120 Reef Savvy tank - All SPS setup

[Bubblewood]

I have a couple of sand sifting starfish in there that keep everything looking new.

What you have grown in 9 months will take me 2 years to grow lol. The tank looks absolutely beautiful and the fish are amazing. Ever since I started my new 300 gallon I am still trying to find that sweet spot that I had in my previous 156 gallon. Keep up the good work man, it all looks sweet. Also one question, How do you keep your sand so clean?

 

[Bubblewood]

Thanks!

Reef is looking really awesome!!

 

[Bubblewood]

Wanted to share here....
https://www.reef2reef.com/blog/reef2reef-tank-spotlight-joe-garza-bubblewood/

 

[zesty]

Wanted to share here....
https://www.reef2reef.com/blog/reef2reef-tank-spotlight-joe-garza-bubblewood/

Well deserved!

 

[Bao]

Beautiful tank you have there.
If you don't mind me asking, how do you like the ATI 8 bulbs T5? Do you think that it has enough power for your tank? and enough power to grow all the SPS? I am thinking of buying a 8 bulbs Sunpower for my 120 gallons tank (4'x2'x2') but couldn't make up my mind yet. If you have a chance to redo your light, you would buy the same T5 again or would go different direction with MH or LED?

Thanks

 

[dorky]

wow i love that dimension Im def thinking bout getting it

 

[CoralClark]

Wow great job! Awesome setup!

 

[CoralClark]

Beautiful tank you have there.
If you don't mind me asking, how do you like the ATI 8 bulbs T5? Do you think that it has enough power for your tank? and enough power to grow all the SPS? I am thinking of buying a 8 bulbs Sunpower for my 120 gallons tank (4'x2'x2') but couldn't make up my mind yet. If you have a chance to redo your light, you would buy the same T5 again or would go different direction with MH or LED?

Thanks

U'll be happy with a 8 bulb on that size tank. I ran the same fixture on same dem tank as u no problem!

 

[Volpone]

Any new update for ur tank ?.

 

[Josh King]

Very nice tank and beautiful corals! I am thinking of getting the same tank as an upgrade from a 55.

 

[sanghee]

wow...

I`m really follow your tank style.

may I ask some??

1. set up with dead rock? or live rock?

2. what kind of bacteria dose?

3. don`t you have any plan to use a zeo reactor?

4. how to controll Po4 and no3? just phosban and refugium?

your aquarium is really awesome!!

 

[MadCityReefer]

Hello everyone, if you don't get a response from bubblewood please don't be offended. He no longer has the 120gal Reef Savvy. It was sold to me about five months ago. I've only had it a short time but I hope one day I can make it look as beautiful as Joe (bubblewood) did.

 

[MadCityReefer]

Work in progress. The only thing I changed is the light with 48" ATI Led Powermodule and added sulfate reactor to reduce nitrates.

Although I wanted to continue with acro's like bubblewood I have been dealing with acro issues for last 2yrs so until I can figure out what the problem is I opted for more of a mixed reef.

 

[Volpone]

Good luck ,it was amazing tank

 

[gettaReef]

What type/brand of sulfate reactor you using? Great setup!

 

[nitro]

Magnificent

 

[MadCityReefer]

What type/brand of sulfate reactor you using? Great setup!

Korallin BioDenitrator Nitrate Filter S-1502 w/ Eheim 1048 Pump

Works pretty good after a few weeks once the bacteria colonies

 

[gettaReef]

That's what I was hoping you'd say...I have the exact same model & brand Biodenitrator. I'm having some issues with mine where when the drip rate is around 1 drip per 1 sec (or any slower) it outputs nitrate at zero but when I increase the drip rate to 1, 2, or 3 (or so) drops per 1 second, the nitrate in the output will slowly increase back to the tank nitrate level (5-15ppm). Then I slow the drip rate down and it will go back to zero....still am unable to decrease the tank nitrates down to around zero. Are you using a Aqualifter Pump also? Thanks and I appreciate any advice you may have. Also congrats on getting the 120 Reef Savvy....such an amazing system

 

[MadCityReefer]

That's what I was hoping you'd say...I have the exact same model & brand Biodenitrator. I'm having some issues with mine where when the drip rate is around 1 drip per 1 sec (or any slower) it outputs nitrate at zero but when I increase the drip rate to 1, 2, or 3 (or so) drops per 1 second, the nitrate in the output will slowly increase back to the tank nitrate level (5-15ppm). Then I slow the drip rate down and it will go back to zero....still am unable to decrease the tank nitrates down to around zero. Are you using a Aqualifter Pump also? Thanks and I appreciate any advice you may have. Also congrats on getting the 120 Reef Savvy....such an amazing system

Yeah I got lucky, I told my buddy if there was ever a day he would consider selling it to put me first on the list. Love this tank!

I set my bio denitrator to 1 drop per second. It took awhile for it to reduce the nitrates in the beginning so I did a bunch of water changes to get my nitrates as low as possible at that point the bio denitrator was able to keep up. My average nitrates are around 0ppm-4ppm

How long have you had yours running for?

 

[gettaReef]

I've been running it since this past July, so roughly 7 months. My nitrate has dropped significantly though due to the denitrator, from 20-40ppm to 5-10ppm. My issue is getting it to stay outputting at zero n03 when I set it to drip greater than 1 drip per second. Oh well, since it has reduced my nitrates to 5-10 my corals seem much happier. Love the Korallin unit