The tank is cycled

The tank cycled in six days and yesterday I added my ten Green Chromis to make sure the tank is cycled before I return the larger fish. The rockscape is not as minimalistic as I would've liked  but it will allow me to place more corals and there are a lot of openings within the structure to allow for good water flow. Here are a few pictures to show you what I've been up to.

 

 

 

New Build

Today marks the first day of the rebuild. Everything is up and running and the rocks are cycling in the tank. Within a month I can add fish and a few weeks after that I can hopefully add my first corals. Once things get going I will be starting a new build thread. I had a massive die off of fish when I moved everything over so I will be rethinking about what kinds of fish I want to restock my tank with.

120 Tear Down Update

So far everything has been going smoothly. The tank is finally empty of coral and live rock. I still have to remove the sand and move to fish into the 40 gallon breeder where I will be quarantining my newly arrived fish. The live rock is currently being dried outside in the 30 degree weather before I re-cure it. The corals are doing well in their new frag tank and are beginning to color up. After removing all the live rock and seeing the mass amount of detritus release from the sand bed I am without a doubt going bare bottom in a few months. Removing the corals wasn't too time consuming, here are a few pictures.

 

 

Treatment Update

I finished my first treatment of Interceptor on Sunday in my frag tank and I started my first dip of ReVive today. Surprisingly after dipping 200+ corals only one had AEFW (Eggplant Nana). AEFW seem to love Tri-Color's. I still have a long way to go but this is a good start. I added one tablet of Interceptor and let the tank run for 24 hours before hooking the airline tubing to the skimmer and adding the carbon back. I did not perform a water change because Interceptor is ineffective after 24 hours. When I dipped the corals in ReVive the dips are at the recommended strength and are dipped for five minutes. The Turaki, Lokani, Echinata, and Caroliniana are dipped at half the recommended dosage for three minutes because their tissue is very sensitive.

And the tear down begins . . .

I started moving corals from the 120 into my frag tank. I moved all of the LPS corals and some of the SPS corals. I plan to have all the SPS corals moved over within the next two weeks. My buddy Jim came over to build me a top down viewing box, I decided to test it out. Here are the results.

It is also a great viewing box for dipping new frags.

Jim's 120

Here is my buddy Jim's tank. He has a reef ready 120 gallon AGA aquarium, Super Reef Octopus XP-2000, Two Vortech MP-40's, eight bulb ATI T5 fixture, and a frag tank hooked up to his system.

120 Gallon Video Update

Stan's one year update

I stopped by Stan's house tonight to see what his tank looks like a year later, here is a video for everyone's viewing pleasure. He has switched his metal halides bulbs to 400 watt Radium 20K on IceCap ballasts. He is supplementing with Super Actinic VHO's on the 180 gallon. One of his frag tanks is lit by eight T5's and the other is powered by the 120 watt Evolution 20K LED.

Live Aquaria Diver's Den

Here are some nice looking acropora's that I would eventually like to add to my tank.

Australian green Acropora Subulata coral with purple corallites $159.99

Bali Maricultured blue Acropora Hoeksemai $89.99

Bali maricultured pink and green Acropora Abrotanoides with bright green polyps $69.99

Bali maricultured blue and green Acropora Insignis $69.99

Australian super blue and purple Acropora Loripes $179.99

Fiji green, purple and pink Acropora Sarmentosa $79.99

The real deal, Australian blue Acropora Echinata $349.99

X-large Australian neon green Acropora Aculeus $199.99

Bali blue and green Acropora Loripes $99.99

Wild Strawberry Shortcake $399.99

Australian green and blue Acropora Loripes $139.99

Vivid blue and pink Acropora Millepora $99.99

Bali maricultured green with purple tips Acropora Loripes $89.99

Corals For Sale

I have quite a few corals for sale as I'm breaking down my tank to rebuild it. Once I get rid of these pieces I will be able to start over. I plan to grow everything from 1" frags and to scrap the old mother colonies. I am selling the following corals. Feel free to email me with any questions.

SPS
$25 for any of these 1" frags
ORA Blue & Green “Cali” Tortuosa
ORA Green Birdsnest
ORA Chip’s Acropora
Sky Blue Turaki
Pink Millepora
Forest Fire Digitata
Purple Digitata
Turquoise Parilis
Orange with Blue Rim Montipora Capricornis
Pink with Blue Polyps Pocillopora
Green/Lime Pocillopora
Pink with Green Polyp Stylophora
Pink with Purple Polyp Stylophora
ATL Rainbow Cat’s Paw Stylophora
Tub’s Orange, Green & Yellow Birdsnest
Orange with Green Tips Birdsnest

$35 for any of these 3/4"-1" frags
ORA Red Planet
ORA Purple Plasma
ORA Hawkin’s Echinata
ORA Roscoe's
Upscales Microcladus
Greg Hiller Aqua Delight
Reefermadness Limeade
Rainbow Nasuta Ecto Cooler “Sunset” Millepora
Purple with Blue Tips Turaki
PP Purple Tri-Color Cerealis
Green/Pink Verweyi
Green with Blue Rim Montipora Confusa
Eggplant Nana
Purple & Green Miyagi Tortuosa
Lime in the Sky Acropora

$45 for any of these 3/4"-1" frags
Fire & Ice “Rocket Pop” Acropora Hyacinthus
Tyree Sunset Montipora
Tyree Superman Montipora
Tub’s Mystic Blue
Tyree Purple Monster (1 available)
Tyree Pink Lemonade (1 available)


LPS
2 heads for $20-$25
Green with Pink Tip Branching Frogspawn
Green Branching Hammer
Neon Green Trumpet

Zoa's
Montezuma's Revenge Zoanthid (3" rock $30)
Gorilla Nipples Zoanthid (2" rock $20)
Mean Green Zoanthid (fully encrusted on 8" rock $90)
Green Crossettes Zoanthid (2" rock $25)
Painted Desert Palythoa (7" rock fully encrusted $50)

Mushrooms
Green with Orange Spotted Mushroom (3" rock $25)

Soft Corals
Green Starburst Polyp (7" rock $50)