My Reef Tank

Too bad you don't know how to make your corals color up nicely. Beautiful tank.

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Stolireef said:
Too bad you don't know how to make your corals color up nicely. Beautiful tank.

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Lol, tough crowd. Haha thank you.
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Here are a couple of videos I took back in February, Watch it in 1080P it makes all the difference.
Whites <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/U9agf0UjMjU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

and the blues

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I think it's about time for a 2 months update video.
 
That's pretty crazy. They certainly look happy and healthy.
Second vid didn't work for me but the first one was enough eye stimulus. The blue only would have burned holes in my retinas.
 
reefmutt said:
That's pretty crazy. They certainly look happy and healthy.
Second vid didn't work for me but the first one was enough eye stimulus. The blue only would have burned holes in my retinas.
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Hehe, here's the one I've made today. I think it is exactly 2 months after I've made the original one. Came out a little shaky but I got almost all of my corals in one go, which is nice. watch in 1080p

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that is an insane video, really beautiful to copy kevlow. I could watch that over and over, the PE on all the pieces are great.

So you are just doing the basics of keeping everything stable, feeding the fish, doing a water change every once and awhile and thats it? No other additives, etc?

What is your lighting schedule?
 
codydemmel4 said:
that is an insane video, really beautiful to copy kevlow. I could watch that over and over, the PE on all the pieces are great.

So you are just doing the basics of keeping everything stable, feeding the fish, doing a water change every once and awhile and thats it? No other additives, etc?

What is your lighting schedule?
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Yeah, I try to keep it simple, the only things I worry about on the regular basis are No3 and Po4, I usually try to keep those above 0. All of the other important things I try not to mess with. Since I have a gotten a calcium reactor on a masterflex pump, things became a lot easier. Other things I pay very close attention to are 1)RO/DI 2)Flow 3) PH. As far as polyp extension goes, I have noticed that my miliapora have the nicest PE in a very high flow ( not sure how to describe the intensity) and anywhere above 380 par. Generally, all of my millis are in the 450-500 range. The ones that are lower in the tank, don't have comparable PE.

I dose kno3 occasionally to bump up my nitrates, and I dose K because it is always low. I also want to purchase an Iodine test kit and start dosing that too.

As far as the lighting goes, I run 2 t5s from 11am-5pm, and I think my led's run at 70b/40w for the same amount of time. I get around 600-650 par on the top of that big purple colony in the video, and it tapers off from there. Bottom of the tank where my fruitloops are is about 250 par, corners get a little less light.
 
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Hm, so full photoperiod, including all light is 10 hours and full intensity for 6.
Wow.. that is very interesting.
And par is pretty high for the full intensity..
 
a little update after 4 months.
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Looking good Nick! I can see the growth since April :thumbsup:

Please add a film in regular light as well. That WD frag is insane!
 
very nice! is that as much flow as your tank has? It really doesnt look like that much by the way the polyps are moving.

I am starting to think I may have way too much flow inside my tank with how much my polyps move compared to some of the videos I have seen
 
codydemmel4 said:
very nice! is that as much flow as your tank has? It really doesnt look like that much by the way the polyps are moving.

I am starting to think I may have way too much flow inside my tank with how much my polyps move compared to some of the videos I have seen
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No, actually my tank flow is very poor for the amount of the corals I have , I will be working on correcting that in the next few months. As long as the flow is not direct and does not stress the coral out, acros love a ton of flow. I think flow is even more important than the light.
 
Great video! Colours are amazing and pe. Super nice!
What’s the ultra pink coral at the 1 minute mark?
Also, are those Walt Disneys below and above the Hawkins around 4:40?
 
reefmutt said:
Great video! Colours are amazing and pe. Super nice!
What's the ultra pink coral at the 1 minute mark?
Also, are those Walt Disneys below and above the Hawkins around 4:40?
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Hey there, I know its a late reply but the ultra pink coral is a Bali shortcake. and yes those are WDs .
 
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