Just another SPS tank

Have you ever tested PAR in this tank?

I read through the whole thread again, drooling at all the pics. :)

Yes I did borrow a PAR meter and tested it a few years back. It was something like 400 right under the surface down to around 200-250 at the sand bed. The tank is only 20" tall so getting PAR into the tank has never been an issue.
 
2015 Full Tank Shots

South Face
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North Face
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East Face
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Very beautiful tank you have there. I love the look of the gorgonians on the end. And that goniopora is huge! Really really nice
 
Oops! I guess it has been a while hasn't it.. To make two long stories short.. the tank went through some major trials last year. First off, my kitchen flooded and I had to gut it and redo it which took massive amounts of time and funds away from the tank. Translation: Tank was a bit neglected. Second, after running wonderfully for 6 years my GHL Profilux controller decided to give up the ghost. I ran everything off of that thing, including my temperature.. sadly, when the controller crashed so did the temperature. Tank wasn't happy :( At any rate, things have been on the mend and the tank as a whole is back in its groove.

The tank as it sits today:

The South Face

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The North Face

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My red goniopora, which was a really deep red completely lost ALL of its colour when the temperature in the tank crashed last December. This thing was ghost white and I was sure it was toast. It also retracted ALL of its feeding arms/mouths and kinda looked like a favia/brain coral. Fortunately, this thing is NUKE PROOF. Slowly but surely, it started to get its colour back and slowly started to extend its arms/mouths. I got pink, then darker pink, then orangy-red-pink. It's still not quite the deep red that it once was but it's getting there.

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A different blue-purple goni.

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Excellent, things looked to have recovered nicely from the kitchen hiccup! Thanks for the update, loved looking at all the pics.
 
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