my new 120

[JellyMan]

great job indeed looks awesome.

 

[Bifferwine]

Wow, Kimoy. I always enjoy looking at your pictures!

 

[jhnrb]

Thanks for the pic's. enjoyed them. looking good.

 

[kimoy]

i should post my water param here too, right?:sfish: :question: :Cheers: :mrgreen: :shock: :grumble:

salinity 1023 (usually maintain this at 1024)
calcium 420
alkalitnity 2.5meg/L
pH 8.0
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 20 (finally, it's been in the 50's or higher before i switched my fuge to plenum)

don't have test for mag,phos and others which i know i should test them too.

 

[JellyMan]

yes you should but well forgive you this time :) whats your lighting kimoy??

 

[kimoy]

aquamedic 2X250 10k with a supplement of 2X54 HO aquablue. and working on adding a DIY moon lights.

 

[JellyMan]

I was just curious Im fixing to get a 125 and it comes with ice cap 660 and I didnt know what else I would need for it to reach its full reef potential.

 

[kimoy]

IMO T5 gets the color out of your corals and grows faster but i like the shimmer the halides are putting out. i've seen tanks runnig on T5' and they sps grows fast but he couldn't keep his zoas. he used to have a lot of different zoas but lost them when he swich to T5's from PC. the only zoas that survived in his tank are the pink colored ones and they grow fast. JMO

 

[JellyMan]

thanks Ill keep that in mind.

 

[Bifferwine]

My zoas don't grow as well as my other corals under the T5s either, come to think of it. I never thought it might be connected to the lights, and it may just be a coincidence, but then again I don't have any other good reason why they don't grow as well as the other critters...

 

[kimoy]

but there are some reefers that claim that their softies and zoas do weel under T5. but as what i have observed on my friends tank, i won't go T5 all the way. i only have it for supplemental lights as what i have now. and once again, this is JMO

 

[Bifferwine]

My soft corals do excellent under them. I don't know why the zoas don't grow and spread though, it could be something else.

 

[kimoy]

i added more fish to my tank. here's a 2 of them, will post of the third on a clown tang(2 inch), when he decides to come out in the open:mrgreen:

and some of my new sps

and a full tans shot

 

[d.french]

another nice pic like your tank kimoy nice color your bulbs give good color.

 

[kimoy]

thanks!:^: :Cheers: :sfish: :mrgreen:

 

[kimoy]

here's the clown tang and some full shot. sory for the cloudy water, just did a weekly maintenance

some of my rics

and a zoa

 

[d.french]

more nice pics, what does your sump look like, and what kind of equipment you runnin were are those pics i wanna see what make your tank look good

 

[kimoy]

i have a 30 gal sump/fuge with chaeto. fuge is a plenum(total of 6 inches sand bed) running a aqua c ev-180 skimmer pumped by a mag 12. that is what my filtration. nothing else. everytime i do maintenance, i wrap my power head with filterfloss for a day to help clear the water with debris floating in the tank. it's kinda hard to get a pic of the sump but i will get a snap of it this weekend.

 

[jhnrb]

Enjoyed the pic's. Lookin good. keep it up.

 

[JellyMan]

beautiful pics kimoy!!