Saldarya's 220g Mixed Reef

Saldarya · Feb 12, 2011

Evening all, thought I would share my lil peice of the reef.

The tank is 220g, has been set up for about 18 months but I have just started adding fish and corals about 8 months ago. The plan is a true mixed reef.

I am in the midst of some lighting changes, so the current is as follows. The left side is lit by AI LED Modules, the center and right are lit by one of the chinese brand LED 120w fixtures that are sold under different needs. They were alright to start with, but as I began to try different systems, I settled on the AI. 2 more modules will be in next week and I will continue until I have 6 across the tank. THere are also 2-60" Aquablue T5's that will probably come off once I get all the AI's on there.

About 125# of rock, 75# of Marco Rock and 50# of Bali Alor.

Various coral as you can see, the fish are all anthias plus a Red Velvet Wrasee and a pair of redstripe Gobies and the pistol shrimp.

Here are some pics!

FTS

Left

Center

Right

Here are some close up sof the left side with the AI's on. This color is more representative of the actual color.

Well, thanks for looking!!

Bobby

btkrausen · Feb 12, 2011

Looking great, off to a good start man. How do you like that Velvet wrasse? They are pretty fish, but I've read they can be aggressive, but maybe just towards other wrasses. I love that rock work you have going on the right side, should give you a cool place for some SPS and a nice area for some colorful softies at the bottom.

Saldarya · Feb 12, 2011

Thanks for the nice comment, I do like the 'scape..

For fun, here is my last tank...

Just looking to do something a bit different

MarvinsReef · Feb 12, 2011

let's see a list of the anthias.

also, I moved it to the big boy's tank forum. :wink:

Saldarya · Feb 13, 2011

Lets see...

Bartletts: 2 male and 1 female (1 changed on me!)
Randalls: 1 male and 2 female
Tiger Queen (p. Lori): 1 male 1 female
Red Stripe (p. Fasciatus): 1 male, in QT atm...he may get to big and aggresive for this tank.
Pictilis (p. Pictilis): 1 male 1 female, in QT atm and doing well. I need to do an update on these in the fish section.

skinz78 · Feb 13, 2011

Looking great! That Gorgonian is huge, how long have you had it for? I haven't ever had any success with them.

revhtree · Feb 13, 2011

Great reef my friend! Looks awesome!

zoous · Feb 13, 2011

Very nice tank. What kind of tank is it? What are the dimensions?

btkrausen · Feb 13, 2011

I like that pic of your old tank, looks like you had some nice stuff in there and some large colonies. Are you not going SPS this time?

Saldarya · Feb 13, 2011

skinz78 said:
Looking great! That Gorgonian is huge, how long have you had it for? I haven't ever had any success with them.

Thanks for the comments, the Gorg has been in a tank for a very logn time and recently moved to this one. I feel good about it. It doesnt get directly fed but with teh small foods the anthias get I am sure it grabs some of it.

I like that pic of your old tank, looks like you had some nice stuff in there and some large colonies. Are you not going SPS this time?

I will have SPS on the top portions of the Scape, just waiting till I get the lighting change completed, THe pieces you see in there were kinda test pieces, I can tell alot about the chemistry based on the SPS reaction.