EvolutionZ 65 SPS dominated shallow reef

[evolutionZ]

Decided to start a thread here to keep a record on coral growth and color. some may have seen my tank before..

Basic Info :

Tank size : 120x60x36cm (12mm rimless)
Sump tank : 35x50x45cm (6mm)
Skimmer : Deltec MCE 600
Lighting : Maxspect Razor 160w 16k 27"
Return pump : Eheim 1260
Chiller : Teco TR15
Substrate : CaribSea Special Grade reef sand (40lb)
Wavemaker : 2x Jebao WP-25

Dosing : Grotech ABCM, PolypLab Polyp-Booster, Fauna Marine Reef Vitality, Fauna Marine Bakto Blend and Brightwell MicroBacter 7.

Feeding for SPS : Polyplab reef roids, Dr G's Clam max & KZ Coral Vitalizers.

Tank has been running since 1st may 2013, i was very new to corals and didn't had SPS in mind. started off my very first frag (birdnest) and got hooked into sps, rescaped multiple times during the first 3 months and along with extremely unstable water parameters, i had almost colorless or browns SPS.

During the past 2 - 3 months, color are finally looking better and growth are pretty fast!

I'll let pictures do the talking for now!

Recent catch, no idea what's this


Pink millie


Green bali slimer, bought at almost half its size! this piece is great for water indication, when my water was bad, its white stem with green polyps!


Deepwater acro, surprisingly fast grower


red millie


my small SSC frag!


radioactive birdnest


my best red millie.. i seem to have problems with red color


tri-color valida, bought it totally brown since the price was a steal, it took at least 3 months to color up to this state


Kit kat! green seems to have disappeared and red deepened.

 

[evolutionZ]

pink birdnest


red dragon


pocci


my first SPS! started off as a 1" small frag.


Birds of paradise


My another tri-color valida and pink stylo


my other pink birdnest


purple valida.

 

[evolutionZ]

Some non-sps pics :

Duncan, fast grower!


clams


blue berry sea fan


Acans


my huge RBTA


Started off from this

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To this :

 

[Piper27]

Sweet! Your "deepwater" looks more like thoes nice austera acros they mariculture that have yellow tips and blue and purple in them. One of my favorites! God job!

 

[LoJack]

Beautiful. I love your scape in the first FTS.

Tank looks amazing man!

 

[JAustin]

Kit cat ! A . Abrotenoides ! One of my favorite species. Very difficult to keep alive in captivity. Please update us on this coral.


Great reef! Love it.

 

[Fail_sh3d]

Such an awesome tank!

 

[sbreefer]

nicely done.

 

[therra978]

Nice how do you like your maxspect razor?

 

[trueblackpercula]

Very nice system it's very nice.

What does 16k look like on paper? Well I guess I am asking how much of each color are you running to get 16k

Also what is the MicroBacter 7 do for your tank?

 

[Arkayology]

That deepwater is nice.

 

[youdontknowme]

nice deep water acro ! remember to frag me 1 of it in the future

 

[meshwheel]

Nice job! Great tank indeed!

 

[loganlemaster]

Tank looks great. Could you post your light schedule and settings thanks.

 

[laredo300c]

what was your previous light fixture, and how are the SPS holding up with the razor fixture

 

[evolutionZ]

Sweet! Your "deepwater" looks more like thoes nice austera acros they mariculture that have yellow tips and blue and purple in them. One of my favorites! God job!

Thanks! this is a picture when i first bought it :


its really hard to believe its the same coral but it kind of getting paler and paler as it grows.

Beautiful. I love your scape in the first FTS.

Tank looks amazing man!

Thanks! the scape in the first FTS was unable to support much SPS though!

Kit cat ! A . Abrotenoides ! One of my favorite species. Very difficult to keep alive in captivity. Please update us on this coral.


Great reef! Love it.

indeed a difficult corals! im starting to have difficulties maintaining its color, been keeping it for around 2 months now.

Such an awesome tank!

nicely done.

Thank you!

Nice how do you like your maxspect razor?

amazing light i must say! though 1 single unit cant make the tank fully sps capable but i must say paying just 1 razor to light up my tank is simply amazing.

Very nice system it's very nice.

What does 16k look like on paper? Well I guess I am asking how much of each color are you running to get 16k

Also what is the MicroBacter 7 do for your tank?

Thanks.

Razor only has 2 channels, A controls the Warm whites, cool whites and some blues while the other channel controls blue, royal blue and dual core violets.

my max setting is A:90%, B:100%. 100% on both channels will be 16k.

providing bacteria, i previously had serious cyano problems, was told it will help but it didnt. my cyano is mostly gone after dosing FM bakto Blend.

That deepwater is nice.

thanks!

nice deep water acro ! remember to frag me 1 of it in the future

hey! didn't know you're here too!

Nice job! Great tank indeed!

thanks man! your reefbreeders review certainly makes me want to get one to replace my razor so i can have sps on every corner of my rock work.

Tank looks great. Could you post your light schedule and settings thanks.

Thanks!

lighting schedule :
1200 : A:0%, B:1%
1400 : A:30%, B:80%
1500 : A:80%, B:100%
2200 : A:90%, B:100%
2300 : A:10%, B:70%
0000 : a:0%,B:0%

light basically run at its highest peak for 7 hours a day.

 

[evolutionZ]

forgot to show my zoas garden!


and a shot showing the sleekness of the razor over a shallow rimless tank. no other lighting can pull this off as well as the razor.

 

[dowtish]

Really nice! great coral collection!

 

[bigbpro916]

Great looking corals

 

[animalkingdom]

nice colors!