Perry's 120 Gallon Reef

[plyle02]

Wow Perry the tank is really filling in now The colours are all so eye catching too!

Thank you Dom! Time buddy, nothing but time Just got to watch them corals grow, thanks for the kind words man!

Amazing as always perry:beer:
Love the colors:inlove:
What's your current bulb combo and to which one are you thinking of switching?

4xblue+, 2xcoral+, and 2xaquablue special with 2 blue reefbrite actinics

I plan to run this combo for growth for another 6 months, my next combo will be 5xblue+, 2xpurple+, and 1xaquablue special with the same 2 blue reefbrite actiniics.

Triumphant!

Thank you, I appreciate your kindness

 

[glaukos]

Thanks bud!
Don't you get a yellow tint with that combo perry or do the reefbrites balance the situation?
Whenever i use even a single AB i get that "yellow ewww" in my tank

atm i use 2 actinics,2 b+,3 coral and one purple.
My 3$@%#itches to try 7 b+ and one AB or one purple or on single coral lol

 

[plyle02]

Thanks bud!
Don't you get a yellow tint with that combo perry or do the reefbrites balance the situation?
Whenever i use even a single AB i get that "yellow ewww" in my tank

atm i use 2 actinics,2 b+,3 coral and one purple.
My 3$@%#itches to try 7 b+ and one AB or one purple or on single coral lol

Yes,
They burn warm, and while I am happy with colors, I think this combo hurts certain corals, while others absolutely glow. Who knows, we shall see

 

[cFloor]

Your tank is looking top notch Perry! Amazing colors and your growth seems really good.

 

[plyle02]

Your tank is looking top notch Perry! Amazing colors and your growth seems really good.

Thanks Conor,
I appreciate the kind words man, I love how your tank also looks atm, simply amazing to me!!!

 

[joshky]

I'm running two ABS in my fixture right now as well, I was looking for a more crisp white bulb combo and think I found a good one. 3 blue+, 2 coral+, 2 ABS, 1 purple+ is my setup. I'll probably play with the combination more when things grow out like you, but for now I really like it.

Tank is looking great as usual Perry.

 

[plyle02]

I'm running two ABS in my fixture right now as well, I was looking for a more crisp white bulb combo and think I found a good one. 3 blue+, 2 coral+, 2 ABS, 1 purple+ is my setup. I'll probably play with the combination more when things grow out like you, but for now I really like it.

Tank is looking great as usual Perry.

Thank you Josh!
The white appearance is really enhanced by the reefbrite led strips, one in the front, one in the back, t5 in the middle My combo is similar to yours, and the idea that we share is very similar too. This is why I absolutely love T5's, so nice to play around with combos, this one is working well for me. Now, if I could get my colonies to slow down and my mini colonies to speed up, I would be a happy camper.... Oh the quest for perfection


UPDATE:

I will be adding 60lbs of live Reeflakes by Tropic Eden, I have decided that I love wrasses too much to continue BB, I miss having sand, so I will have an update soon showing a sandbed Cheers

 

[glaukos]

Good luck perry,tank will surely look different in a good way!
The eternal question..."to sand or no to sand"
Can't wait for the pics

 

[sprite]

Love it!

 

[plyle02]

Good luck perry,tank will surely look different in a good way!
The eternal question..."to sand or no to sand"
Can't wait for the pics

I know Mike, and while I am happy with color, growth, and the general direction with the tank, I also had too many powerheads running, too much flow which was bulking up my tank and really needed to run proper bb. That said, I love wrasses and gobies I will now just run the gyre 150 and 2 mp40's for flow. Cheers Mike

Love it!

Thanks man!

 

[uvijaya]

Very nice setup, good planning.

 

[Myka]

UPDATE:

I will be adding 60lbs of live Reeflakes by Tropic Eden, I have decided that I love wrasses too much to continue BB, I miss having sand, so I will have an update soon showing a sandbed Cheers

Me too. Can't wait to see it.

 

[FloformAustria]

UPDATE:

I will be adding 60lbs of live Reeflakes by Tropic Eden, I have decided that I love wrasses too much to continue BB, I miss having sand, so I will have an update soon showing a sandbed Cheers

never thought i read that!
yes the wrasses are my main reason for having a sandbed!!

can´t wait for new pictures!! :bounce3:

Cheers,
Flo

 

[gambitcobra]

this tank looks amazing in person!! it was great meeting you and picking up some awesome frags

 

[reefmutt]

this tank looks amazing in person!! it was great meeting you and picking up some awesome frags

Jealous!!!!!!!

 

[plyle02]

Very nice setup, good planning.

Thank you very much, I still could have planned better, lol... darn vermetids...

Me too. Can't wait to see it.

In a week or so I will be ready to have an update, the sand will be coming on ground, so I will patiently await it's arrival, lol... Decided on 40 lbs, vs. 60 lbs.... Should be plenty

never thought i read that!
yes the wrasses are my main reason for having a sandbed!!

can´t wait for new pictures!! :bounce3:

Cheers,
Flo

Ha, ha... How are you Flo, been super busy, I cannot believe how awesome it is to have other focuses than the tank, great to step away and think of other things and allow the tank to grow Cheers my friend!

this tank looks amazing in person!! it was great meeting you and picking up some awesome frags

Mike, super cool meeting you and thanks for the kind words, glad you liked those nuggets

Jealous!!!!!!!

Next time you are in Orlando my friend, you just have to figure out customs, lol.... On a kind note, I do have ice fire echinata on the way, and palmers blue, from a local bud. Also have SC OP and a few more nice ones that I can talk about later, lol....

 

[reefmutt]

Oh man, those new ones will be very cool to see in the aquaforest waters!

 

[FloformAustria]

Ha, ha... How are you Flo, been super busy, I cannot believe how awesome it is to have other focuses than the tank, great to step away and think of other things and allow the tank to grow Cheers my friend!
ice fire echinata on the way, and palmers blue, from a local bud. Also have SC OP and a few more nice ones that I can talk about later, lol....

haha i´m fine! good to hear everything is ok...
uh new corals... nice!
my icefire is fighting it´s way back!! :inlove:

show us some new shots!!

Flo

 

[plyle02]

Hey guys, I feel so out of the loop, lol... Back to working full time, but had a few moments today to clean filters and general maintenance that I have been too busy to deal with, so anyway, I also got some pics. Despite the lack of attention in the tank, I still feel colors are good, here are a few... Cheers!

Peach Acro in between Red Robin and Bubblegum Milli

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Unknown Pink Coral

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Sunset Milli going more gold on me

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Acropora Fenneri

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Wild Aussie Orange Spath that is morphing

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Crazy baby blue on pastel pink

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Tenuis with lots of potential

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Bananas Lokani

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Unknown Milli starting finally color up

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PC Rainbow

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[Pife]

Looks like business as usual! Nice shots buddy.