"LPS Growout " Miamiangler

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Miamiangler

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Well a little about the Tank . The 29gal was started back in 1995 . it went through many changes . It Was a mixed reef with lots of softies and LPS. 2 years ago I got hooked on SPS corals . I was running the tank with a berlin sump with a CPR overflow . 6 months ago I changed the sump with a DIY 20gal refugium sump using a Jebao 6000 return pump and Bubble magus NAC3.5 skimmer . Two months ago Pet Smart had their 1dollar a gal sale on aquariums so I decided to redo the tank . It is now fitted with a glass=holes overflow and drilled return . I added new sand to the bottom of the tank . I used 80% of the rockwork since the corals were attached . The problem I had was 1/3 of the tank had hundreds of mushrooms ! Now 99% are gone . The only fish I have in the tank is a clownfish which I raised from a larvae 3 years ago . It`s the only baby left from hundreds raised . For flow in the tank I use 2 jebao wp 10`s . the tank is monitored with a Seneye reef monitor which also has a built in PAR meter . For lighting I am using a Led light from REEF RADIANCE ,DM 165P+ which is programmable . Light is mounted 10 inches above the waterline .




 
I will soon , Most of the corals sps are in my 60 gal their new home . this tank is a work in progress now . I added three pieces of marcos rocks to the back wall and are still white , so the tank looks ugly ! Hope to get some frags next week to cover most of it :)
 
Here`s my RODI unit the I just converted to a 150gal/day.I got the conversion form BRS.



Here`s my DIY 20gal sump which is in my closet ,very tight fit to work in !





I use Kalkwasser in my ATO .I run GFO through a Two Little Fishies reactor and use a CPR Biopellet reactor for carbon .
 
Since Mark from ME Corals told me to use Kalkwasser in the ATO and not chase numbers things have started to grow . All those frags last year were only an inch long . I`m using NSW but might experiment with the mixed stuff now that I have new setup with the RO unit . But Eddie still nothing like your awesome tank !
 
mpfeiffer1 said:
Good Luck... Looking good. Kalk is an amazing tool and a requirment for SPS and overall stability (my opinion).
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IMHO Matt- Kalk is only a requirement until your tanks demand exceeds the kalks capabilities of keeping up. At that point another method of dosing becomes necessary. I prefer 2 part, some like Ca reactor.

For last 8 years i do Kalk for all evaporated water ( but that cant keep up with my tanks demmands), and 2part via dosers (but did it manually for years before dosers).
 
AquamanE said:
IMHO Matt- Kalk is only a requirement until your tanks demand exceeds the kalks capabilities of keeping up. At that point another method of dosing becomes necessary. I prefer 2 part, some like Ca reactor.

For last 8 years i do Kalk for all evaporated water ( but that cant keep up with my tanks demmands), and 2part via dosers (but did it manually for years before dosers).
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Eddie, just curious...how much does your tank evaporate daily or weekly ?
 
Well getting ready for the swap tomorrow :

Here`s my Tank Shots before I will be adding new pieces :

















Looks like it`s doing better since I`m dosing some Zeo products :



My little friend wanted to say HELLO

 
I added a flush kit to my RO system this week , now should get better RO water by flushing the system before making the RO water .

Here`s the full tank shots : today PH 8.13 Temp 76 F, 24.6C,Ammonia.0001





 
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