45g SPS cube -- Couple Pics

[Rakie]

Couple more pictures -- I like to throw some pics up here once in a blue moon as this is definitely a nano sized cube.


I can never get this ridge in focus completely. Or partially sometimes!

On the Rack

Pink table with Red polyps

Another red table with mille like PE

Garf Bonsai

Pro Corals Superman Table

My broken Wrasse, finally still for just long enough.. She's recovering still and improving. She may end up being 100% after all.

 

[ReefWreak]

Looking real good man! Thanks for posting in here. I've been a ghost recently, baby came Friday, so I'm just glad my tank is on self-maintenance mode for the most part. Can't wait to see the tank grow out!

 

[Rakie]

Looking real good man! Thanks for posting in here. I've been a ghost recently, baby came Friday, so I'm just glad my tank is on self-maintenance mode for the most part. Can't wait to see the tank grow out!

Congrats! Just look at the ATO once in awhile and throw food at it and all will be fine lol.

And thanks, everything is starting to come along. I actually dosed phosphates and colors improved overnight. Starving doesn't suit acros

 

[enveetie]

may i ask what lights you're running? im a big fan of that mille, btw

 

[Rakie]

may i ask what lights you're running? im a big fan of that mille, btw

6x24 T5 -- I want to add an actinic blue LED strip for some more pop.

Bulbs are: 3 Blue +, 2 Coral +, 1 Actinic. Nice balanced look. A little blue, not too blue. If I had 8 bulbs I'd either add an ABS/GE 6500, or ABS/Purple +



There's 5 mille in this pic

 

[enveetie]

you just need that time machine to see how it all grows in!

 

[ReefWreak]

Congrats! Just look at the ATO once in awhile and throw food at it and all will be fine lol.

And thanks, everything is starting to come along. I actually dosed phosphates and colors improved overnight. Starving doesn't suit acros

Yea, that's a good reminder to check the ATO. The good thing is that I refilled all of my extra reservoirs before the baby came, and it's still easy enough to throw in a dime-sized piece of mysis every other day.

Ya know... I'd love to let my nutrients float up... but as soon as I did, I got GHA on my torch and more bubble algae than ever, which are both somewhat subsiding after about 2 weeks of vodka dosing. I have the marinepure blocks in the back, so if anything, my phosphates should be higher than nitrates in whatever their natural ratio is...

I'm also still cleaning the glass daily or every other day, but it's still thick enough that I feel the nutrients could be lower. I'm also dosing the 4 aquaforest main items on top of two part dosing, so I'm sure there's some phosphate in there somewhere....

 

[Rakie]

Ya know... I'd love to let my nutrients float up... but as soon as I did, I got GHA on my torch and more bubble algae than ever, which are both somewhat subsiding after about 2 weeks of vodka dosing. I have the marinepure blocks in the back, so if anything, my phosphates should be higher than nitrates in whatever their natural ratio is...

I'm also still cleaning the glass daily or every other day, but it's still thick enough that I feel the nutrients could be lower. I'm also dosing the 4 aquaforest main items on top of two part dosing, so I'm sure there's some phosphate in there somewhere....

I dose phosphates. I have no algae's other than that green hue which grew on my rocks in November.

My tank clears 5ppm no3 and .05 po4 in 2-4 days. I don't really have algae, but I noticed once I started dosing phosphates the algae on my glass is almost nonexistent. The few people who dose phosphates report the same thing -- po4 seems to slow algae growth on the glass.

I don't think there are any rules in this game my friend. Everything I've been told I couldn't do or shouldn't do has worked out just fine.

"Kick it and see what happens" is a pretty fine testing model all things considered