600 gallon NEW BUILD

Ricardo18 said:
My plan is to let them compete (and intertwine). I have had some fighting, but I just watch carefully and then move things around accordingly.The smaller pieces are glued because of my high flow, but the larger colonies are on heavy bases, so they stay upright on their own.Do you think I will have to glue the large colonies eventually??
I purposely aquascaped my shelves tiered, so there will be shading eventually, but minimal.
..MAY THE STRONGEST SURVIVE!!...hey, maybe this could be turned into a reality show....as long as it runs for 3 years.
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During the cycling phase of my tank build, I purchased around 40 frags which were placed in an egg crate corral for me at the lfs. The milli's are deadly. The branching will rtn if they get slimmed on or touched by bird nest corals. Monti's and encrusting are the most susceptible. I go in daily to insure that no corals touch and that species are grouped together. Milli's don't seem to hurt milli's. And branching acros don't seem to hurt other branching. Same with monti's. I'll be grouping when I place in the Dt. Also, common species like similar light par, depth.
 
Ricardo18 said:
I just bumped my "high noon" Radion setting to 70%.
I'll take a reading at noon tomorrow
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At 70%, My 8 Radions produce 350 PAR at the top shelf,250 midway down and 200 on the sand.
I am going to hold it there for a month and then increase to 75, then 80 a month later.My target is 425 at the top shelf.
 
Panoramic, July 18 2016

Panoramic, July 18 2016

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Panoramic July 18 2016
 
Wow! It already looks pretty full of corals! Are you done adding species? And will you let these grow into huge colonies or will you plan to prune and keep them small. If I have a vote, it's to let them get huge. :0) Regardless it'll look great.
 
mcpuff said:
wow! It already looks pretty full of corals! Are you done adding species? And will you let these grow into huge colonies or will you plan to prune and keep them small. If i have a vote, it's to let them get huge. :0) regardless it'll look great.
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'yuge!!!!!
 
Sweet build!! I want to do something similar once I build the forever house. Unless I missed it what were you quarantining that the worm came from?
 
Awesome setup! Just watched the equipment room video. How much room, feet wise, do you have in between your sump and the QT tanks?
 
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angnak said:
Awesome setup! Just watched the equipment room video. How much room, feet wise, do you have in between your sump and the QT tanks?
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25"..I though it would be tight but it turned out to be no problem at all. A fully extended ladder fits in between.
 
I'm dedicated to LED's even though they might not be as good as T5's for growth.(might!) The positives out way the (possible) negative.
I guess I will be be able to answer that question much better in a years time.
 
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