, I/O BB, DC4HD)
AWI 4 Stage 100gpd R/O DI Unit
2 Finnex 500w Heaters
Foscam Webcam

And now enough talk, here are some pics for you to be your own judge:

 

[reefs4lifee]

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This is it (for now) lol

 

[reefs4lifee]

Note: All above pictures were taken with Samsung Galaxy S4

 

[rpjaws74]

sweet tank man!

 

[polywise]

wow - you have a lot of stuff going on over there

 

[ca1ore]

Looks pretty impressive to me. You have a number of healthy looking anemones (including a Mag and a Gig) coexisting in one tank - which is no mean feat!

What kind of lighting are you using?

 

[reefs4lifee]

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Looks pretty impressive to me. You have a number of healthy looking anemones (including a Mag and a Gig) coexisting in one tank - which is no mean feat!

What kind of lighting are you using?

Thanks, I appreciate the comment. I guess I'm just my toughest critic, never think it's good enough, at least not compared to other tanks I've seen. I know the blue anemone in the sand looks like a Gig in the picture but it's actually a Haddoni, I had just turned off all the flow to take the pics so that's how it ended up reacting initially. I usually feed when all the flow turns off.

My lighting currently consists of four 160w Pacific Sun Black Python Modules

 

[ImagineAnOcean]

Thank you for sharing and GREAT to see your Pacific Sun LEDs gettin' it done!

IAO

 

[reefs4lifee]

Thank you for sharing and GREAT to see your Pacific Sun LEDs gettin' it done!

IAO

Yes, no problem! They are awesome fixtures! If I could, I'd get your newer models but these are definitely getting the job done and then some

 

[OrionN]

I see that you have an assorts of anemones in your tank. LTA, BTA, Magnifica, Haddoni carpet...
Visit the Anemone forum sometime. Your experiences with multiple anemone species is great.

 

[worm5406]

Very nice build.

I can see all the pics, but how about an inventory?

What did we not see in there?

Your mangroves are getting there, how long have you had them?

 

[reefs4lifee]

Very nice build.

I can see all the pics, but how about an inventory?

What did we not see in there?

Your mangroves are getting there, how long have you had them?

Here's a full stock list of my system:

Building blocks:
500~ pounds of mixed live rock
400~ pounds of live sand
5 gallons of mud

Fish:
Double-bar Rabbitfish
Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Yellow Tang
Scopas Tang
Atlantic Blue Tang
Kole Tang
Vlamingi Tang
Blue Hippo Tang
Yellow Coris Wrasse
Melanurus Wrasse
Algae Blenny
Green Mandarin
Bar Goby (×2)
Niger Trigger
Green Chromis (×3)

Anemones and Clowns:
- Green Bubble Tip Anemone
Green, Speckled Bubble Tip Anemone (mutated on its own from my regular one)
Purplish Green Bubble Tip Anemone (×2)
Rose Bubble Tip Anemone (×3)
Whitish Long Tentacle Anemone
False Percula Clownfish (×5) (host all the above anemones like a 'gang', 1 mated pair spawns constantly and hosts LTA exclusively)
- Blue Carpet Anemone, hosting Black Saddleback Clownfish Pair (female is huge 3.5-4", no spawning yet)
- Orange base Magnifica
Partial Purple Base Magnifica (interesting story)
Pink Skunk Clownfish Pair (host above anemones and a couple RBTAs at times, no spawning yet, fairly new)

 

[chicagoreefer20]

500 lbs of rock, 400 lbs of sand, so many anemones....as a 6 gallon edge and 35 gallon owner, your numbers are mind-boggling! The aquarium looks fantastic.

 

[bjledbetter]

Wow saw your link from another thread and though I would check it out. How long have the mags been in with the haddoni and are you using anything to keep down chemical warfare? I may have missed it but what size tank is this?

 

[reefs4lifee]

500 lbs of rock, 400 lbs of sand, so many anemones....as a 6 gallon edge and 35 gallon owner, your numbers are mind-boggling! The aquarium looks fantastic.

Haha I know, sometimes it even scares me when I put it all in numbers. Funny thing is, I would love to upgrade to a 300DD in the very near future but I don't think I'll have to get anything extra, I'm pretty much set up to have a larger tank. Thank you for the compliment, I greatly appreciate it!

Wow saw your link from another thread and though I would check it out. How long have the mags been in with the haddoni and are you using anything to keep down chemical warfare? I may have missed it but what size tank is this?

Mags and haddoni have been together for almost a year now. No issues really. In terms of chemical warfare, I used to use ROX8 but when I ran out of it I was too lazy to order more so it's been about 2 months without it and no issues although I would like to get it again just as a safety precaution especially with my vacation coming up. The tank size is a 210 gallon 72"X24"X29"

 

[reefs4lifee]

Here's an updated video of the tank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8P47zUgla8&feature=youtube_gdata_player