Torx's 120 Gallon Peninsula Tank Part 1

[reeferkeeper420]

Monti Rock

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If u got this from jewel than that is a red digi rock with a tri color acro, used to be mine aswell lol.
Tanks looking good and the blue tipped acro is looking good where it is. I hope everything does great for you as im sure it will.

 

[nexusnight]

No need to worry torx, since then I've bought and setup the tank lol


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[Jewel]

How bout an updated pic of your display?

 

[TORX]

How bout an updated pic of your display?

Just realized how bad that pic I posted yesterday was. In too much of a hurry I guess. Hopefully I will get a better one soon.

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[Jewel]

Come on buddy, You're holding out on me, I want to see how those Corals are doing that you got from me, Including the Clam.

 

[TORX]

Come on buddy, You're holding out on me, I want to see how those Corals are doing that you got from me, Including the Clam.

Oh, gotcha. clam and monti, are on the other side. I will try and get a pic tomorrow

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[TORX]

I broke down and will be taking a break from LEDs for a bit. Getting a 6 bulb T5 installed next weekend and hoping that it helps with growth. I wanted to do a nice LED build, but way out of my budget for a while, so sticking to norm here. Parameters are all good, other then nitrates.

NO3 - 3 ppm
PO4 - 0.02 ppm
kH - 3.2Meq/L or 9.0dKH
Ca - 400 ppm
Mg - 1240 ppm

Pics from the left and right side as of today.





Scarey sump area at the moment. Too many other things going on lol

 

[curiousphil]

Nitrates are great actually many of my favorite tanks run between 1-5 ppm nitrates, corals seem to colour up better than when they are below 1.

Why the switch to T5? Just to try something different?

 

[TORX]

Nitrates are great actually many of my favorite tanks run between 1-5 ppm nitrates, corals seem to colour up better than when they are below 1.

Why the switch to T5? Just to try something different?

Somewhat. Basically, I know that my current LED's will not do what I want them to. I wanted to upgrade to a better LED system, but I am not in the place to get that set up right now. I know I can get a T5 set up a lot cheaper and they are the tried and true method along with MH. The LED set up that I want will end up being close to $900 when I am done, I am doing my T5 for about $275. I will be going back to LED, but probably not until next christmas.

I did just seriously tune my WP-40's through my Apex. Even though they are both placed at one end of the tank, I have a killer wave. Currently uploading a video of the wave.

 

[TORX]

There we go. Have a wave kicking in the 120 pen tank. Fish were scared for a while, but got used to it quickly. WP-40's on 0-100%. On 4 off 3 syn and divide by 10 checked box. I love how this is possible while still leaving the one end open and free of hardware.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

That blue tip acro that u bought from me, did it brown out??

 

[TORX]

That blue tip acro that u bought from me, did it brown out??

Sadly yes, still get nice bright green PE, it was my first acro and it did brown out, was the reason that I started looking for a T5 fixture. Should have it here and installed next weekend. Only thing I could attribute it to is the lights. All other levels seem good I think.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

If it were me id bump my mag up to 1350 and my cal to 420, but i def dont think ur levels woulda caused the brown.. probably ur lights like u said. If u still have colored polyps id say itll be fine if it gets back under t5s. I bought that as a frag and sent it to hell and back. And it did well once i stabilized everything. Good luck!!

 

[EricTMah]

NIce looking wave!

What LED's are you running now? I find most any new piece I add to my system usually browns out. Then within a couple of months, color comes back.

 

[TORX]

NIce looking wave!

What LED's are you running now? I find most any new piece I add to my system usually browns out. Then within a couple of months, color comes back.

Running 1 DIY fixture and one Chinese LED. DIY one is stronger then the Chinese one by far and the sps on the DIY side is doing much better. I do plan on going back to LED, but now I won't be rushed and can do a nicer LED setup.

As for the wave, I have that fast wave and a slower one saved. Was nice to finally sit down and tune them.

Millies are looking awesome, what I got from Rick looks awesome too, just need a little more in the lighting department I think.

 

[reef keeper]

Whoa is that a monti in the front? The blue green thing?

 

[TORX]

Hollywood Stunner chalice. T5 lighting getting installed this weekend, hopefully get some better coloring then as the green has retracted recently.

 

[saltyair]

What kind of salt do you use and whats your wc schedule?

 

[jroovers]

Looking good, that is a nice wave. Will be interested to see how you fair with the T5s. Without starting a whole LED/T5 debate, I think it is a good call. As Phil noted, I wouldn't be too worried about 3 ppm nitrates either, probably right around where you want it to be for SPS anyway. Your LPS may even appreciate more.

 

[TORX]

What kind of salt do you use and whats your wc schedule?

Right now I have 1 DIY LED and one 50/50 chinese LED. Worked well on LPS and softies, but not powerful enough in the long run of things. Can not afford a good LED fixture at the moment, so I am doing T5's for a while first. I have them on for 8-10 hours depending on the day.