50g SPS Cube
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Chris Lakies
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Sweet figgen tank! Awesome sps!
jrpdriver
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Thank you both very much, Greg did an awesome job with the new photos!
gcarroll
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Man I have to say, it was a pleasure to see this tank in person. Coral coloration was as good as any tank I have ever seen! Simply beautiful. Keep in mind guys that there was absolutely no editing done to these photos. Pics came straight off the Canon 60D looking like this. The corals colors were far better than the pics show.
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
OK, I just clocked on that I dont remember seeing any mention of you using GFO or GAC in this tank...I went back and looked at your sump photos and cant see any GFO or GAC reactors.
Can you confirm that you DONT use GFO or GAC? :fun5:
If you dont use GFO, how do you manage algae and PO4 levels?
What is your PO4 level?
Thanks. :thumbsup:
Can you confirm that you DONT use GFO or GAC? :fun5:
If you dont use GFO, how do you manage algae and PO4 levels?
What is your PO4 level?
Thanks. :thumbsup:
jrpdriver
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Nope I don't use GFO or Carbon, there is a carbon reactor plumbed into my return but its only there for emergencies, it stays empty.
I actually don't test for phosphate, if I notice nuisance algae or cyano starting to grow I do a larger water change.
jrpdriver
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Thanks Greg, you did an awesome job with the photos!
jrpdriver
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Once you have an established tank you could do a total water change as long as all the major parameters matched. After a tank cycles and becomes "established" its the bacteria in the rock and sand that is important, not the water column. The only thing you have to be cautious of is that when you do an extremely large water change you are most likely drastically improving the water clarity, so when I do a very large water change (which I have done twice) I turn down the intensity on my lights for a couple days so I don't bleach the coral
brizhound
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I've seen this tank in person and as great as the pics uploaded are, they just don't quite capture the intensity of the colors in the tank. Everything is so clean and well thought out. By far one of my favorites.
fyi, my frags are doing awesome, already encrusting and I have two mouths forming on the space invader.
I'll come up sometime maybe buy a couple frags and pick up my brute can.
fyi, my frags are doing awesome, already encrusting and I have two mouths forming on the space invader.
I'll come up sometime maybe buy a couple frags and pick up my brute can.
FastUno
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I believe his tank must be awesome to look at in person. My tank is not nearly as great as his, but I still cannot capture the beauty of mine. Too bad your not on the east coast, I would love to see it in person.
Do you think you can do the same in a 20g tank, keep the same SPS's you have & with the same ease? I think it might be easier to do 5g water changes weekly or 10g water changes biweekly and keep things sparkling clean & just as nice as you have it?
I am thinking of doing something similar to what you are doing. Minimalistic & SPS only in a 20g. This will be my 3rd tank simultaneously running (75g mixed, 29g mixed).
Do you think you can do the same in a 20g tank, keep the same SPS's you have & with the same ease? I think it might be easier to do 5g water changes weekly or 10g water changes biweekly and keep things sparkling clean & just as nice as you have it?
I am thinking of doing something similar to what you are doing. Minimalistic & SPS only in a 20g. This will be my 3rd tank simultaneously running (75g mixed, 29g mixed).
jrpdriver
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I've seen this tank in person and as great as the pics uploaded are, they just don't quite capture the intensity of the colors in the tank. Everything is so clean and well thought out. By far one of my favorites.
fyi, my frags are doing awesome, already encrusting and I have two mouths forming on the space invader.
Thanks Troy! Very glad to hear the frags are doing well!
jrpdriver
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Yes I believe you can, you obviously have a smaller margin for error with the reduced water volume but there is no reason you can't achieve the same results if you monitor closely and keep the water parameters stable
jrpdriver
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I didn't notice a ph increase but I had the rock in another container of water for a month before I put it in the tank. I have no idea what the Marco cement is made of but it works really well.
The corals would sting each other yes, I almost lost my Oregon Tort because I didn't notice my Sunset Mili had grown into it. I trim weekly and I use calk paste to stop the corals from encrusting into each other
FastUno
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Jrpdriver, I posted your thread link to this one as one of the successful LED lit tanks. Do you have any experience with MH lit tanks? If so, how would you compare LED lit tank with your MH lit tank?
Were there any corals that you simply could not keep under the LED's?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2203067&page=70
Were there any corals that you simply could not keep under the LED's?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2203067&page=70
