Stazitto's 225 Gallon Reef

[stazitto25]

2017 was an amazing year for me. The major highlights are that my wife and I purchased a home and had a baby girl. In the midst of all the excitement and renovations however, I failed to take care of my reef tank and when it came time to move in July, I lost my entire SPS collection. After working diligently to save my fish, which all thankfully lived, my wife and I decided to go for a major upgrade from our 75 and landed on a 225 gallon SPS dominated tank.

Below are a few pictures of my 75. I hope I will have half as much luck with my 225 as I did with this tank in it's prime.

 

[stazitto25]

Below are some pictures of the various stages of the tank being setup. Still have to finish closing in the wall.

 

[stazitto25]

These are some late night pictures of the tank today.

 

[rideit6578]

Way to copy my format! Also I see of corals that are mine....that Oregon Tort and god of war colony I have nice spots for them.

 

[Marek-S]

Good luck with the new set up Greg !
Looking great so far

 

[Mattl22]

Good luck with new build !!


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[Marek-S]

Forgot to ask about tank dimensions ?

 

[Reefinny]

Congrats! I have a few pieces from you if you want some frags of let me know.

 

[BYU]

looks like a great start

 

[E.intheC]

Nice tank, and congrats on the daughter! My wife and I had our daughter in 2017 also (in August)

 

[stazitto25]

Forgot to ask about tank dimensions ?

Sorry for the late responses! The tank is a Marineland standard 220, I know I wrote it was a 225, 72" x 24" x 30".

I was concerned about the height as the top of the tank is right around 6' and I knew that I would need a ladder to work in it. So far so good though, although I tend to soak every single shirt I wear to at least the shoulder when working in the tank.

 

[stazitto25]

Congrats! I have a few pieces from you if you want some frags of let me know.

I would love to purchase some of the pieces back that I sold to you! Please let me know what you have!

 

[stazitto25]

Nice tank, and congrats on the daughter! My wife and I had our daughter in 2017 also (in August)

Thanks and Congrats to you as well! My daughter is just a month behind yours!

 

[stazitto25]

A few updated pictures. Almost done with the outside.

 

[Donewiththisplace]

Looks fantastic.

 

[Marek-S]

Nice work Greg

 

[vio]

Looks fantastic.

+1

Lots of fish.

 

[stazitto25]

Time for a long overdue update!

Tank is doing great. Fish and corals are healthy and seem to be happy. I am looking to add only a few more fish, one of which will be a sand sifting goby as my sand is looking brown and dirty. I added many SPS frags to the tank from multiple MR members and I am extremely happy with how they are encrusting and coloring up.

I almost finished the outside of the stand, one more coat of paint and it is done. Also began skinning the other side of the stand an building doors to close in the sump.

Did run into a few problems along the way, of course...

First, my ghost overflow, overflowed. I am not sure how this is possible considering the x3 1.5" drains on the overflow, but the water trickling out for a few hours in the middle of the night. Luckily the baby woke up and my wife heard something that didn't sound right. We got very lucky with that one. I ended up cutting the pipes inside the overflow 1" shorter than synergy suggested and it seems to have fixed the problem.

Second, I had a bit of coral die off a few months ago as my nitrates and phosphates were high. I do not recall what they were but after a few water changes things are back under control. They are now at .11 Phosphate and 5 nitrate.

Lastly, I am unsatisfied with my flow. I have two gyre 250s hooked up to my apex via the gyre interface module and I am still not happy with the polyp movement on my SPS. I will be looking into additional powerheads to supplement my gyres.

Took a few pictures of the progress. More to come soon!

 

[stazitto25]

A few for the fish!

 

[Reefinny]

check out the new octopulse wavemakers. I picked a few up and man they pack a punch.