120 SPS dominated with a few LPS

tj51 · Feb 26, 2013

Hey everyone! I haven't posted in a while but here I am. I have a 120 gallon, 30 gallon sump; with an Octopus Diablo 160 Skimmer; mag. 9.5 return; two 3 little fishes reactors - one GFO, one carbon; a mag. 3 running bio-pellets in a BRS reactor; a Magnus Bubble Doser; reefkeeper lite; LEDs are all 3w 28 soft whites, 5 regular whites, 28 blues, 13 royal blues, 7 reds, 4 green, 4 violet, 4 UV all on a 48 X 9 inch heatsink. Fish = a purple tang, a naso tang, a copper-band butterfly, 2 black clowns (and "their 3 sherman red bubble tip anemones), 2 mandarins, and a big pink spotted goby. corals...as stated, mostly SPS, a few LPS pieces (I did add a nice 12" rainbow stylo but no pics yet)

shellynjason · Feb 26, 2013

You have a real nice tank there. How long has it been setup and running?

do you have the copper-band butterfly for aptasia ? They are beautiful , I'd love to have one but I have no aptasia (yet).

skinz78 · Feb 27, 2013

Great looking tank, I love the 120's!

I'd love to see some more pic's!

revsgirl · Feb 27, 2013

Looks great!! Thanks for sharing!

Tonya

tj51 · Feb 27, 2013

shellynjason said:
You have a real nice tank there. How long has it been setup and running?

do you have the copper-band butterfly for aptasia ? They are beautiful , I'd love to have one but I have no aptasia (yet).

yes, he loves the stuff, I know it's my imagination but I seem to be missing some majanos (wishful thinking) A great fish but my snails hate him as when they put their feelers out the CBB thinks they are worms and tries to eat them

Singlefin · Feb 27, 2013

Very nice tank. Thanks for sharing.

tj51 · Feb 27, 2013

skinz78 said:
Great looking tank, I love the 120's!

I'd love to see some more pic's!

well if since you asked

(I'm home recovering from some minor surgery so it gave me something to do, sorry to bore you all)

the clowns and "their" 'nems

ugh, wrong pic, was supposed to be the left side of the sand bed with my "cousin it" encrusting gorgorian, a 25+ head duncan and a 7 headed orange branching hammer

right side sand bed with a 10 head purple torch, a pagorda cup, and my mummy eye chalice

5" pink spotted goby

left side SPS, which includes a X-Mas Acro, branching purple digi (behind the acro), a nice 6 - 7 inch colony of tri-colored valida, and my new rainbow stylo (plus a few unknown pieces)

right side SPS, which includes a 6 - 7 inch purple stylo, a 10+ inch green slimer, a 4" pearlberry acro (rescue piece), a neon green cat's paw and a few other pieces

a new front shot

mike007 · Feb 27, 2013

Very nice tank.

tj51 · Feb 27, 2013

mike007 said:
very nice tank.

10q

skinz78 · Feb 27, 2013

Nice, that Chalice is huge too!

tj51 · Feb 27, 2013

thx! I posted in this chalice thread - https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-lps-discussion/109567-i-need-you-post-photo-name-3.html

when I got it last summer, it barely fit on top of the rock it's on, in the past couple months it's really taken off. Even in the past 2 weeks you can see like 1/4 - 1/2 inch growth. I kind of wonder how big it would be flattened out, but I'd never separate him from his rock

shellynjason · Mar 16, 2013

I see you have a nice Rainbow Stylo ... does it do better in high light areas or med.? I picked up a smaller one three weeks ago and not seeing good coloring, I have it high but I am running t5's.

tj51 · Mar 30, 2013

It's gone

but I had it under LEDs but maybe 6" off the sand and as it stretched out it'd kind of look for shade. It would love to grab on to a rock over it and stretch out between the 2. I miss it for sure

tj51 · Apr 29, 2013

ugh, read wrong and there are so many "rainbows" in our tanks now. I still have the rainbow stylo and love it. I keep it pretty high with good flow but not directly on it. I have it next to my purple stylo and they both seem to do well, thanks for asking!

tj51 · Apr 29, 2013

I didn't know editing a reply would move this back to the top, sorry. I bought a lot of stuff from Joe's sale and a sick welso from Aqua SD...and a new camera lens, so I'll be adding some way better pics of hopefully some nice new pieces in the next couple weeks. sorry for the "phone" pics

shellynjason · Apr 30, 2013

I have had my rainbow Stylo for two months now , high on the rocks closer to the t5's and with good flow (I can see the polyps moving) but still the color is just not there (like the mother colony). I get 300+ par where it is located ... but still not sure if it needs more or less.

Looking forward to seeing some more pictures.

tj51 · Apr 30, 2013

shellynjason said:
I have had my rainbow Stylo for two months now , high on the rocks closer to the t5's and with good flow (I can see the polyps moving) but still the color is just not there (like the mother colony). I get 300+ par where it is located ... but still not sure if it needs more or less.

Looking forward to seeing some more pictures.

When I bought it the seller was using MHs and it had a reddish glow. Under my LEDs it's pretty much green/yellow. Hopefully I'm getting a bigger tank with MHs and T5s and it will redden back up again. even with my purple which I've had for over a year, it's never browned up no matter how high I got it to the lighting. Mine anyway seem to adjust either way. Can you post some pics? I'd love to see another rainbow, I haven't seen many.