DerekL's 100% led lit mixed reef

[DerekL]

So here it is my iPhone5 is screwed so I lost all of the pics I had of the build. Start with a list of my build so far:
90 gallon hagen display tank. Not drilled so I purchased LifeReefs 600gph hob overflow guaranteed to start and stop every time after power outages. I tested this never failed. I also purchased the LifeReef silencer. Works like a charms.
25 gallon Hagen turned into my sump
Orphek Atlantik 90 degree lenses and controller
Phillips 13 watt 5100k led flood light for my fuge
ASM G-1X protein skimmer
Rena 300watt submersible heater
Tsunami AT1 ATO
Mag 12 return pump
Ecotech vortech MP40 2nd gen
Aquasafe Aquarium II 7 stage RO/DI with inline TDS meter and auto shut off valve plumbed into a 40 gallon food grade barrel with float valve

soon to be added
dual chamber gfo and carbon reactor
Vertex IN180 protein skimmer

I will do a livestock and coral list at a later time

Will post a few pics with more to come to come
But here is a start. I want to thank all of you who have answered some of my questions along my way of setting up this tank.

 

[DerekL]

Here's a few more pics. It doesn't look this blue in person all pics so far have been from my iphone. I am also still in coral acclimation mode so lights are nowhere near there full capabilities. So far I am loving the Orphek Atlantik and so is my coral clam and anemones

 

[sunnykita]

lovely set up ! great work ! Thanks for sharing, you must be thrilled with the end results it looks fantastic. It's a shame that you lost your build  photos

 

[DerekL]

Thank you sunnykita yes I am pleased so far but it is far from being done. I am currently in the market for sps frags and or mini colonies. I would like to have a lot more sps when I am ready to sit back and watch it all grow out. As for my build pics I have a bit of hope that the tech at the apple store will have an easy fix for my iphone 5 but I highly doubt it. I posted some of the build pics on facebook so there has to be away I can pull them from my page. I wish now I would of uploaded them to a album in Facebook tho. I will keep pictures coming as I add things and as it matures.

 

[sunnykita]

enjoy the ride, it's a lot of fun, best of luck, btw, love the lights !

 

[MrHermit85]

Awesome setup!!! I am very jealous!

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

I finally got my stand built for my wide atlantek ..made of solid rod steel ....no steel is touching the inside of tank.  The stand is at the powder coater ..being done in a flat black color

 

[curiousphil]

Look really great!

 

[DerekL]

Nice do you have it running yet Larry? I emailed James a few pics he advised me that I could bump it up to increased coral growth but I think I may wait a bit longer as I am still adding coral and really don't want to nuke anything. So far I am very impressed with the Atlantik. Would love to see what kind of par readings I am getting. But I am now venturing on to a frag tank so I doubt the wife will allow me to buy a par meter at this time. I have the Atlantik 12" above the water and I get great spread.

 

[Reef Hero]

Nice to see another reefer kicking it old school with a hob prefilter overflow box!! I run two from lifereef with a mag18 return....

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

Nice do you have it running yet Larry? I emailed James a few pics he advised me that I could bump it up to increased coral growth but I think I may wait a bit longer as I am still adding coral and really don't want to nuke anything. So far I am very impressed with the Atlantik. Would love to see what kind of par readings I am getting. But I am now venturing on to a frag tank so I doubt the wife will allow me to buy a par meter at this time. I have the Atlantik 12\" above the water and I get great spread.

the stand won't be done at the powder coater till next week.      But I'm gonna do the par readings with my 6 bulb t5s this weekend.  B4 I pull it off

 

[DerekL]

Here's a couple of pics of my soon to be frag tank and skimmer. Gonna try and see if I can run the vertex on my 90. Met up with ChuckM earlier today bought a few frags will post pics in a bit.

 

[DerekL]

A couple more pics. Thank ChuckM they are all doing great so far I really have to figure out how to get good pics under LEDs. Either the pics look really blue or if I try with no blues just whites the pics look washed out. I am sure the longer I have them the more I will figure it out

 

[DerekL]

Few more pics. I was messing around with settings on the four channels on my Atlantik trying to get better pics. I think I am starting to figure out how to get pics that show more true colours in my tank

 

[DerekL]

So had a great time a Ricks frag swap. Met an awesome bunch of guys and bought several frags so I thought it would be appropriate to up load some pics. Also like to thank Glen for the advise on pics under Leds

 

[Poseidon]

I like the last one, what's it called ?

 

[Thmh]

I like the last one, what's it called ?

  Purple Bonsai?

~Tony

 

[Salty Cracker]

Some pretty wicked colours on some of the frags you got at the swap  

 

[curiousphil]

Nice haul! Hope they all do well for you.

 

[DerekL]

I like the last one, what's it called ?

Ultimate bonsai. Yes Glen I love the wicked colours you get with LEDs. It's definitely one of my favourites in my tank. I hope they do good too all my other acros and sps have been doing awesome. I ordered a few frags from Tony and Long at Mad Jelly Coral a few weeks ago and the sapphire tips acro has also fully encrusted over the frag plug and is showing growth on the tips as well as the deep blue tenius. And the mystic encrusting monti has even spread almost 3/16". I am loving my LEDs I never seen this kind of growth with 8 48" 54 watt T5's when I had my 75 gallon. And the colours are just awesome.