Ricky's 120 gallon Stony Coral Garden

[Rickyrooz]

Cebu Pylei Fairy Wrasse

Geometric Pygmy Hawk

 

[Rickyrooz]

Pink Margin Fairy Wrasse

 

[skinz78]

That should be easy, they would be a bit small though. You into Z's N P's too?

 

[Rickyrooz]

That should be easy, they would be a bit small though. You into Z's N P's too?

Small is okay, I am only collecting afro's, I may get rid of my acan's.

 

[schooleyosis]

Just found this thread and will be following along. You have done such a great job with everything. I can't say enough good things about this, in this thread. Keep up the good work and thank you for posting all that you have. Such great progression!!! A true inspiration!!!

 

[Rickyrooz]

I took a video today with my new Samsung Galaxy S5, for some reason when I load the video to youtube the colors change. It looks much less over exposed on my phone than on the internet.
April 29, 2014 Tank Tour - YouTube

 

[DunkCityReefer]

Everything looks great, the colors are insane!!

 

[Rickyrooz]

I am currently running two (8 month old) 250 watt Phoenix 14K metal halides with Lumatek dimmable ballasts on HQI mode and two (two month old) 54 watt UVL Super Actinic T5's.

 

[Fishlee]

how much clearance do you have behind your rock structure? or on all sides how far from the glass.
side full tank shot maybe?

 

[Rickyrooz]

how much clearance do you have behind your rock structure? or on all sides how far from the glass.
side full tank shot maybe?

 

[Fishlee]

Nice photo. Thanks !

 

[Rickyrooz]

Its been two months since my last update and the tank looks great! I installed a three pump dosing unit in June for calcium, alkalinity and kalkwasser. The corals grow much faster with the stable parameters. I added one liter of DeNitrate rocks to help lower my nitrate from 25ppm but after a months use they have not dropped at all. Today was the first water change in two months, I have been frustrated with the tank and took a step away from the tank but now I am back.

 

[schooleyosis]

How can you be frustrated with such a beautiful tank? Haha

Keep up the good work man

 

[$pikes_{air]

talk about successful reefing. Great job man, i would love to be informed when you thin out your forest.

 

[spspirate]

Beautiful Ricky! Corals are filling out nicely!

 

[Rickyrooz]

The tank may look like it did not grow much over the past few months because I fragged a lot of coral this summer. I will let the corals heal and grow out more before I take more pictures.

My favorite coral, it grew a lot from the last picture, once it colors back up it will look hot! (pink with yellow tips)

Ricky's Poison Ivy

 

[maddog2002]

great!

 

[fishroomlady]

the tank is really beautiful!

 

[Rickyrooz]

Happy 2015, since my last post I have changed out my UVL Super Actinic T5's for ATI Pure Actinic 03. I borrowed a PAR meter and surprisingly the level was higher on the ATI bulb despite The Grim Reefer's findings in 2007. I have also taken the ATI Power Cone 250 I-Series offline because it does not pull out much waste and the frag tank I have running does not utilize a protein skimmer and the nutrient levels are 0 ppm even with daily feedings and fish in the tank. It is very nice not hearing the protein skimmer running anymore. I will keep everyone updated with my results.

 

[Vmacisback]

looks awesome great job