BTLDREEF's 155g UPDATE... updated monthly

[btldreef]

okay well hit up tropical aquariums today... they now sell ora frags.
picked up;
red planet
aussie delicate
hawkins blue enchinata
frogskin
and two different chalice pieces i am going to try to identify. i think one is 'hurricane'
or 'mummy eye' and the other i have no idea.... post up pics tomorrow during the daylights.

 

[ReeferGirl]

Can't wait to see pics!!!!! btw, do you get on swf.com much anymore? I still go on there but it's so incredibly slow and their new update drives me insane.

 

[ReeferGirl]

Nevermind, I just saw a post on swf.com that you had made today. hehe

 

[btldreef]

^yea my wife is always on saltwaterfish.com... i (her husband) am on manhattanreefs. posting up pics in a few.....

 

[btldreef]

 

[btldreef]

I, (the wife) am on SWF all the time. The new update is hard to deal with but it's better than the last vBulletin. I do not come on here, actually only signed on now because my husband said someone from SWF commented.

 

[THEDLO]

thats cool that u guys work together on the hobby....most wives arent cool with the reefing obsession...congrats to both of u!

 

[btldreef]

thats cool that u guys work together on the hobby....most wives arent cool with the reefing obsession...congrats to both of u!

he does all the hard labor, (because i'm a wuss and will not stick my hand in the tank for any length of time) but i have to do all the research, lol
and to think, all i wanted was a fresh water planted tank, man they look so boring to me now....
i'm far more active on saltwaterfish.com's forum than either of us are here.

 

[ReeferGirl]

he does all the hard labor, (because i'm a wuss and will not stick my hand in the tank for any length of time) but i have to do all the research, lol
and to think, all i wanted was a fresh water planted tank, man they look so boring to me now....
i'm far more active on saltwaterfish.com's forum than either of us are here.

I am more active of swf.com also. I am JAXfishgirl on swf. I liked the last update better than this one. its irritating :irked:

 

[btldreef]

I am more active of swf.com also. I am JAXfishgirl on swf. I liked the last update better than this one. its irritating :irked:

you can't use ie, use firefox and it should be better. ie makes it look like crap

 

[btldreef]

Well, I'm also on SWF more now that I'm a moderator over there.
Anyways, I realized he never posted a FTS, so here ya go, and a full tank shot of the 14G as well.

 

[THEDLO]

very nice, what lights are u running?

 

[btldreef]

Wow! My husband really doesn't stay on top of this thread.

At the time that picture was taken we were running 250 watt Single Ended XM 10K bulbs off of Ice Cap Ballasts in Reef Optix Pendents with T5 Wave Point 420 nm actinics and Wave Point Blue Wave running on basic GLO ballasts. The XM's were way too yellow without the T5's so we needed something.

They ran very, very hot, so we retrofitted a Coralife Aqualight Pro. We replaced two of the 150 watt coralife stock ballasts with the Icecaps and now run a 72" set up with one 150 watt 14K Phoenix on a coralife stock ballast (I think) and 2 250 watt 14K Phoenix on the Ice caps. This set up works really nicely. Gives us the fan from the stock lighting. Double ended run less hot and we have the option of 150 watt or 250 watt all in the same tank, which comes in handy for coral placement and coral acclimation.

The stocklist has changed a lot as well.
The stocklist as of now (and this will change a lot once we upgrade to the 180):
2 Ocellaris Clownfish - mated pair (they breed like rabbits)
1 Coral Beauty Angelfish
1 Flame Angelfish
1 Black Combtooth Blenny
1 Tail Spot Blenny
1 Sleeper Banded Bullet Goby (aka Dragon Goby)
1 Yellow Watchmen Goby
3 PJ Cardinals
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Blonde Naso Tang
1 Purple Tang
1 Purple Psuedochromis
1 Mystery Wrasse
1 Cleaner Wrasse
3 Maldives Lyretail Anthias

In the 20G Refugium that is attached to this tank we have:
1 Male McCoskers Wrasse (want 3 females so I can do a small harem of them in the 180 and get rid of the anthias)
1 Blue Spotted Jawfish (Blue Jeweled Jawfish)
1 Yasha Goby w/ Randalli Pistol Shrimp
1 Purple Rock Urchin

 

[btldreef]

ya she is right lol. so i will update this thread now.....
okay this last week i had purchased a diy led fixture from camanuch. i was about to order all the parts i needed for a single fixture to but, i got a great deal from him and its everything i wanted all done already ... fixtures/controllers/fans/heatsinks all done very clean and simple.

once i get the complete spec list from him i will post it up.... but here it is as of now:
MAY 2011

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Thanks brother. Props for the tank. Looks awesome :usa1:

 

[btldreef]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBTJOklFwas

video of tank 1 week after leds.

 

[pauliwalnuts]

Love the new look guys.

 

[btldreef]

thanks... so do we lol. to bad in a few weeks we will be setting up a 180g rr so all of this will be coming apart.

***GOOD AMOUNT OF GROWTH FOR ONLY 9 DAYS****
all sps has grown/started to encrust
all lps has stayed the same....colors look amazing under the royal blues.

 

[btldreef]

*added 4 3x 1w blue leds for moonlight effects. *

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Tank looks really good guys.