badAZZlars' 125 sps reef build (Updated FTS)

[badAZZlars]

when I bought my group of Anthias to get the tank rolling I bought 4. Right away one of them looked sick and it clearly had nothing to do with water quality as the other 3 are thriving. This one has since disappeared and i'm sure is rotting in the tank somewhere polluting the water.

I'm getting Algae growing on my rocks and i'm sure this missing dead fish is to blame for the bloom. Looks like i'll being doing a few larger sized water changes over the coming weeks to clear things up again.

[badAZZlars]

I got a custom reservoir made for my tank. It's 16X12X24 high with a hole for a float switch. It's nice that my ro/di line will reach to the reservoir so I don't have to move water back and forth. I also got a Tunze Osmolator kit for doing ATO. It's works great.

With the size of the reservoir I should be able to get at least a week of top up before I need to refill it.

Eventually everything will be covered with a wooden facade. I have someone building the facade for around the main tank right now and then I will have to figure out how I want to cover the reservoir and the MH ballast's that are on the other side of the tank.

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[badAZZlars]

Recently added 14 new sps frags to the tank. Water parameters all measured within range so I thought i'd take the plunge. I started with 4 a week ago that I got from snappy, they were doing well so I bought some more off fellow reefer xtreme.

Everything seems to be doing great so far. I look forward to looking back on these pictures in a year or so to see how much they have grown.

[Snappy]

Glad things are going well for you.

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Glad things are going well for you.

Thanks Greg. Everything seems really happy right now so I'm remaining optimistic. Looking forward to watching them grow but damn I wish my tank was mature right now. Colonies look a little bit nicer than frags.

[badAZZmom]

Have u made any changes to the tank recently?

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by badAZZmom

Have u made any changes to the tank recently?

Haha, Love the user name.

I'll post some new pictures tomorrow. I'm finally getting the wooden enclosure delivered tomorrow but will still need to stain it. And i'll take picture of all of the tank inhabitants. Lots of new coral frags since the last post and a few new fish.