The Lightningfront's 125 Reef

[lightningfront]

Recently upgraded to this from a 46 bowfront so It looks kinda baren.


FTS

Behind the Scenes

This is my fav the RBTA

Tank is standard AGA 125 gallon 72" x 18" x 20"

Custom Canopy 6 x 80w T5 with Icecap SLR Reflectors, 2 x 32w PC
Dual 1" Drain HOB overflow
AGA Megaflow 4 Wet/Dry
29 Gallon Refugium - Has Corallife 2 x18w T5 Freswater light
ASM G2 Skimmer (mesh mod)
Dual ViaAqua Poly Reactors- 1 carbon, 1 Phos-Ban
ViaAqua 4900 Return
2 korilia 4 powerheads

150 lbs Texas Holey Rock
125 lbs Fiji Reef Rock + 30 lbs in fuge
25 lbs Tonga Branch Rock
120 lbs Carib-Sea Sugar size Aragonite Sand

Fish

2 Black and White Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
2 Bangaii Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni)
3 Blue/Green Reef Chromis (Chromis viridis)
Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)
Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto)
Fire Goby (Nemateleotris magnifica)
Yellow Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
Sixline Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)
Bar Goby (Ptereleotris zebra)



Inverts

Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
Rose Bubble Tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor)
Scarlet Reef Hermits (Paguristes cadenati)
Blue Leg Hermits (Clibanarius tricolor )
Turbo Snails (Turbo fluctuosa)
Nassarius Snails (Nassaurius vibex)
Cerith Snails (Cerithium sp.)
Astraea Snails (Astraea sp.)

SPS

Green Stylophora (Stylophora pistillata)
Pink Stylophora (Stylophora pistillata)
Orange Digitada (Montipora digitata)
Pink Pocillopora (Pocillopora verrucosa)
Green Birdsnest (Seriatopora guttatus)
Orange Cap (Montipora capricornis)


LPS

Octo Green and Pink Frogspawn (Euphyllia divisa)
Green and Pink Hammer (Euphyllia paranchora)
Brown Torch (Euphyllia glabrescens)
Blue/Green Candy Cane (Caulastrea furcata)
Red/Purple Acan (Acanthastrea Echinata)
Purple/Green Duncans (Duncanopsammia axifuga)

Softies

Green Star Polyp (Clavularia viridis)
Blue Xenia (Xenia sp.)
Pulsating Xenia (Xenia sp.)
Silver Branch Pumping xenia (Xenia elongata)
Green Palys (Palythoa sp.)
Purple Fission Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Long Lash Eagle Eye Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Armor of God Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Bright Yellow Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Red and yellow Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Green and Yellow Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Dark red and yellow Zoas (Zoanthus sp.)
Green Mushroom (Actinodiscus sp.)
Blue Mushroom (Actinodiscus sp.)
Red Yuma Ricordea Mushroom (Ricordea Yuma)
Blue and Yellow Ricordea (Ricordea florida)
Green Sinularia (Sinularia Sp.)

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

That is going to be SO much easier to photograph than a bowfront!

 

[Kreeger1]

Quick heads up, ditch the bio balls, it will save you the hair algae headache in 6 months. Reef tank technology has passed the bio ball era. There still good for a fish only system but you have live rock that should be doing the denitating job not the bio balls.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

I was going to say that but just coudln't bring myself to criticize. +1 at any rate.

 

[Heart & Sole]

looks nice. can't wait to see what it looks like when everything fills in, in the tank.

+2 on ditching the bio balls

 

[lightningfront]

So waht just leave the bio-ball chamber empty?

 

[Kreeger1]

yeppers.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

Throw some activated carbon in there every other week?