BK's will be wrasse and SPS Dominated 120

[bknapp]

Why you stressing me bro?

Our pitbull who we adopted a few months back, Bentley:

Recently the skunk tilefish died, don't think he was eating and was being harassed by the powder blue and going on three days without seeing the flame wrasse. Both did very well in QT and have been in the DT for almost three weeks.

 

[hybridazn]

Pbt looks great! Hopefully the flame wrasse shows up, those are pretty awesome wrasses

 

[bknapp]

Pbt looks great! Hopefully the flame wrasse shows up, those are pretty awesome wrasses

Thanks. I was much more worried about the Rhomboid who was added at the same time as the flame and is much smaller. Hope it makes an appearance again soon.

 

[Jmbmmb27]

Build looks great! How do you like the t5/led combo and what t5 bulbs are you using? I have and old fixture here that I've thought about converting into a t5/led fixture. My corals did awesome with the t5s and I want to add them back.

 

[bknapp]

Build looks great! How do you like the t5/led combo and what t5 bulbs are you using? I have and old fixture here that I've thought about converting into a t5/led fixture. My corals did awesome with the t5s and I want to add them back.

Thanks for the compliment.

I think the LED/T5 combo is great, my second favorite light set up which is why I have the fixture listed for sale. Plenty of people have been successful with that combo. I'm wanting to go back to metal halide and T5, it's a personal preference. The bulbs are all ATI and I'm running two Coral Plus and two Blue Plus, I'd change it up to two Blue Plus, one each of Actinic and Coral Plus.

 

[hybridazn]

Thanks for the compliment.

I think the LED/T5 combo is great, my second favorite light set up which is why I have the fixture listed for sale. Plenty of people have been successful with that combo. I'm wanting to go back to metal halide and T5, it's a personal preference. The bulbs are all ATI and I'm running two Coral Plus and two Blue Plus, I'd change it up to two Blue Plus, one each of Actinic and Coral Plus.

Ooo halides, what do you have in mind?

 

[bknapp]

Ooo halides, what do you have in mind?

Something very sexy, and bright.

I've missed halides since I tore down the 180, I don't know what it is about them but I love them.

 

[hybridazn]

Something very sexy, and bright.

I've missed halides since I tore down the 180, I don't know what it is about them but I love them.

Same here man, I'm not sure what I'll do if they ever discontinue the radium bulb though lol

 

[bknapp]

Same here man, I'm not sure what I'll do if they ever discontinue the radium bulb though lol

Don't even start with that kind of nonsense. LOL

 

[welsher7]

Looks like a great build. I love what you did with the light. Maybe a I should tear apart my old tek light.......

 

[bknapp]

Looks like a great build. I love what you did with the light. Maybe a I should tear apart my old tek light.......

If I were to do it again I'd probably go with a Nano Box retro instead of the Radions and keep six bulbs instead of four.

 

[ngoodermuth]

I'm looking forward to more updates and pictures! I'm working on a similar project- 120g mostly SPS reef. Right now I have a flame, rhomboid, leopard, yellow crysus, and lineatus. The last wrasse I'd like to get will either be a isosceles(pintail) or lunate fairy wrasse

 

[bknapp]

I'm looking forward to more updates and pictures! I'm working on a similar project- 120g mostly SPS reef. Right now I have a flame, rhomboid, leopard, yellow crysus, and lineatus. The last wrasse I'd like to get will either be a isosceles(pintail) or lunate fairy wrasse

Glad your flame pulled through your issues, mine is long gone haven't seen it in about a month. The pin tails are sweet.

 

[ngoodermuth]

Glad your flame pulled through your issues, mine is long gone haven't seen it in about a month. The pin tails are sweet.

Oh, he still has issues lol. But, he's still here for now. He's definitely one of the most finicky fish I think I've owned...

 

[bknapp]

Oh, he still has issues lol. But, he's still here for now. He's definitely one of the most finicky fish I think I've owned...

Wrasses can be touchy for sure. Mine made it through QT with flying colors only to disappear after two weeks in the DT. No idea what happened.

 

[ngoodermuth]

I've had three other flames before this one (before I realized a "trio" of fairy wrasses is not actually a thing) none of the three were as bad as this one [emoji23]

 

[bknapp]

I'll probably get another but I'm going to wait until I can find a super male, probably do the same for a lineatus. Those will probably be my last two Wrasses, probably. Maybe.