Guzzlo's 130

[guzzlo]

Hey guys here's a few shots of my Great Lakes 130 tall. It's almost two years old. Lighting consists of two radions, one evergrow d120, and two t5s. I can provide more details if anyone is interested!

I have 13 fish and over 50 corals although I'm mainly an sps and acropora collector

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[guzzlo]

The fish include:
Metallic foxface
Yellow tang
Mimic tang
Tomini tang
Female red head solon wrasse
3 lyretail anthias
2 yellow coris wrasse
Bangai cardinal
Firefish
Yellow watchman goby

[guzzlo]

And here is a years worth of growth!...10393


My mimic
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[Tom@HaslettMI]

Nice reef! More details please.

Oh, and welcome to CR!

Tom

[guzzlo]

It all started with me tearing down my nano.... I moved into a new house so naturally it was time for a new tank. I wanted something bigger, but my wife said 4ft was the limit lol.

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I moved the nano and it's contents with us and eventually transferred it all into my current tank. I've had my watchman goby for about 4-5 years now as well as a few larger softie and leather colonies.

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I bought my tank in October 2012, I started with 100lbs of brs pukani rock and seeded it with rock from my nano. I added 50 lbs of black sand at some point. It sat and "cured" until January 2013.

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As you can see things are pretty boring and basic at this time..

[guzzlo]

In spring of 2013 I got my first few sps frags from some local reefers.. They did alright so I continued learning and talking to fellow hobbyists to gain knowledge and tips/tricks in the hobby.

90% of my tank has been grown from small frags.

Here's a pic from last summer
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[jimsflies]

Looks great!

How do you like the black substrate?

[guzzlo]

It's pretty course and doesn't blow around too much. I have a WP 40 and a RW 15 for flow so I can't use anything too fine.

It also gives the tank an overall darker look and I feel like it allows the bright colors of the coral to naturally contrast the dark look of the tank. On the other hand I have a 29 gallon deep sand bed with tons of inverts and they love the fine white sand