Hiker's 75g Upgrade

[Hiker4twenty]

I finally got the 75g and set it all up last night. It only took me 16 hours from start to finish. I would like to thank Larry (ccapt) and my brother Steve (beam3er) for helping me with the process. Larry helped me break down the 75g from his cousin, who I purchased it from, and my brother helped me set it all up. :bowdown:

The LR that came with the tank. Its probably around 70lbs, but is covered in algae. I'll keep it in the container for a good month until all the algae is dead.

Finally got my LR from the 29g and all the corals put in the tank around 1:30AM. It's not pretty, but it was late and I wanted to get it done.

My old 10g fuge I'll be using until I build a new one this weekend.

Pics from this morning after all the junk settled.

 

[BL1]

Looks great so far hiker, I bet the clown's enjoying all that new swimming room

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Some new corals I got on Saturday at the frag swap.

LE Flame Thrower Zoos

Left to Right: Palmer's Blue Mille, Acro Saramentosa, Purple Death Paly, Tyree Plum Crazy and unknown freebie SPS

 

[fastrd400]

Dave, awesome looking setup, now you have more room to add more stuff, lol. Hey, what is that behind the Purple Death Palys? It looks awesome, love that polyp extention.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Thanks Wade. Its an Acropora Saramentosa.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Looks great so far hiker, I bet the clown's enjoying all that new swimming room

Yeah, I'm sure all the fish are happy. The clown is the only one that's out all the time. The other fish were freaked out and hiding.

 

[yote]

Congratulations on the new tank and awesome frags.:D

 

[ccCapt]

Only 16 hrs? :D
Once you get all the rock in there it will fill in nicely.

This was the tank in my house right after I moved it to setup my 125.

 

[reeffreak]

Awesome,congrats Hiker!The frags as usual makes me jealous as hell.

Cool,a Life Reef box,hopefully they are as reliable as everyone makes them out to be.The tiny sump looks like it would overflow if power was cut.maybe

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Awesome,congrats Hiker!The frags as usual makes me jealous as hell.

Cool,a Life Reef box,hopefully they are as reliable as everyone makes them out to be.The tiny sump looks like it would overflow if power was cut.maybe

Yeah, I think it will overflow. Today we're getting a really bad rain storm. I hope it doesn't overflow on me. I'll be screwed. I only have that 10g set up until I build the new one this weekend.

 

[Smitty]

Congrats on the upgrade...everything looks good.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Thanks Smitty!

 

[Hiker4twenty]

So I went home on lunch to check and see if the fuge overflowed due to a power outage. Lucky for me the powere didn't go out and I'm in the clear.

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

Congrats on the upgrade! Your SPS look really nice!

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Congrats on the upgrade! Your SPS look really nice!

Thanks Evan. I hope they continue to do good. I'm a little worried about them since the transfer. They looked ok this morning, but I've invested a lot of money and time in them and worry about them.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Just a few pics of existing corals that I took last night. The Superman Monti is starting to get some great color.

When I first got it:

Last night:

Green Porites getting some nice growth.

 

[ccCapt]

Looks good Dave. Your gonna have to hack me off a piece of that setosa when it sprouts up a bit. ;)

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Sure thing Larry. Its grown quite a bit since I first got it, but its mainly encrusting. Its starting to push up more sprouts. Once they grow just a little taller I'll cut one off and let it start growing for you. I don't want to give you such a small frag that you can barely see.

 

[lightningbolt]

Awesome Tank! Keep it on. Good Luck! Those corals lool awesome by the way :D Cheers!

 

[ggNoRe]

Grats on the upgrade! Looking good. Can't wait to see it after new rock is in and you have it scaped to your liking.