Oneradtek202 75 Gallon Reef Build

[oneradtek202]

so after a long nights of thought and lots of cash i have finally worked out my 75 gallon build. I bought a used 75 gallon tank, that was brown and re did the stand and tank to be black. Also took and had a custom canopy made for it. I had a 55 gallon reeft for a year that i had to transfer into this new tank. So the move began yesterday with 7, 5 gallon buckets or established water. that part went smoothely and then the big move came today with the transfer of livestock all day. I took and drained my tank into each 5 gallon bucket and placed all corals and fish in the buckets/containers. Moved as quickly as i could to the new apartment with the stock. this process took all day, but its now up and running. havent lost anything that i know of yet. Although my pistol shrimp is un accounted for but i could be that lucky to have lost him in the move haha. heres some pictures of the move and new tank set up.

This will now be my new blog/diary for this tank, hope you all enjoy!

 

[oneradtek202]

My old 55 gallon reef tank!

 

[oneradtek202]

Oh and PS, new overflows and sump installed next week. and i know my canopy is crooked i have to fix that haha

 

[oneradtek202]

 

[oneradtek202]

so basically my whole left side is what i brought from my 55 gallon, only part of my corals are sitting on the right side. I am planning on making that side like the left eventually, but maybe a little taller with rock going out of the water on that side

 

[bsagecko]

I would get rid of the HOB filters................

and your canopy is a lil disportioned to the rest of the tank..........maybe cut it down a lil................

but nice livestock

 

[oneradtek202]

did you read the previous post? i am picking up my overflow and sump tomorrow. The reason the canopy is soo high is because i have had some issues with my light being too strong and i wanted to be able to adjust it up high off my tank. i have it 12 inches off my water right now

2x175 halides and 2x96 actinics

 

[spleify]

Looking good so far, thanks for sharing

Spleify

 

[crvz]

looks great, and I hope you like the green star polyps! I like them personally, but find them terribly challenging to control. If you can separate the rock they're on from the rest of the rocks, you'd be doing yourself a favor. But otherwise, keep it up!

 

[oneradtek202]

yea i had them for about a year now, they did grow at first very quickly but now has slowed down. I was worried when i first got them because they were brown, and i love how they turned out. GSP IMO are great to watch and add to the aesthetics to a tank. heres a pic of what they DID look like haha...

 

[crvz]

wow, they really were washed out, huh?

 

[oneradtek202]

New stuff is IN!. 29 gallon sump tank, overflow, pump, new coralife RO/DI unit! woo hoo!arty:

 

[oneradtek202]

sump is done, and hooking up hard plumbing tomorrow. I picked up a few new frags today at a frag swap. Purple millipora, green ora birdsnest, blue acropora, green monticap.

heres a pic of the tank with actinics on and you all can kind of see the new aquascape taking shape. Frags are all still sitting in sand though in the middle. I need more frag mounting clay!

 

[oneradtek202]

UPDATE!

hey everyone, been busy getting this new tank up and going, but heres an update. I attended a coral swap on labor day ( i have no life) and got myself a few new nice corals as i mentioned above. They have all made the transaction good. I just got in today, my replacement bulbs( MH and actinics) and what a difference! i have never seen the difference that new bulbs make on a reef tank but wow my color is way better now! especially with the actinics on. I am still dealing with a nitrate issue but im doing water changes every other day with water from my new ro/di unit. I also have ordered and is on its way, a aqua medic t-1000 recirculating skimmer for my sump setup which will be up and going this week!arty: other than that, the tank has been doing great, and looks better than ever! here are some updated pics. ENJOY! and feel free to comment/ask questions.

PS, my right side of the tank is currently still under construction as you all can tell! it also needs time to mature like the left side has.

 

[oneradtek202]

last night after a long trip back from MD, i setup my new retro MH kit. They look awesome! the color is just amazing! I currently only have them on for 4 hours because its an upgrade from my original 350watt MH odyssea POS. I will be looking for a 48" actinic strip for simulation of morning/evening. Heres some recent photos. The wiring still isnt 100% done , but its working and on!

 

[Jah2707]

I really like your rock work. I did the same thing with my canopy. It is a little on the tall side but that way I can get the light out of the way when I am working on the tank. I really like your tank. I get so tired of seeing the same old SPS tree farm. Good job.

 

[JustinReef]

What is the height of that canopy? Is it taller than the stand even?

Very nice tank!

 

[Ratpack]

Very nice. I am working on a 75g myself. I was going to build a stand and stain it, but seeing your's in black has changed my mind. Very sleek looking.

 

[Jah2707]

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I thought I would put a picture of mine up just to show you how tall mine is as well.

 

[oneradtek202]

yea i think my top is about 24 inches or so. a little bit bigger than my stand, the picture doesnt show the full height of the stand. But yea i like the mixed reef look. glad i got soo many posts! i thought no one would ever post haha