Hentz's 75 SPS Dominated Reef

Hentz · 04/02/2014, 12:12 AM

So I purchased my first "big" tank tonight. Biggest I've ever gone was a 40 Breeder, so going to a 75 from a 34 is pretty sweet! I was planning on buying a new tank until a local reefer offered this which was taking up space in his garage. Pay $500 for a brand new tank with a shorter stand (don't like that,) or pay $250 for a used tank which I can easily touch up?!

I'm NOT a fan of the color of the trim or the stand by any means and love my room to match, so I'll either just be painting it black all together or espresso.

I'll be painting the back black and the bottom white or tan (am going barebottom with this tank.)

The reefer I bought it from also had a WP40 for sale. Funny thing is, I was going to leave his house to purchase a WP40 at a store. Instead I bought a slightly used one for half the price, again, SCORE!

The tank came with a T5 fixture from ebay. Definitely won't use it, but for a little light, what's it going to hurt lol.

I plan on using a 6 or 8 bulb fixture, still unsure on that. Looking at a few as I plan on selling my current radion.

In the mean time, here is the tank in my garage as I type this. Tomorrow, my day off luckily, I will be spending all day prepping it and possibly getting it setup?!

Hentz · 04/02/2014, 08:57 PM

So I am no longer going barebottom with this tank, though I am doing a very shallow sand bed with reef sand! Perfect, not too thick nor powdery.

Anyways, painted the stand black today to match my room, cleaned the tank up quite a bit, painted the back black, and bought and 8Bulb T5 AquaticLife today.

Thought my shoe looked cool under the light :P

terrypercula · 04/03/2014, 05:11 AM

You could probably easily paint the trim on the tank to match. Get this thing cycled and loaded up already ha

stikhead · 04/03/2014, 05:25 AM

That's cool that teen wolf has taken up the hobby lol

Hentz · 04/03/2014, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by stikhead

That's cool that teen wolf has taken up the hobby lol

Teen wolf has taken up the hobby?

Hentz · 04/03/2014, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by terrypercula

You could probably easily paint the trim on the tank to match. Get this thing cycled and loaded up already ha

Ok transferring everything over today I think!

Hentz · 04/03/2014, 05:06 PM

Got my plumbing done as well as my sump in place.

Gotta deal with the loudness issue of my return, other than that, everything is ready to roll..

This was my English Mastiff - Bella (8 Months Old) - relaxing while I did the plumbing!

stikhead · 04/03/2014, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hentz

Teen wolf has taken up the hobby?

The hairy leg in the moon light

Hentz · 04/03/2014, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by stikhead

The hairy leg in the moon light

I'm a man! What can I say? :P

Hentz · 04/04/2014, 12:47 AM

View from my bed! Can't wait until it really clears up.

Hentz · 04/04/2014, 09:29 PM

Everything is all cleared up finally!

terrypercula · 04/05/2014, 07:14 AM

Sweeeeeet. I want to build a big ok tank now lol I gotta find a house first

Hentz · 04/11/2014, 09:20 PM

Here are some coral updates. Started dosing ZEOvit Pohl's Xtra. So far so good!

Hentz · 04/17/2014, 04:27 PM

Here are some updates! Got some killer corals lately.

Highlighter Acropora
Blue Tenuis Acropora (SO DAMN BLUE!!!!!!)
Light Blue Stag
Random Millipora
Purple Bonsai Acropora

Bpb · 04/17/2014, 06:17 PM

Beautiful. Love that light fixture. What's your bulb combo

Hentz · 04/18/2014, 05:22 PM

So my Highlighter acro decided to RTN last night... Woke up with flesh peeling off..... So luckily I got off work early today and was able to cut and frag some pieces before it all died off. Polyps are already out and everything. Hope they survive!

Now my frag rack is full lol.

KEEPonREEFING · 04/18/2014, 07:05 PM

Nice tank, i love the rock work.

Dapg8gt · 04/18/2014, 09:58 PM

Good luck with the new build hope it all works well for you.. Size is addicting lol I thought I'd be content with my 105 g but I'm not ha ha its already full and it's only 6 months old

Did you add any unions in the plumbing? The return line? How are you going to clean the pump?

If the noise drives you nuts look into doing a herbie on the overflow if you haven't already .. It will quiet it down dead silent. You can run your return up over the tank and use the existing holes in your box..

Oldude · 04/19/2014, 01:45 AM

Nice looking frag collection

sahin · 04/20/2014, 06:46 AM

Nice frag collection. That highlighter acro can be finicky...Hope the rest do well.

Sulcata102 · 04/24/2014, 11:01 AM

thanks for letting us watch your progress

Hentz · 05/02/2014, 08:19 PM

Unfortunately every single acro cut of my highlighter acro has died. Like everyone has said, its a VERY finicky coral lol. Only few have good luck with them. Everything else is thriving and blooming.

sahin · 05/03/2014, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Hentz

Unfortunately every single acro cut of my highlighter acro has died. Like everyone has said, its a VERY finicky coral lol. Only few have good luck with them. Everything else is thriving and blooming.

Was the Highlighter an aquacultured piece or wild like the stuff from LiveAquaria?

Some wild pieces tend to be touchy; this is one piece I've found is definitely touchy.

Tweaked · 05/03/2014, 05:23 AM

Looking good

Hentz · 05/03/2014, 07:27 PM

Sahin, yes I believe it was a matricultured (I believe the term for "wild") which I wasn't aware of when I purchased it.

I've had maricultured before from LA, 3 mini colonies - two which bit the dust and one Stag which for the past 4 months had an inch of tips remaining on 3 total branches which are now alive and healthy on frags!

04/02/2014, 12:12 AM	#1
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	Hentz's 75 SPS Dominated Reef So I purchased my first "big" tank tonight. Biggest I've ever gone was a 40 Breeder, so going to a 75 from a 34 is pretty sweet! I was planning on buying a new tank until a local reefer offered this which was taking up space in his garage. Pay $500 for a brand new tank with a shorter stand (don't like that,) or pay $250 for a used tank which I can easily touch up?! I'm NOT a fan of the color of the trim or the stand by any means and love my room to match, so I'll either just be painting it black all together or espresso. I'll be painting the back black and the bottom white or tan (am going barebottom with this tank.) The reefer I bought it from also had a WP40 for sale. Funny thing is, I was going to leave his house to purchase a WP40 at a store. Instead I bought a slightly used one for half the price, again, SCORE! The tank came with a T5 fixture from ebay. Definitely won't use it, but for a little light, what's it going to hurt lol. I plan on using a 6 or 8 bulb fixture, still unsure on that. Looking at a few as I plan on selling my current radion. In the mean time, here is the tank in my garage as I type this. Tomorrow, my day off luckily, I will be spending all day prepping it and possibly getting it setup?! __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/02/2014, 08:57 PM	#2
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	So I am no longer going barebottom with this tank, though I am doing a very shallow sand bed with reef sand! Perfect, not too thick nor powdery. Anyways, painted the stand black today to match my room, cleaned the tank up quite a bit, painted the back black, and bought and 8Bulb T5 AquaticLife today. Thought my shoe looked cool under the light :P __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/03/2014, 05:11 AM	#3
terrypercula Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Buffalo,NY Posts: 4,354	You could probably easily paint the trim on the tank to match. Get this thing cycled and loaded up already ha __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: IM Nuvo Fusion 10, Kessil A160, Tunze Osmolator 3155, Ecotech Vortech MP10

04/03/2014, 05:06 PM	#7
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	Got my plumbing done as well as my sump in place. Gotta deal with the loudness issue of my return, other than that, everything is ready to roll.. This was my English Mastiff - Bella (8 Months Old) - relaxing while I did the plumbing! __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/04/2014, 12:47 AM	#10
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	View from my bed! Can't wait until it really clears up. __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/03/2014, 05:25 AM	#4
stikhead Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: indiana Posts: 136	That's cool that teen wolf has taken up the hobby lol

04/04/2014, 09:29 PM	#11
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	Everything is all cleared up finally! __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/05/2014, 07:14 AM	#12
terrypercula Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Buffalo,NY Posts: 4,354	Sweeeeeet. I want to build a big ok tank now lol I gotta find a house first __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: IM Nuvo Fusion 10, Kessil A160, Tunze Osmolator 3155, Ecotech Vortech MP10

04/11/2014, 09:20 PM	#13
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	Here are some coral updates. Started dosing ZEOvit Pohl's Xtra. So far so good! __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/17/2014, 04:27 PM	#14
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	Here are some updates! Got some killer corals lately. Highlighter Acropora Blue Tenuis Acropora (SO DAMN BLUE!!!!!!) Light Blue Stag Random Millipora Purple Bonsai Acropora __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/17/2014, 06:17 PM	#15
Bpb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 3,148	Beautiful. Love that light fixture. What's your bulb combo

04/18/2014, 05:22 PM	#16
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	So my Highlighter acro decided to RTN last night... Woke up with flesh peeling off..... So luckily I got off work early today and was able to cut and frag some pieces before it all died off. Polyps are already out and everything. Hope they survive! Now my frag rack is full lol. __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

04/18/2014, 07:05 PM	#17
KEEPonREEFING Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SWFL Posts: 89	Nice tank, i love the rock work. __________________ NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS FAST... Current Tank Info: Sps reefer 170

04/18/2014, 09:58 PM	#18
Dapg8gt Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pacifica Posts: 3,741	Good luck with the new build hope it all works well for you.. Size is addicting lol I thought I'd be content with my 105 g but I'm not ha ha its already full and it's only 6 months old Did you add any unions in the plumbing? The return line? How are you going to clean the pump? If the noise drives you nuts look into doing a herbie on the overflow if you haven't already .. It will quiet it down dead silent. You can run your return up over the tank and use the existing holes in your box.. __________________ 15 years in the hobby yet still learning every day. 280g radium lit sps flat living in my garage rent free. Current Tank Info: 105g SPS dominant euro braced powered by 4 ecotech pumps and lit by an ATI powermodule controlled by a reef angel =).

04/19/2014, 01:45 AM	#19
Oldude Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 4,479	Nice looking frag collection __________________ ______________________ Greg ~ June 2015 TOTM ~ ~ April 2010 TOTM ~

04/20/2014, 06:46 AM	#20
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	Nice frag collection. That highlighter acro can be finicky...Hope the rest do well.

04/24/2014, 11:01 AM	#21
Sulcata102 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston, NY Posts: 25	thanks for letting us watch your progress

05/02/2014, 08:19 PM	#22
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	Unfortunately every single acro cut of my highlighter acro has died. Like everyone has said, its a VERY finicky coral lol. Only few have good luck with them. Everything else is thriving and blooming. __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex

05/03/2014, 05:23 AM	#24
Tweaked FUP&A Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Madison, CT Posts: 7,722	Looking good __________________ DSA 105 Pro, Cebu Sun-Radiums-M80 Ballasts, 4 T5's, XHO LEDs. Through Wall 55g Sump, 10g Frag and 29g Display attached, Vertex V6, 3 mp40's, Gyre, 2 mp10's, GFO, Carbon, Pellets - 10g Bar Tank

05/03/2014, 07:27 PM	#25
Hentz Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 2,016	Sahin, yes I believe it was a matricultured (I believe the term for "wild") which I wasn't aware of when I purchased it. I've had maricultured before from LA, 3 mini colonies - two which bit the dust and one Stag which for the past 4 months had an inch of tips remaining on 3 total branches which are now alive and healthy on frags! __________________ A Reef in the Desert: 120 Gallon (4x2x2) - MP40 x2 - Gyre 130 - ATI Sunpower - Simplicity Pump/Skimmer - Controlled by Apex