martinphillip03
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Ricky, following your thread. I have been off RC for a couple of years. Glad to see another build thread. #3 if not mistaken.
Marty
Marty
Ricky's 120 Stony Coral Garden
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williewilliams
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Awesome pics as always. I still want to swing by and check it out in person. I'm sure it will look even better up close. Keep me in mind when things need to be thinned out in the future.
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Yes Marty you are correct, third time's the charm.
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
One Year Growth Shots
One Year Growth Shots
I can't believe it has been a year since I added my first SPS frags. Here are a few updates for the thread.
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One Year Growth Shots
I can't believe it has been a year since I added my first SPS frags. Here are a few updates for the thread.
Full Tank Shot
Room Shot
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
PC Superman
Tyree Pink Lemonade
20,000 Leagues Dragon
Battle Corals Pearly Cadaver
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Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Tyree Purple Dragon Eyes
Ricky's Poison Ivy
Skittles Granulosa
Tyree Red Dragon
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Tyree Purple Monster
Aquascene IceFire Echinata
Banana Caroliniana
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
My current equipment and stocking list:
Tank
120 Gallon Perfecto Glass Aquarium (48”x24”x24”) with internal overflow
30 Gallon Sump (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 Danner Mag Drive 9.5 (950 GPH, 76 watts)
Loc-Line return hose (0.75”)
Two Vortech MP-40w Pump (1,000-3,200 GPH, 7-31 watts)
Lighting Equipment
Two Lumenarc III mini Stealth Pendants (14.5”x14.5”x7”)
Two 250 watt 14K Phoenix DE Metal Halide Bulbs
Two 250 watt Lumatek Dimmable Electronic Ballast
One LET Miro 4 retrofit T-5 48” lighting 2x54watt (2 bulbs total)
Two ATI Blue Plus 54 watt T-5 Bulb
8 bulb LED blue lunar lights
Water Quality Equipment
6 Stage Melev’s/Bulk Reef Supply Reverse Osmosis with Two DI Filters (100 GPD)
Vertex IN-180 Protein Skimmer Ge. 3 (rated for up to 180 gallons)
One Eheim Jager 200 watt Heater (15”)
One Eheim Jager 150 watt Heater (13”)
180 lbs. of Live Rock (Fiji, Tonga Fusion, Kaelini, and Pukani)
30 lbs. of Arag-Alive Fiji Pink Sand
40 lbs. of Arag-Alive Special Grade Sand
Additives
Instant Ocean Salt Mix
Peladow Calcium Chloride
Soda Ash (Alkalinity Buffer)
Mag Pellet (Magnesium Chloride)
CVS Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate)
Seachem Strontium Chloride
Brightwell Lugol’s Iodine
Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon
Bulk Reef Supply GFO
Two Little Fishes ReVive
Interceptor (Large Dog Pill)
Test Kits
Portable Refractometer
API Test Kit (Ammonia & Nitrite)
Hanna Instruments 96107 pH Tester
Hanna Instruments 713 Checker Phosphate Photometer
Hanna Instruments 755 Checker Alkalinity Photometer
Hanna Instruments 758 Checker Calcium Photometer
Salifert Test Kit (Magnesium, Strontium & Nitrate)
Fish List
7 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
5 Bartlett’s Anthias (1 Male, 4 Femle) (Pseudanthias bartlettorum)
1 Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)
1 Mystery Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus ocellatus)
1 McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus mccoskeri)
1 Melanurus Wrasse (Male) (Halichoeres melanurus)
1 Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon)
17 Fish
Invert List
1 Blood Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
1 Red Tile Starfish (Fromia monilis)
1 Orange Linkia Starfish
Corals
43 SPS
Battle Corals Doomsday Lokani
Aquascene IceFire Echinata
Tyree Red Dragon
Tyree Purple Monster
Strawberry Shortcake
Skittles Granulosa
Battle Corals Blue Rose Granulosa
Radioactive Loripes
Banana Caroliniana
Tyree Pink Lemonade
ATL Shades of Fall
Ulimate’s Rainbow
Reefermadness Rainbow Nasuta
Purple Turaki
Upscales Microcladus
Tubb’s Mystic Blue Stag
Pearly Cadaver
Oregon Tort
Moonlight Secale
30,000 Leauges Lokani
ORA Cali Blue Tort
Tequila Sunrise
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Purple Plasma
ORA Hawkins Echinata
ORA Red Planet
ORA Roscoe’s
Ricky’s Poison Ivy
Superman Hyacinthus
ATL Ultimate Stag
Tyree Blue Matrix
Tubb’s Pink Jade
Bubblegum Millepora
WWC Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Tyree Orange Setosa
Rainbow in Spain
Yellow Hornet Tort
Blue Polyp Austera
ATL Acid Rain
20,000 Leagues Dragon
Tyree Purple Dragon Eyes
Watermelon Dragon
ASD Teal Dragon
21 LPS
Red Blastomussa wellsi
Red with Blue center Blastomussa wellsi
Red with Neon Green center Blastomussa wellsi
Australian Dendrophyllia coccinea
18 Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Tank
120 Gallon Perfecto Glass Aquarium (48”x24”x24”) with internal overflow
30 Gallon Sump (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 Danner Mag Drive 9.5 (950 GPH, 76 watts)
Loc-Line return hose (0.75”)
Two Vortech MP-40w Pump (1,000-3,200 GPH, 7-31 watts)
Lighting Equipment
Two Lumenarc III mini Stealth Pendants (14.5”x14.5”x7”)
Two 250 watt 14K Phoenix DE Metal Halide Bulbs
Two 250 watt Lumatek Dimmable Electronic Ballast
One LET Miro 4 retrofit T-5 48” lighting 2x54watt (2 bulbs total)
Two ATI Blue Plus 54 watt T-5 Bulb
8 bulb LED blue lunar lights
Water Quality Equipment
6 Stage Melev’s/Bulk Reef Supply Reverse Osmosis with Two DI Filters (100 GPD)
Vertex IN-180 Protein Skimmer Ge. 3 (rated for up to 180 gallons)
One Eheim Jager 200 watt Heater (15”)
One Eheim Jager 150 watt Heater (13”)
180 lbs. of Live Rock (Fiji, Tonga Fusion, Kaelini, and Pukani)
30 lbs. of Arag-Alive Fiji Pink Sand
40 lbs. of Arag-Alive Special Grade Sand
Additives
Instant Ocean Salt Mix
Peladow Calcium Chloride
Soda Ash (Alkalinity Buffer)
Mag Pellet (Magnesium Chloride)
CVS Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate)
Seachem Strontium Chloride
Brightwell Lugol’s Iodine
Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon
Bulk Reef Supply GFO
Two Little Fishes ReVive
Interceptor (Large Dog Pill)
Test Kits
Portable Refractometer
API Test Kit (Ammonia & Nitrite)
Hanna Instruments 96107 pH Tester
Hanna Instruments 713 Checker Phosphate Photometer
Hanna Instruments 755 Checker Alkalinity Photometer
Hanna Instruments 758 Checker Calcium Photometer
Salifert Test Kit (Magnesium, Strontium & Nitrate)
Fish List
7 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
5 Bartlett’s Anthias (1 Male, 4 Femle) (Pseudanthias bartlettorum)
1 Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)
1 Mystery Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus ocellatus)
1 McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus mccoskeri)
1 Melanurus Wrasse (Male) (Halichoeres melanurus)
1 Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon)
17 Fish
Invert List
1 Blood Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
1 Red Tile Starfish (Fromia monilis)
1 Orange Linkia Starfish
Corals
43 SPS
Battle Corals Doomsday Lokani
Aquascene IceFire Echinata
Tyree Red Dragon
Tyree Purple Monster
Strawberry Shortcake
Skittles Granulosa
Battle Corals Blue Rose Granulosa
Radioactive Loripes
Banana Caroliniana
Tyree Pink Lemonade
ATL Shades of Fall
Ulimate’s Rainbow
Reefermadness Rainbow Nasuta
Purple Turaki
Upscales Microcladus
Tubb’s Mystic Blue Stag
Pearly Cadaver
Oregon Tort
Moonlight Secale
30,000 Leauges Lokani
ORA Cali Blue Tort
Tequila Sunrise
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Purple Plasma
ORA Hawkins Echinata
ORA Red Planet
ORA Roscoe’s
Ricky’s Poison Ivy
Superman Hyacinthus
ATL Ultimate Stag
Tyree Blue Matrix
Tubb’s Pink Jade
Bubblegum Millepora
WWC Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Tyree Orange Setosa
Rainbow in Spain
Yellow Hornet Tort
Blue Polyp Austera
ATL Acid Rain
20,000 Leagues Dragon
Tyree Purple Dragon Eyes
Watermelon Dragon
ASD Teal Dragon
21 LPS
Red Blastomussa wellsi
Red with Blue center Blastomussa wellsi
Red with Neon Green center Blastomussa wellsi
Australian Dendrophyllia coccinea
18 Acanthastrea lordhowensis
I can't believe it has been a year since I added my first SPS frags. Here are a few updates for the thread.
Full Tank Shot
Room Shot
Very nice setup ... I like your clean look, kudos!
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
Thank you 
This time next year I will be removing the less colorful corals to allow the pretty ones to grow out.
This time next year I will be removing the less colorful corals to allow the pretty ones to grow out.
Reefbuff52
New member
Just wanted to make a suggestion, the tank first of all looks good but there seems to be a lot of green (algae) on the rocks. This means your phosphates are high, have you checked them lately?
Rickyrooz1
Acropora Nut
I think you mean the overflow as that is the only place the algae grows, the rocks are clean. The PO4 ranges from 0.05ppm to 0.10ppm (Hanna Checker) depending on how heavily I feed. I feed two to three times a day to keep my Anthias fat and healthy.
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