120g Stony Dominate Coral Reef

[SPSEMPIRE]

I took some FTS pictures earlier today of my 120g Stony Dominate Coral Reef aquarium.

 

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[dvanacker]

Nice tank....your on your way man.

 

[dzhuo]

Sweet! How long have you had those colonies?

 

[Brian Chong]

Is this a Hoek? You have very nice acros and I really like the rockscape

 

[Brian Chong]

If it is it's just been added to my short list of must haves

 

[Brian Chong]

I was thinking of upgrading to a 125g tank. The dimensions are 48x30x20. What is urs?

 

[SPSEMPIRE]

Sweet! How long have you had those colonies?

Thanks. I have had a few of these colonies for a couple of years now but they were grown out in a different system. The 120g was originally set up in Feb of 2009 and has gone through several different changes. Due to a few things, I decided to change things up a bit around December 2010 and remove all of the livestock, keeping only what I really wanted. I must admit that since then, I've added several new pieces. Now, it is just time to do nothing but keep up with my water changes and Ca / alk supplements. I did leave a little spot for one more jewel, Acropora Suharsonoi :fun4:. I had a nice colony in a 125 gallon reef but the system crashed during a week long trip out of the states. That coral replacement is a must......

Is this a Hoek? You have very nice acros and I really like the rockscape

Yep, it is. Currently it is my most admired piece

I was thinking of upgrading to a 125g tank. The dimensions are 48x30x20. What is urs?

That sounds like a really nice size! Great depth and height. The 120g is roughly 48 X 18 X 25 (L X W X H)

 

[Sullyman]

What lighting are you using? What do you have for flow? It may be the camera but your sps all look pale.
You are right about having a tankfull, may be more than will fit when grown out, lol.

 

[SPSEMPIRE]

What lighting are you using? What do you have for flow? It may be the camera but your sps all look pale.
You are right about having a tankfull, may be more than will fit when grown out, lol.

The lights are 2 X phoenix 14k in an aquamedic 250w HQI DE pendant. Yes, you are correct about some of them being pale. These are newer guys that I just really took for color and growth documentation.

The flow is 2 X MP40w ES pumps. This is just the 120g to go along with a 100g propagation system that is attached to this system.

 

[Bigcefa]

agree color looks pale and sup with the hair algae! one of those looked like bryopsis u gonna wanna deal with that asap

 

[SPSEMPIRE]

agree color looks pale and sup with the hair algae! one of those looked like bryopsis u gonna wanna deal with that asap

Yep, the hair algae sucks but more less an eye soar at this point. It came in when I had to plumb the propagation system into the display. But it is all good at the moment and I am slowly (emphasis on slowly) reducing my nutrients. I think that the corals are mainly pale due to the picture setting. Check out how white the sand is. You got to get the after shots to be much better quality than the before shots.

Can you point out the bryopsis? I did not see it but I could not be looking close enough. Thanks.