Ricky's Reef (120 Gallon)

[Rickyrooz]

Well it has been 6 months since my last post and a lot has changed with my tank. I am starting a new build because this time I think I have everything set in place for success.

The specifications of my equipment and live stock are as follows.

Tank

120 Gallon Perfecto Glass Aquarium (48”x24”x24”) with internal corner overflow

30 Gallon Sump with Refugium (36”x12”x16”)



Camera

Nikon D5100 Digital Camera (16.2 megapixel) with Nikon AF-S DX 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens

Nikon AF-S DX VR 55-200mm f/4-5.6 Lens

Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro Lens



Water Movement Equipment

One Jebao DCT-6000 (1,056 - 1,585 GPH, 42 watts)

Loc-Line return hose (0.75”)

One Jebao RW-15 Pump (317-3,962 GPH, 12-35 watts)



Lighting Equipment

Two Lumenarc III mini Stealth Pendants (14.5”x14.5”x7”)

Two 250 watt 20K Hamilton DE Metal Halide Bulbs

Two 250 watt LuXcore Dimmable Electronic Ballast

One Aquatic Life retrofit T-5 48” lighting 2x54watt (2 bulbs total)

Two ATI True Actinic 03 54 watt T-5 Bulb



Water Quality Equipment

6 Stage Bulk Reef Supply Reverse Osmosis with Two DI Filters (75 GPD) with booster pump

ATI Powercone I-Series 250 Protein Skimmer with Jebao DCT-4000 pump (30 watts)

AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro Auto Top Off System

Jebao Stand Alone Dosing System (4 Pump)

Two Eheim Jager 150 watt Heater (13”)

One Eheim Jager 100 watt Heater (12”)

100 lbs. of Live Rock (Fiji, Tonga Fusion, Kaelini & Pukani)

60 lbs. Tropic Eden Reefflakes

Chaetomorpha algae



Additives

Instant Ocean Salt Mix

BRS Calcium Chloride Part 2

BRS Soda Ash (Alkalinity Buffer) Part 1

Mag Pellet (Magnesium Chloride) Part 3

CVS Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate) Part 3

Seachem Strontium Chloride

Brightwell Lugol’s Iodine

Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon

Bulk Reef Supply GFO

KZ ZEObak



Test Kits

Portable Refractometer

Aqua Craft Salinity Calibration Fluid

API Test Kit (Ammonia & Nitrite)

Hanna Instruments 96107 pH Tester

Hanna Instruments 713 Checker Phosphate Photometer

Salifert Test Kit (Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, Strontium, Potassium & Nitrate)



17 Fish

4 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)

1 Geometric Pygmy Hawk (Plectranthias inermis)

1 Pintail Fairy Wrasse (Male) (Cirrhilabrus lanceolatus)

1 McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus mccoskeri)

1 Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)

1 Chevron Tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis)

1 Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flaviscens)

1 Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)

1 Striped Blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes)

2 Talbot’s Damsel (Chrysiptera talboti)

2 Azure Damsel (Chrysiptera hemicyanea)

1 Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto)



Invert List

1 Scarlett Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinesis)

3 Pincushion Urchins


30 SPS

Tyree Red Dragon

Skittles Granulosa

BC Banana Caroliniana

Tyree Pink Lemonade

ATL Shades of Fall

Vivid’s Rainbow Delight

Oregon Tort

Purple Bonsai

ORA Cali Blue Tort

ORA Purple Plasma

ORA Hawkins Echinata

ORA Pearlberry

Ricky’s Poison Ivy

Pro Corals Superman

BC Rainbow in Spain

Tyree Purple Dragon Eyes

BC Pink Matrix

BC Beehive 2.0

ARC Fireworks

TCK Smurf Tenuis

TCK Field of Dreams

TCK Dragonfire

JF Fox Flame

RR Rainbow Loom

JF Blueberry Gum

WWC Yellow Tip

PC Rainbow

Tubb’s Pink Jade

Upscales Microcladus

Tyree Blue Matrix


LPS

Various acan's and blasto's that I do not know the names to

Neon Green Trumpet

 

[Rickyrooz]

A few coral pics to liven up the thread . . .

Ricky's Poison Ivy

JF Fox Flame

RR Rainbow Loom

BC Banana Caroliniana

 

[Rickyrooz]

Purple Bonsai

Tyree Pink Lemonade

BC Rainbow in Spain

 

[Rickyrooz]

TCK Field of Dreams

ORA Hawkin's Echinata

BC Beehive 2.0

 

[Rickyrooz]

A short iPhone video

 

[Slickrick]

Nice and clean man! Like it a lot! Nice corals

 

[revhtree]

Welcome back and the tank looks good!

 

[bmac16]

Ha yes!! I was just looking at all of your old 120 setup posts the other day, well what was left of the pictures anyway, wondering if you still had the 120. Good to see you back! Can't wait to see the progress

 

[Rickyrooz]

ARC Fireworks

Skittles Granulosa

TCK Smurf Tenuis

 

[pelphrey]

How is the 1 RW15 working out in the 120?

 

[Rickyrooz]

How is the 1 RW15 working out in the 120?

It does the job, I don't even have the flow turned up very much. I have three green lights lit on the controller for flow. It creates a nice gyre flow in my tank. I have about 4" of space behind the rocks and back glass so I do not have any dead spots in the tank. If I crank the flow up more the sand goes everywhere.

 

[Rickyrooz]

Here is a full tank picture from today along with a short video clip.

 

[pelphrey]

Just subscribed to your YouTube channel! Tank is looking great!

 

[Rickyrooz]

Everything is going great in my 40 gallon breeder. I just added a Jebao dosing pump to keep up with the alkalinity and calcium demands of the corals. Still no protein skimmer, just a 30 gallon sump full of live rock and chaeto lit by two PAR 38 flood lights!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking great!! Love it!!

 

[Jaxon]

Wow.... Great pics

 

[Rickyrooz]

I am starting to see green hair algae grow on the live rock so I started dosing AZ NO3 again as that killed off the algae growth with my previous algae issue.

 

[revhtree]

Looks great!

 

[Rickyrooz]

BC Pink Matrix

JF Bubblegum

PC Superman

 

[ScottMyers123]

Everything looks fantastic. Great looking pictures.