Ricky's 120 Stony Coral Garden

[Rickyrooz1]

nice tank but do you think your going to have a problem in the future with some corals being to close?

Of course, it is inevitable with every tank.

 

[Rickyrooz1]

The corals have a lot more space between one another than how the picture portrays them. It took my last tank 5 years before I had to tear it down to start over so I'm guessing I'll have the same results this time around unless the growth is twice as fast

 

[RealReef7]

well lets just hope it grows 2x fast:beer:

 

[Rickyrooz1]

Updated FTS

Updated FTS

Here is a more clear FTS

 

[wizardx322]

nice set up love all those frags

 

[Rickyrooz1]

New Top Down Shots

New Top Down Shots

Here are a few shots of my favorite corals that are beginning to color up.

Blue Gomezi

Reefermadness Rainbow Nasuta

Purple Turaki

 

[Rickyrooz1]

ORA Red Planet

Rommel’s Ultimate Stag

Blue Hoeksemai

 

[byrdman81]

Looking good coloring up nicely

 

[Rickyrooz1]

Update

Update

I am currently going through a diatom bloom Some of the unfortunate acro's that have strains of diatoms land on their tips are dying back and becoming white. I think this is partly due to my skimmer overflowing three times in the past few weeks and putting nutrients back into the tank. I did a 15 gallon water change, added 10 turbo snails, tipped off the dead tips, and turned the lights off for three days. Since then the diatoms have been kept at bay and I hope it stays that way.
I switched out some acro's for higher end pieces. Here is my updated list, the stuff in bold was recently added:
ORA Cali Tortuosa
ORA Red Planet
ORA Chip’s Acropora
ORA Hawkin’s Echinata
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Purple Plasma
ORA Blue Millepora or Blueberry Special ?
ORA Plum Crazy
ORA Roscoe’s Acropora
Upscales Microcladus
Greg Hiller Aqua Delight
Tub’s Pink Jade
Rainbow Nasuta
ATL Shades of Fall
Original Strawberry Shortcake
Tyree Pink Lemonade
ATL Rasberry Lemonade
Reefermadness Rainbow Nasuta
Tyree Orange Montipora Setosa
Tyree Purple Monster
Ultimates Rainbow
30,000 Leagues Lokani
Lime Light Suharsoni
Banana Caroliniana
Skittles Granulosa
Purple Loripes
Green & Turquoise Granulosa
Tyree Ponape Rainbow
Tyree Icefire Echinata
Purple Turaki
Crayola Selago
Blue Tenuis (Mr. Coral)
Rainbow Tenuis (Happy Coral)
Miyagi Tortuosa
Blue Gomezi
Blue Hoeksemai
ATL Ultimate Stag
Green with Pink Tip Abrotanoides
Purple & Mint Green Plana
Purple Efflorescens
Purple Tri-Color Cerealis
Eggplant Nana
Purple and Green Polyp Secale
Moonlight Bonsai
Fire & Ice “Rocket Pop” Acropora Hyacinthus
Rommel’s Ultimate Stag
Tub’s Mystic Blue
Lime in the Sky Acropora
Rainbow Millepora (Mr. Coral)
Pink Millepora
Snipers Bubblegum Millepora
Willie Wanka Millepora
Tyree Orange Montipora Setosa
ATL Surf N’ Turf Parilis
Christmas Sarmentosa

 

[chessmanmark]

That's quite a list of corals! Good luck with the diatoms. I hope everything has settled down for you now. Can't wait to see pictures around Thanksgiving when you come home from school.

 

[phil519]

your old tank was amazing - I have no doubts this will be great as well! :thumbsup:

 

[Rickyrooz1]

That's quite a list of corals! Good luck with the diatoms. I hope everything has settled down for you now. Can't wait to see pictures around Thanksgiving when you come home from school.

Thanks Mark, I graduated. I got a job back in PA so I am currently living home and paying off my college loans.

 

[clowndude]

Wow nice list. I wish I had a 10th of that list lol. Your tank is looking nice. Can't wait to see it a year from now.

 

[Acronic]

wow your tank is packed with goodies!!! gonna be spectacular

 

[rkaires]

Your corals are coloring up nicely. Your tank is going to look great when they grow in.

 

[Rickyrooz1]

It has been six months since the tank has been set up, here is a video update.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTEDWb73hjc

 

[j-dizzle]

Looks like everthing is encrusting nicely! cant wait to see this all grown out!

 

[spazdic]

Nice! Can you put out a little more information on the diatom thing. Isn't that just like an algae bloom? It actually was killing your sps?

 

[Rickyrooz1]

Nice! Can you put out a little more information on the diatom thing. Isn't that just like an algae bloom? It actually was killing your sps?

It seems to be a light and nutrient problem. I turned the lights off for three day and covered the tank completely in black trash bags. I covered the top of the tank and the sump to make sure no light reached the water. I did not feed the fish for three days either. After the three days of darkness I turn just the actinics on for four hours a day. After three days I turned the halides of for two hours and increased the lighting period every two days.

DSLR pics will be posted tonight, stay tuned.

 

[Rickyrooz1]

DSLR Photo Update

DSLR Photo Update

Banana Caroliniana

Green & Red Acan

Full Tank Shot

Male McCosker's Flasher Wrasse