jhOU 120 gallon SPS reef

[jhOU]

The tank just turned 4 years old… so not exactly a “build” thread. But I’ll document and share the past, present, and future of the tank. Here’s a rundown of the current setup/equipment…

 

The tank is an SCA 120 gallon 48x24x24”, on SCA solid wood stand, with SCA sump. After about 2 years I replaced the stock canopy with a diy canopy, to allow better light mounting height.

 

Lighting:

48” Reefbreeders photon v2

4 bulb T5 retrofit (3 blue+ 1 coral+)

Orphek blue plus led bar

 

Flow:

2 Neptune Wavs

1 Icecap gyre 4k

1 Tunze 6095

 

Return Pump: 

Eheim 1262

 

Skimmer:

Reef Octopus classic 150int (upgraded with varios dc pump)

recirculating co2 scrubber 

 

Other equipment:

Clarisea 5k

tunze osmolator topoff 

BRS 1.1ml dosing pumps

Apex

  Trident

  Dos

  AFS

  Breakout box

 

Dosing:

BRS 2 part, with Tropic Marin trace and partC

 

Salt:

Fritz blue box

Edited October 14, 2021 by jhOU

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October 2017

 

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2018

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2019

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2020

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2021

[YHSublime]

Looks amazing! ALMOST makes me want to have a bigger tank again!

[menglish]

Very nice looking tank.

Looks like you need a trim too.

 

[jhOU]

36 minutes ago, menglish said:

Very nice looking tank.

Looks like you need a trim too.

 

Thanks! I’ve been debating doing a major overhaul 

[Abe]

Awesome looking tank. Can you share more of your diy canopy please. 

[jhOU]

1 hour ago, Abe said:

Awesome looking tank. Can you share more of your diy canopy please. 

My canopy is framed with 1.5x1.5” (i think they are “furring strip boards”), 1/2” plywood panels, and moulding and trim work. The inside is painted with white appliance epoxy, and the outside is black satin enamel. The front lifts up with the support of a gas strut. I’m certainly not a carpenter… but I’m very happy with how it turned out.

[Pedro]

Awesome looking tank. So how did you transition it from the 2018 tank to the 2019 tank?

[jhOU]

30 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Awesome looking tank. So how did you transition it from the 2018 tank to the 2019 tank?

Around the 1 year mark I had horrible algae and dino. The key to beating it was increasing biodiversity of bacteria/microfauna. I used microbacter7 and MB clean, added pods, micro brittle stars, dosed phyto, and maintained sufficient nutrients to support the beneficial competitors 

[Pedro]

Around the 1 year mark I had horrible algae and dino. The key to beating it was increasing biodiversity of bacteria/microfauna. I used microbacter7 and MB clean, added pods, micro brittle stars, dosed phyto, and maintained sufficient nutrients to support the beneficial competitors 

Thanks!

[Origami]

Stunning!

[jhOU]

Just got my new iphone 13 pro max, so of course I have to test out the camera…

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[menglish]

that looks amazing

[teamschreiba]

Great looking tank and pictures! Those colonies are amazing! 

[roni]

Wow!

[YHSublime]

Any filter for the lens, or just straight correction with the 13 pro?

[jhOU]

2 hours ago, YHSublime said:

Any filter for the lens, or just straight correction with the 13 pro?

I got the new version of the Orphek orange filter, which are larger and fit over the lenses well. The photos are with the orange filter but no other post correction. I still need to play with the phone more to see how raw mode works.

[howaboutme]

Wow! That's where the SSC came from? Super! Great job.

[jhOU]

1 hour ago, howaboutme said:

Wow! That's where the SSC came from? Super! Great job.

yep that’s the colony it came from. how’s your frag looking?