13 month old SPS dominated Mixed reef.

[icedgxe]

Beautiful tank! May I ask why you decided to go from the ca. reactor to two part. I thought about going back to two part on my 125. Just wondering if you had a specific reason for the move. Thanks.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

nice reef aquarium

nice reef aquarium

what two part formula do you use... BRS, Randy's recipe or ?

 

[cagri]

Beautiful tank! May I ask why you decided to go from the ca. reactor to two part. I thought about going back to two part on my 125. Just wondering if you had a specific reason for the move. Thanks.

The main reason why I went to 2 part is one the reactor I had was undersized for my tank, and secondly I wanted to try something different.

The reactor was able to keep up the first 6 months, but then it quickly became in adequate, and I had to manually dose to bring alk levels up. I then started driving the cal reactor too hard, which then drove my ph down too much, I did not like my ph sitting below 8.00 most of the time. I was either going to get a new bigger reactor or try 2 part dosing...

Once I switced to 2 parts, it was very easy to adjust dosing levels. I have profilux doser that doses 24 times a day, and I can specify exactly how many ml to dose each time. It is very precise unlike cal reactor. So Far I have been very happy with this method, and my PH now ranges from 8.15 to 8.35.

 

[cagri]

what two part formula do you use... BRS, Randy's recipe or ?

I use BRS, I get their 5 gallon buckets, I am expecting them to last about 7 - 8 months.

 

[Dejavu]

cagri, well done! Your tank is very nice.

Have you seen and increase in growth with 2 part vs the Ca reactor?

 

[Deputy1234]

I really like the look of the tank. Great Job!!

 

[teo reef]

Beautiful colors,great tank!

 

[steely185]

What are the dimensions on the tank?

 

[cagri]

cagri, well done! Your tank is very nice.

Have you seen and increase in growth with 2 part vs the Ca reactor?

Yes I think I have noticed a slight increase in growth with automated 2 part but that may also be due to my cal reactor being undersized and I was barely able to keep alk at 70 - 7.5, now I can keep it at 8.5 solid.

 

[cagri]

What are the dimensions on the tank?

Thanks everyone....

Tank dimentions are 78lx 37dx29h with external overflow.

 

[dreko]

tank looks great

 

[Andrew17030]

Do you quaritine? If so what did you do?

 

[Dave's Reef]

Really nice tank and corals, love the aquascape too!~

 

[cagri]

Do you quaritine? If so what did you do?

Unfortunately I do not quarantee, I do dip all my corals for extended periods of time in Tropic Marine Pro Coral dip, and examine them very closely for all bugs. This is definately something I am thinking about doing in the future, but so far I do not have any pests, and I do look for them every day.

Also for people that are wondering,

My Parameters:

Alk 8.5
Cal 400
Mg 1350
NO3 0.5 (Salifert)
PO4 .03 or less but this is acording to Salifert.

Biggest challange is to keep NO3 from droping to 0, I try to maintain a bit of NO3 to help with coral growth and color, but I need to feed a ton to even register a little bit a reading. I have 30+ fish including 7 tangs.

 

[cagri]

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[spleify]

Absolutely stunning tank!! You should definitely be proud of it.

Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.

 

[jsdancer]

Once again awesome tank and awesome pictures!

 

[cagri]

Once again awesome tank and awesome pictures!

Absolutely stunning tank!! You should definitely be proud of it.

Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.

Thanks spleify and jsdancer.

 

[CleveYank]

great work

 

[grallster]

Great Tank!
What do you use for flow?