Mark's 150 gallon
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berlin-riff
Berlin SPS-Junky
like the pictures... Very cool thank you for charing
markalot
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Thanks all. Hopefully I can get some top downs this weekend.
nemodan
New member
It's been a busy month or so but things are still doing quite well. I trimmed the Xenia yesterday, ended up with a gallon of water and xenia slime. Acros always look fantastic a day after trimming, xenia releases some kind of magic goop into the water, so I took a few quick and dirty (I need to scrape!) shots.
Mark.... tank looks great. Those colonies have such a nice shape and grow.
When I started my SPS tank I had in mind to achieve something like your tank or Matt (Canada) tank. Unfortunately I finish with something in the middle. A mixed reef with a few Acros and some others SPS.
I do no regret what I have and have achieved. I have many lessons learned from my first experience with Acros and others SPS.
My tank now is "what it is" and will not change. Also my life have changed since I started (60% of the week out of home and a grandpa!!!
). I will not start it again another tank. I enjoy what I have accomplish. BUT !!!! For my retirement (~ 7 years) definitively I will target to have a tank like yours. The start points will be bare bottom and only Acros . Nothing else, not a minimal piece of something different than an Acro.
As I will retire in Florida, nearby our granddaughter, we already have the house built there, I will have to take down my actual tank. Sooner or later.
The rebuilt will be in Florida and applying all what I have learned, from my own experience and from all the guys, like you, here at RC.
Cheers and......GREAT TANK !!!
Daniel
FloformAustria
New member
looking great mark!!!!
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Latest top-down photos are very exquisite Mark.
Arkayology
Active member
Wow, Mark. The colors are fantastic in your tank atm.
slavetonet
New member
What he said. :thumbsup:
markalot
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Mark.... tank looks great. Those colonies have such a nice shape and grow.
When I started my SPS tank I had in mind to achieve something like your tank or Matt (Canada) tank. Unfortunately I finish with something in the middle. A mixed reef with a few Acros and some others SPS.
I do no regret what I have and have achieved. I have many lessons learned from my first experience with Acros and others SPS.
My tank now is "what it is" and will not change. Also my life have changed since I started (60% of the week out of home and a grandpa!!!
The start points will be bare bottom and only Acros . Nothing else, not a minimal piece of something different than an Acro.
As I will retire in Florida, nearby our granddaughter, we already have the house built there, I will have to take down my actual tank. Sooner or later.
The rebuilt will be in Florida and applying all what I have learned, from my own experience and from all the guys, like you, here at RC.
Cheers and......GREAT TANK !!!
Daniel
Hi Daniel, thanks!
I feel like my tank is similar except maybe less LPS but at the same time I'm not adding any new acros in the foreseeable future. I can see myself letting this tank drift into a mixed reef over time, though right now the acros I have seem quite happy.
Thanks all, much appreciated. Unfortunately no top downs yet, the few days I had time the weather was so nice the wife and I went biking. Exercise!
In tank news.
KH dropped again to 6.0, raised it back up to 6.5 and am now adding 105ml two part daily. $$$$ I have increased PhosphateRx dosing to 2 drops daily, starting 3 weeks ago. I have not tested PO4 but colors have improved so I suspect it was a little high. NO3 is mostly undetectable.
The Flame angel I added nipped horribly for a week then started eating flake, and then pellet food. Currently no obvious nipping and polyp extension is good, even n the green digi which is loved to chew on.
A couple of FTS just to keep pictures going.
watchguy123
New member
Pretty tanks deserve notice. Your tank is terrific.
codydemmel4
Active member
Are you still dosing Lugols?
If so how much? Dosing anything else?
If so how much? Dosing anything else?
LandoCalrissian
In Memoriam
wow looking great!
