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Fadi's Reef 180 Gallons sps dominated Tank
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Hello everyone, I am Fadi a Jordanian Reefer lives in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia. Its been almost 6 years last time I have kept a reef aquarium, the previous one was 50 gallon with lps and softies. I am back with a bigger tank, the tank arrived at June the 3rd 2016 and now it is 4 months Old. 180 gallon tank with net total water volume of 200 in both tank and sump minus rocks and sand Tank: 180 Gallons Custom Made by Blue Life KSA, 72" X 24" X 24" 3 sides Starphire Tempered glass 1/2" Eurobrace bottom and top Center 24" external Overflow with BeanAnimal Overflow system all Plumbings are 1.5" inches Sump: 60 Gallons Custom Made by Blue Life KSA, 40"L X 20"W X 18"H Return Pump: Jebao DC - 12000, all 1.5" plumping with manifold to feed media reactors. the return is reduced then to 3/4" with LOC-LINE fittings. Skimmer: Super Reef Octopus SRO 3000 In-Sump Protein Skimmer Light: 2 Radion xr30w G3 pro, and 1 G4's in the middle. Flow: 2X APEX WAV Jebao Programmable Auto Dosing Pump DP-4, currently I Dose 3 ml/hour of Randy 2 part recipe #1. using Seachem Advantage Calcium and baked Arm & Hammer baking soda JBJ ATO connected to Aqualifter pump 2 X TLF Phosban Reactor, filled Seachem matrix carbon. and one for aquamaxx GFO. APEX Controller All Equipment are connected to Classic Apex Controller with Temperature, PH and ORP Probes APEX AFS APEX WMX to control Radions via Apex Live rock I had around 50 pounds from the old tank that were dried, bleached, acid bathed and stored for years. The rest of rock around 75 pounds where collected from the red sea. will be adding more in sump soon Sand: 88 pounds of Blue Treasure coral sand sand Brightwell Microbacter7 for 10 days to start and boost biological filtration. Current Live Stock Fish: Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) Lamarck's Angelfish (Genicanthus lamarck) 5 X Dispar Anthias (Pseudanthias dispar) Blotched Anthias (Odontanthias borbonius) 5 X Purple queen Anthias (Pseudanthias Tuka) 2 males, 3 femails 2 X Black Ice Ocellaris Clownfish, (Amphiprion ocellaris ) Platinum Percula Clownfish, (Amphiprion percula) Wheeler's Shrimp Goby (Amblyeleotris wheeleri) Diamond Watchman Goby (Valenciennea puellaris) Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cf cyanopleura) Six Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus) Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus) Corals Sps Dominated Tank with few softies and LPS: SPS: Acropora Turaki Acropora Red Dragon Acropora Strawberry Shortcake Acropora Ranbow Shortcake Acropora Valida Acropora Exquisita 3 X Acropora Tenuis Metallic Blue, Green, and Blue Acropora Granulosa Acropora Hyacinthus Acropora Loripes Acropora Tortuosa Acropora Suharsonoi Acropora Aculeus Acropora Caroliniana Acropora Echinata Montipora Foliosa Green And Red Montipora Superman Montipora Setosa Montipora Undata Montipora reverse sunset Montipora digitata red ORA Red Planet ORA Bird of Paradise ORA Green birdsnest Blue Matrix Purple Wild Red Sea Acropora Green Red Sea Acropora green pocillopora green birdsnest LPS: Purple Goniopora Green Goniopora Red Goniopora Yellow Goniopora Metallic Green Purple tip Goniopora Green Torch Coral (Euphyllia glabrescens) Green Frogspawn Coral (Euphyllia divisa) Few Acans Few Blastomussa wellsi Inverts Blue Maxima Clam 4 Red Sea Clams Red Sea Marbled Linckia Star 2 X Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) 2 X Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius) Banded Boxer Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) Infinite Number of Snails that keep breeding : Astraea Turbo Snail (Astraea tecta) Banded Trochus Snail (Trochus sp.) Nassarius Snail (Nassarius distortus) Bumble Bee Snail (Engina sp.) Nerite Snail (Nerita sp.) Turban Snail (Tectus fenestratus) Last edited by fadi_abu_tahoun; 09/09/2017 at 07:43 AM. |
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Last edited by fadi_abu_tahoun; 10/05/2016 at 06:14 AM. |
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Tank looks great Fadi.
Can't wait to see those corals become colonies and fill up.
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Quick video Update
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Congratulations!
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Thanks Adnan, hope to see you soon, come and check the tank in person
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A nice start! By the way, how are the aquarium shops in Saudi Arabia?
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I traveled to Bahrain (300 miles Drive) just to get few sps frags
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I am getting all of my equipment and supplies from Amazon and Marinedepot, I used to buy from BRS but last month they canceled my order because they do not want to ship internationally
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February Update
Time For update, Installed new Radion XR30 G4 in the middle, and I am far impressed by this new light, some photos
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Congrats, Fadi. That FTS is a real show stopper!
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Thanks Dave for your kind words, I am glad that you liked it. I hope the corals grows out into a an attractive natural reef in the future.
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