Mhucasey's SPS obsession

Welcome to the tank, Mr Blue-faced Angel!

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Name to follow:lol:
 
I'm going to look for that glue in Canada..
I'm using Zap now and it's horrible..
The Eco tech is too gelatinous..
I've always been pretty happy with Loc Tite gel..
But if you guys say this stuff is good, I'll look for it..
 
I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that your blue face will behave. They are one of the most beautiful fish in the ocean when they mature.
 
I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that your blue face will behave. They are one of the most beautiful fish in the ocean when they mature.

You never can tell, but like everything in the tank, you have to be prepared for it to not work out, or this becomes a sad hobby.


He has been named, and his name is Yondu!
 
Yes. I have 3 little bottles of it....
Can't do much with it at the moment, however..

You can dose it like any other carbon source and it'll feed the beneficial bacteria in your reef tank. AF refer to NP Pro as a 'Polymer' which simply means is a large molecule carbon.

Start dosing it and see what happens. You really can't hurt a thing by trying unless you've got a high nutrient or EXTREMELY low nutrient reef tank.
 
Hi Matt quick question for you. You have been using AF coral e for a little while now. Have you noticed lightening of your corals from it? I have order some AF products and was going to hold off on coral e for a while but I'm looking to see if you like results from it and I might just start it at a lower dose right away. What do you think just start using it or wait to see what the other prducts do first?
 
Hi Matt quick question for you. You have been using AF coral e for a little while now. Have you noticed lightening of your corals from it? I have order some AF products and was going to hold off on coral e for a while but I'm looking to see if you like results from it and I might just start it at a lower dose right away. What do you think just start using it or wait to see what the other prducts do first?

I use it but haven't seen any change as of yet. I've used Zeospur as well in the past and never achieved much lightening either. If the corals aren't overloaded with zooxanthellae the lightening effect is very limited.
 
The center ends of the tank have no bulbs covering them and there have been some corals not getting enough light there. Well that just wont do:) The flubber tank had the 8 bulb fixture over it, but it really doesn't need that much light. It really only needs 6 bulbs. So i swapped them! Now the SPS reef is covered by 14 bulbs of T5 goodness, and there is narry a dim spot to be had:

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The current bulb combo:
7 Blue Plus
1 Actinic Blue
2 ATI Actinic
2 Fiji Purple
1 Aquablue Azure
1 Coral Plus
 
The corals look very pale, do you have measurable Nitrate? I'd be happy to help you with some suggestions, but keep in mind color preference is very subjective:)

Im going to start buying my t5 bulbs now so i would like a proven color combo for growth and color so please bring on the wisdom!
Also i know you said get the 6 bulb ati unit but the 8 bulb isnt that much more $ and like you said i can have alot more bulb combination options like maybe using the 6 bulbs which you said is enough for the tank for par and growth and using the 2 extra for more (pop) bulbs not so much par with the 8 bulb unit?
 
The IC gel really is the best. Adam at Battlecorals turned me on to that stuff. Between that and a tiny squirt of accelerator and it's an instant grab and set of even large, heavy frags.

Glad the snake oil is working for you lol...i kid, I kid.

I change around 20% every 3-4 weeks these days. Used to change more often when I was using 2 part, but the calcium reactor makes me more comfortable with stretching that out.
 
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