Inland Reef's Coastal Lagoon

[inland_reef]

10.28.2020 Photo Post

 

[This guy is Extra Salty]

10.28.2020 Photo Post

i think you need to come over and do my tank a solid with a photo shoot...

Seriously looking good.

 

[Uptowngirl]

Awesome photos

 

[inland_reef]

i think you need to come over and do my tank a solid with a photo shoot...

Seriously looking good.

that I can do!

 

[inland_reef]

Awesome photos

Thanks! appreciate it!

 

[inland_reef]

11.5.2020
Think it’s time to trim some macros and maybe the toadstool

 

[Chrisfish]

This tank is absolutely beautiful!!!!

 

[PeterLL]

Absolutely amazing mate. Very jealous

 

[inland_reef]

This tank is absolutely beautiful!!!!

Thank you! It’s been a fun tank to watch evolve!

 

[inland_reef]

Absolutely amazing mate. Very jealous

Appreciate it!

 

[toadstool_paradise]

This is probably my favorite tank out there, beautiful.

 

[samnaz]

Love this tank! Did you start a new thread for the new tank?

 

[inland_reef]

I haven’t yet. I probably should make a new thread for that one too! Trying to figure out a cool thread name it’s the hardest part

 

[inland_reef]

This is probably my favorite tank out there, beautiful.

Appreciate it! It’s been a fun tank to create!

 

[littlefishy]

Still running? I've got a 7' peninsula that I've been thinking of turning into a gorg/keys tank exclusively. This helps by showing what I can do without a sump, dosing etc. with no stony coral. Do you dose or do large water changes?
A staghorn would look awesome in there though

 

[inland_reef]

Still running? I've got a 7' peninsula that I've been thinking of turning into a gorg/keys tank exclusively. This helps by showing what I can do without a sump, dosing etc. with no stony coral. Do you dose or do large water changes?
A staghorn would look awesome in there though

yup it’s still running and has grown in well. I do have dosing pumps on this tank. Two Kamoer x1s. I dose all for reef and easy breeder phytoplankton. As for water changes, I do a monthly 25% water change. I actually have some stag corals in there. Some green and purple stag.

Let’s do a photo update dump!

Ended up cutting the toadstool. It was getting so big that it was starting to stretch frag itself and I got worried it may get a bacterial infection. So went from this...

To this

 

[mattm]

I see on IG that you’ve added a number of Mp10s to the new tank. Do you think a mp40 would be better suited? I ask bc I am building the same tank and have an good opportunity on a used mp40.

 

[inland_reef]

I see on IG that you’ve added a number of Mp10s to the new tank. Do you think a mp40 would be better suited? I ask bc I am building the same tank and have an good opportunity on a used mp40.

The reason I went with more mp10s vs an mp40, and this is just a hypothesis as I’m not an sps expert, is to create more random flow patterns throughout the tank. Mp10/40 pumps are great although they have a very directed flow pattern. So my thought was more pumps running on reef crest with nine tied to each other will create a true random flow throughout the tank. Most of the species I have chosen also tend to plate as they grow so I want good flow around the top and bottom side of the coral. Only time will tell if this is a positive or negative.

 

[littlefishy]

Good to see this tank again, it might be my favorite. I'm finding I'm losing interest in mixed reefs and biotope type tanks are becoming more interesting.

 

[mattm]

Thanks for the feedback Tyler. Your reasoning makes sense. I can’t wait to see your tank fill in!