Taqpol's 120 gallon All in Stand Reef Build

[Taqpol]

Looks good I love that Trigger though I want to get one later on when I get my tank up and running well, how does he act with your tangs? and does he go after your shrimp at all.

The Sargassum trigger is by far my favorite fish! I've never seen him look sideways at any fish, including the tangs, yet everyone know to leave him alone. I have to shrimp in with him as well and he has been a model citizen. Both my shrimp stay in their own cave areas, though.

He did bite me once, but it was a little nibble (his name happens to be Nibbler) and only because I had food in my hand and didn't check to see where he was in the tank first. My female Occ. clownfish is more vicious then he is.

Good luck with selling everything you need to. That is an amazing tank and shot.

Thanks! Selling things started out pretty slow, but it has really picked up near the end. I now have a potential buyer for everything and multiple people asking for the same thing!

 

[Taqpol]

I also took two under water videos! Its really hard to hold the camera steady, but I thought these two turned out ok.

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[slim_jim989]

Thanks for the response and I hope your sell goes well. I pretty much gave my stuff away for dirt cheap when i was leaving

 

[Taqpol]

Well, I was finally able to borrow a PAR meter!

I was actually surprised by how low these numbers seem, especially since I have been getting such good growth and color out of all of my SPS. Two thoughts, both my reflectors and the bulbs themselves are filthy so it would be interesting to see the PAR increase gained just from cleaning those, but also the way my canopy is designed I couldn't shut the door all the way with my arm in there, so three of the eight bulbs were pointing at an angle that was not straight down.

Of course, these T5 numbers were completely blown out of the water by my (now completed) 24 bulb LED emitter!

Even with just the Royal Blue bulbs on...

Of course I would need at least another two fixtures just to evenly cover this four foot tank, and I am looking at a total of 5x24 bulb fixtures to light my new 6 foot tank.

 

[tamarindthai]

how long you have LED over your tank lighting period,,and how your sps responsed to it.,,look great

 

[Taqpol]

how long you have LED over your tank lighting period,,and how your sps responsed to it.,,look great

I actually don't run the LEDs yet, the one I've been talking about in the DIY forum and the one pictured above my tank is just a test fixture before I really break out the wallet and invest in my future 220 gallon setup.

 

[Frankie]

I just saw your post on the full tank shot thread and came searching from your link n the signature.
Awesome 120! I know you do not have it up anymore but thought i would get you to start a new thread with your new 220. It is also a wonderful tank.
Look forward to the build thread!
PS, you need to change your location in your bio now welcome to the south!

 

[pyton]

like your Chevron Tang, long build nice too