300 Gallon Mixed Reef
 

Hey just thought I would start a tank journal for everyone here as I have been lurking around here for a while. My reefing started about 2 years ago when I purchased a used 100 gallon from some guy on kijiji. I had this tank for about a year and had some softies however due to the filtration ( fluval fx5) I did not do so well. durring the process I learned alot about reefkeeping and like most of us still learning.


My current setup was built by Jay and consists of about a 380 gallon flat back hex style tank and 60 gallon sump with fuge. I will post some pics when I get a chance.

Return Pump Red Dragon 12
Lighting 6' Vertex Lumina
4 MP40's 2 more comming for back wall
200 lbs Live rock
Skimmer SWC 250 s2
UV Filter
Bio Pellets in UF 20
Yellow tang
Hippo tang
Orange shoulder
Leathers
and about 15 colonies or good sized frags SPS
lots of other stuff too much to list right now pictures would help.

So far very happy with the setup which has been in progress for about a year, and running for about 5-6 months. Chances are I will be switching to the Zeovit system as I like the KZ product very much. so I will let you guys/girls know how it goes.

Thanks for all who looked and help me along the way I will try to post more when I have more time.

Pictures to come

PS im living on the same street as a famous reefer in calgary, so the water must be good here KIEN !!!!


Scott

geez, its about time. Now where are those pictures?! Don't make me walk down the street. :lol:

and, are you sure you don't mean "infamous" ? :twised:

You should walk down the street it might get you away from all the good grabs off can reef you thief. Pics to come!!! or just shoot on by.

I'll take a peak the next time I'm out for a run. I'll try to remember to wipe the drool off your window.

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Welcome to Canreef (well, I see you're here since May but with a post count of 6 I think it would be rude not to say "Welcome" so .. yah .. "Welcome!").

Looking forward to the pictures.

It's about time Scott. Since I picked up the rock from you I had forgotten exactly which street you were on. We went for a family drive the other say so I could quickly give Kien some 1/2" and on the way around the street I saw 'the glow" and totally flipped out. Just ask my wife.

Then I realized it was you. WELCOME!

Hey guys thanks for looking I will try and post some pics tonight when I started the build so you can see how far it has come. If anyone wants to stop by for a beer feel free I love talking to other reefers with better ideas than me. I would like to possibly host a frag swap at some stage when things really start to take off in my tank, this is no joke. Cheers

Where are the pics Scott?

would love to see those pics too!

Return Pump Red Dragon 12
Lighting 6' Vertex Lumina
4 MP40's 2 more comming for back wall
200 lbs Live rock
Skimmer SWC 250 s2

Picks please or I'm going to go break into Kiens house :neutral:.

Sorry guys
Here are a couple pics from the start I will post more when I have a chance.
Please pick your lips up off my one piece euro hehehe just kidding jay does a wicked job of building tanks.


http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_4427.jpg



http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_4429.jpg

das is a wicked looking tank!.....cant wait to see this thing filled up....

man a 6' vertex lumina.....like thats about the whole budget on my 200g lol , im following along sounds interesting:):)

Sorry for the dark pics but just thought I would throw a couple on here it does not do my tank justice in my opinion. Thanks for looking more pictures to come.


Scott

http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_0299.jpg

Reefwars sorry to hear about your tank im sure jay will fix you up hes good that way. Look forward to seeing your build come together.

Hmmmmmmm that is like a $4200 dollar fixture,,,,,

Thanks we got It worked out, he's going to make two more replacent panels and he was nice enough to come up and put it together when the sump comes so far it should be the end of November :) his work is great eh unbelievably clean well worth the price indeed, after seeing the tank I knew I wanted him to do my sump which is going to be not far off the tank size lol alot of room:)

I got to see the 24" vertex at a friends house and all I can say is wow how impressed I was with it it's so sleek and it's seting are amazing , how is the six foot I bet your happy with it so far ???:)

See you tonight. I told my son you had the best candy on the block. :)

Yeah for sure see you soon mang

Imlooking at getting a lumina how's it working out for ya? Any issues yet? Thanks.

lumina is a great fixture im sure you will be happy with it I have had mine for about 6 months or so and all my corals are doing quite well. Not only that I like the functionality of the light and coral growth is really good too.

Enjoy your light

Thanks for the reply. I can't wait for it to turn up now.Very nice set up btw. Looking good.

here are a few new pic of my corals http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...ishpics013.jpg

The tank is looking good Scott.

wow, where did you get those blasto's from

Thanks for the comments blastos were from wais in calgary and are growing very fast so when im ready to frag I can let you know.


Scott

That would be awesome. let me know when they are ready

Just wanted to post a few new pics since holidays here you guys go. This will be my pics before I add my calcium reactor in the next few weeks.

Thanks for looking http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_5690.jpg

Looking good Scott! Going to definitely hit you up for a tour pretty soon here :) It just isn't the same through the front window :(

P.S. sorry about the greasy snot marks on your window. Next time i'll bring windex.

Wow that tank has really taken off since I was there. Still loving the Vertex?

Looks good how are you liking your Vertex leds?

Kien
Please only vinegar on the windows don't like to risk the windex in the tank. Stop by somtime. Vertex has been really good to me, I have upgraded to the new firmware and trying a expert program now. All my corals are doing good under the vertex and still growing at a reasonable rate, I think but nothing to compare to.

PS Thanks to Jay for looking after my tank for 2 weeks.

its starting to look sweeeeet!.....love the orange shoulder:biggrin: