My 4x2x2 120 Gal Build

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Klein is out of the tank. Its was a quick capture!

 

[i cant think]

Klein is out of the tank. Its was a quick capture!

He’s beautiful, such a shame about the zoas but most RSWC fish will go for them. I cant keep them in my tank as my (now plural) angel(s), foxface, butterfly and something else will eat them.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

He’s beautiful, such a shame about the zoas but most RSWC fish will go for them. I cant keep them in my tank as my (now plural) angel(s), foxface, butterfly and something else will eat them.

I knew it was a crapshoot, but it ate the aiptasia rapidly. Upside is that it was a porker with feeding. Caught him with flakes in the trap. Took about an hour from setup to capture. I considered him going back to the cube but it had nipped at a digita and monti frag.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

A not so good update, lost the Falco Hawkfish. Its been lethargic for close yo a month now, I chop it up to old age. It lost color and got a bit more listless than usual about 3-4 weeks ago stopped eating (noticeably) just over 2 weeks ago. Will need to think of a replacement for it.

Otherwise, tang feeding!!!

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Testing done! Need to get the phosphate off the floor, next carbon change gfo is out completely.

 

[bakbay]

I’ve been running higher nutrients so never have to worry!

 

[i cant think]

I’ve been running higher nutrients so never have to worry!

You test?
I don’t think I’ve tested parameters in… 8 months maybe?

 

[Dave1993]

Did you add all the zebrasomas all at once sry if you stated been wanting to add a black tang to my purple

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

You test?
I don’t think I’ve tested parameters in… 8 months maybe?

If thats for me, mainly been for the sake of knocking out phosphate. Otherwise not really, those reagents aint cheap!

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Did you add all the zebrasomas all at once sry if you stated been wanting to add a black tang to my purple

I had a small sailfin already and got the trio (2x yellow and purple) from a tank breakdown. They were all added together. Briefly had a longtime resident scopas with them which went bezerk and had to be rehomed. The 4 zebrasomas been together for a year now. Sailfin may be gone soon as its getting BIG quick. The other three tangs are estimated to be 4-5 years old now.

 

[Seansea]

How do your wrasses get along? I have a melanurus and thinking of adding yellow coris wrasse. I have a 75 g tank.

 

[bakbay]

You test?
I don’t think I’ve tested parameters in… 8 months maybe?

My Trident tests 4x a day for the big three and I look at those numbers religiously…like 20x+ / day! I compare trend over a 24h period to see how far off I am. So far, Alk has been very stable. The variance on the graph last week was due to replacing reagents.

As for N&P - I test every 6-12mos or if I’m in a mood. NO3: 12.1, PO4: 0.09 as of last month. I save pics on the iPhone’s Notes to look back. I honestly wish the Trident can test for N&P in the future though.

 

[bakbay]

I had a small sailfin already and got the trio (2x yellow and purple) from a tank breakdown. They were all added together. Briefly had a longtime resident scopas with them which went bezerk and had to be rehomed. The 4 zebrasomas been together for a year now. Sailfin may be gone soon as its getting BIG quick. The other three tangs are estimated to be 4-5 years old now.

All my tangs are way too big and fat now but hush — I’m building a proposal to get a massive tank!$&@

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

How do your wrasses get along? I have a melanurus and thinking of adding yellow coris wrasse. I have a 75 g tank.

Mine do fine. The new decolores is still skittish, but does make an appearance daily. The other 3 (melnaurus, red Corus and xmas wrasse) dont bother anything or each other.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Not much to report, tank is still going well. Had to remove a beautiful sebae nem due to my resident female maroon beating it to death! Put it in the smaller cube and it promptly went into the powerhead . Currently continuing softie and zoa acquisition.

Also tried joes juice on the aiptasia and manjano I had in both tanks, that stuff works!

On to a few recent pics:

 

[i cant think]

Not much to report, tank is still going well. Had to remove a beautiful sebae nem due to my resident female maroon beating it to death! Put it in the smaller cube and it promptly went into the powerhead . Currently continuing softie and zoa acquisition.

Also tried joes juice on the aiptasia and manjano I had in both tanks, that stuff works!

On to a few recent pics:

Make that 2 purples tangs that are now turning me into liking them… Dang their purple is gorgeous!

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Make that 2 purples tangs that are now turning me into liking them… Dang their purple is gorgeous!

Its a looker when it wants to be. They grow on you and bring great color/contrast!

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Not much to report, tank is going well! I decided to try some different salt, as IO's price hike finally hit home (I used up my stock of IO salt from pre xmas of 2022) so we will see...

Hello Aquaforest!

Also a current FTS:

 

[Miami Reef]

Your fish look great, and I really like your light spectrum.

I need to switch my salt. I can’t find IO buckets/boxes anymore.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Your fish look great, and I really like your light spectrum.

I need to switch my salt. I can’t find IO buckets/boxes anymore.

I haven't done any light spectrum changes since I added the smat farm lights ... Running ABish spectrum on the smat farms and the t5/Alie light bar combo. I'm also more than happy. Its still a bit blue as the T5's are just beginning to ramp up (its 11 a.m. here in CA)

Tha ks about the fish, they are doing good, purple tang had a slight bit of hlle, so I'm combating that.

I can still get IO via my LFS or Petco/Petsmart, but at the now prices, I figured Id try the aqua forest.