Daniel's RSM 250 SPS tank

reefmutt said:
Stunning, Daniel!
So dense and so healthy in there!
Really good to see your tank again.
Considering the troubles you went trough a couple years ago with the sps,it's amazing how healthy they are now.. and if I know you, all you did to bring them back to such good health was to get your hands out of there and let the tank heal.
You have a real beauty of a tank there, Dan!
Great job!!
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Hi Matt, yes, you are correct. I just let the tank follow it's own destiny. I am just keeping it stable. I only measure Alk and the basics (temp & Salinity) .... and keep my hands out as much as I can.

This week we had an outage. 6 hours without electricity and I wasn't at home. Temp dropped to 72 and the outage started at the start of the lights. So SPS had a long night. Doser was off too. But when lights came on (arrived home and started the generator) corals had a very short day too. In other word the few alk pumped was not used and next day I have an increase from 6 to 7 dkh. So I reduced the dosing 3 ml of 107 ml I was dosing. Next day alk went down a little. Then I have to travel again. In Washington DC right now. I left all as it was. I expect at my arrival on Monday Alk have returned to its 6 dkh. I keep my finger crossed that this change have not affected the corals ... or I definitely will close the tank. I though to shut it down when I lost my job a year ago. But then, 5 months later, I got a new job with less traveling out of state. But my badluck was here this week and the outage happened when I was 2 hours driving from home and stuck in a meeting. I left home at 9 AM and at 10 AM lost power ....... GRRRRR.

Ok... it is what it is.

Cheers
Daniel
 
Daniel,

That is a really nice tank. Congrats, Would you share what your current light set-up is? I am going to purchase my lighting for a 120 soon.

Thanks,

Dean
 
aikenreefkeeper said:
Daniel,

That is a really nice tank. Congrats, Would you share what your current light set-up is? I am going to purchase my lighting for a 120 soon.

Thanks,

Dean
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Over the display tank:


Korallen Zucht KZ Coral Light II New Generation High Output T5 Bulb, 36" (39W) LT-KZ-CL2-36 (3)

Korallen Zucht KZ Fiji Purple T5 Bulb, 36" (39W) LT-KZ-FP-36 (1)

Giesemann Actinic+ T5 Bulb, 36" (39W) LT-GN-T5-AC-36 (2)


Over the fuge you have a posting on this or previous page.

Cheers
Daniel
 
nemodan said:
Hi Matt, yes, you are correct. I just let the tank follow it's own destiny. I am just keeping it stable. I only measure Alk and the basics (temp & Salinity) .... and keep my hands out as much as I can.

This week we had an outage. 6 hours without electricity and I wasn't at home. Temp dropped to 72 and the outage started at the start of the lights. So SPS had a long night. Doser was off too. But when lights came on (arrived home and started the generator) corals had a very short day too. In other word the few alk pumped was not used and next day I have an increase from 6 to 7 dkh. So I reduced the dosing 3 ml of 107 ml I was dosing. Next day alk went down a little. Then I have to travel again. In Washington DC right now. I left all as it was. I expect at my arrival on Monday Alk have returned to its 6 dkh. I keep my finger crossed that this change have not affected the corals ... or I definitely will close the tank. I though to shut it down when I lost my job a year ago. But then, 5 months later, I got a new job with less traveling out of state. But my badluck was here this week and the outage happened when I was 2 hours driving from home and stuck in a meeting. I left home at 9 AM and at 10 AM lost power ....... GRRRRR.

Ok... it is what it is.

Cheers
Daniel
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Here is Alk peak after the outage , PH and Temp.











Daniel
 
The process of having an Atolon or Coral island has started in my tank. I just need the sand deposited over the corals.... LOL :dance: :lol::fun4::rollface:

Zoom the pictures. Corals are out of the water.



 
Hey Dan! Nice to see your tank looking so grown in. It’s really flourishing these days. It’s really looking like a jungle in there- a nice jungle! Are you still using your ‘hands off’ approach?
 
reefmutt said:
Hey Dan! Nice to see your tank looking so grown in. It’s really flourishing these days. It’s really looking like a jungle in there- a nice jungle! Are you still using your ‘hands off’ approach?
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Hi Matt, nice to hear from you !!

Yes, I do not put my hands in unless it is really necessary. Like this weekend. I did some coral pruning after, probably 2 months.

The tank is far,away of being nice. I have Majano anemone growing almost every where. But corals still growing. Well, is the fight for life. Corals growing over others and each one fighting to find their piece of space and light. This weekend I helped a little pruning just a bit.

I have not added any coral in years now. The fitness of the best have worked. These are my disasters survival corals.

I do NOT do anything to the tank beside adding 2 parts B-ionic to keep alk between 6.5 -7.5 dkh.

I do NOT measure anything beside Alk, Salinity and Temp.

I do my water changes 25% every week. I have started now (last month) every 2 weeks.

I have the fuge that is full of macro algae, and I do NOT feed corals. Just the fish always in the same way.

Very easy maintenance. From time to time I clean some pumps here and there, but nothing crazy.

In other words, the tank drives by itself. I just check that ATO, Alk doser and some basic pumps are doing fine every day.

Any update from your tank ?

Cheers
Daniel
 
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