Ricky's 120 Gallon Mixed Reef

Nice, thanks for the information.

 

My Acanthastrea lordhowensis collection. I have added seven more since this photo.


Juvenile Red Fin Fairy Wrasse


Right side of the tank


Room shot

 

good images YellowBelly
FTS shot looks excellent

Steve

 

The skimmer arrived today. It won't fit in my current sump so I'm going to pick up a new tank tomorrow. The skimmer is huge compared to the AquaC. In the meantime I have it in the basement for a vinegar bath.

 

Check out the Eightline flashing

 

wow your tank looks sooo nice

 

Some top down











New acan's

 

I figured since I won't be purchasing more equipment and livestock while I'm away at school I would post my current stocking list.

Tanks
120 Gallon Perfecto Glass Aquarium (48”x24”x24”) with internal overflow
30 Gallon Sump with Refugium (36”x12”x16”)

Water Movement Equipment
One Danner Mag Drive 12 (1,200 GPH, 110 watts)
One Danner Mag Drive 5 (500 GPH, 45 watts)
Loc-Line return hose (0.75”)
Two Hydor Koralia 4 powerheads (1,200 GPH, 12 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 Electronic Ballasts
One TEK II retrofit T-5 48” lighting 2x54watt (2 bulbs total)
One UVL Super Actinic 54 watt T-5 Bulb
One ATI Blue Plus 54 watt T-5 Bulb
Refugium lighting
One PAR38 Reflector 19 Watt / 5100K

Water Quality Equipment
6 Stage Melev’s/Bulk Reef Supply Reverse Osmosis with Two DI Filters (100 GPD)
Vertex IN-180 Protein Skimmer (rated for up to 180 gallons, 32 watts)
One Rena Cal 300 watt Heater (14”)
180 lbs. of Live Rock (Fiji, Tonga Fusion, Kaelini, Pukani)
90 lbs. of CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink Sand

Additives
Reef Crystals Salt Mix
Bulk Reef Supply Calcium Chloride
Baking Soda (Alkalinity Buffer)
Mag Pellet (Magnesium Chloride)
CVS Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate)
Seachem Strontium Chloride
Potassium Chloride
Tropic Marin Pro Coral Iodine
Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon
TB Aquatics Smart ReefTM RemPhos (GFO)

Test Kits
Portable Refractometer
API Test Kit (pH/Alkalinity/Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate)
ELOS Phosphate Test Kit
Salifert (Calcium/Magnesium/Strontium) Test Kit
ZEOvit Korallen-Zucht Potassium Test Kit

Fish List
9 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis) 22.5”
1 Chocolatedip Chromis (Chromis iomelas) 2.5”
1 Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) 2”
1 Female Bluestar Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus) 3.5”
1 Eightline Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus octotaenia) 3.5”
1 McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus mccoskeri) 3”
1 Red Fin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis) 3"
1 Desjardini Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii) 12”
1 Blue Spotted Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus truncates) 7”
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17 Fish – 59” (1” for every 2.03 gallons)

Invert List
2 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
2 Blood Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
1 Sand Sifting Sea Star

Algae List
1 Chaetomorpha Algae

Corals
48 SPS
ORA Blue/Green Tortuosa
ORA Green Birdsnest
ORA Red Planet
ORA Chip’s Acropora
ORA Green Pocillopora Damicornis
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Hawkin’s Echinata
ORA German Green Acro with Blue Polyps
ORA Dustin’s Deepwater
ORA Purple Plasma
ORA Blue Millepora
ORA Roscoe’s Acropora
ORA Bird of Paradise
Oregon Tortuosa
Upscales Microcladus
Aqua Delight
Reefermadness Limeade
Garf Purple Tri-Color
True Superman Montipora
Orange Montipora Setosa
Tyree Sunset Montipora
Purple Monster
Orange with Blue Rim Montipora Capricornis
Skittles Granulosa
Fireside Tenuis
Purple/Blue 30,000 Leagues Lokani
Pink Lemonade
Blue Vermiculata
Purple/Green Austera
Purple/Blue/Green Plana
PP Purple Tri-Color Cerealis
Northwoods Tri-Color Valida
Tri-Color Stylophora “ATL Rainbow Cat’s Paw”
Green/Blue Rim Montipora Confusa
Pink Millepora
Green/Pink Verweyi
Eggplant Nana
Yellow “Banana” Caroliniana
Rainbow Nasuta
Ecto Cooler Millepora
Super Pink Pocillopora
Green/Lime Pocillopora
Sky Blue Turaki
Pink with Purple Polyp Stylophora
Forest Fire Digitata
Purple/Blue Turaki
Blue/Green Parilis
Orange/Green/Yellow Birdsnest

19 LPS
Green with Pink Tip Branching Frogspawn
Green Branching Hammer
Neon Green Trumpet
Deepwater Maroon with gold stripe Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Peppermint Candy Cane Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Devil Run Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Watermelon Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Tangerine Warshock Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Rusty Ice Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Raspberry Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Tropical Punch Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Orange Sherburt Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red Fractals Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red & Orange Rainbow Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Incredible Hulk Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red Blastomussa wellsi
Red with Blue center Blastomussa wellsi
Red & Green Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Pink Fox Coral

10 Zoanthids
Montezuma's Revenge Zoanthid
Pink Panther Centered Zoanthid
Gorilla Nipples Zoanthid
Radioactive Green Dragon Eye Zoanthid
Blue Eyed Watermelon Zoanthid
Mean Green Zoanthid
Orange & Green Eagle Eye Zoanthid
Green Crossettes Zoanthid
Green Star Eye Zoanthid
Blue/Brown with White Centered Zoanthid

4 Mushrooms
Green with Orange Spotted Mushroom
Red with Blue Spotted Mushroom
Red Mushroom
Blue/Purple Mushroom

3 Soft Corals
Silver Branch Pulsing Xenia
Green Starburst Polyp
Chili Coral

 

I use Randy's DIY Two-Part solution (Recipe #2). My dosing schedule is as follows:

Daily: 125 mL of Calcium, 125 mL of alkalinity
Weekly: 40mL of Magnesium, two drops of Tropic Marin Pro Coral Iodine
Monthly: 25mL of Seachem Stability, 10mL of Seachem Reef Plus

 

I've just located the thread about your beautiful tank. Thank you for posting the equipment and specifics of your set-up. It is quite the achievement.