High bioload, succesful SPS reefs, any one else?

[REEF-DADDY]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6605247#post6605247 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by E-A-G-L-E-S
ouch!

i've heard this alot lately with BB's

with only 4 hours do your other corals get enough light too?

what do you mean by " 4 hours a day under the center brace"?

My tank has a 1" thick 3" wide center brace in the middle. Right over that coral. The acros did seem to color up a little better with the 5 hour period, so I may get some tinted plexi for over the big monti and bump it back to 5 hours. But to tell you the thruth I am no sure if it was just me or not. A couple acros are really growing like weeds!

 

[Rendos]

I think mine has a high bioload.
90 gallon with the following fish:
1 - 3" Purple Tang
1 - 3" Powder Blue Tang
3 - 3" Squamipinnis anthias
1 - 2" Sixline wrasse
2 - 4" Scissortail gobies

I feed twice a day.

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

steve...those bulbs on the right ballast are insane......i'm planning on running my 12K ReefLux's on PFO HQI's for 8-9 hours a day.
-Maybe i should move my orange cap down when i get the lights monday?

 

[REEF-DADDY]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6605442#post6605442 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by E-A-G-L-E-S
steve...those bulbs on the right ballast are insane......i'm planning on running my 12K ReefLux's on PFO HQI's for 8-9 hours a day.
-Maybe i should move my orange cap down when i get the lights monday?

Funny I've been looking at the reeflux bulbs but I have mag ballasts and the par aint so hot. As far as your monti I would move it down for a while, or start with your lights a little higher. If the corals start to brown you can alway increase intensity, but its better than bleaching or worse STN. Small changes in lighting can have big effects!

 

[scarab65]

My tank 100 gal......

My fish list

Yellow tang 1 No
Blue tang 1 No
True percula clown 2 Nos
Flame angel 1 No
Flame hawk 1 No
Long nosed hawk 1 No
Orchid dottyback 1 No
Yellow wrasse 1 No
Possum wrasse 1 No
Wheeler's goby 1 No
White tiger goby 1 No
Mandarin goby 1 No
Carberryi anthias 1 No
Bartlett anthias 10 Nos
Blue green chromis 8 Nos

Total head count 32 Nos


My tank pix

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

very cool piks and tanks...

 

[REEF-DADDY]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6607284#post6607284 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scarab65
My tank 100 gal......

My fish list

Yellow tang 1 No
Blue tang 1 No
True percula clown 2 Nos
Flame angel 1 No
Flame hawk 1 No
Long nosed hawk 1 No
Orchid dottyback 1 No
Yellow wrasse 1 No
Possum wrasse 1 No
Wheeler's goby 1 No
White tiger goby 1 No
Mandarin goby 1 No
Carberryi anthias 1 No
Bartlett anthias 10 Nos
Blue green chromis 8 Nos

Total head count 32 Nos


My tank pix

Very nice I love to see hi bio load tanks with alot of color!

 

[KevinFJB]

Here's my list for a 112g that's 72" x 20" x 18":

clown goby
watchman goby
mandarin dragonette
yellow tail blue damsel
corus wrasse
cleaner wrasse
2 clowns
royal gramma
4 anthias squamapinnis
blue throat trigger
kole tang
hippo tang
achilles tang
neon goby

 

[Gobie]

Add another blue throat to my list, just got a male.

 

[jackson6745]

120gal

1x 6" hippo tang
1x 5" foxface
1x 4" kole tang
1x flasher wrasse
1x 3" orange anthais
2x 3" chalk bass
2x red cardinals
9x 1 1/2" green chromis

All the fish get along, as long as you have a HUGE skimmer to handle the bioload I don't see a problem. Actually the increased feeding has improved my colors much more since I used to starve the tank and get the faded look.

 

[jackson6745]

Scarab I still think you should be TOTM....your tank rocks!

Kevin your tank looks great also. You need to get a high res pic so we can see it better.

 

[makoJ]

I have a 150gallon BB SPS tank and here is my fish list
5- Alleni damsels
3- Chalk basslets
1- latern basslets
1- 5" harlequin tusk
1- 3" niger trigger
1- 5" purple tang
1- lawnmower blenny
1- 5" pink margin wrasse
1- 3" candy cane hog
2- cardinals
1- 5" rabbit fish
1- 3" female bellus angel
1- 4" female watanabei angel

 

[onthefly]

That's it.....I'm putting more fish in my tank!

 

[jackson6745]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6611847#post6611847 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by onthefly
That's it.....I'm putting more fish in my tank!

My old 65gal used to look just like the pics in your gallery. If you have a good skimmer don't be afraid to feed the fish often either You'll see a big improvement in your colors.

 

[astrea]

Couple of questions for your high fishload type gurus.
1) How do you control phosphates?
2) How often do you feed?

 

[jackson6745]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6612059#post6612059 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by astrea
Couple of questions for your high fishload type gurus.
1) How do you control phosphates?
2) How often do you feed?

I feed 2 times daily most of the time, Flakes, pellets, and frozen

This thing controls the phosphate

 

[astrea]

That thing is a monster! Is that your only method of nutrient export?

 

[jackson6745]

that and micron filter bags along with bi-weekly water changes

 

[makoJ]

I feed 2x a day pretty heavy
This is how I take care of nutrients:

 

[jackson6745]

You got the dog cleaning your tank?