My 125 Gallon Reef (pic heavy)

[oxx155]

125 Gallon Reef
65 Gallon Refugium
25 Gallon Sump
ReefLab Additive Blocks monthly, phosphate sponge and carbon every once in a while, water changes every 3 weeks (about 30-40 gallons at a time), Phytoplex every 3 or so days, Brine/Squid/Seaweed/GarlicExtreme daily.
Kent Marine Nautilus TE Protein Skimmer, 2 - 150w Metal Hallides, 1 - 100w Metal Halide, 4 - 95w Actinics
2 - 3/4" Sweepers hooked up to Iwaki 70RLT, Other return is 1,000gph pond pump (returning through SQWD), 2 - Rio 1800's running on Wavemaker (soon to be replaced by 2 - Tunze 6000's with multicontroller)
Tank has been running for almost a year now and doing quite well. Coraline is growing everywhere fast, so glass looks a little dirty, but I like the feel that the tank is succeeding so well.

My acropora colony, started about half this size

My Rosebulb Anenome hosting 2 - Tomato Clowns (over 1 foot in diameter, I hope it will split soon)

Some of my more colorful Zooanthids

One other tank pic

Hope to get a bigger tank in the next year or so.
Later
oxx

 

[mace88]

Nice pics!!!

 

[143gadgets]

Nice acro and zoos.

 

[phishlet]

Lookin great!

 

[dr.darkness]

Needs a black or blue background to give some real punch to it otherwise nice.

 

[SDguy]

Nice tank...the closeup pics really show it off. I like the your RBTA almost looks like a magnifica

 

[Anemonebuff]

Love the tank. But lose the Rios before they destroy what you have created.

 

[oxx155]

Thanks everyone.
I don't have a background because I do look in the tank from the back when I am working in the fish room.
I need to work on my photography, if I really clean up the glass and work on how to control the light I could get some great pics. I really do have some great specimens in the tank I would love to show off.
The Rio's are going bye bye very soon, I have some Tunze 6000's on the way right now, it was just a little investment that waited a while.
The Rose Bulb is pretty awesome, he used to cover the right side of the tank, but was killing off some of the acro and star polyps, so I moved him to the left side where he would have more room to spread, but he is so big that he now affects the Toadstool up top and my pagoda cup. I just hope he splits soon so that I can move the bigger piece into my fuge and leave the smaller in the main tank.
I really want to get pics of some of my other small polyp stonies, there are some pieces that have grown into great colonies.
Definitely more to come

 

[TheCoralReef731]

Nice tank. Are the pics yellow because of the camera or the lights?

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

very nice..

 

[tcarola154]

If you want a background, you can try doing what I did. I used to have a dark blue piece of foam core that I just propped up behind the tank whenever I wanted it to be there, and took it down when I didnt. Worked well. Unfortunately I'm kinda messy and it kept needing to be replaced from water getting all over it. Now I have a nice piece of dark blue plastic/acrylic or something (my dad found it) and I built a system on the back so I can just open it up like cabinets, and it doesnt look half bad. There is only a small seam in the middle. Just an idea for you to consider...