"Bonsai Reef" (SPS style)

[yitman]

Great tank

 

[tmc1313]

Great tank

Thanks, yitman.

 

[Salinity01]

The scape looks great.

 

[Spirofucci]

I'm a big fan of bonsai....... and you captured it!!!

 

[yano]

That's right. absolutely no live rock. However, the material is very porous for beneficial bacteria. I just skim and am using carbon at the moment.

What material...dead rock? This sound very unstable for me :worried:

 

[glaukos]

:thumbsup:
Great scape and beautiful tank!
And your corals seem to be in perfect condition!

 

[tmc1313]

The scape looks great.

I'm a big fan of bonsai....... and you captured it!!!

:thumbsup:
Great scape and beautiful tank!
And your corals seem to be in perfect condition!

Thank you guys!

 

[tmc1313]

What material...dead rock? This sound very unstable for me :worried:

It is made of ceramic (clay), but done in a certain way so that it contains very high porosity for nitrifying bacteria to populate.

 

[yrema]

awesome scape!

 

[mos90]

nice work..

 

[tmc1313]

awesome scape!

nice work..

Thanks a lot! adding a couple more frags this week. Getting them in on Thursday morning (Pearlberry and Blue tort). Hoping they ship well.

 

[Allmost]

I think he is using Vida rocks.

 

[tmc1313]

I think he is using Vida rocks.

Yes, all Vida rocks.

 

[tdb320reef]

Nice Scape!

 

[zombiereefer]

love the tank.. keep this one for a while and keep us updated. looks great. jsut wait til those sps grow for a while the colors are really nice

 

[tmc1313]

Nice Scape!

Thank you

love the tank.. keep this one for a while and keep us updated. looks great. jsut wait til those sps grow for a while the colors are really nice

Thanks, I don't have any plans of upgrading anytime soon, so this will definitely be it for a while. I picked up a couple more frags I've been looking for, now I have to resist adding any more (soooo difficult) and just let things fill in.

 

[Reefing21715]

nice tank the rock work its inpressive sps are nice. its it more easy to keep just sps on one tank than to have a mix tank?

 

[CarlosF]

We need a photo update please

 

[tmc1313]

nice tank the rock work its inpressive sps are nice. its it more easy to keep just sps on one tank than to have a mix tank?

Thank you, I've always kept some LPS corals with my SPS. For me it's hard to find that right balance. The LPS do OK, but I don't think they ever show their true potential (color wise). I tend to keep my tanks lightly stocked and feed very little, so everything stays on the nutrient poor side of things. Great for my SPS, not so great for my LPS. With this tank I'm experimenting a little. I'm no longer running GFO and I am letting my nutrients rise a little. So far so good, maybe I will find that perfect balance I'm looking for.

We need a photo update please

I'm getting in a couple of new coral pieces tomorrow (blue tort and two pearlberry's) and also a couple new fish this week (convict and Kole tang), so I will update after everything has been quarantined and settles in.

 

[marthin]

This tank is so beautifull and unique.. it's breathtaking