47G SPS...Revamp

Man your coral colors are sharp with that halide bulb! I do like the led and t5 combo too but both are good for certain situations. All three are good for all situations :)
I would be curious as to why your thinking of switching back and what your thinking of using. I think your corals are looking great, which lighting did you get better growth from? And how high is your halide hung from the rim of the tank?
 
Hey Sahin, your reef is looking superb! Glad to see after some of your struggles. Looks like you've really got this setup dialed in. Can you tell me a little more about your light setup? Specifically, I'd like to know how you fit the leds in next to the T5's. You said they are from Semi led, but are they dIY or were you able to buy them stock and fit them in? Do you have a thread on how you put the light together? I kind of did the same thing a while back with a 48" giesmann, but I gutted all the T5's and put in reefbrite strips. I want to do it again, but your way, (keeping two T5's instead of four). Just not sure how to get an led strip next to the T5.
 
Piper27 said:
Man your coral colors are sharp with that halide bulb! I do like the led and t5 combo too but both are good for certain situations. All three are good for all situations :)
I would be curious as to why your thinking of switching back and what your thinking of using. I think your corals are looking great, which lighting did you get better growth from? And how high is your halide hung from the rim of the tank?
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Hey buddy. The main reason for switching back is due so much juice needed to run a larger tank. There is no way I'm going to run 2x400w halides with T5 and LED etc. If I can pickup a hybrid LED/T5 unit that covers a large tank nicely, heats up the water a little less and provides around the same in terms of colours. In the past few years my experience has been that water quality has like most of the impact on SPS colours than lighting. With LED only perhaps there is some spectrum issue; but most certainly a spread issue.

Overall, all things considered, I think I obtained most growth with T5. Maybe its because the light covers a greater surface area of the corals. Of course my tank hasnt been the most stable over the past few months because of being busy at work.

Quiverfull said:
Great video. You're up there with the best of the best in my opinion. Are you still using AF probiotic salt and additives?

Greg
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Thanks Greg, but currently my tank isnt up with the best of the best of this forum; I am very happy to say I'm impressed with all online friends tanks and their SPS colours - with my new tank I hope to achieve the same. :) I've been busy hence I dont have time to post, but I take quick look into the various threads and can see that the SPS keepers in this forum have advanced a fair bit in the last few years. Well done you lot. :thumbsup:

tmc1313 said:
Hey Sahin, your reef is looking superb! Glad to see after some of your struggles. Looks like you've really got this setup dialed in. Can you tell me a little more about your light setup? Specifically, I'd like to know how you fit the leds in next to the T5's. You said they are from Semi led, but are they dIY or were you able to buy them stock and fit them in? Do you have a thread on how you put the light together? I kind of did the same thing a while back with a 48" giesmann, but I gutted all the T5's and put in reefbrite strips. I want to do it again, but your way, (keeping two T5's instead of four). Just not sure how to get an led strip next to the T5.
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Hi. I used aluminium heatsink to fit SemiLED diodes. It was a DIY job. I didnt take many photos. But I may have posted one or two photos a few pages back? I also installed 4 fans to keep the whole unit cool. Without fans to bring in cooler air, with 400w halide, 2xT5 and 2x strips of LEDs, the unit will heat up crazy if cooler air is not driven in actively.
 
In Tank AEFW QT...

In Tank AEFW QT...

Yup. :uhoh3::uhoh3::uhoh3:

Over last 6 months I've tested a QT process of keeping AEFW infested acros within my system. I bought several high end acros...one came with about 50 acro eating flatworms; others less, but still infested. Due to work commitments I couldnt keep a separate QT system. So I designed a QT within my current system (ie running with the same water etc) within my current system. I successfully treated all infected acros whilst keeping my display full of 45+ acros (large colonies and smaller) acros unaffected.

The idea actually came from my friend Rui who is a member on this forum. I implemented and tested. The system obviously carries risks and until I complete a tank transfer and am able to 100% confirm its worked, I wont go into details. However, I know AEFW very well. I know my acros are clean. :) I've only needed to take a quick look at a few reefers systems I visited in the past few months and have told them they have AEFW in their system. I wasnt wrong in any of those times; sad to say but I know AEFW so well now. :( For now, I can buy any acropora without fear of AEFW.

Why am I making this post and why did I decide to do this? - Because as many of you may be aware, there was some testing going on a while back for an in tank treatment. I even donated some money to that cause. That was years ago and nothing has materialized yet.

Lately quite a few SPS keepers I've visited I've had to give them the bad news that their acros are infected with this bloody AEFW. :sad2:

Dipping is not enough. There has to be a dip+QT process to rid corals of AEFW. And its pretty easy for me now. An unfortunate situation has given me plenty of experience in dealing with these pests, and I can now safely deal with them in my current system.

Dont have a go at me or flame me. :crazy1: If one can absolutely setup a separate QT system then that is the way to go. But for those who rely just on dipping this way to deal with new corals is a better way (if you cannot setup a separate QT system).
 
What is your protocol? Would love to hear how you where able to do it. Many people don't have a place to put a QT tank so I see no problem with it. I to am disappointed that the research never came to anything.
 
reefwiser said:
What is your protocol? Would love to hear how you where able to do it. Many people don't have a place to put a QT tank so I see no problem with it. I to am disappointed that the research never came to anything.
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Hi Ed. As you may know, Nav is currently dealing with AEFW. It was me who discovered it when I visited him some months ago. Just when his tank was starting to look awesome. :(

With regards to my protocol...although I am extremely certain my tank/acros are fine, I am kind of hesitant in providing details until I've transferred all my corals into my new tank next month; at which point I will inspect every single acro and then provide details. Else I feel kind of irresponsible.
 
sahin said:
Lately quite a few SPS keepers I've visited I've had to give them the bad news that their acros are infected with this bloody AEFW. :sad2:
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Hi Sahin,

What do you look out for AEFW in a reef tank? It would be nice if only you had a look at my tank one day.

:beer:

Bülent
 
sahin said:
Yup. :uhoh3::uhoh3::uhoh3:

Over last 6 months I've tested a QT process of keeping AEFW infested acros within my system. I bought several high end acros...one came with about 50 acro eating flatworms; others less, but still infested. Due to work commitments I couldnt keep a separate QT system. So I designed a QT within my current system (ie running with the same water etc) within my current system. I successfully treated all infected acros whilst keeping my display full of 45+ acros (large colonies and smaller) acros unaffected.

The idea actually came from my friend Rui who is a member on this forum. I implemented and tested. The system obviously carries risks and until I complete a tank transfer and am able to 100% confirm its worked, I wont go into details. However, I know AEFW very well. I know my acros are clean. :) I've only needed to take a quick look at a few reefers systems I visited in the past few months and have told them they have AEFW in their system. I wasnt wrong in any of those times; sad to say but I know AEFW so well now. :( For now, I can buy any acropora without fear of AEFW.

Why am I making this post and why did I decide to do this? - Because as many of you may be aware, there was some testing going on a while back for an in tank treatment. I even donated some money to that cause. That was years ago and nothing has materialized yet.

Lately quite a few SPS keepers I've visited I've had to give them the bad news that their acros are infected with this bloody AEFW. :sad2:

Dipping is not enough. There has to be a dip+QT process to rid corals of AEFW. And its pretty easy for me now. An unfortunate situation has given me plenty of experience in dealing with these pests, and I can now safely deal with them in my current system.

Dont have a go at me or flame me. :crazy1: If one can absolutely setup a separate QT system then that is the way to go. But for those who rely just on dipping this way to deal with new corals is a better way (if you cannot setup a separate QT system).
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Can't wait to see some more detail on this. Did you get the new tank yet?
 
Sahin I have been doing the same thing as you for a while. I have never had problems using a separate tank on the same system. I will be waiting to see how things go.
I have been using other tanks on the same system to "qt" acros ever since I beat aefw years and years ago. It's much less stressful on the new corals and easy to dip weekly, if needed, until I know they are clean and then move to the display. Once your done collecting you can do a treatment of interceptor if you have any bugs get through so I never really worry about that.
I had 4 tanks off my return pump and some drain into other tanks before hitting the sump which decreases the odds even more that a aefw will travel through my system and end up in the acro display tank. It's not 100% but pretty close the way I have it setup. I would say adding filter socks makes it even less likely you will have aefw travel through if not almost completely safe.

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Sahin.. I would really love to know more. I am about to set up a frag tank and can't decide to plumb it to my main systems or keep it seperate. I would prefer connected due to ease of maintaining one tank rather than 2. But I do have AEFW in my display. I am managing it with rodi water basting of corals. They just simply can not be removed at this point anyway. But obviously I would like to keep the frag tank free of them. If you don't want to go into detail here yet I understand but if you could just give me a little info in PM that would be awesome.
Can't wait to see your new build.
 
Hello Michael,

MichaelW said:
Sahin.. I would really love to know more. I am about to set up a frag tank and can't decide to plumb it to my main systems or keep it seperate. I would prefer connected due to ease of maintaining one tank rather than 2. But I do have AEFW in my display. I am managing it with rodi water basting of corals. They just simply can not be removed at this point anyway. But obviously I would like to keep the frag tank free of them. If you don't want to go into detail here yet I understand but if you could just give me a little info in PM that would be awesome.
Can't wait to see your new build.
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I had a pretty bad infestation of AEFW. I can tell you how I solved my problem.

I created a frag system and attached to the main system. Removed all the corals from the display, dip them with bayer every 3 days and placed them in the frag system.

From aquarium to frag system has nothing. from frag system to SUMP I put two filterbags (one after the other) so in this way any AeFW could not travel back to display.

3 months in DT without corals to make sure nothing would hatch and survive and during this 3 months I dipped every 3/4 days the corals.

Today I can say I am AEFW free and I will keep the same regimen for new introductions: Bases out (as much as it will cost me), dip and then frag system with the two filterbags. Once sure it's clear ... DT.

It gives a lot of trouble but for me it worked!

All the best,
Rui
 
I had, may still have AEFW. Once I started noticing some of my corals receding I inspected then in a container and blasted them with a baster. They came off and I could see them in the water. So I removed all the corals and treated/dipped with a strong Bayer dip while blasting them with Bayer. Used a tooth brush to brush everything no coral flesh. Held them in Bayer for 10 min. Placed in rinse and blasted them more. Rinsed again. Placed them back in my display. No signs of them for the last 4 weeks! This also worked for monti nudis.


Aaron
 
Quiverfull said:
We're any of your corals encrusted? If so, how did you handle that?


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As much as it cost me ... cut, scrape as much as I can from rock and create an epoxy disk and cover the remaining pieces left!

All the best,
Rui


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yes I had thought of doing similar with my soon to be set up frag system ...however, the entrusting bases were going to be a problem and the size of some of my pieces now I don't think will fit in the frag system. Plus it's a 200 gallon display tank and only a to gallon frag tank... Not sure I could fit them all.
 
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