Jck3120's 240g Starphire Wide

[jck3120]

Now that the tank is finally coming together I figured I would share a few pics...Not very yet old but can't wait for the frags to grow out

Tank - 240g (72L x 30W x 25T with Starphire front)
Stand/Canopy - Homemade
Sump - 75g with Reeflo Snapper return pump
Skimmer - SWC 250A
Lighting - 3 x 250W Radium 20k Halides in Lumenbright Mini's on Bluewave 3 M80 Ballasts, and 3x80W ATI Blue Plus T5's on Icecap 660
Geo 624 Calcium Reactor
Korallin Nitrate Reactor
Deltec Kalkwasser Stirrer
Vortech MP40W and (4) Koralia 4 Evo's

And no I did not take the time to adjust the white balance on the pics. Doesn't look nearly as blue in person. Also, only 2 halides are running at once as all 3 trips the breaker in my basement...soon will have a separate dedicated circuit wired just for the tank. As my buddy put it... "That's how you know it's sweet" lol





Richmond's Wrasse, never seen another in person before. Quite the pig...as you can see!


11" Male Blonde Naso is still a little camera shy...but he eats great and is a good 1.5" thick no joke




Tyree Baby's Breath Favia next to the wellso

[jck3120]

Blue/Green Stag


ORA Blue Tort, Garf Bonsai


Rainbow Acro


ORA Red Planet


Blue-tip Slimer


Tubs Birdnest



Sump and Skimmer in the back room, skims like a beast!

[jck3120]

Excuse the messy ballasts, they are now tucked under the stand


"Mancave"...except technically the whole house is a big bachelor pad since there's no female at the moment Think a much bigger tv is in order soon...

[XSiVE]

wow you've got a beautiful setup!

[Rabidgoose]

Very nice indeed, love the PBT!

[jck3120]

Thanks guys! And I wouldn't say beautiful just yet...it's still a work in progress but hopefully it will get there eventually. Not too bad for only a couple months old tho

And BTW all but 2 of the fish are from Reef Paradise in Flint and a number of the corals as well Great store with great customer service...

[chort55]

Lookin good so far James! Is your fish list complete or do you still plan on adding a few others??

[ReeferRob]

Killer stuff man, keep those up dates coming. did you start the planet from a frag or buy it as a mini colony?

[jck3120]

Originally Posted by chort55

Lookin good so far James! Is your fish list complete or do you still plan on adding a few others??

Ehh I think I am about at my limit of large fish, other than I'd like to add a hippo tang eventually. Can you tell I love my tangs?? Secret to getting all my zebrasoma tangs to coexist peacefully was to add them all at the same time and get all the yellows small. Now they all actually kinda school together, pretty neat. Other than that, was thinking about doing a small harem of Flame wrasses or a pair of Lineatus or Rhomboid wrasses as my final additions. Something a little less common.

Currently have:
Male Blonde Naso
Desjardinii Sailfin
Purple Tang
3 Yellow Tangs
Powder Blue Tang
Richmond's Wrasse
Leopard Wrasse
Yellow Coris Wrasse
2 Filamented Flasher Wrasses
Mated pair of Occy's

[jck3120]

Originally Posted by ReeferRob

Killer stuff man, keep those up dates coming. did you start the planet from a frag or buy it as a mini colony?

Red planet was and still is just a frag. Used to have a nice mini-colony of it before I lost most of my SPS in a tank swap. Never ran a calcium reactor before this set-up so hoping to see what kind of growth I can pull off with it now.