Re Creating The 80 Gallon Bowfront

[Matt1997]

I moved houses at the beginning of September and took the 80 gallon bowfront up to my Sudbury apartment. This move demolished the tank. I lost close to $2000 in frogspawn coral during that move. Upwards of 200 heads gone. This thread will highlight re-creating this aquarium. Before, after, and current pictures below. Still adding more corals to the system. Torch, elegance, and more acans will be added shortly. I’m still looking for a Red Sea reefer 350, 450, 425, or 525 to replace this tank.

 

[Matt1997]

Leather is pissed today. Likely because the tank peaked at 86F

 

[derrick orosz]

Leather is pissed today. Likely because the tank peaked at 86F

Fish ok with that high temp? Mine stays consistently at 80* and I can’t get it to drop lower, even with being in he basement with central air keeping the house at 21*

 

[Matt1997]

Fish ok with that high temp? Mine stays consistently at 80* and I can’t get it to drop lower, even with being in he basement with central air keeping the house at 21*

Yes, fish and all corals appear to be fine. Only the one leather is pissed. This tank normally sits around 79/80, the apartment is just so hot right now

 

[Monnishan]

I have the same problem here. No air conditioner . I'll hafta buy one in the spring / late winter

 

[tom55228]

ohh man that sucks about looking all the frog spawns

 

[Matt1997]

Update on the tank. Still adding corals. The long tentacle purple plate is amazing.

 

[Matt1997]

Couple updated pics on the tank. All corals are filling in well. Couple more added. Almost complete. Still looking to replace the tank with a nice rimless.

 

[Matt1997]

Bump. Most up to date pics on the tank. Can’t imagine I’ll have it with me for much longer. 4 months since the original wipe out of most of my stock. Has come a long way. I did no maintenance on this tank from December 15th to January 6th as I was down south with family for the holidays. Cleaned it up over the past two weeks. Some corals lost a bit of color while I was gone. I imagine it will be back to normal by mid February.

 

[MrHermit85]

Sad that you lost so much livestock but it is looking great again. Cool euphiyllia collection

 

[Matt1997]

Sad that you lost so much livestock but it is looking great again. Cool euphiyllia collection

Will always be my favourite group of corals

 

[MrHermit85]

Will always be my favourite group of corals

Mine too . I plan on staring my collection up again when I get my tank running.

 

[Matt1997]

I’ll start you off with all I have if you want to make a road trip

 

[MrHermit85]

Newmarket is pretty far but I may take you up on that offer if I am ever in the area.

 

[Matt1997]

Newmarket is pretty far but I may take you up on that offer if I am ever in the area.

Sudbury...lol

 

[MrHermit85]

Sudbury...lol

Yup probably never going to happen lol

 

[Matt1997]

Only 6 hour drive

 

[MrHermit85]

Only 6 hour drive

Not too bad. Can pop by while getting groceries.