Phil's 90g SPS dominant reef (aka The Electric Reef Project)

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

New additions - lyretail anthias and a sailfin tang.

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Update pic - new home, new aquascape, added a crushed coral substrate, built a canopy.

 

[jroovers]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Lookin' good!

 

[Poseidon]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Lookin' good!

+1! looks like you got stuck in the basement

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

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Lookin' good!

+1! looks like you got stuck in the basement
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Haha I basically demanded the basement lol.... Heatwave-proof!!

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

A few new pics from around the tank.  Removed a couple corals that were lost causes and added a few new acquisitions courtesy of Aaron.

The digi's, sunset mille and monti, and Kole tang are new.  I call the Kole "Nat King Kole" lol.  Included a shot of two LPS that are thriving... and one of a mille that didn't handle the move so well but may still recover.

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

New stuff from Jordan:

 

[jroovers]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Looking good! 

Did you drill spots for frag plugs in your rockwork?  If so, great idea, one thing I didn't do when setting up my current tank and definitely regret. 

 

[theyangman]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Looking good! 

Did you drill spots for frag plugs in your rockwork?  If so, great idea, one thing I didn't do when setting up my current tank and definitely regret. 

Makes life a lot easier!

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Looking good! 

Did you drill spots for frag plugs in your rockwork?  If so, great idea, one thing I didn't do when setting up my current tank and definitely regret. 

I didn't actually... these rocks just happen to have lots of natural holes in them that are approximately the size of frag plug stems.    I put a bit of epoxy in the holes to keep the plugs from rocking to and fro, and voila!  If I need to move the plugs later they pop out of the epoxy seat fairly easily, and I can always reuse the seat for another frag later (usually - frag plugs don't seem to have uniform stem sizes!).

Already getting mad polyp extension from the prostrata!  It slimed up for a few minutes and then POP there's the polyps!  Very hairy.

The Surharsonoi is easily my new favourite coral, thanks a bunch man.  Good luck with your colony, whether you decide to frag it up or try to recover it.

 

[reeffreak]

The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

If I can't find a home the plug will fit in I just clip the stem off

 

[theyangman]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Thats what I do. That way I can put it anywhere I want. I clip the stem off the plug and epoxy it down

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[curiousphil]

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I've found that sometimes the epoxy lets go after a while, unless super glue is also used... which then makes it near impossible to move it somewhere else if necessary!  So leaving the stems on makes it sit a bit more securely.  Not as much of an issue now that I don't have any mexican turbos, those guys were fricken bulldozers that didn't care what they knocked over.

 

[curiousphil]

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Love this guy, such a cool coral:

nightime polyps pulling back in for the morning

 

[reeffreak]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Looks great.

 

[jroovers]

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That frag is looking happy!  Hopefully it really starts to encrust and lay down a nice base.

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Found a starfish:

 

[unibob]

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I thought you looked familiar. I was in at sealife when you picked it up.

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Aha!  I also thought you looked familiar lol.

 

[curiousphil]

Re: The Electric Reef Project - an SPS dominated 90g mixed reef

Biopellets online as of today - and fresh GFO courtesy of unibob.