EvolutionZ's Floating Reef

[mhucasey]

I would love to hear an update on your tank. Hope all is well!

 

[evolutionZ]

my apologies for not updating this tank for so long! i was enlisted into the army (singapore's army requires all male to be conscripted) and therefore did not have time to maintain this SPS reef. everything went down hill soon after and had to sold off all the SPS. i slowly changed to LPS/Zoas tank and also added 8-10kg of liverocks to support the system better.

Here's how the tank looks like today















i hardly touches the tank now, i don't dose anything special (other than microbelifft special blend bacteria) and i do WC once every 2 weeks. i don't have any algae issue. Good news is that im finally having more time now and will be coming back to SPS full force soon. will also be changing to T5 for the first time in my reefing life. stay tune!!

PS: thanks for all you guys who remembered me and asked for an update. appreciated it!

 

[scrapz]

Sad that you longer have sps but glad youre still in the hobby.

Good luck on your road back to sps, your corals will love the switch to t5

 

[akela]

Tank looks great as always . What is the reason for switching to T5 from LED?

 

[mhucasey]

my apologies for not updating this tank for so long! i was enlisted into the army (singapore's army requires all male to be conscripted) and therefore did not have time to maintain this SPS reef. everything went down hill soon after and had to sold off all the SPS. i slowly changed to LPS/Zoas tank and also added 8-10kg of liverocks to support the system better.

Here's how the tank looks like today















i hardly touches the tank now, i don't dose anything special (other than microbelifft special blend bacteria) and i do WC once every 2 weeks. i don't have any algae issue. Good news is that im finally having more time now and will be coming back to SPS full force soon. will also be changing to T5 for the first time in my reefing life. stay tune!!

PS: thanks for all you guys who remembered me and asked for an update. appreciated it!

T5s, good good. Now to attack that pesky Flubber infestation you have on your reef:lol:

 

[evolutionZ]

Sad that you longer have sps but glad youre still in the hobby.

Good luck on your road back to sps, your corals will love the switch to t5

Thanks man! to be honest, during this past year into LPS, i got really exicted initially while collecting them but quickly became bored. The nice ones are either way too expensive or they are simple what you buy. I miss the times where you pick a random cheap brown-out SPS and they turns out to have surprisingly good coloration.

Tank looks great as always . What is the reason for switching to T5 from LED?

Thanks! to be honest, i don't really fancy LED's shimmer that much.. however due to budget constrain i've always stuck to the maxspect razor which i've used for almost 3 years. it served me well, gave me great color but thanks to a friend who is upgrading his ATI 8x39w dimmable to a 10 bulb unit. he offered me a very attractive price to take over. no doubt 8 tubes will be overkill for my tank (which i will only use 6 tubes), it will be great when i go back to a 4 footer in the future.

T5s, good good. Now to attack that pesky Flubber infestation you have on your reef:lol:

Thanks! seems like theres still more T5 supporters! whats flubber infestation anyway?

 

[cFloor]

I think you will love your new light! Haha, at flubber infestation!
flubber= lps/soft corals
Your aquascape is so amazing, I too hope you fill it up with acros again one day. They'll love your new light.

 

[Myka]

Don't worry, lots of us still on the T5 bandwagon! I'm liking this tank too - even though it's filled with flubber.

 

[mhucasey]

Flubber can be an insidious infestation! Left unchecked, Flubber can steal potential homes from delicate SPS beauties! Think of the SPS man!:lol:

(I hide my Flubber in a separate tank, it's my secret shame)

T5s rock, you will love the results!

 

[evolutionZ]

I think you will love your new light! Haha, at flubber infestation!
flubber= lps/soft corals
Your aquascape is so amazing, I too hope you fill it up with acros again one day. They'll love your new light.

oh i get it now! its my first T5 set and its ATI. really excited!

Don't worry, lots of us still on the T5 bandwagon! I'm liking this tank too - even though it's filled with flubber.

Great to hear that. thanks!

Flubber can be an insidious infestation! Left unchecked, Flubber can steal potential homes from delicate SPS beauties! Think of the SPS man!:lol:

(I hide my Flubber in a separate tank, it's my secret shame)

T5s rock, you will love the results!

indeed they are beautiful but my heart's still with SPS.

 

[evolutionZ]

Hi guys! finally im updating my thread! its been sometime and im coming backing to SPS! sold away most of my LPS, still keeping some zoas, lps and anemones. but this tank's gonna be mainly SPS!

my new toy, when i first joined the marine scene, i got myself a maxspect razor. i was able to get awesome sps coloration with this but as time goes by, i got really sick of the shimmer! i wanted a pure T5 fixture. and a good want. so i got myself an ATI 6x39w non-dimm


Upon opening, im glad i got myself a brand new set.. those reflectors are damn reflective!


Current combination is 3CP, 3BP..


So, due to having false ceiling for most part of my ceiling, had no choice but to drill the wall. special thanks to my dad who helped me do most of the work!


lights on


damn this fixture is bright! i could literally grow SPS on anywhere! im finding the 3 CP, 3 BP combo abit too blue. i on 4 tubes only for now (3CP, 1 BP) and i find this just nice!


Current FTS, i do have a couple of frags right now. running AIO and rowaphos trying to bring down Po4 to suitable level before going for more colonies/frags.


Thanks for viewing!

 

[mhucasey]

Hi guys! finally im updating my thread! its been sometime and im coming backing to SPS! sold away most of my LPS, still keeping some zoas, lps and anemones. but this tank's gonna be mainly SPS!

my new toy, when i first joined the marine scene, i got myself a maxspect razor. i was able to get awesome sps coloration with this but as time goes by, i got really sick of the shimmer! i wanted a pure T5 fixture. and a good want. so i got myself an ATI 6x39w non-dimm


Upon opening, im glad i got myself a brand new set.. those reflectors are damn reflective!


Current combination is 3CP, 3BP..


So, due to having false ceiling for most part of my ceiling, had no choice but to drill the wall. special thanks to my dad who helped me do most of the work!


lights on


damn this fixture is bright! i could literally grow SPS on anywhere! im finding the 3 CP, 3 BP combo abit too blue. i on 4 tubes only for now (3CP, 1 BP) and i find this just nice!


Current FTS, i do have a couple of frags right now. running AIO and rowaphos trying to bring down Po4 to suitable level before going for more colonies/frags.


Thanks for viewing!

Very nice Pickup! You will be surprised at how well the corals respond to the T5 Light

3C+, 3B+ is too blue for me as well. Just swap out the center C+ with a Fiji Purple or Giesemann Super Purple and it will be just right:thumbsup:

 

[sahin]

Looking good! :beer: Look forward to seeing the progress.

 

[markalot]

Hey hey, good to see you back around, looking forward to more updates.

 

[evolutionZ]

Very nice Pickup! You will be surprised at how well the corals respond to the T5 Light

3C+, 3B+ is too blue for me as well. Just swap out the center C+ with a Fiji Purple or Giesemann Super Purple and it will be just right:thumbsup:

Thanks! the T5 are looking really really nice!!

Looking good! :beer: Look forward to seeing the progress.

Thanks!!

Hey hey, good to see you back around, looking forward to more updates.

Thanks!!!!

 

[evolutionZ]

Some updates!!!

for the past 1-2 weeks have been working hard trying to bring down nutrients, meanwhile SPS are looking great! Except for a few of them having burnt tips (all were from a single owner though), my kh was stable.

Nutrients measured are:

kH: 7.3-7.6 (salifert)

ca: 380 (Salifert)

Mg: 1300 (Salifert)

po4: 0.12 (using Hanna ULR checker, down from 0.55 from 2 weeks ago)

K: 350( salifert)

Nitrate: 5ppm (salifert)

I am running around 300ml of AIO bio pellets with the out put directed at the input of my Skimz SM121 skimmer.. also tuned to produce wet skim, i noticed after using AIO, my skimmate was much more dirtier, smellier and darker in color.

Here's some pictures of my current SPS, pretty difficult to take top down shots after changing to T5..

This is supposed to be a blue luminous sps from a friend.. turned brown for now



Bought when itwas still yellow, turning greenish probably due to my high nutrients



Ice fire frag and pac man frag\



Left badabing, right red stag





desert millie?



red milie



Watermelon millie, color holding well



red millie turned green



SSC turned brown frag.. gaining back its green in my tank



Zoas corner, and a newly bought red-dragon look a like colony

 

[evolutionZ]

FTS



A good friend of mine came over to my place with his apogee meter and helped me measured my PAR levels in the tank. im really surprised im getting ~300 PAR on both side of the corner sandbed. middle rock scape area gets a good range of 450-800 PAR. the shaded area under my floating rock scape was getting 33 par. However, right now im only turning on 4 tubes (3CP, 1 BP) for 10 hours and all 6 tubes will only be on 2 hours a day. with only 4 tubes, an average drop of 200 PAR is observed. this shows how strong 2 blue plus tubes are..


My sump. currently dosing 3 parts, dosing Microbelift special blend bacteria and nothing else.





Thanks for viewing!

 

[biggles]

Looking great mate, good to see you back. Corals look very colorful under the T5's :thumbsup:

 

[mhucasey]

Looking good, perhaps a bit high on the PAR. If you see the tops of the corals go pale I would suggest switching things around so only two bulbs(ideally blue) are on for 10-12 hours and then the remaining four go on for 6-8 hours, and raise the lights to 8-10 inches off the water. T5 are super powerful, but don't typically burn or bleach corals the same as LED that are too intense. Many times you will see darkening with too much T5 light.

I have always loved this reef, the design is so cool!

 

[Hentz]

Agreed with mhucasey! I thought the same thing. Pushing some powerful PAR there Forsure.

This tank however, is just absolutely stunning. It looks amazing!

How's you're gyre treating you? I can see with your aquascape probably quite well?