Spyd's 180G Mixed Reef

[Spyd]

I purchased both as frags about a year ago. The Red Dragon is definitely a fast grower. The Hawkins is a decent grower as well. I may have to move it though eventually just to give it a little less flow. It is growing very tight together but not branching off a whole lot.

[Sahin]

Stunning Reef! Can you please detail what you feed the fishes and the SPS coral? Thanks.

Your tank TOTM worthy! Keep up the great work.

[Spyd]

Thanks for the kind words. I feed my fish nori everyday along with NLS pellets a couple times a week and some mysis a couple times a week as well. As for the SPS, I dont feed them anything. I do feed my LPS with some mysis once in a while to get them growing faster.

[Spyd]

All right party people... Time for a photo dump! I have been working on my white balance and am starting to get the hang of it. Pics look a tad on the greener side of things but its getting better.

Spongodes growing like crazy and starting to cap now.


Here's a new clam I just picked up along with my Branching lobo, open brain, superman monti and Tyree Mystic monti.


Ultimate Bonsai is growing like crazy! Love the ultra green polyps!


Here's a sweet new frag. It's the RR Subzero. I bleached it a bit from those new RB strips. I didn't think they would add as much par as they did and am now only running them at 50% for now. It is bouncing back nicely now. More baby blue with dark blue tips.


My RR Gold Buddah up close. It is a fantastic golden colour with burgundy polyps. Nice tabling growth pattern as well.


Love this pic of my Leopard Wrasse swimming past my Purple Dragon and DV Bottlebrush Acro.


Here's a sweet shot of my Flame BTA. I have about 5 of these things now... I would love to get rid of some but it sure would be a whole lot easier if the rock they are on wasn't the only one that is doweled and epoxied into place....


Group Shot of my Tubbs Pink Jade, DV Cobalt Tort and DV Candlelight


Nice Macro shot of a Confused War Coral Frag.


Close up of my Mystic Monti. Glass could be cleaner at the bottom of the tank...


Close up of my new clam!


Group Shot of my BS Birdsnest, DV Sunset Milli and my own Devil's Breath Acro


Close up of my DV Limeade. Growing nicely!


Group Shot of my DV Limeade, Red Dragon, ORA Cali Tort in the back, noname Pink & Yellow acro and another Bonsai frag.


Right Side shot of Tank


Left Side shot of Tank


Full Tank Shot


I am getting excited to switch over my frag tank to a LPS dominated tank. Rock is all most done curing. Sand is rinsed and the corals I have for it are SPECTACULAR!!!! I will show them off in my next post.

[Sahin]

Just beautiful. The Mystic Monti looks sweet. One of the only few Montis I even like.

[Reef Pilot]

Wow, that is beautiful indeed, lots of nice pieces in there. And thanks for incl names of the corals.

[FishyFishy!]

I hate when people dont post a FTS with their photo dumps!! Way to go!

Looks amazing

[Stones]

Your corals and tank look great. Good to see all those designer SPS looking and growing so well.

[Spyd]

Thanks everyone. So here are the show pieces that are going to be on display in my LPS / frag tank makeover:

I will start with some beautiful colonies I got a little while back:

This is the original RR Hurricane chalice purchased years ago. I love the blue speckle covering the entire piece:


Massive War Coral Colony:


Massive dual coloured chalice with glowing yellow eyes:


Here's a cheap $10 frag I purchased from a show last year. It was brown when I bought it but saw some potential. I think it is going to be stunning and is growing fast! Red / Green with orange eyes.


Another stunning chalice:


Here's a killer Lepto I got from Darryl as well. Growing nicely and far more orange than the phot shows:


I love this piece! Cheap little $10 frag that has turned into a beauty! Base is actually going blue in some spots as well:


Here is an absolutely CRAZY Astralomussa!! Starting to grow. Just needs to be fed lots. Red, green, yellow and blue!!


Some BS acan love:


Here's another beauty of an acan:


My Utter Chaos palys that started from 1 large head and 1 small baby head:


Dragon Scale chalice:


AND NOW SOME OF THE REAL SHOW STOPPERS:

JF Vivid Riddler Chalice:


My own Rainbow Raceway Chalice:


What I believe is a PPE Chalice. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong:


My own Raging Inferno Chalice:


Time to mount this on a tile as the growth rim is growing underneath:


and the one and only Tyree Space Invaders Pectina:

[Skimmer Juice]

wow I'm jealous of that coral selection. Gotta love when you buy a cheap piece that does not look very good and turns out to be a super colorful piece .