Ricky's Reef (120 Gallon)

I finally finished going bare bottom, it took about ten 30 gallon water changes but I finally managed to remove all of the sand from my display tank. The colors have been getting better each week as well, I believe the detritus that floats around the tank due to the extra flow is helping to feed my corals.

 

Your tank looks great but why did you removed sand from your tank any specific reason

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It was hindering flow and my frag tank doesn't have sand and the colors look much better. Now the tank is really coloring up.

 

I took a few shots with the brand new Canon 5D Mark IV, the detail in the photos is very good compared to the Nikon D5100 but the color rendering is very similar.






Tyree Purple Monster


JF Fox Flame

 

Icefire Echinata


ATL Shades of Fall

 

120 Gallon

80 Gallon

 

I borrowed an unopened Apogee MQ-500 quantum meter to test the PAR readings on both of my tanks. The metal halide bulbs on the 120 gallon are 9 months old and the T5's are and the bottom of the metal halide pendant is 9.75" above the water surface. The bulbs on the 80 gallon are 11 months old and the bottom of the Sunpower is 8.5" above the water surface.






The next day I replaced both of the Hamilton 20K metal halide bulbs but kept the same T5's running. The bottom of the metal halide pendant is 9.75" above the water surface and PAR increased on average 23% versus the 9 month old metal halide bulbs. The left metal halide ballast is drawing 269 watts and the right side is drawing 257 watts.

 

JF Fox Flame


RR Rainbow Loom


Ricky's Planet Earth


PC Superman


Purple Bonsai


Tyree Pink Lemonade

 

I had the pleasure of attending MACNA in San Diego this past September and entered my water sample to Aquaforest for a free ICP water testing. The water sample was collected on October 7th and the results were received on October 31st. I really like how Aquaforest tests a sample of your RO water and your tank water to see what elements are being added through your RO water before you mix the salt and other additives or food in your tank.

120 Gallon RO water test


120 Gallon water test



80 Gallon RO water test


80 Gallon water test

 

The tank has been in autopilot mode for a few months and the corals are really taking off.


Acropora Tenuis


Tyree Pink Lemonade


Acropora Plana


RR Rainbow Loom


Ricky's Poison Ivy