It's finally finished, the 1000 gallon lagoon/sump/fuge?

[tokinreefer]

Would love to see some mangrove pics.
It looks like they may not be in there anymore, did they not fare well?

 

[huskerreef]

only one survivor and its barely hangong on.

 

[tom obrecht]

Looks you have some new gorgonians in your display...NICE!! Can I say those anthias in you tank ROCK!!

 

[demeyer2]

I must say that I've had many favorite setups but this one takes the cake. Do you currently have anything schooling inside? I know you mentioned something about Chromis, did the stingray ever come either?

 

[marinerules]

i may have missed it ,


but how is your lagoon made

is it concrete walls ect.???


and if u used a pool liner , were you not too worried about tears ect in it

 

[ruby1sam]

How is the Austrailian Lunare Wrasse in a reef? Is he mean and territorial? Easy going ? Does he harrass little fish or inverts?

 

[huskerreef]

I did use a pond liner and wasn't to worried about tears, it has a 3/4" foam insulation underlayment. It is made of 2x10 wood framing. I tried a school of chromis but most didn't survive, there are 4 left out of 30. the ray came and did great for a month or so then he got sucked into the pick up tube..bummer. may try another. No problem with wrasses. Maybe a big school of Anthias in the lagoon would look nice.

 

[huskerreef]

I have recently added a 75 gallon refugium between the 240 upstairs and the lagoon, planted some type of red macro algae, I like the look of the plants but the tangs eat any I put in so this was my compromise,

 

[tom obrecht]

Any new pics 'ol buddy?

 

[huskerreef]

need to take some of the new lighting

 

[huskerreef]

I am waiting to see the 400+ gallon pics Tom

 

[Downdraft]

Amazing Idea!! Must recommend that to my buddies....

 

[tom obrecht]

Sent PM Jim

 

[huskerreef]

here are some updated pics of the 240 display that runs into the lagoon in the basement and a pic of my latest addition a 75 inwall with a Rhinopias

 

[tom obrecht]

Where's te 75 located at? Love the rhinopias!!

 

[huskerreef]

its in the basement wall across from the lagoon

 

[invincible569]

Cool rhino. Better keep him fed daily!

 

[Bax]

System looks great!

How's the lagoon? That looks like it would be fun to stock and watch it grow out. It's got to be so different that a regular display.

 

[huskerreef]

lagoon is doing well, its a little over a year old and is maturing quite well. I am leaning more towards clams and corals that look good from above. I have noticed that my display upstairs looks healthier with the additional water, rock and sand that the lagoon carries. I have only done 3- 50 gallon water changes in 14 months so the added volume to the system is doing a great job of naturally filtering. The next thing is to redo the top tile work with something smoother and less porous.

 

[corivus]

updated pictures would be nice just joking, its a very cool setup, I hope I can setup something like this one day