dmatt56 June 12, 2011 Share June 12, 2011 (edited) Hello everyone, This past spring, I combined my original 54G corner reef and 90G reef to create my current 180G reef display tank. I have predominantly softies (leathers, ricordia, mushrooms, zoas, xenia, GSP etc), but I also have a variety of monti caps and a couple LPS (trumpets). I'm guessing 90% of my corals have come from WAMAS, CMAS, or other local reefers. As far as invert inhabitants, I have a variety of hermits, nerite snails, nassarius snails, cerith snails, turbo snails, 3 cleaner shrimps, 1 fire shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimps, and a large RBTA. My current fish include a swiss guard basslett, midas blenny, pygmy hawk fish, hippo tang, 2 bangaii cardinals, 2 clowns, 3 zebra dartfish, 2 purple firefish, green clown goby, and a yellow blenny. My blue spotted jawfish died in an overflow incident after my blue hippo kept attacking him. I use basic equipment for maintaining my aquarium. For flow, I have 4 koralia evolution 1400 power heads and a Mag 12 return pump. The lighting is a Nova Extreme Pro 72" T5 light fixture. I purchased an awesome moon lights on eBay for about $50. I reused my original homemade 30G sump with baffled refugium. I also have a Tunze ATO to make life easy. For filtration, I'm using cheato and Chemi-Pure Elite. I purchased a skimmer from Avast, but it's not here yet. I also have a BRS Media Reactor that I plan to run GFO. Please let me know if you have any questions. Matt Edited June 12, 2011 by dmatt56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason the filter freak June 12, 2011 Share June 12, 2011 Let me know if you need anyhelp with your skimmer build. Looking forward to pics of everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 October 29, 2011 Author Share October 29, 2011 Added a new Wannabei angel and marble starfish today. I need to add new pics of the tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 March 25, 2012 Author Share March 25, 2012 Finally an update after one year of being integrated! Current fish: Watanabe angel Spotter blue jawfish Swiss guard basslett Yellow tang Purple file fish Trio zebra bar fish Mandarin Yellow midas Benny Clown goby Citron Benny Pygmy hawkfish Chromis 2 clowns Bangaii male Inverts: Snails Hermits FL conch Blue star Purple urchin Rbta Cleaner shrimp Corals: Softies Lps Monti caps Hope you enjoyed the update! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind March 25, 2012 Share March 25, 2012 The tank looks great. Congrats on the one year mark. Any future plans or changes you want to make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 March 25, 2012 Author Share March 25, 2012 The GHA is killing me, Dave. Plan to add a phosphate remover tomorrow. Worse case scenario, I add a sea hare. I'd like to add LED lighting, but don't know what the equivalent for T5 on a "softy" tank would be. Most of my future plans are new additions. We saw the Coral Reef at the IMAX today, and my wife told me she liked the cleaner shrimp and goby combo. I'd like to add a trio of Bartlett Anthias. And, I'm trying to get the guts to split my RBTA, it's getting huge! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind March 25, 2012 Share March 25, 2012 I have a sea hare you can have. I'm out of algae for it to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 April 10, 2012 Author Share April 10, 2012 (edited) Newest addition from the Divers Den last week: Fathead Starburst Anthias Newest FREE addition tonight: breeding clownfish!!! They don't mind the GHA. Edited April 10, 2012 by dmatt56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S April 10, 2012 Share April 10, 2012 I'd like to add LED lighting, but don't know what the equivalent for T5 on a "softy" tank would be. And, I'm trying to get the guts to split my RBTA, it's getting huge! I happen to know someone with a 180g DIY LED setup that might be willing to sell it. Would be more than enough light for your tank. Let me know if you want more info. And I don't think you can split the RBTA, they have to split on their own don't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoutlaw April 11, 2012 Share April 11, 2012 I happen to know someone with a 180g DIY LED setup that might be willing to sell it. Would be more than enough light for your tank. Let me know if you want more info. And I don't think you can split the RBTA, they have to split on their own don't they? Now why would you want to curse someone else with LEDs? You can split RBTAs, but it's delicate and you need to be careful. Ask Chip (flowerseller)......he's done it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 November 29, 2012 Author Share November 29, 2012 Hello everyone I decided to post some updated pictures of my 180 soft coral, sps, and lps tank. Few changes: RBTA is gone and I've added a few new fish. The blue spotted jawfish died (starved I think) and a wrasse jumped out in the 10 minutes the screen was off the top when I checked the overflows for the jawfish. I found it dried out the next day since I didn't realize it jumped out. The new large wrasse is one of my favorite fish. I'm anxious to hear your comments. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveoutlaw November 29, 2012 Share November 29, 2012 Lookin good Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 July 3, 2013 Author Share July 3, 2013 Quick update everyone... Just added a harem of Carbettyi Anthias 1 male and 5 females from divers den Also, Here's my pair of orange back wrasses that I got earlier in the year.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 July 3, 2013 Author Share July 3, 2013 Carberryi anthias... Darn spell check! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 July 4, 2013 Author Share July 4, 2013 Why do the softy / LPS tank get no loving on WAMAS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowieReefer84 July 4, 2013 Share July 4, 2013 You are getting quite the nice fish list going! Love the T5's on your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08can-am July 4, 2013 Share July 4, 2013 I think it looks great courtesy of my sweet S4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraffitiSpotCorals July 6, 2013 Share July 6, 2013 Great tank! I like the fish and the big softies are great too. Why don't you retrofit a t5 led combo with some Crees or something. A few blues go a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef July 6, 2013 Share July 6, 2013 I like it too! I prefer LPs and softies....great color and don't look like sticks,lol but it's always a personal preference.... When I do anothe large tank it wil be with mainly softies and corallimorphs..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 July 6, 2013 Author Share July 6, 2013 I've considered switching to LEDs, but I'm scared they would be overkill. I wonder if we will start seeing more mid-tier LEDs that target softies and LPS in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef July 6, 2013 Share July 6, 2013 I've got 2 of the d120s over my 3ft long 50g....lots of lps and softies in mine...I love em! My tanks has stayed at 76 even on the hottest days we've had so far , though it is downstairs but does get afternoon sun through the sliding glass doors.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 28, 2013 Share December 28, 2013 I think you will like the LED bandwagon if you choose to jump on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 December 28, 2013 Author Share December 28, 2013 I purchased a apex controller on Black Friday. Let's see what happens next. I'm thinking DC return pump first then we will see what's next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 28, 2013 Share December 28, 2013 Ohhhhhhhhhh I like your choices... I really love my dc120000.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmatt56 December 28, 2013 Author Share December 28, 2013 Are those apex compatible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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