My minimalistic 180g SPS tank

I love it! Awesome scape and really cool coral locations. Going to be one to watch for sure, great start man!!!
 
plyle02 said:
I love it! Awesome scape and really cool coral locations. Going to be one to watch for sure, great start man!!!
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Thank you!! I really appreciate it

mcgyvr said:
Looks very nice/interesting.. Only 5 more years and it should look amazing all grown out :)
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Thank you!! I am hoping that since I have them settled in and have the levels as stable as can be that they will take off in the next month or 2.

Rakie said:
I saw you post on my thread about pics -- Honestly all you need for really great photos with an iphone are the reef gel filters. Like 2 years ago people would just get the 300 swatch sample stage light gel filters from LEE on eBay.. Now I think 2 or 3 different companies make them specifically for reef photography.

The iPhone 7 camera is no joke man, if I could have afforded the $700 iphone I wouldn't have had to buy a Cannon G7, Tripod, hack it for raw photo editing, then spend probably 10+ hours figuring out how to dial it in to look reasonably accurate in Photoshop.
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I do have the LEE gel filters from ebay but I do not know which ones I have. I have like the 300 swatch sample ones, I do only have the Iphone 6s Plus but it still has a decent camera. I still cant get the best photos though, especially macros its about impossible.

What do you guys use for top down shots??
 
Had a good look at my tank this morning for the first time since I had the levels stable and had great PE on most of the corals which was great to see. I am going to try to take a picture of it tonight.
 
codydemmel4 said:
I dont plan to clean the sand bed, never did on my other tanks. once I have the new tank algae out of the way the goby should be able to take good care of the sand with the amount of flow in my tank
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Gobies really do churn up a lot of sand. You *might* also have enough room for a sand star, but the goby should be plenty. Not to mention, if you have any wrasse that are like my melanurus, he LOVES digging in the sand looking for worms (and ruining pictures).. I'm surprised how well churned he keeps the sand.
 
Rakie said:
Gobies really do churn up a lot of sand. You *might* also have enough room for a sand star, but the goby should be plenty. Not to mention, if you have any wrasse that are like my melanurus, he LOVES digging in the sand looking for worms (and ruining pictures).. I'm surprised how well churned he keeps the sand.
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I was thinking about getting a starfish for the sand but I read they dont do well in tanks and usually only last a couple months.

Is that not correct?
 
codydemmel4 said:
I was thinking about getting a starfish for the sand but I read they dont do well in tanks and usually only last a couple months.

Is that not correct?
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Definitely not in newer tanks. They need a pretty large tank and typically do better with a deeper sand bed. I was kind of just thinking out loud, since you have very few things obstructing the sand you *might* have room for one. I would not suggest one though. I worded that poorly now that I look at it -_-
 
Pife said:
Page 2 and there isn't any pictures...
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I will have to take some pictures tonight, even though it was a long weekend it was quite busy for me.

I am starting to get the uglies of a new tank (especially on the sand bed) since i used brand new live rock, obviously had to with the custom rockwork that took me a couple days and patience to put together but thats expected and as long as I can keep my levels stable the SPS should be fine :)

Phosphates are always reading between 0.00-0.05 which is good with me. I would like for it to be constant around 0.02 but thats hard to accomplish for me at least. It only has tested 0.05 once and that was right after I fed a decent amount to the tank.
 
Some new pictures, getting much better PE!

Some new pictures, getting much better PE!

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and now for the uglies

and now for the uglies

Starting to get the ugly algae on the sand bed but eventually that will go away with the good filtration!

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Pife said:
There they are! The frags are looking better than a week ago.
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Thanks, I can definitely tell a difference in color and PE in almost all the frags. Especially the milles and the ones that browned out from the move. The PE this morning when the lights off was insane (which is what it was on my last tank) which is great to see as that is mostly how I tell how healthy and happy my frags are.

What do you guys usually go off of? I will have to try to take a picture tomorrow morning to show the PE
 
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So this is what has been taking up a lot of my time lately too :) We got a puppy a little over a week ago, which has been a great experience but is a lot of work. Wouldn't trade him for anything though.
 
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