57 Gallon Rimless Oceanic Illuminata build

Reeflogic · Mar 6, 2016

Awesome man, great selection of fish. Is the butterfly eating well?

Leggmantn2015 · Mar 6, 2016

Not well! But he is eating. But I've only had him for a little while. My wife wanted it.

Reeflogic · Mar 6, 2016

Head over to Aquatic Marine and pick up some LRS (Larry's Reef Frenzy). Not sure what you are feeding, but this food is incredible, especially for finicky eaters, like butterflies. It is also super clean food, you can overfeed and not end up with phosphate / nitrate issues. My fish eat it out of my hand and I rarely feed pellet or other frozen brands anymore, other than PE mysis. AM is the only local store I'm aware of that carries it, it's expensive but worth every penny.

http://www.larrysreefservices.com/

Reeflogic · Mar 6, 2016

Well, I should say, overfeeding isn't as bad as other brands, try not to overfeed lol.

CastAway · Mar 6, 2016

Looks great! I love the wrasse, and that butterfly!

ReefFrenzy · Mar 7, 2016

Reeflogic said:
Head over to Aquatic Marine and pick up some LRS (Larry's Reef Frenzy). Not sure what you are feeding, but this food is incredible, especially for finicky eaters, like butterflies. It is also super clean food, you can overfeed and not end up with phosphate / nitrate issues. My fish eat it out of my hand and I rarely feed pellet or other frozen brands anymore, other than PE mysis. AM is the only local store I'm aware of that carries it, it's expensive but worth every penny.

http://www.larrysreefservices.com/

Thanks for the kind words! When compared to other high-end specialty foods on the market LRS should should be very cost competitive. We also offer an 8 oz pack at a price point very close to other brand's 6 and 7 ounce packages. The LRS lineup is getting a facelift so look for our new package labels to hit stores later this month. It is quite a change so I figured I would give a heads up.

Leggmantn2015 · Mar 12, 2016

So the diatom out break I think has ended. I actually had the bright idea to increase the light intensity by 50%, from %40 to 90% and the diatoms disapeared within two days. Who ever thought more light would equal less algea. I just read some where diatoms don't like high intensity light and thought I'd try it, it works.

Leggmantn2015 · Mar 12, 2016

The difference after diatoms went away crushed coral is SO white.

Leggmantn2015 · Oct 4, 2016

Tank update still taking it slow as I'm on a budget. But with 0 nitrates and near 0 phosphates tanks looking great. I've been holding off on coral till I have some spare cash. My refugium cheato is growing like mad. And i have pods out to wazoo.

I'm contiplating selling and geting a reefer nano 21 gal tank. I think it would be cheaper and better financially and this tank takes up a lot of space.
Oppinions??

Leggmantn2015 · Oct 4, 2016

Leggmantn2015 · Oct 4, 2016

This is the 105ah emergency power supply i built and added automatically turns on in event of power outage.

kschweer · Oct 4, 2016

Looks great!! That's some white sand!

Sobo's Reef · Aug 3, 2017

Any update on this tank??? Did you sell it?? I'm actually contemplating on buying one! I absolutely love how you did the stand!! Wish I was that crafty!

Leggmantn2015 · Aug 4, 2017

i loved the tank still love it. its currently up for sale though for 400$. It was just TOO big for my ambitions i down sized to a 20 gallon reefer nano model.