Maroon Lagoon V2.0

[gig 'em]

Today is the 1 year birthday of my 120 gallon reef tank so I thought now would be an appropriate time to post pictures of my tank build.

Equipment
Skimmer: RE Bubble King Mini 200
Lights: Modified OR, Orphek Atlantik 1st gen, and T5s
Control: Apex Classic with lunar module
Flow: 2x Jebao WP-40 controlled by Apex and a Jebao DCT12000 for return
Filtration: Biopelletts reactor and BRS dual carbon/GFO reactor
Calcium Reactor: Reef Octopus OCT-CR140 calcium reactor

Regular Maintenance
Food: I feed the fish 3 times a day with my own blend of food
Supplements: I dose amino acids, Lugol's solution, and KNO3 as needed
Water changes: I only perform water changes when necessary, but not very often

Water Conditions
Alk: 10-11 dkh
Ca: 420-440 ppm
Mg: 1245-1365 ppm
NO3: 1-5 ppm
Salinity: 1.025-1.027
Temperature: 78-81 deg F

 

[gig 'em]

1 year ago (1/22/17):

10 months ago:

9 months ago:

 

[DreamerDash]

I love love love the nem rock.

 

[gig 'em]

Last month:

Recent coral shots:

 

[gig 'em]

ORA red planet growth. Originally placed in the tank in August of 2016:

This week:

 

[FarmerTy]

Seen this tank in person! It looks amazing with those magnificas and all the acro colonies!

 

[gig 'em]

Thank you FarmerTy, and here's a macro photo FarmerTy took with his android while he was over

His android takes much much better photos than my iPhone 6s!

Side shot of the tank

 

[revhtree]

Wow beautiful reef tank! Love it!

 

[revsgirl]

Wow! Looks great!

 

[gig 'em]

FTS this afternoon

 

[gig 'em]

I really like my H. magnifica anemones if you haven't picked up on that yet...

 

[c.poindexter]

Awesome tank. Corals look great. Keep it up.

 

[gig 'em]

Awesome tank. Corals look great. Keep it up.

Thanks!

 

[Jimbo662]

Once I convert my 66g I hope it looks this good.

 

[gig 'em]

Once I convert my 66g I hope it looks this good.

One day Jimbo! One day

 

[gig 'em]

I snapped this screenshot last night of my alk levels over the past month. I had adjusted my CaRX strategy in January and it seems to be paying off incredibly well. This undoubtedly helps explain why my corals have been growing so vigorously lately. Stability is key!

 

[gig 'em]

Macro shot

Random coral shots

 

[gig 'em]

Not a whole lot to update. Corals are still growing like crazy and I'm running out of room! Not a bad problem to have [emoji5]

 

[Jimbo662]

Everything is looking great!

 

[Cary]

Frame and tubing should be Maroon....just saying Gig EM Ags