Lighting for Reef 92 Gallon Corner Tank

[ChrisBuono]

Two Months

Two Months

Full Tank and Stand Shot at Two Months...

Wide Tank Shot at Two Months...

 

[ChrisBuono]

Been battling red slime for the past week or so.

Ugh!

Come on skimmer.

 

[ChrisBuono]

My Crew...

6 - Turbo Snails
10 - Marguerita Snails
15 - Astraea Snails
10 - Nassarius Snails
4 - Stomatella
6 - Whelk
2 - Fighting Conch
2 - Queen Conch
6 - Mini Peppermint Snails

1 - Long Clawed Hermit Crab
10 - Red Legged Hermit Crabs
10 - Blue Legged Hermit Crabs
5 - Scarlet Hermit Crabs
1 - Electric Blue Hermit Crabs

5 - Baby Brittle Starfish
5 - Micro Starfish
Amphipods
Copepods
Flatworms

2 - Scarlet/Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
2 - Peppermint Shrimp
1 - Tigertail Cucumber
2 - Brittle Starfish
4 - Emerald Mithrax Crab
3 - Sea Urchins

2 - Ocellaris Clownfish
1 - Diamond Watchman Goby

 

[jimbo045]

Only with a chiller you think about MH. The next is VHOs. Standard flour. should not be used long term.

 

[SaraB]

Tank is looking great Chris!!!

 

[ChrisBuono]

UPDATE: Red Slime is nearly gone. A bit remains in the refugium. Weekly 10-15% water changes, an occassional phosphate sponge, and a lot of pateince has all paid off.

I recently added some green stripped mushrooms, yellow polyps, and pink/purple button polyps. Oh, and a candy/trumpet coral.

The candy coral wasn't doing too well. The top (nearest the surface / light) was fine, but the lower portions were looking thin.

Just this morning I added a PFO Mini MH pendant (150 Watts). That brings my total lighting from ~2.7W/gallon to ~4.4 W/g. And it allows me to place those inverts with high lighting requirements near the MH lamp (namely, the candy coral).

With a 92 gallon corner tank I now have: a 36" T5 in front, with a 24" T5 behind that, and the 12" Mini MH pendant behind that. That yields the most light at the highest altitude of rocks. The two sides are a bit dim, but I think it's fine.

I'm headed out this afternoon to pick up my new Kole Yellow Eye Tang. Fun, fun, fun.

 

[putman201]

so, i just did something to my 92. i changed from a tidepool I filtration system to a sealife systems refugium, its good for up to a 125. My temp dropped when i swtched it out and my temp is now around 77.2 to 78.1 degrees during the day. Thats with a 175 watt mh, and 3 65 watt power compacts for the lights. At night the tank is about 77 all night long. looks nice with the 5 watt led moonlight i have. In the tank i have a surge 750 for extra current. In the refugium i have 2 18 watt power compacts and a 3/4 watt moonlight. In the filter i have a mag 9.5 and a coralife needlewheel super skimmer. i just got the water tested, 0 nitrates, 0 nitrites, and 0 ammonia. seems pretty amazing to me... too amazing... hmmm...*scratches chin* Oh i just remembered, i need to change my bulb soon. The 175 watt mh is an old custom sea life bulb 10k, and i was thinking of going to a reeflux 10k... has anyone here used that bulb before? or are there any recomendations as to what bulb i should get that would give me crisp, bright light... any input would be greatly appreciated... oh and as for the temps i gave earlier, no i don't have a chiller and the ac is set on 76 all the time.

 

[ChrisBuono]

Putman,

I don't know anything about the Tidepool I filtration system or the Sealife Systems refugium. To what do you attribute the temperature drop?

 

[ChrisBuono]

Inhabitants - Green Striped Mushrooms

Inhabitants - Green Striped Mushrooms

 

[ChrisBuono]

Inhabitants - Button Polyps

Inhabitants - Button Polyps

 

[ChrisBuono]

Inhabitants - Pebble (Rubble's Girlfriend)

Inhabitants - Pebble (Rubble's Girlfriend)

 

[ChrisBuono]

Inhabitant - Phil the Clown

Inhabitant - Phil the Clown

 

[ChrisBuono]

Inhabitant - Orchid the Kole

Inhabitant - Orchid the Kole

 

[ChrisBuono]

Inhabitant - Gusoscar (two great names that go great together)

Inhabitant - Gusoscar (two great names that go great together)

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

just saw the thread everyones looks great here is my lowly recovering system after wilma....
tank seio 1500's in corners

sump

lazy canopy (upside down stand)

lighting 400wt halide in a lumenarc III reflector and 2 24" t-5 from sunlight supply

understand reactor and ballast

tanks in am is 78.9 when t-5s come on at 7 halides at 2 and tank is 81.8 at 8 when halides go out and t-5's at 10....
2 4" fans in canopy and 4" over sump

 

[ChrisBuono]

It looks good SaltWaterFishLover. What did you lose from Wilma?

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

looks like the casualties are....
german blue digi, purple digi, acro tenitus(?) white with blue tips, a tri colored table acro, a cranberry acro, green birdsnest half a purple and green humilus, 1/2 my green milli, half a salmon milli, 95% mistery blue and green acro..... most of my benifitial stuff that helps a tank work tho it is recovering.... the saturday after 9 days on genny and bubblers I had an ammonia spike of at least 2.0 laundry room stank bad for a bit so not sure if was on the downward curve of spike. added turbo zyme and helped a bunch...
the joys of living in paradise.... huricane issues....
andy

 

[ChrisBuono]

Geez. That sucks. I'm glad you're back in business.

 

[saltwaterfishlover]

I have been doing saltwater for over 20 years now... the only thing that made me wan tto quite is hair algea. I had a 55 with 70lb of rock that I could not get rid of the hair for anything... after about 7 months I ended up throwing out the rock and buying new.....didnt know about rock cooking then..... you tank looks good...keep up the good work
andy

 

[Fredy]

Wow, great thread! Currently planing on setting up a 92 corner for my wife. She really loves Seahorses so I'm gonna get a Herd of them to enjoy I currently have a 210 FOWLR and a 20 Hex Nano that i will break down and add to her corral

Great job on your tanks! keep up the updates.

Thanks for the great ideas

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