Ricky's Reef (120 Gallon)

[Rickyrooz]

Hello everyone, 

I am new to Nano Reef but not new to the hobby. I wanted to start a build thread to share my photos and track my progress over the years. I hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.

 

 

[Rickyrooz]

[Rickyrooz]

 

[Rickyrooz]

Full tank shot from November 2019

[Spencer7]

Sick sticks 😍. Save me some frags....

Mind giving the names of them? 

 

Tank is 1.5 - 2 years old? Equipment?

 

[WV Reefer]

1 hour ago, Rickyrooz said:

Hello everyone, 

I am new to Nano Reef but not new to the hobby. I wanted to start a build thread to share my photos and track my progress over the years. I hope you enjoy and feel free to comment.

 

 

 

[Rickyrooz]

4 hours ago, Spencer7 said:

Sick sticks 😍. Save me some frags....

Mind giving the names of them? 

 

Tank is 1.5 - 2 years old? Equipment?

 

 

The tank is two years old.

 

Tank

120 Gallon Perfecto Glass Aquarium (48”x24”x24”) with internal corner overflow

30 Gallon Sump with Refugium (36”x12”x16”)

 

Water Movement Equipment

One Jebao DCP-4000 Pump (1,056 GPH, 32 watts)

Two Jebao OW-40 Powerhead (317-3,962 GPH, 12-35 watts)

Loc-Line return hose (0.75”)

 

Lighting Equipment

One ATI Sunpower 8x54 watt T5 Light Fixture

Six ATI Blue Plus 54 watt T-5 Bulb

Two ATI Coral Plus 54 watt T-5 Bulb

Two 48” Blue LED Strips

 

Water Quality Equipment

Neptune Apex Aquacontroller Gold (pH, ORP, Temperature & Conductivity)

6 Stage Bulk Reef Supply Reverse Osmosis with Three DI Filters (75 GPD) & booster pump

SKIMZ SM-163 Protein Skimmer (19 watts)

JBJ Dual Optical ATO Auto Top Off System

Two BRS CO2 Scrubber Canister

Two Jebao Stand Alone Dosing System (4 Pump)

Two Eheim Jager 150 watt Heater (13”)

One Eheim Jager 200 watt Heater (15”)

100 lbs. of Live Rock (Fiji, Tonga Fusion, Kaelini & Pukani)

 

 

Additives

Instant Ocean Salt Mix

ESV Two Part

ESV Transition Elements

 

Test Kits
Portable Refractometer
Aqua Craft Refractometer Calibration Fluid
API Test Kit (Ammonia & Nitrite)
Hanna Instruments 96107 pH Tester
Hanna Instruments 772 Checker Alkalinity Photometer
Hanna Instruments 736 Checker Phosphate Photometer
Salifert Test Kit (Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium & Nitrate) 
 

14 Fish

1 Chevron Tang (Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis)

1 Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flaviscens)

1 Desjardini Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma desjardini)

1 Blue Eyed Tang (Ctenochaetus binotatus)

2 Talbot’s Damsel (Chrysiptera talboti) 

1 Royal Gramma (Gramma loreto) 

1 Green Mandarin (Synchiropus splendidus)

4 Azure Damsel (Chrysiptera hemicyanea)

2 Springer’s Damsel (Chrysiptera springeri)

4 hours ago, WV Reefer said:

 

Thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[Spencer7]

Awesome, thank you! Do you have any regrets when it comes to your equipment choices? Where did you buy most of your frags?

 

Overall, I like those dimensions. Just the corner overflow (vs. falseback) gets me. 

48"x30"x20" would be a nice 120g setup 

[Rickyrooz]

Some red & green for the holidays.

 

RR Rainbow Loom

 

I am pulling a lot of the gold from this one.

[Rickyrooz]

BigR Walt Disney

BC Aquatic-Man Table

BC Houdini

Vivid's Rainbow Delight

[Mr. Microscope]

Wow!  The color on your SPS is stunning!  Well done!

[Rickyrooz]

2 hours ago, Mr. Microscope said:

Wow!  The color on your SPS is stunning!  Well done!

Thank you 😊 

[Rickyrooz]

Ricky's Miami Heat 

ASD Strawberry Lemonade

Ricky's Poison Ivy

JF Homewrecker

[Rickyrooz]

Walt Disney (Actinic Shot)

WWC Lemon Twist (Actinic Shot)

Upscales Microclados (Actinic Shot)

 
WWC Culture Shock (Actinic Shot)

WWC Firebreather (Actinic Shot)

[Rickyrooz]

Jurnee's Unicorn (Actinic Shot)

Ricky's Superman Tenuis (Actinic Shot)

Ricky's Yellow Viper (Actinic Shot)

WWC Shaggy Dog Tenuis (Actinic Shot)

[Rickyrooz]

RR Pink Floyd (Actinic Shot)

[Rickyrooz]

ASD Strawberry Lemonade

[Rickyrooz]

Updated full tank shot from today

[Spencer7]

Your acropora echinata in the bottom right looks 👌

[new-age]

Dream tank. The colors are awesome. WOW

[Rickyrooz]

Thanks everyone!

Hung's Grafting Rainbow

BC Backdraft

TCK Smurf Tenuis

RR Pink Cadillac

BC Trick Pony Millepora

[Rickyrooz]

Ricky's Lavender Fields

Green Loripes

WWC Budgie Smuggler

A. Spathulata

Tyree Pinky The Bear

Tequila Sunrise Montipora

[Rickyrooz]

ASD Strawberry Lemonade

Tequila Sunrise Montipora

WWC Cherry Tree Montipora

Jedi mind trick Montipora

Tyree Undata Montipora

Tyree Sunset Montipora

A few frags growing out

[Thrassian Atoll]

Holy smokes!!!  Goals for sure.  Stunning!!  
 

Some amazing stuff you have there.  That last photo of the ASD Strawberry Lemonade looks like a frag of WWC French Tickler I just picked up from a local.

 

I really like that Rickys poison Ivy and the Battle Corals Houdini.

 

So, do you ship any frags?  😂

[Rickyrooz]

On 2/2/2020 at 4:32 PM, Thrassian Atoll said:

Holy smokes!!!  Goals for sure.  Stunning!!  
 

Some amazing stuff you have there.  That last photo of the ASD Strawberry Lemonade looks like a frag of WWC French Tickler I just picked up from a local.

 

I really like that Rickys poison Ivy and the Battle Corals Houdini.

 

So, do you ship any frags?  😂

Thank you 😁 The ASD Strawberry Lemonade started out similar to the WWC Lemon Twist but now that they have grown into 4" pieces they really started to differentiate. I have the WWC French Tickler and it is one of my favorite corals, it does look different than the ASD Strawberry Lemonade because it doesn't have the yellow tips and the pink and blue is much more pronounced in the body. Yes, I do ship frags just shoot me a PM.