My 120

[kirk_m]

Been lurking here for a while...thought I'd post a picture of my 120, T5 lit SPS dominated reef. It's 1.5 years old now.

 

[redvipe2010]

Very nice!

 

[kirk_m]

Thank you! Virtually everything in there was grown from frags from local reefers and stores, with the exception of the pocillipora, the pavona, and the fungia.

 

[redvipe2010]

How long do you leave your T-5's on, and how often do you change the bulbs? I recently switched to T-5 from MH and really like it.

 

[kirk_m]

How long do you leave your T-5's on, and how often do you change the bulbs? I recently switched to T-5 from MH and really like it.

I leave the first 4 bulbs (the actinics and blue plus bank) on from 10am-9pm.
The second bank of bulbs (daylights and 2 blues) from 12pm-8pm.
I change them once a year. They say you can run them longer than that. I started in Nov 2005 with my first set when I set my 72 back up after Katrina killed it, didn't change the bulbs until April 2007. By this time, I was noticing a definite loss of color in the corals, so, I am going to switch them once a year.

 

[roscoe]

Very nice tank corals you have in there!

 

[brady816]

nice tank you got that baby stocked up for sure

 

[Krish]

Welcome to RF!! Looks great!

 

[tike]

Welcome to RF! Sweet tank I also run T-5 on my 65 gallon sps dominate tank. I love my T-5's!

 

[kirk_m]

Updated picture - 12-1-07

 

[DonW]

Very nice. Have you had the t-5's on your tank from the start.

Don

 

[kirk_m]

Yes. 8 bulb TEK, with 2 Fiji Purples, 2 UVL SuperActinics, 4 ATI Blueplus. Never used halides...my tank before this one (lost it due to 2 week power outage after hurricane Katrina) was VHO lit, softies.

 

[dailydriven911]

Great tank you have there!

 

[brady816]

still looking very nice

 

[kirk_m]

A new picture from 1-4-08... not much change, but, I got a new lens for my camera and wanted to try it out

 

[BCT182]

very impressive! I love that cap!

 

[trido]

Wow! Great color in your tank.

 

[Krish]

A new picture from 1-4-08... not much change, but, I got a new lens for my camera and wanted to try it out

Looks great!!! Nice and crisp shot!!

 

[spongebob lover]

very nice dood and your cap is huge .

 

[ronj]

very nice tank!!!! i like those monti caps... where are you at in La??? i was there for about 2 years in Shreveport:doubt: