Ricky's 120 Stony Coral Garden

All i can say is WOW!

 

Could that Dragon grow any faster?

Why did you get a bigger skimmer?

 

It does grow fast! I upgraded to help reduce maintenance but mostly because the skimmate my Vertex collected was inconsistent, some days it was too wet and overflowed the cup and other days it was fine.

 

I removed a few corals and replaced them with new frags. I also added a few more fish I was having trouble these past few months after upgrading my protein skimmer because my corals lightened up a lot and looked a lot like the ZEOvit tanks (not a look that I prefer). I started feeding heavily and bumped my nitrates up to 10 mg/L and saw my colors come back. They are a little darker than I would like but in a few months they will be back to normal. I am also going to add a refugium back into my sump. I feel that my tank was more stable when I had one with the old protein skimmer. Here are a few top down shots.


Banana Caroliniana


Tyree Purple Dragon Eyes


Ricky's Poison Ivy

 

Ultimate's Rainbow


Skittles Granulosa


Tyree Purple Monster

 

PC Superman

 

Being a fan of the pastel zeovite look, I really like the first image with the Caroliniana. Did your phosphates come up too? Tank looks incredibly clean. The corals are starting to look like colonies.

 

Phosphates didn't move much, it fluctuates between 0.06-0.12ppm (Hanna Checker).

 

Reefermadness Rainbow Nasuta