Sps Dominate- 15months in

[reefnewbie83177]

HI All,
Here is an update on my tank
HI All,

90 gallon + 30 gallon sump w/ refugium
Flow: ehiem 1262, vortech MP40, Oceanstream (1600gph)
Skimmer: JNS SK2
150 Lbs Live Rock/80lbs live sand
Lighting: DIY LEDS
Fish:
Yellow Tang
Sailfin Tang
Coral beauty Angel
Mated pair of Clarkii clowns (lost one to i don't know)
Flame hawkfish
neon dottyback
spledid dottyback
bengai cardinals x 2

Corals:
Green Button
GSP
Frogspawn
Hammerhead
3 unknown acros
Montipora capitata
encrusting monti
Many other spa

Inverts
RBTA
Queen Conch
snails/crabs/etc

Chemistry
NH3 = 0
NO2 = 0
NO3 = 0
Phosphate = undetectable
pH = 8.0-8.3
Ca = 470
Alk = 8.7
Mg = 1350
T = 78.6

Here are some pics of what it looked like initially:

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[reefnewbie83177]

And 5 months in:

 

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And now, 15 months in.

 

[reefnewbie83177]

And a few more:









Thanks for looking and thank you to all who have helped me along on this very exciting and rewarding addiction. Comments and criticism are always welcomed.

 

[smtank]

Beautiful colonies.

DIY LED? Hmmm

 

[reefnewbie83177]

Beautiful colonies.

DIY LED? Hmmm

I have two separate heatsinks with 36 LEDS/ heatsink. 12 coolwhite, 18 royal blue, 2-3 cyan and 2-3 blue per heat sink. I have the whites turned down to 60% and blues at 100%. I think that my frogspawn and hammer although doing well suffer from a bit too much light. I have since tried to position them where they can get a little bit of shade.

 

[smtank]

I like the crisp white look personally.

Many DIY LED make everything looks way too blue for me, especially in photographs.

The tank looks fantastic.

 

[reefnewbie83177]

That's the beauty of LEDS. I can have my slightly purple/blue look and you could have your crisp white without changing a thing except blue to white intensity. The pics that I posted in the current are very, very close to what they look like in my tank.

 

[williewilliams]

Good looking tank. Nice growth and it is really starting to fill out. Can't wait to see the 20 or 24 month shots.

 

[reefnewbie83177]

Good looking tank. Nice growth and it is really starting to fill out. Can't wait to see the 20 or 24 month shots.

Yeah, me too. I need to get some new frags in there. I also think I will be trying my hands at another dragonet. I had one back at the 6 month mark (yeah I know bad mistake), but he seemed to be doing fine for about a month, and all of a sudden he decided to jump ship (guess he didn't realize that without water he cant survive. Anyway, I now think this tank is mature enough to support want.

Also, If I had it to do over again I would never put a RBTA in an SPS dominate tank. He is so freakin happy, and has split at least once and they just stay in the same place. Can't get him out for the life of me, and the rock they have buried themselves in is a base rock and cannot be moved. So I am stuck trying to build up walls b/w him and my corals.

Anyway, thanks for looking.

 

[waterman78]

Looks good to me.... Great work!