My tank has been sold.  I’ll leave this page up so everyone who watches my old shows knows what I had in my tank.  It’s been a great couple of years and now it is time to move on.

Here’s the last video update on my tank

Birth of Tank: November 2009

Tank: Marineland Corner Flow 90G (48″ x 18″ x 24″), Some scratches on right panel. Noticeable but not deep.

Stand, Stand cover, Canopy:

• All custom built
• Stand has no center brace for easy access (Picture)
• Stand is covered by a skin that slides away for increased access. (Picture)

Sump: Custom built, approximately 20 gallon capacity. 3 chambers – skimmer box, refugium, return pump area.

Tank Automation:

• Neptune Systems Apex (full version)
• 2 x Energy Bar 8’s
• WxM Module (wireless control of the mp40’s)
• PM2 module (measures salinity, includes extra temperature probe for increased accuracy)
• breakout box
• WaterBug water on floor sensor
• pH probe
• temp probe
• ORP probe

Lighting:

• 2 x EcoTech Marine Radion x30 LEDs
• 1 x ReefBrite 36″ Royal Blue LED Bar (I had this on my tank before the Radions so I just kept it)

In-tank circulation:

• 2 x EcoTech Marine mp40’s with battery backup
• Tunze NanoWavebox

Return Pump: Tunze 1073.05 Silence

Water Processing:

• SWC 160 Xtreme Cone Skimmer
• Bulk Reef Supply dual media reactor (GFO in the first chamber, activated carbon in the second)
• 100 micron filter sock

Dosing:

• Bulk Reef Supply Alk, Ca, Mg via 1.1 mL dosing pumps (3 separate pumps)
• Kalkwasser via auto top off

Auto Top Off:

• Autotopoff.com dual switch kit (soon to be replaced by an Apex controlled system)
• Bulk Reef Supply 50 mL/min pump

Livestock

Rock: Approximately 90 lbs of 100% dead rock acquired from a local fish store. Forget paying for live rock, buy it dead instead (Read more here)

Sand: 1.5″ sand bed

Fish: 

• Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)
• Lyretail Anthias (Female) (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
• Pink Spot Shrimp Goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus)
• Green Mandarin (Male)  (Synchiropus splendidus)
• Blue Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
• Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris)
• Bangaii Cardinal (Pterapogon kauderni)
• White Stripe Maroon Clownfish & Rose Bubble Tip Anemone (Premnas biaculeatus)
• Bicolor Blennie (Ecsenius bicolor)
• Purple Firefish (Nemateleotris decora)

Corals

• SPS
• California Tort (Acropora tortuosa)
• 6” x 8”
• several branches
• Tubbs Pink Jade
• 4” x 4”
• several branches
• well encrusted
• Northern Lights Granulosa (Acropora granulosa)
• 4” x 4.5”
• several branches
• extremely well encrusted
• ORA Pearlberry
• 4” x 3”
• lots of branches
• Green Tabling Acro
• green in color
• great polyp extension…looks like a shaggy bush
• used to have pink tips before it came in my tank
• Rainbow Acro
• very pretty
• several colors in the coral
• just starting to really branch out
• Icefire Enchinata
• 3” tall
• sprouting a new branch
• well encrusted
• Hawkins Enchinata
• 1.25’ frag
• on plug
• Rose Mille colony
• 5” x 5”
• beautiful color
• very hairy
• Montipora Setosa
• 6” wide, 4” tall
• sits right out in front of the tank
• Oregon Tort
• 7” x 6”
• fast grower
• lots of branches..could make several frags and not tell looking at the coral
• well encrusted
• Purple slimer
• 6” x 6” at least
• several branches
• ORA Frogskin Acro
• 5” x 5”
• lots of branches
• Montipora Undata
• huge…size of a big dinner plate
• metallic green polyps
• purple rim
• Superman Montipora
• fully encrusted on rock
• recessed some 2 months ago during an ALK dip
• is regrowing nicely
• Vivid Ultra Blue Tenuis
• large – 5” x 10”+
• Pink Lemonade Acro
• 1” x 2”
• ORA Red Planet
• 2” x 2” encrusted on rock
• Strawberry Shortcake Acro
• several branched frag on plug
• 2” x 2”
• Jedi mind trick monti
• 4”x3” frag encrusting over onto back wall
• orange polyps
• green body
• purple rim
• ORA purple stylo frag
• 2” +
• several branches
• Other various acros
• small rose mille colony
• green/yellow mille
• unknown acro (blue and brown) with acro crab
• rainbow mille
• LPS
• war paint scolly
• Rainbow trachyphyllia
• 4”
• smaller rainbow trachyphyllia
• 3”
• blue/purple/green brain
• 4”
• pink/purple hammer
• 5” across when fully inflated
• brown/blue/neon green favia
• 4” ball
• dragon eye favia
• 10 polyps
• 3” across
• gates of hell lepenestra
• orange polyps
• light blue body
• encrusted on rock
• green/pink favia
• 3” across
• red/blue acan
• rainbow enchinata
• 6” across
• very pretty..collectors piece
• easter egg denae
• 2” across
• Softies
• toxic orange zoas
• Vivid Aquariums hawaiian tropic zoas
• dragon eye zoas
• king midas (yellow) zoas
• tubbs blue zoas
• Vivid Grasshopper zoas
• all of the above are on 1 rock for a zoa garden look
• armour of god palys
• bam-bam zoas
• Clams
• large – 10” yellow squamosa
• medium – 5” blue maxima
• medium – teal maxima
• small – lighting maxima
• small – gold maxima

Remember: I am a dealer for just about anything saltwater aquarium related. Therefore, if you are interested in any saltwater tank equipment, including the gear below, let me know and I can get you a quote.