Ricky's 120 Stony Coral Garden

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  1. YellowBelly

    YellowBelly Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Yellow Tang & Mystery Wrasse

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    YellowBelly, Oct 13, 2011
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  2. YellowBelly

    YellowBelly Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    PAR Readings

    I broke out the PAR meter today to take some readings, here are my results with two 8 month old 250 watt Phoenix 14K metal halides and two 8 month old ATI Blue Plus 54 watt T5's.

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    YellowBelly, Oct 16, 2011
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    Where's the melanurus sleep without a sand bed?
     
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  5. YellowBelly

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  6. YellowBelly

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    The PO4 is down from 0.65 to 0.13 after one week. I performed a 20 gallon water change, added live sand, new GFO and ROX 0.8 carbon, and made sure my skimmer is cleaned daily. The nitrates are still hovering at 50, until I get them down to 10 or below the lights will stay off so that I do not have another hair algae bloom. I also have three different macroalgaes coming on Tuesday for my refugium.
     
    YellowBelly, Apr 14, 2012
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  7. Pepperyfox

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    I love your garden! Thanks for sharing this!
     
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  8. sticksmith23

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    I just looked back a couple of pages and your tank looks amazing. Do you have any updated pics? I hope you can get your nitrates down as well.
     
    sticksmith23, Apr 14, 2012
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  9. YellowBelly

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    Sadly when I said I am starting over I am starting from scratch, I no longer have any corals in the tank. I have some survivors in a friends tank.
     
    YellowBelly, Apr 16, 2012
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