NickReef17
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Amazing forest of frags!
How do you get such beautiful colors? I am still new to Acros and only have two![]()
Be careful of the many opinions and advice you read on this site. Mine included. Although generally every one means well, every tank is different.....I think the best advice is still "have patience." Keeping colorful SPS is a marathon that starts uphill, then plateaus, but never ends....
The actual main nursery is a 90 gal with two 40 gal attached. One I use for a refugium and the other for frags that I make from the mothers. All the mother colonies are intended for my eventual 300 gallon display that isnt even built yet.
The system is a hybrid that uses Zeo/KZ supplements, a refugium, double chamber calcium reactor, vodka/vinegar, strong skimming and kalk for top-off. I use GAC passively in the sump, but no longer run GFO... and a lot of live rock with bare bottom. Lighting is a 250DE 14K cheap generic knockoff brand that probably cost $20 I bought off Amazon with 4x24watt T5 actinic. 5% water change weekly with Red Sea Pro.
Vitals:
Alk - 7
NO3 - .22
PO4 - .01
Ca - 400
Pot - 300 (Its low, im targeting 400 slowly)
Mg - 1380
PH - 8.2 to 8.4
Temp - 77 to 78
SG - 1.026
The system is a hybrid that uses Zeo/KZ supplements, ...
KZ has so many different supplements ... I have used and continue to use some of them... I dont want to recommend using these as I cant validate if they do anything.
One comment about tests and hobby test kits. With experience, we can look at the tank and kinda know whats wrong. But for most beginners we rely on tests. I found that most hobby tests are unreliable. Either my eyes are lame or the tests are lame, but probably both... and I am not happy with that Hanna tester either. When NO3 and PO4 tests show 0, its not. Its probably low, but not 0.
I have also stopped using GFO, UV, and Ozone and ill probably never go back.
One comment about tests and hobby test kits. With experience, we can look at the tank and kinda know whats wrong. But for most beginners we rely on tests. I found that most hobby tests are unreliable. Either my eyes are lame or the tests are lame, but probably both... and I am not happy with that Hanna tester either. When NO3 and PO4 tests show 0, its not. Its probably low, but not 0.