Mobile Bay Reef Keepers

I finally go a chance to make a list of everything that I have in my aquarium. I am sure I left off a few things, but here it is.

Equipment

GEO Calcium Reactor
ASM G-4 skimmer

Glass Aquariums
225 Gallon Main Display
20 gallon refugium
30 gallon sump
20 gallon frag tank

Lighting Main
3 MH 400 watt Setups (2 x PFO 1 core coil ballast) 12 or 14 K bulbs
2 x Icecap 660 Ballast running 4 x 6’ vho bulb (1 white & 3 actinic)
3 x 65k shop lights on the refugium
2 x 4” fans in the canopy
Moonlights

Lighting Frag tank
250 watt 20k MH setup on frag tank
2x 65 watt PC setups (actinic)
Moon Lights

Pumps
Return pump is a Blueline 40-x
2 x Vortech mp40w
Seio 1500 GPH
Maxi Jet 1200 in frag tank

Fish
Yellow Tang
Flame Angel
Purple Pseudochromis
Yellow Watchman Goby
Christmas Wrasse
2x Blue Tangs
Square Back Anthilia
2x Maroon Clowns
2x Ocellaris Pecula Clowns
Flame Hawkfish
Bangi Cardinal
Midas Blenny
2x Chromes

Soft Corals
Neon Green Sinulara
Green Nepthea
Pom pom or Elongota xenia
Blue xenia (rare)
Blue/purple Zoanthids
Ricordia Yuma Polyp Red & Orange
Neon Red Mushrooms
Green Mushrooms
Neon Green Pizza Anemone

Zoanthids
Tubs Blues (real deal)
Fire & Ice
Armour of God
Purple Death
Watermelon
Devils Armor
Deep Water Zoos
Pink
Lunar Eclipse (looks like)
Nuclear Green
Candy Apple
Greenish/Blue center

SPS Corals
ORA Verda
ORA Valida
ORA Joe the coral
ORA Neon Green Birds Nest
ORA Green Stylophora
ORA German Green w/ Blue Polyps
ORA Blue Milliapora
ORA Blue Palmers Milliapora
ORA Blue Voodoo
ORA Red Planet
ORA Blue Tort
ORA Hyacinth (purple polyp) Birds Nest
ORA Birds of Paradise
ORA Ultimate Stag
ORA Hawkins Echinata
ORA Phil’s Granulosa
ORA Blue Cali Tort
LE $500 Efflo
Tyree Ponape Bird's Nest
GARF Bonsi
Tubs Pink Jade
Dr Mac’s Efflo (spaceship?)
Green Bottle Brush Acro
Green Slimmer
Blue Tenuis
Blue & Green Tort
Green Base w Blue Tip Tort
Dark Green w/blue tip Staghorn (thick)
Purple Acro
Green Apple Acro
Blue Tip Millepora
Neon Yellow/Green Acro
Green Fuzzy Acro
Rainbow Millepora
Red Millepora
Green Millepora
Anthilia



Montipora Capricornis & Digitata
Green and blue polyp encrusting Monti
Red encrusting monti
Red monti cap
Green and blue polyp plating Monti
Green Digitata
Red Digitata
Seasons Greeting Monti
Purple Haze encrusting Monti
Lime Green Cap
Purple and Yellow Scroll Coral
Rainbow
Green polyp encrusting

LPS Corals
Duncan
Galaxia
Neon Green Candy Cane
Neon Yellow/Green Candy Cane
Green & Red Candy Cane
Pink Lemonade (looks like) Chalice
Pink Goniapora
Green Hammer
Green Frogspawn
Green Eye red base Chalice
Chalice from Fish Head
Sun Polyp
Orange Plate
Green and red Maze Brain x 2
Neon Green Brain
2 x Clams

awesome setup, any frags of the pink lemonade chalice or the Green Eye red base Chalice for sale?

I'm amazed that you ID'd everything. The tank looks great as always.

Very nice, thats alot of nice SPS corals you have on that list. I have a few questions, what are the mesurements on your DT? Do you have a problem with your tank water getting to hot with those 3 400w lights? How long do you run the MH on your frag tank? How are you liking the Vortechs and where did you buy them from? How long does a CO2 tank last you between fill ups. My last question, lol, are all three tanks tied in together to make one system? Again, very nice, although it looks like you might need to up grade the DT as its getting crowded in there. lol.

Just going to butt in here about the vortechs:
they are super-mega-ultra-fantastically-awesome. I only have one of mine on my new tank and it pushes water at least 6 feet when it's wide open. Virtualy silent. The drivers connect wirelessly so wave motion can be controlled with sync and anti-synch modes off of whichever pump you assign as the master driver. The flow pattern is very wide and uses very little power (35w max at 3,500 gph). If you get one make sure it's a gen 2. The magnets are better epoxied and the driveshaft and propeller are improved on the wetside. My acrylic is 7/8" thick and it still sticks although I do have to remove the pin spacer. You can get them shipped for $375 brand new from saltycritter.com if you email them. Overall, as with anything in reefing, the up front cost is huge but the rewards are highly worth it.

You probably get tired of hearing this, Andy, but again, the tank looks great! The corals have exploded.

jimbob21123 wrote:awesome setup, any frags of the pink lemonade chalice or the Green Eye red base Chalice for sale?

Thanks, and I do have a couple frags of the pink lemonade chalice I will sell for $15 for a small frag of it. As for the other chalice I am still waiting for it to grow out some.

rkelley_10 wrote:I'm amazed that you ID'd everything. The tank looks great as always.

Yeah trying to remember all those names took a while to do and I am sure I left off a few things, but I think the list is long enough. I need to get by your place some time to check out your setup.

strout wrote:Very nice, thats alot of nice SPS corals you have on that list. I have a few questions, what are the mesurements on your DT? Do you have a problem with your tank water getting to hot with those 3 400w lights? How long do you run the MH on your frag tank? How are you liking the Vortechs and where did you buy them from? How long does a CO2 tank last you between fill ups. My last question, lol, are all three tanks tied in together to make one system? Again, very nice, although it looks like you might need to up grade the DT as its getting crowded in there. lol.

Thanks,
The measurements on the DT are 72x24x30. It is a standard 225 tall tank. This makes it very hard to reach the bottom of it.

My tank stays around 76-80 degrees. The MH doesn’t phase this setup to much for some reason. I am not currently running a chiller because I don’t think I really need one at this time. I am considering getting ride of the 3 x 400watt MH and go with 8 over driven T-5 bulbs. But I can not spend that much on the tank right now although they would pay for themselves over time.

The frag tank lights I run for 8-9 hours a day.

I think Rory summed up the Vortech pumps. I was considering these or the Tunze pumps and I went with the Vortech’s. I love these pumps. I was running 2 closed loops with Little Giant pumps but one went out on me so I decided to do away with the closed loop pumps. I got them from saltycritter.com If you mention you are a member of Reefcentral then they will sell them for $375 each.

The CO2 tank that is pictured is a backup 20 lb tank. I normally run a 5 lb tank and it will last me 3-6 months. If I could fit that 20 lb tank in the stand I would and just run it and would last me a long time. I am considering getting a 10 lb tank if I could find one at a good price in the future.

Yep all the tanks are tied together in one system.

I don’t mind any questions anyone has to ask. I have been doing this for a while and would be willing to help anyone out that needs it.
Considering I upgraded to this tank not even a year ago my wife would shoot me if I were to upgrade again. LOL

Thank you everyone for the kind words.

Aquarium and corals look great. Lots of ORA corals. I like the big staghorns also. What is an Efflo? I know it is an SPS coral but don't know anything about these.

It's supposed to be Acropora efflorescens.

Crustman wrote:Aquarium and corals look great. Lots of ORA corals. I like the big staghorns also. What is an Efflo? I know it is an SPS coral but don't know anything about these.

To me it is kind of a cross between a montipora capricornis (monti cap) and an acropora. It plates like a monti cap but also branches like an acro.

Andy, I have an id for you. I did some research on the orange gold plating coral that you and Rich have in your tanks. I bought the small fragment. Under UV light it flouresces gold. It was looking like it was orange pavona but futher research led to Agaricia, an Atlantic genus that may be orange. I think it is A. lamarki.The corallites are star shaped. It is likely one of the species in this article. Tell Beav if you see him.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/12/aafeature2

WOW

Crustman wrote:Andy, I have an id for you. I did some research on the orange gold plating coral that you and Rich have in your tanks. I bought the small fragment. Under UV light it flouresces gold. It was looking like it was orange pavona but futher research led to Agaricia, an Atlantic genus that may be orange. I think it is A. lamarki.The corallites are star shaped. It is likely one of the species in this article. Tell Beav if you see him.
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/12/aafeature2

Yeah I think you hit it right that is the same thing that I have.

pheonixsoul25 wrote:WOW

Thanks pheonixoul25 call me some time if you would like to come take a look at it or come to the meeting on March 20th. 251-978-4517