Randy's new 120 gallon Reef - Page 6

boxfishpooalot · #**126** 03/04/2006, 09:30 AM

Do you ever test the parameters? 21 fish in 350 gallons of water, 4 refugia, lit by 65 watt flood lamps and 1 skimmer. Feed your fish 2 times a day, 5 cubes at night and and a light snack in the morning.

Im wondering, how do you do it!

How deep is the sand bed, and how much macro algae is there? Just 4 little clumps of chaeto, or more like 4 big clumps? Im trying to visualize size and impact of filtration.

What would you say is keeping this tank in prime condition?

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**127** 03/04/2006, 01:54 PM

I just got some more fish. yellow clown goby. green clown goby, two honey damsels, and three more blue damsels (only 1 survived in QT from the first batch). The honey damsels went into the 90 where there is little to aggravate.

I don't think the number of fish is high for that large of a total volume.

Gundo5000 · #**128** 03/28/2006, 02:01 AM

Very unique reef.

I love it

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**129** 03/28/2006, 10:11 AM

Thanks.

boxfishpooalot · #**130** 04/01/2006, 10:08 AM

where is the huge sps you had from your old tank? That was sweet!

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**131** 04/01/2006, 11:30 AM

I only transferred a small piece, but it is growing nicely. It is the piece that has a bunch of fingers stretching up from above the yellow leather:

jer77 · #**132** 04/10/2006, 02:48 AM

Looks like everything is growing very nicely. I love the yellow leather, I cannot seem to keep them in my tanks, any tips? Plus I really like the H. crispa. I have two in my tank now. Here's one:
[IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...nemone-med.jpg[/IMG]

jer77 · #**133** 04/10/2006, 02:48 AM

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**134** 04/10/2006, 12:09 PM

Nice anemone.

What happens to the leathers?

jer77 · #**135** 04/12/2006, 05:20 AM

The leather in that tank? Ones in my sps tank under halides, and the rest atre still in there.

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**136** 04/12/2006, 10:22 AM

You said you could not keep yellow leathers. What happens to them?

jer77 · #**137** 04/12/2006, 10:28 AM

Oh they get that disease where they rot. The longest I have kept one is about a month. They sory of lose their strength and can't stand up, and shrink or curl-up. Then I guess they don't get enough flow on one side or underneath them and they start to rot away. Its happened to probably 6 of them. All other corals I can keep, just not these. I wonder what it is?

jer77 · #**138** 04/12/2006, 10:30 AM

Sometimes they'll look great on top until one day when I look underneath and its dark colored and chaffing away, looks almost dried up.

cthetoy · #**139** 04/12/2006, 01:52 PM

Randy,

I see that you are running 250 watts XM 10000k HQI bulbs. I am also looking to replace my old Ushio 250 watts bulbs and was wondering how did you conclude in choosing the XM vs the rest of the brands. Was is the PAR rating? Color? Thanks

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**140** 04/26/2006, 07:35 PM

cthetoy:

The XM bulbs look fine to me, but need actinics to get the various green mushrooms to pop. I just searched around and saw that most folks concluded they were a bright white bulb. I don't like too blue or yellow of a look. I forget the exact PAR, but they and the ballasts were a high combo.

Sorry, jer, I was off on vacation. I don't know why you would have problems with just leathers. Maybe just a source/condition problem?

cristhiam · #**141** 04/26/2006, 08:29 PM

Hey Randy what do you feed your cowfish? still behaving? I got mine now for 3 weeks but he only wants to eat brine and misys shrimp. He will not take seaweed or nori. he is about 3". Thanks

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**142** 04/27/2006, 01:42 PM

Mine is a pig. He eats nori, lettuce, flake foods, and frozen foods. More by far than any other fish in the tank. I've not seen him turn down anything that any other fish I have eat.

I hope yours comes around.

moe_k · #**143** 05/02/2006, 11:26 PM

Hey Randy,
How about a couple of tank pictures for May?

Randall_James · #**144** 05/03/2006, 08:34 PM

Stand: 1800

Tank : 900

New TALLER skimmer 400

Look on wifes face when CC bill hits Priceless

All I can say is WOW the stand is beautiful and that is in a picture, I cant imagine how good it looks in person

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**145** 05/04/2006, 11:53 AM

Moe:

There are some pics in the upcoming ozone article for May reefkeeping, although not the best pics to view the tank. It is doing very well right now. The anemone that I got from Armando is doing great.

The pink skunk clowns in it regularly spawn only a few inches away from where the ocellaris pair spawns.

Thanks, Randall. Yes, the stand is very nice now. The price pales in comparison to the new kitchen and hose siding projects now kicking off.

boxfishpooalot · #**146** 05/05/2006, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Randy Holmes-Farley
Mine is a pig. He eats nori, lettuce, flake foods, and frozen foods. More by far than any other fish in the tank. I've not seen him turn down anything that any other fish I have eat.

I hope yours comes around.

Where do you beleive the waste ends up from this fish? My boxfish takes ##### bigger than the fish himself. Wich eventually just settle on the sand

cristhiam · #**147** 05/05/2006, 07:31 AM

That's funny

Well mine finally started eating his veggies, frozen formula 2
here is couple pics

Randall_James · #**148** 05/05/2006, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Randy Holmes-Farley
Randall. Yes, the stand is very nice now. The price pales in comparison to the new kitchen and hose siding projects now kicking off.

Funny how that works huh? You get a new tank/stand....

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**149** 05/06/2006, 08:04 AM

Where do you beleive the waste ends up from this fish?

All over the place, but it quickly disappears from view.

Funny how that works huh? You get a new tank/stand....

Randy Holmes-Farley · #**150** 05/06/2006, 08:06 AM

Here's the tank picture from the article. Not the best picture, but one can see most of the tank. It is a hard tank to get a picture of because the dynamic range of light levels is very high: