OneReef's 120g DreamReef

[OneReef]

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I have added a few corals to my tank already, a few that I got at the frag swap, and a few that I got locally. I always dip them in a solution of Coral Rx or Revive to help them stay healthy, as well as rid them of pests. I want to start adding Interceptor to my QT regimen to prevent redbugs, but I have to get my hands on some first. Right now, I am dipping the coral in Revive for 10 minutes mixed into a bowl of tankwater, then after it soaks for 10 minutes, I rinse them off in a clean bowl of saltwater, then add them to the tank.

Here is what I am currently using:

 

[OneReef]

Temperature:


Ahhh, the benefits of LED's. My tanks temperature is staying rock steady at 77.5*. Actually, I have to run my heater to get it to stay there. The LED pendants have had no effect whatsoever on my water temp. My evaporation is next to nothing. I don't have to run my homes A/C all the time to keep the room cool like I did on my old tank with halides. I am liking his benefit of LED's so far!

 

[OneReef]

Rock - the forgotten picture:


Somehow in the previous post about my live rock, I forgot to add a picture of the PA rock in the saltwater tub. Thought I would throw it on here:

 

[OneReef]

Yesterday I ended up pulling my biopellet reactor offline. My water was cloudy for a week, and it should have only been cloudy for 2-3 days. I was using a generic brand biopellets which were on sale, and I think I added too much of it to start with. On my last tank, I used Warner Marine EcoBak pellets which I had great success with. I just ordered some of those, and I feel more comfortable with the brand that I know and liked. Also, I am going to start with about half the amount of pellets that I used a couple of weeks ago. I took everything offline, and washed and cleaned the reactor and pump, and dumped out the generic pellets. When I get the EcoBak pellets in a few days, I am going to hook it up again and start more slowly with the amount of pellets, slowly adding more over time.

 

[OneReef]

A Few Pictures:



I took a few pictures of some of the additions over the last month that I picked up here and there, alot of them at the frag swap that were being kept meanwhile in my QT tank. I am going to have to get rid of all these frag plugs though, as I hate frag plugs/discs, they look so unnatural.

 

[OneReef]

 

[jabo]

Man that snowflake is nice, too bad you beat me to him!!!

FTS?

 

[OneReef]

My Newest Addition:



I wanted a nice wrasse for my tank, and Memfish got in a tiny little juvenile Mystery Wrasse. I figured if I put him in my tank as a little guy, he would not be as aggressive when I add more fish over the next few months. He's fun to watch zoom around looking for pods.

 

[OneReef]

My Warner Marine ExoBak pellets came in today. I am getting ready to start back up the biopellet reactor. I just didn't trust those generic pellets, and also I wanted to use less of them. I'm going back with my old faithful, the EcoBak's. There is a difference in their color and size. The EcoBack pellets are much larger and lightly colored, almost white. The generic NP pellets are very small and darkish yellow.

 

[OneReef]

 

[OneReef]

Pod House:



I wanted to be able to supply amphipods and copepods to my tank and also to feed my new mystery wrasse. I found a place online that would send you a mixture of 2000 amphipods and copepods. Not having a refugium since I am running biopellets, I wanted to have a place for the pods to be able to breed and grow. I made a temporary house for them until I come up with a better model and design. I took a piece of PVC and drilled holes in it so that the pods could get in and out. Then I stuffed the filter pads inside of it that the pods came in. Placed it in the bottom of my sump near the return pump. I think it will work ok temporarily until I build something better, and then I can always order more pods to restock.

 

[neuroslicer]

I've order pods from those guys before... very pleased with what they sent. It's about tie for me to order from them again.

 

[OneReef]

I've order pods from those guys before... very pleased with what they sent. It's about tie for me to order from them again.

If its the same place that I got them, they have a deal right now. Buy 1000 pods, get 1000 free, and you also get free shipping.

 

[Rendos]

Nice SPS! Post some pics of the new stuff!

 

[OneReef]

Nice SPS! Post some pics of the new stuff!

The SPS is awesome right? Lol. I love all my colonies of SPS that are growing like mad..... Ha. In the end it will be majority SPS. Just waiting for the tank to mature a bit before I add any exotic SPS pieces. I had to add something though, I can't look at a bare tank...... I'll add pics of the new stuff this afternoon.

 

[OneReef]

More pictures:

I actually found 2 of these small zoa colonies:

 

[Reef264]

Nice reef!The rockwascaping is premo!

 

[OneReef]

Adding SPS:



My tank parameters have been stable for awhile now, and my two test SPS pieces that I added about a month ago are doing well, so I decided it was time to add more SPS. I do have some zoanthidas, two acans and several chalices, but from here out, I will be adding mostly SPS. I moved my LPS and zoas lower down in the tank and turned up the LED par with my controller to give the SPS more light. I have always loved the ORA brand SPS, so I want them to be the most prevalent in my tank. I will add other nice pieces as I come across them, such as Pink Lemonade and Oregon Blue Tort, ect, down the road.


Here are some pictures of my additions this week, acquired from Memfish and Liveaquaria's Divers Den:



ORA Verde:

ORA Red Planet: (one of my favorite corals ever)

ORA Plum Crazy:

ORA Purple Plasma:

ORA Ponape Birdsnest:

ORA Purple Nana:

ORA Hawkins Blue Echinata:

ORA Frogskin:

ORA Birds of Paradise:

 

[ReefersEdge]

Those are some really nice pieces.

 

[neuroslicer]

Very nice... ORA has always been my favorite. I adopted a red planet from Matt which was kinda sickly looking but it's now getting its color back. This weekend I have two ORA's to pick up from Memfish: the Miami Orchid has always been my favorite for the lovely tips and it's a really fast grower (at our annual frag swap several years ago I sold over a dozen frags from it, that's how much it grew) and something new from ORA... a green psammacora. I had a really nice brown for years, not a fast grower but very unique looking...but this new ORA psammacora is a stunning green. I'll post pics later.