Sharbuckles UNS R120

Sharbuckles Reef · Jun 29, 2026

Thanks Parker!! Will be lit up tonight with a temporary solution. Going to be so cool.

I’ve considered keeping it as it is, it’s almost like an underwater zen garden. However I will 100% change that and add life within a couple days lol.

Sharbuckles Reef · Jul 2, 2026

Sharbuckles Reef · Jul 2, 2026

Currently lit up with a nicrew 50w for the mangrove. I think I’m going to use a nicrew for the coral as well. Honestly they have really nice colour.

Sharbuckles Reef · Jul 5, 2026

Added two more established trees today. Tank is going through the ugly stages however!

Sharbuckles Reef · Aug 7, 2026

Update time!!

I found majano in the 120 so I’ve added two filefish.

I also finally added some clean up crew to the mangrove lagoon, as well as a diamond goby to sift the sand

Sharbuckles Reef · Aug 7, 2026

Looking at lights this week for the lagoon so i can add some coral, leaning towards some cheap amazon options. I think im leaning towards running the 120 solely as a soft coral tank... we shall see.

Sharbuckles Reef · Aug 9, 2026

Hadn’t scraped glass in 4+ weeks. Added 25 astrea, 10 trochus, and a diamond goby. The first life in the lagoon.

Here are two photos. The first as they were added and 48 hours later. Incredibly impressive change to the glass and sand.

Sharbuckles Reef · Aug 12, 2026

Wow. The new clean up crew has been working overtime. Check out the tank today.

Considering adding some macro algae to the tank, what do you all think?

Sharbuckles Reef · 2026-09-05T18:31:37-0400

Okay one more update on the UNS 60CS Mangrove Lagoon and then I’ll do an R120 update. The photo below is basically how the tank has looked for over a month.

No light, No coral, wrong flow, and lots of algae/cyano.

I finally did something about it. Changed up the positioning of the wavemaker and added a light (nicrew 150w). Once that was done I added some macro algae, a clam, and some of my coral from the R120.