150g Lonestar Reef

[stangchris]

well since i troll around here so much for past couple years ill start a thread on my tank. hopefully get some creative criticism. Ive been in the hobby since 2008(jbj 12g nano) ive had a few tanks almost one a year lol. My last tank was a 70g that i had for almost 2 years and out grew it, so it was time for a bigger tank! This is a 150 gallon (60x24x24) starphire(cant remeber who its built by). i set this up in march and combined my 70g reef and my gf 75g reef. i keep mainly colored stix and some LPS

EQUIPMENT:
-Reef keeper Elite
-2x MP-40 es
-light is a current outer orbit 2x 250w, 4x 54 t5, had issues with ballast after 3 months so replaced t5 with workhorse and a galaxy electronic for MH. bulbs are phoenix 14k, and 2x ati coral plus, 1x ati blue plus, 1x fiji pink

-return pump: 2x sicce 2's
-skimmer: seaside aquatic cs-2
-geo kalk reactor
-reactors: reef octo bio pellet, PM pro for GFO(each run by sicce 1.5)
- 10g ATO tank


ill put some build pics and some current pics so if you see something diff from discription its because ive replaced that item or added it recently.


http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/4e6cd6a8.jpg
http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/07242baf.jpg
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[stangchris]

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/adobe2_zps6a0f312f.jpg

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/adobe4_zps2bc714ed.jpg

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/adobe3_zps224b1c22.jpg

[stangchris]

little update i upgraded lights to vertex sr-260 and love it! coral is doing fine so far at least color wise. pics are at 5 week mark with whites at 55%, blue 70%, rb 75%

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150b_zps78c53091.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150b_zps78c53091.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150h_zps738a705d.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150h_zps738a705d.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150i_zps6711f4e6.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150i_zps6711f4e6.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150d_zps87f46ddb.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150d_zps87f46ddb.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150a_zps2ca46b81.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150a_zps2ca46b81.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150l_zps9937155d.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150l_zps9937155d.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150j_zps36051a03.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150j_zps36051a03.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150f_zpsf0675f49.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150f_zpsf0675f49.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150m_zps8bf65e53.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150m_zps8bf65e53.jpg.html)

http://i663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/150q_zps33fddce1.jpg (http://s663.photobucket.com/user/stangchris/media/150q_zps33fddce1.jpg.html)

[rovster]

Gorgeous!

[agcneves]

Good job!
Keep the post updated.

[tbryan]

Nice sps growth how long have they been in the tank?

[franklypre]

Only suggestion I see is removal of the frag rack, other than that it looks great. Love the transition to LEDs. Keep up the good work.

[stangchris]

thanks, and has been up one year. coral I've had 2 years or so. as for frag racks I don't want a separate frag system as when I do frag for friends or have new pieces they heal faster and acclimate better on the racks.

[clowndude]

Like the coral side shot Chris. Tank has come along way already since it's been up. Keep them eye candy pictures coming.

[stangchris]

Like the coral side shot Chris. Tank has come along way already since it's been up. Keep them eye candy pictures coming.

thanks nick. as soon as we get your tank up and going you have a nice tank again!