ReefStache CADE Reef S2/P Peninsula 228g build is on!!

[Bj’s Reef]

Wow it looks great.

 

[ReefStache]

The reef tank is filling in. Getting close to a year since I added the first livestock and I think the sweet spot is dialed in finally.

 

[ReefStache]

The reef tank!


The build:
Tank: CADE 1800 Reef S2/P
Lights: Illumagic Blaze X 180 + Vitamini x2
Skimmer: DALUA GW17
Controller: Felix Smart Pro
Rock: Cornerstone Reef Rock
Custom Stache rock: Dream Aquascapes
Salt: Quantum Macro Probiotic Salt
Wavemaker: Panta Rhei ECM 42 Pro from Unique Corals + MP40
Lid: Custom by Reefin Ain’t EZY
Flow: VCA Random Flow Generators
LED Background: Current USA
Return Pump: Ecotech M2
Refugium: AlgaeBarn
Refugium Light: Illumagic Blaze Mini
ATO: TUNZE 3155
Water Quality: Triton Labs ICP-OES test kits
Fish: All captive bred fish by Biota
Coral: Coral-Vault, Vibrant Corals, Low Tide Corals, Unique Corals, Dream Aquascapes, Biota
Glass Cleaning: Flipper Cleaner
Coral Artwork: The Koral Queen


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[tbrown3589]

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Any idea what causes the TeePee on these? One of my Alveopora is doing the same thing and I was curious if maybe it was light hungry?

Edit: lower right hand coral.

 

[Longatto]

awesome looking reef! thinking about a Cade 1800 in white!

 

[ReefStache]

Any idea what causes the TeePee on these? One of my Alveopora is doing the same thing and I was curious if maybe it was light hungry?

Edit: lower right hand coral.

Swaying in the flow is an indication of it’s happy and everything is spot on. Closed and receding polyps is cause for concern with Alveopora and Goniopora.

 

[ReefStache]

awesome looking reef! thinking about a Cade 1800 in white!

Love CADE! Going to be doing a shallow build in white when they come to the US.

 

[tbrown3589]

Swaying in the flow is an indication of it’s happy and everything is spot on. Closed and receding polyps is cause for concern with Alveopora and Goniopora.

Ok. Mine love to sway and reach. It's just odd because one of them has several tentacles/polyps that appear almost TeePee like.

 

[dstockwell]

Beautiful...

 

[ReefStache]

Ok. Mine love to sway and reach. It's just odd because one of them has several tentacles/polyps that appear almost TeePee like.
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I wouldn’t be concerned with it unless the polyps stop coming out of the skeleton.

 

[ReefStache]

Beautiful...

Thank you!

 

[Reef-N-Stein]

@ReefStache so is there anything you wish you would have done different. How are you like the illumagic blaze? Anything at all you would have done different? Regret peninsula style at all?

 

[ReefStache]

@ReefStache so is there anything you wish you would have done different. How are you like the illumagic blaze? Anything at all you would have done different? Regret peninsula style at all?

Love the lights… they are beast.

Great question… one thing I would have done differently would be installing the tank off the wall more - just enough that I could get behind the tank to clean the back glass. Busting a ladder out more than once a week is a pain in the ****.

I do not regret going with a Peninsula to get the overflow off the back glass and off to the side to accomplish that lighted background effect free of equipment and I needed a clear back glass versus black. Going with the Peninsula actually turned out to be one of my best decisions on this build in regards to the overall look of it.

 

[Reef-N-Stein]

Love the lights… they are beast.

Great question… one thing I would have done differently would be installing the tank off the wall more - just enough that I could get behind the tank to clean the back glass. Busting a ladder out more than once a week is a pain in the ****.

I do not regret going with a Peninsula to get the overflow off the back glass and off to the side to accomplish that lighted background effect free of equipment and I needed a clear back glass versus black. Going with the Peninsula actually turned out to be one of my best decisions on this build in regards to the overall look of it.

I’m about to pull the trigger on a Cade I think. I’m just so torn between regular or peninsula. I feel like your tank has made me rethink the peninsula. Plus I kinda like the sump layout better on the peninsula. Guess I’m kinda answering my own questions. Haha. Thanks for your response. I’ve watched all your vids. Beautiful tank man. For real.

 

[Longatto]

same thing here. 7 ft reef or 6ft peninsula. bigger ATO on the reef. get the clear background to play with on the peninsula.....decisions decisions....

1st world problems.

 

[Longatto]

ReefStache, in your opinion, can a reef mat be easily installed in that sump? I seen others do in the long 7' reef but haven't come across it in the peninsula

 

[ReefStache]

ReefStache, in your opinion, can a reef mat be easily installed in that sump? I seen others do in the long 7' reef but haven't come across it in the peninsula

I haven’t looked into this yet. I bet @AlgaeBarn has been asked and would have some input for you.

 

[bhargs99]

Just found your thread! I am absolutely in LOVE with your build!! Certainly will be using this as inspiration for my 190g Peninsula!

 

[ReefStache]

Just found your thread! I am absolutely in LOVE with your build!! Certainly will be using this as inspiration for my 190g Peninsula!

Thank you for the kind words! To be able to inspire others with their builds inspires me.

Here’s what the tank looks like when I don’t clean the back glass every other day. It’s a chore to keep up with! [HASH=34498]#ReeftankLife[/HASH] [HASH=43769]#reefstache[/HASH] [HASH=10549]#aquarium[/HASH] [HASH=15317]#fishtank[/HASH]

 

[Longatto]

love that school of YELLOW TANGS!