After being out of the hobby since 2004, the bug bit hard last year. A quick browse through the LFS and I ended up with a Nuvo10. Less than a month later, I had already upgraded to a 25 Lagoon and looking at another upgrade. 2 months back into the hobby and I knew I wasn't going to turn back. April 2017 I picked up the Reefer 170. Everything was transferred over and so began the "First phase" of the tank. I quickly outgrew the initial rock work as I began hoarding. SPS, Acans, zoas, torches. I wanted gardens of them all. Fast forward to the beginning of this year (2018), and the itch to rescape was picking at me. One type of rock I never used ever was tonga, and I knew it would make a great base for a Zen/Minimalist aquascape. I began collecting choice branches from the local stores. After a couple of attempts, I ended up with the current structure, held together with emarco. I popped all the corals off, removed the old rock, dropped in the new rock and began gluing down all the corals. SPS first, then filling in with zoas, and acans. It's been about 2 months now, and the corals have adjusted well, with most already encrusting and picking up where they left off. I'll follow up later with some detail shots of the corals themselves. For now, couple of current FTS, and one from a month or so after setting up the tank.
Equipment:
Tank - Red Sea Reefer 170, Custom Sump
Lights- Radion XR30 Gen4 Pro - AB+ Schedule.
Return - Reef Octopus RO-DC 3500
Flow - 2x MP40WQD
Heaters - 2x 100w Neotherm
Skimmer- Vertex Omega 130 with pH controlled CO2 Scrubber
Reactors - N/A
Controller - Apex Classic
Dosing - Korallin C1502 Calcium Reactor
Videos:
FTS:
June 2018
Feb 2018
June 2017
Equipment:
Tank - Red Sea Reefer 170, Custom Sump
Lights- Radion XR30 Gen4 Pro - AB+ Schedule.
Return - Reef Octopus RO-DC 3500
Flow - 2x MP40WQD
Heaters - 2x 100w Neotherm
Skimmer- Vertex Omega 130 with pH controlled CO2 Scrubber
Reactors - N/A
Controller - Apex Classic
Dosing - Korallin C1502 Calcium Reactor
Videos:
FTS:
June 2018
Feb 2018
June 2017
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