My 65g Still in the Works

Mr.Ghostly

Mr.Ghostly

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Currently have setup a 65g reef tank I am currently in the works of trying to turn it into a SPS dominated tank. This tank has been up for roughly for 3 months and is doing really well.

Equipment

-Roughly 40 pounds Sand
-Roughly 65 pounds Bali live rock
-Sealife Berlin Sump
-Reef Dynamics Skimmer
-Eheim Jager heater 150w
-Mag 9.5
-LED strip Actinic
-LED strip Daylight

I have order 6x39W Tek Light Elite T5 High-Output Fixture, with 4x ATI Blue Plus, 1x ATI Purple Plus, 1x ATI Coral Plus to replace the LEDs

Coral

-Green Star Polyp
-Hammer Coral
-Green Hairy Mushroom
-Xenia Frag
-Candy Cane Coral
-Peace of Leather
-Button Polyp
-Frogspawn Frag

Fish
-2x Maroon Clownfish (Hate the crap out of the Female makes huge holes:s:)
-1x Royal Gramma
-1x Flame Hawkfish ( Awesome fish....names creepy)
-1x Blue spottedwatchman gobie
-1x Tomini Tang

Inverts
-A good amount snails
-3x sand sifting snails
-A good amount of red and blue legged hermits
-Cleaner Shrimp
-Tile Starfish
-Feather Duster


FTS
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The Tile starfish
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Male Maroon Clownfish
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Female Maroon Clownfish
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Royal Gramma
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Blue spottedwatchman Gobie
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Flame Hawkfish
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Frogspawn
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Candy Cane Coral
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Peace of Leather ( not sure exactly what it is)
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Green Hairy Mushroom
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Hammer
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Button Polyp
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Green Star Polyp
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Cleaner Shrimp
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Feather Duster
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Some more random pictures


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Also i owe all the pictures to my gf who did this for me along with some simple editing
 
Thank also is it bad to have a lot of pounds of live rock because im thinking of adding a little bit more like 10 to 15 pounds more
 
it's all About how you like it to look some like slot some like very little can't go wrong ethier way you definitely have a sweet set up there really like that leather
 
lunacris said:
it's all About how you like it to look some like slot some like very little can't go wrong ethier way you definitely have a sweet set up there really like that leather
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Ahh ok gotcha and do you know what kind of leather that is by any chance considering I got it from MCF for like 35....Love that place
 
Update the T5 elite fixture should be in by monday. Also question for you guys how far am i able to have it hung to have a sps dominated tank along with a clam or 2?

Dimensions are 36x18x24
 
Um finally recieved my package from reefgeek for the t5 lighting fixture and the ati bulbs will have a FTS prob up once I finish putting it up
 
I have a nova extreme 6 bulb t5 fixture sitting about 2" from the tank surface with ati bulbs. I have sps, zoas, and a clam in the tank and they all are doing great.

I have the same size 65 gallon as yours.
 
kratos1028 said:
I have a nova extreme 6 bulb t5 fixture sitting about 2" from the tank surface with ati bulbs. I have sps, zoas, and a clam in the tank and they all are doing great.

I have the same size 65 gallon as yours.
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Nice.....if it 2" from the surface how do you get your hands in to do work lol??
 
I just turn the lights off and remove it to get my arms in. I only do that though if I get a new corals or fish. I have everything glued down so nothing tips over or falls which was a big issue in the beginning with all the snails climbing all over the place.
 
kratos1028 said:
I just turn the lights off and remove it to get my arms in. I only do that though if I get a new corals or fish. I have everything glued down so nothing tips over or falls which was a big issue in the beginning with all the snails climbing all over the place.
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Gotcha, I was thinking 6" off or would that be pushing it?
 
I had my metal halide that high before I switched but since t5s don't really give off much heat, I wanted it to be as close to the surface for more par and better penetration. My sps corals are growing fast and zoas are spreading nicely with that height.

I can email you pics if you like for a better idea.
 
kratos1028 said:
I had my metal halide that high before I switched but since t5s don't really give off much heat, I wanted it to be as close to the surface for more par and better penetration. My sps corals are growing fast and zoas are spreading nicely with that height.

I can email you pics if you like for a better idea.
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Na its cool I know watch mean
 
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