Mhucasey's SPS obsession

[mhucasey]

Nice pics Matt. I really need an amber filter for my phone and camera. The LEDs are so hard to shoot and get good pics.

Thanks Mark! These filters are pretty amazing, well worth the twenty bucks I spent!

 

[mhucasey]

Glad to hear it. I'm curious if the change you witness will be as dramatic as my experience was....

I'm watching closely to see if the growth picks up. Coral health has never been better in this tank

 

[markalot]

Wow, some of those colors are simply outstanding.

Remind me, all T5 right, no LED? What combo are you running now?

 

[Wazzel]

Thanks Mark! These filters are pretty amazing, well worth the twenty bucks I spent!

I think a set of ambers for my camera is about $100.

 

[swk]

I'm watching closely to see if the growth picks up. Coral health has never been better in this tank

Color was a biggie for me too. I thought I had really good colors to begin with, but I swear they improved with the calrx.

 

[reefmutt]

Holy rhymes with Schmidt, Matt!!!!
The corals are responding amazingly. The pe is tremendous.
Wow!!
Colours look more rich as well.. 3 weeks.. Wow

 

[jumplittlechloe]

I saw you have 500g of zeomix in reactor. I just added mine tonight at 500g. I read in the instructions and it said 100-500g for 100l. I have a 120 so that would be like 2000g at max. Never ran that much when I ran Zeovit.

 

[nemodan]

Matt....after seing those last pictures I will never post again in my thread............

What else I can say that has not been said ?

3 HURRAY to your success !!!

Best
Daniel

 

[Myka]

Wow, I'm loving a couple of those pink pieces!!! Yowzers! I need to find some of those kinda goodies around here!

 

[mhucasey]

Wow, some of those colors are simply outstanding.

Remind me, all T5 right, no LED? What combo are you running now?

Only T5s, yes. I have been using 2 Fiji purple, one coral plus, one AquaBlue Azure, 2 ATI actinics, and 6 Blue Plus.

 

[mhucasey]

I think a set of ambers for my camera is about $100.

Yikes. Well I still think they are probably worth it, the camera focuses better and no white balance adjustment is really necessary.

 

[mhucasey]

I saw you have 500g of zeomix in reactor. I just added mine tonight at 500g. I read in the instructions and it said 100-500g for 100l. I have a 120 so that would be like 2000g at max. Never ran that much when I ran Zeovit.

I think half their recommended amount is much safer. Zeolites can mess up your SPS quickly if you overdo them.

 

[mhucasey]

Color was a biggie for me too. I thought I had really good colors to begin with, but I swear they improved with the calrx.

That's good to know- it may be the constant infusion of trace elements from the reactor. It may also be the trace amounts of CO2 enriching everything in the tank. I think sometimes reef tanks strip the CO2 out of the water too much. It will be interesting to see what happens

 

[mhucasey]

Holy rhymes with Schmidt, Matt!!!!
The corals are responding amazingly. The pe is tremendous.
Wow!!
Colours look more rich as well.. 3 weeks.. Wow

I'm pretty happy with it, still very early on but so far it's looking good

 

[mhucasey]

Matt....after seing those last pictures I will never post again in my thread............

What else I can say that has not been said ?

3 HURRAY to your success !!!

Best
Daniel

Thanks Daniel!
I can't wait til these corals grow to the sizes of your colonies! You'd better keep posting to give me something to shoot for!

 

[mhucasey]

Wow, I'm loving a couple of those pink pieces!!! Yowzers! I need to find some of those kinda goodies around here!

I had to start telling myself that I would only get a coral of a certain color when I went to the store. I've been stockpiling pinks and blues. Now I need more yellows!

 

[bobssecrtsn]

You and I should go to AquaSD some day and meet/buy some acros. Then you can come to my place and show me what I'm doing wrong:beer:

 

[mhucasey]

There were some questions about what I feed the reef, so I thought I'd share. I put frozen in a bottle like this:

Usually a mix of Mysis, Reef Frenzy, and Garlic Brine. Im out of Mysis at the moment. I add DI and thaw it out and keep the mix in the fridge.

Here is what Feeding time looks like:



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[markalot]

Great video, thanks for posting it. Always good to see how others feed their tanks.

 

[mhucasey]

Great video, thanks for posting it. Always good to see how others feed their tanks.

Thanks When I see people post that they feed one half cube of frozen to their tanks it makes me feel bad for their fish. That amount of food is used over 2-3 days, as well as a feed of pellets on each day.