CK Reef October 17, 2017 October 17, 2017 Hello WAMAS, I've been into this hobby for about 1.5 years (same goes for being a WAMAS member), so I think it's time for me to celebrate my tank's 1 year anniversary by introducing it to WAMAS. Shamefully, I started this hobby by an awkward way, was scammed to buy a 100G AIO for $1000 =)). After 1 month with that 100G, I realized my mistake and got myself a 72x18x27 G tank. Unfortunately, shortly after that, I once again realized that I did not like that dimension at all. And the stand was ugly as H-E-double hockey sticks with just a frame, no door, no skin whatsoever. So, I sit down, and made a plan to build a sump and start everything over once again. Luckily, when I was about to go to New York to pick up a 180G tank (I know, I'm crazy, right? To go all the way to NY and pick up a tank :D, but when I want to do something, it's just hard to resist the feeling :D), I found a 72x24x30 220G tank from a WAMAS member just a few days before my birthday and a few hours to go to NY. To be honest, I made some mistakes with this tank too, but I guess I'm kinda happy with it. I probably stick with it until I save enough to have a 900G or 1200G. I'm still looking for ideas for my future tanks, so I'm open to all feed back and experience sharing ^_^. So, here goes my baby: Tank size: 220 GallonsDimension: 72x24x30Equipment: - Sump: 75 Gallons custom built. It was my first mistake to pick the 75G tank to build a sump, it was a bit too high for me, it's a pain to remove the skimmer and it's impossible to put my Bubble King in :( (0.5" too big ). I will either build a higher stand for my next tank or just buy a sump for $1200 (honestly, I think it's a bit too much to spend that much for a sump) - 2 Gyre 250. I started with 2 MP40QDs but did not like the flow pattern so I switched to Gyre. - Skimmer: I used a Bubble Master 250 with 2 Sicce PSK-1000 pumps. I just switched to Deltec 2060 today since it's smaller and easier to maintain for me.- Calcium & Alkalinity: I used to dose 2 parts but it was hard to maintain a stable alkalinity so I switched to GeoReef's Dual Chamber Calcium reactor- Lights: Radion G3 Pro to start, and currently on G4 Pro Livestock:- Blue Hippo Tang- Purple Tang- 2 x Yellow Tang- Clowntang- Blonde Naso Tang- 2 x Premium Picasso Clownfish- Magnificent Foxface- Green Mandarin Dragonet- Ruby Red Dragonet- Diamond Goby- Lawnmower blenny- 2 x Bartlett's Anthias- 2 x Flame Angel- 2 x Coral Banded Shrimps- 2 x Blood Fire Shrimps- 2 x Skunk Cleaner Shrimps- And 2 yellow tail damsel,which became permanent resident in my sump. Little evils, for sure!-And..... lastly... corals... just corals... Here are the pics of my tank since first built:
CK Reef October 19, 2017 Author October 19, 2017 Thanks guys ^_^. Now I just need to find a way to get rid of the Kenya Tree <-- rookie mistake :D. Kinda tired of removing them manually :|
VTBig053 November 3, 2017 November 3, 2017 Seen this in person, its awesome! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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