Kevin's 80 gallon Mixed Reef/Breeding

nivek

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Well my original plan to make it a pure breeding tank is slowly changing into a mixed reef tank, all thanks to the huge corals shipment in my local LFS for the last few months and it doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon :banghead:

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Mine is all custom made Josh. Over here its pretty cheap with the whole thing coming in at USD90 (main tank, sump and metal stand)
 

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Wow, that's nice and cheap!

Yea Bryan, we're pretty lucky to get cheap corals and fish as well since we're surrounded by them lol. Here's a chalice that I bought, couple of days back.

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and a bubble coral

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finger leather coral

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Words fail how awesome that chalice is!! :drooool: gotta love an lfs that just can't have you say no :p
 

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Thanks mate :)

Here are more pics shot this morning.

Another chalice

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Blue mushroom

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Red green mushrooms

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Tonga mushrooms

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Thanks RA and that is my biggest issue. Every time I go to my LFS, I'll just go and switch off all the whites leaving the blues on all their frag tanks. Then I'll run around like a little kid picking my "toys" hahaha
 

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Beautiful chalices! Chalices hate me but I can grow the hardest sps, I don't get it!!!!!
 

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Beautiful chalices! Chalices hate me but I can grow the hardest sps, I don't get it!!!!!

Thanks Bryan :) From what I read, chalices don't quite like nutrient free water so maybe that's the reason.
 

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Just a small update. My 2nd chalice has improved on its colors since I brought it back last week. The greens are starting to surface and its no longer brownish. Here it is under blues :)

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Full tank shot

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Hammer coral

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Love the chalice !!!

chalices don't quite like nutrient free water so maybe that's the reason.

I bet this is right... I have struggled with the harder sps corals, but have had good luck with chalices :)
 
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