The 120 Experience

NY_Caveman · Aug 27, 2018

Salt Creep said:
Transferred the coral from the biocube to the 120. Got a couple new pieces too... Hawkins and Pink Lemonade.

Took some top down photos to capture more of the highlights and less shadows. I was holding the camera in my hand so a little blurry.

Looking good!

declanisadog · Aug 27, 2018

Great start! Your build is extremely similar to mine, and i started mine just after yours. What kind of schedule are you running on the Primes, and how happy are you with the T5 bulb combo?

Salt Creep · Aug 27, 2018

declanisadog said:
Great start! Your build is extremely similar to mine, and i started mine just after yours. What kind of schedule are you running on the Primes, and how happy are you with the T5 bulb combo?

I am running the David Saxby settings on the primes:

I have changed the bulb combo to 2 blue plus 2 actinic. Having one coral plus on a side and one actinic on the other made the back half of the tank noticeably whiter than the front. I get enough white from the LEDs so went to actinic. I worked my way up to running the T5s for 8 hours during the peak of the LEDs. I don't have colonies yet, but time will tell how they help with shadowing issues. I can notice a big difference when the T5s are on/off.

declanisadog · Aug 27, 2018

Cool beans. I am running the same program, but I have three hydra 26 in lieu of the primes. I wasn't planning on adding any T5's until my corals started growing a little bit, but I've already noticed a little bit of shadowing that I think T5's will fix so I went ahead and order bulbs earlier today. Good luck, and I look forward to comparing notes with you down the road.

Salt Creep · Sep 7, 2018

Added some flow! I now have 2 WAV pumps, 1 MP10, and 2 Jebao WP40s on the dual controller. I found these in my pile of old fish stuff and I am actually really surprised these still work. I don't know if I'll need to add anything else for flow. I also added a ponape birdsnest and an ice fire echinata. I usually take pictures on the weekend closest to the 15th of each month to track growth, but I haven't really noticed much progress besides encrusting more and the PC rainbow is shooting out a multi-branch. I'll probably skip posting those this month unless something drastic happens over the next week.

OffTopic · Sep 7, 2018

I love what you did with the aquascape/fish selection and the cute cat had to put your tank over the top! Following along

Salt Creep · Sep 7, 2018

Thank you!

This kitty?

He gets to enjoy the tank all day. I envy him!

BoSalman · Sep 7, 2018

Great build! Love the finishing of the tank and plumbing!

That kole and that rainbow nem!

I have those on my list currently working on getting best stock listed before pulling the trigger.

Amazing work, keep them updates coming, and that kitty must be up to something

Captain Quint · Sep 7, 2018

Salt Creep you have me in serious *drool* mode! Beautiful, just beautiful. Thanks for sharing and you forgot one thing. That would be giving yourself a pat on the back.

Salt Creep · Sep 7, 2018

BoSalman said:
Great build! Love the finishing of the tank and plumbing!

That kole and that rainbow nem!

I have those on my list currently working on getting best stock listed before pulling the trigger.

Amazing work, keep them updates coming, and that kitty must be up to something

Thank you! I plan on posting pics often... I can't help it... I love photography and reefing. They go perfect together! The kitty is ALWAYS up to something.

Captain Quint said:
Salt Creep you have me in serious *drool* mode! Beautiful, just beautiful. Thanks for sharing and you forgot one thing. That would be giving yourself a pat on the back.

Ha, thank you so much! Sitting on the couch watching the tank is reward enough

I am very happy with how it is turning out so far. As far as I can remember this is the first tank I built fully from the ground up the way I wanted it built. Had to buy everything new though so $$$$$, but it was worth it.

Salt Creep · Sep 15, 2018

Picked up a few new coral.

Purple Milli
Fuzzy Wuzzy Milli
Forest Fire Digi
Blueberry something?
Paletta Pink Tip?
Green Slimer

My Ponape birdsnest somehow came loose from the rock and fell right into the mouth of my lobo. I was able to frag off a small piece that seems to be ok, but the rest didn't make it.

I'll be having another Battlebox delivered on Tuesday. Can't wait to see what I get!

Here is the coral I was told is a blueberry something. Anyone have an ID?

Also this one... I think might be a Paletta Pink Tip, but not sure.

The little nub of Sungod Prostrata that started with 2 polyps.

A couple millis I got

The classic green slimmer

This PC rainbow started out basically bleached. Got the greenish yellow a few months ago and now starting to show pink on the corallites.

A rock of green hairy mushroom.

Some green striped mushrooms

Rusty Gorgonian

Red Robin is starting to get some really subtle gradient coloration and not very red at all. Becoming a favorite though

The Ponape frag

Salt Creep · Sep 23, 2018

Added some coral. Having some tufts of algae show up in places right now... the coralline isn't coming fast enough

It's nothing out of hand at this point, but I have been feeding a bit heavy trying to fatten up the fish a bit. Any time I was home and the lights were on I was feeding small amounts regularly. The fish are a bit more filled in now so going to lighten up on the feedings. This is probably the last bit of SPS I am going to add until this algae balances itself out.

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