+1 you seem to get great growth and health. I'd like to see a bit more about your specific care process and parameters.
Hello fellow reefers,
I am really lucky with my reef. My reef was a vision that took six months to conceive before the first drop of water went in.
My fish and zoas came from my smaller tank that was running for about a year and a half I think.
Having fish that I know were healthy gave me confidence that I would not have to deal with any sickness and worry about that aspect.
The same could be said about the zoas and coral that went in.
I believe I had a head start by stocking up my tank quickly.
What I have noticed is that since this tank is stable and mature, I find it difficult to introduce any new coral or zoas. In fact I have stopped trying to put anything new in there as it does not take hold.
That said I believe using a high quality Salt with RO water is the way to go.
I use Red Sea Coral Pro salt.
The Red Sea has high values of Ca ,Mg etc however I run my tank at 9dKH.
To me alkalinity is what I aim for.... If I hit the 8-9 dKH mark I find the coralline algae grows like crazy.
My calcium reactor runs 24/7 and I never switch it off. CO2 is fed in without the solenoid switching on and off on a timer.
I have removed the zeolite stones altogether from my system, this I did months ago. I prefer to use a liquid phosphate binder to eliminate phosphate, although I don't worry too much about my phosphate I like that to read 0.10 on the Hanna checker. I let phosphate creep up to 0.35 at times.
I run a cup and a half of activated GAC in a sock in the sump and change that out at 6-8 weeks.
Lets see, the last thing I can think of is the use of Iodine.
I think for zoas that iodine really helps them grow.
Please feel free to ask any questions... You would not believe me if I told you I haven't tested my tank water in at least six months.
Best regards
Nils
