120 Gallon SPS Tank - 6 months Later
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DrPeaches
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Ok, here's the real scoop. For lighting I use three 400W MH bulbs: an XM 20,000K on each side and a Ushio 14,000K in the center. I use a photoperiod of 12 hours per day, although there are only two hours during the day when all three bulbs are on simultaneously. The XMs burn 7 hours per day, and the Ushio 4 hours.
For supplementation, I use a GEO calcium reactor along with a GEO kalk reactor, which I use to push the pH up (even though I really haven't had a pH problem when I don't use it.) I keep the Ca around 430, the alk about 10 dKh, and the Mg in the vicinity of 1330.
Circulation is provided by a closed-loop system powered by two ReeFlo Snapper pumps that alternate on a 10-minute cycle controlled by a Reefkeeper II. A PCX-40 powers the sump return through two 1/2" Sea Swirls.
That's about it; there's no real secret. It probably costs about $70 a month in electricity, but it's worth it to me.
And I do have frags on occasion, but those on the rack right now are new corals waiting for placement. It looks like the blue tort and the slimer will need trimming soon.
For supplementation, I use a GEO calcium reactor along with a GEO kalk reactor, which I use to push the pH up (even though I really haven't had a pH problem when I don't use it.) I keep the Ca around 430, the alk about 10 dKh, and the Mg in the vicinity of 1330.
Circulation is provided by a closed-loop system powered by two ReeFlo Snapper pumps that alternate on a 10-minute cycle controlled by a Reefkeeper II. A PCX-40 powers the sump return through two 1/2" Sea Swirls.
That's about it; there's no real secret. It probably costs about $70 a month in electricity, but it's worth it to me.
And I do have frags on occasion, but those on the rack right now are new corals waiting for placement. It looks like the blue tort and the slimer will need trimming soon.
acro-wrasse
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Don't use Zima, it caused me to sell my tank....unfortunately this is not a joke.
acro-wrasse
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Wow, I can't believe how much it changed in the 2 months since I saw it!!
Is the LPS tank getting neglected, since this one is getting all the love?!?!
Is the LPS tank getting neglected, since this one is getting all the love?!?!
acro-wrasse
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2 beautiful tanks!
Your making alot of people turn green!!!
(roy would like to have healthy Montiporas!)
Your making alot of people turn green!!!
(roy would like to have healthy Montiporas!)
acro-wrasse
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first he cusses you, then begs for help??
Peachy I thought you were a history doctor and not a Doctor of abnormal psychology?? Anyway, he needs all the help he can get!!:rollface:
Please don't kill my acros Roy
just dave
11th in '11
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11319637#post11319637 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rsteagall
Sorry. I'm not up on the "stuff". Anyone care to explain what all this "stuff" talk is?
Also, concerning your bottom... what made you go with this "rubble" type bottom?
I'm not sure Steve knows you well enough to talk to you about his bottom.
The Stuff is uber secret stuff but maybe he'll let you in on it during his discourse about his bottom.
DrPeaches
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At the start of this project I chose the rubble bottom really for no other reason than I wanted a different look from my first tank and I wanted to emulate my hero Ramiro. Now I've found it to be place to mount corals too. It's a good look, I think, having corals growing from the bottom of the tank.
As for the "stuff," you just need to look closely at the first page of this post to find the formula.
As for the "stuff," you just need to look closely at the first page of this post to find the formula.
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