120g Standard Mixed Reef

PerplexyHexy · Mar 4, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
I do have one good update, our Reef Octopus skimmer worked “ok”...but every so often would throw a little tantrum and start to overflow randomly, dumping skimmate back into the tank. And could be really tricky to get dialed in properly.

So, tax return time for us = a bit of an upgrade. It’s sort of overkill on the 120, but we went bigger since my hubby would like to eventually plum this tank to the basement and into the nem/frag tank system. Rated for 240-300ish gallons I believe, so should still be good then.

Bubble Magus Curve D9. So far, it’s working really well.

Running same skimmer on my 300 gallon frag system... great skimmer... once you find the happy place on it... good choice

ngoodermuth · Mar 4, 2019

PerplexyHexy said:
Running same skimmer on my 300 gallon frag system... great skimmer... once you find the happy place on it... good choice

Good to know, I found mixed reviews on the D8 but couldn’t find much on the D9 to compare. It pretty much dialed in straight away and started pulling gunk, so happy about that! Fixing the RO sometimes took lots of watching and tweaking [emoji31]

ngoodermuth · Mar 11, 2019

Picked up some new frags this weekend. I thought it would be a good idea to write down a stock list of everything I have now, so that I don’t forget the more obscure “names” of the SPS as time goes on.

Turns out, I have 33 different SPS, 4 LPS, and one soft coral [emoji23]

I’m thinking it may be time to change my tank name to “120 SPS-dominate Reef”... thank you angels lol

ngoodermuth · Mar 11, 2019

ngoodermuth · Mar 12, 2019

I’m pretty sure that adding the moyer’s has sort of kick-started the meleagris transitioning to male. It’s been looking like it was getting there for some time , but it’s much more apparent now.

I also don’t know if it’s because of this, or the daylight savings change... but he’s been sleeping in the last few days, and going to bed early.

Janci · Mar 12, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Picked up some new frags this weekend. I thought it would be a good idea to write down a stock list of everything I have now, so that I don’t forget the more obscure “names” of the SPS as time goes on.

Turns out, I have 33 different SPS, 4 LPS, and one soft coral [emoji23]

I’m thinking it may be time to change my tank name to “120 SPS-dominate Reef”... thank you angels lol

Ha... welcome to the dark sticky side!!
I love the fish pictures. Very nice.

ngoodermuth · Mar 19, 2019

Lineatus update: she’s been successfully re-introduced after a time-out in QT. The pintail has had time to settle in and become the more dominant of the three (so far) so I have my fingers crossed things remain peaceful in the fairy-world. 24 hours post acclimation box and so far-so good!

All three hanging together:

A welcome back video to celebrate

MnFish1 · Mar 20, 2019

Nice tank

ngoodermuth · Mar 20, 2019

MnFish1 said:
Nice tank

Thank you!

Bleigh · Mar 20, 2019

Love your pictures!

ngoodermuth · Mar 20, 2019

Bleigh said:
Love your pictures!

Thank you, I really need to try another DSLR at some point. We had one, but sold it because I never really got the hang of it. But, it’s really hard to get close-up pictures of the corals with my phone...

I love taking pictures of my fish... but I feel like the corals are very left-out in this thread lol

Bleigh · Mar 21, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Thank you, I really need to try another DSLR at some point. We had one, but sold it because I never really got the hang of it. But, it’s really hard to get close-up pictures of the corals with my phone...

I love taking pictures of my fish... but I feel like the corals are very left-out in this thread lol

I only have my phone too. So funny all the things you need for this hobby... seems to branch into other hobbies pretty easily.

ngoodermuth · Mar 23, 2019

Lineatus is back into banishment. Darn... I really hoped I could get her to play nice. Thankfully, she is super easy to catch... stuck a clam in the acclimation box and she literally swam right in! I guess I'll be looking for a new home for her now

ngoodermuth · Mar 23, 2019

Found lineatus a new home... little bummed but it’s the way of the reef. My boys are much happier.

To cheer me up, a growth shot:

PC rainbow

Jan 16

March 22

RichtheReefer21 · Apr 3, 2019

ngoodermuth said:

Wow I'm glad I stopped by to check this out. Nice build thread and excellent pics.

Thanks for the share!

Steve Elb · Apr 3, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
I will take some updated photos soon, the tank is finally starting to settle-in. Algae is just about gone, even the hair algae is clearing up. Starting to see some growth all over, encrusting SPS, baby acans, etc.

Looking good!