Neal's Barebottom SPS & ZOA System...

Pallobi · Aug 25, 2011

jmccoya said:
I've got all my sand and live rock removed.....and corals mounted to the 2x2 tiles and stacked. I've got probably 10 assorted coral and zoa on display. Now I just need to build my collection to look like yours!
Thanks for all your einformed and keeping us informed!

:beer: have fun with it! experiment artistic'ly... i have alot fun with my system

allsps40 · Aug 25, 2011

Looking good Neal. Have you checked out my 75g build thread yet?

Neal

Pallobi · Sep 6, 2011

allsps40 said:
Looking good Neal. Have you checked out my 75g build thread yet?

Neal

thanks bud! and heck yea i have, a few times

Pallobi · Sep 6, 2011

allsps40 · Sep 6, 2011

I cant wait to get those kind of colors. Looking good. My build is done now Im in the 75g club.

Pallobi · Sep 6, 2011

allsps40 said:
I cant wait to get those kind of colors. Looking good. My build is done now Im in the 75g club.

thank you bro... and i was admiring your hard work last nite... very well done, i really like it :beer:

Pallobi · Sep 6, 2011

also I changed my bulb configuration a bit last week...

I went from this... (front to back, all ATI bulbs)...

blue plus
blue plus
aquablue special
aquablue special
aquablue special
aquablue special
blue plus
blue plus

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To this...

blue plus
blue plus
aquablue special
purple plus
true actinic
aquablue special
blue plus
blue plus

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I really like how the purple plus brings out the warmer colors a bit more... oranges, reds, etc... and the true actinic may come back out and be replaced with one of the aquablue specials that it replaced... but we'll see what kind of mood i'm in lol...

As always, thanks to anyone who takes the time to look through or follow my thread!!

Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

Bulb Configuration change...

I was using (4) ati blue plus, and (4) ati aquablue specials since may...

i recently swapped out (2) aquablue specials, for an ati purple plus, and an ati true actinic...

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Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

My Barebottom, Live Rock "Fuge"...

Basically, its jus a 65g tall w/ 3 large pcs of Live Rock, with minimal flow... i will be adding more flow when i get the chance, as i had 2 older Koralia's which did a great job, but they were both leaking voltage into my system to they had to go, I hope to get a mp10 for it sometime in the relative near future...

I actually have 6 more really nice large peices of dried rock in which i hope to add to the 3 i have in here already, once i get some good flow back in here... they will be cured for 1 month at least before hand, even though they are pretty clean to start with... I jus want to play it safe

My "fuge" is fed with a shared mag drive 9.5, which also feeds my dual BRS carbon reactor, i do not us phos media... I siphon out the detritus that settles here almost daily... this particular part of my system has been going against my believe in high flow throughout the entire system right now, but i jus need to replace the pumps that needed to be pulled...

In this area I also have a non reef safe (sps anyhow), Coral Beauty angel... as well as a pair of captive bred Bangaii Cardinals... I hope they will breed... i also have about 8 blue porcelian crabs, which I will be relocating to the maiin display soon for new touch visually... it is lit with nothing but (1) 30" t5 actinic...

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Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

My Sump...

I have (2) mag drive 9.5's.. one for the display, and one for the previously mentioned "fuge" and dual BRS carbon reactors... I have a dual pump Octopus Extreme 300, which i bought new in November 2008... i also have a Koralia magnum 6 powerheadh in the front left corner near the Display drain, so there is quite the current in my summp, jus like in my Display which as you can see, is (2) Mp40 ES... I beleive in alot of flow throughout a system to keep oxygen high and everything clean... again, i need to get a new pump to keep the "fuge" in the same conditions, as it normally is... also, the 1/2" feed that is flowing out in the far right corner of the sump, is the return from the Dual BRS carbon reactors... I have it so i can see visually what is going through the reactors, so i know when the pressure is low, and it needs to be cleaned/carbon needs to be replaced... I usually clean and change every two weeks anyhow... my sump stays very clean aside from what jus grows on everything, there is no detritus in there whatsoever, and i do not use filter socks... I allow my skimmer to remove detritus for me, and it does so quite well... especially when the flow through the "fuge" is up to my standards and likings...

I also use a simple flaot valve, gravity fed auto top off... utilizing a 5 gallon jug as the resorvoir... on average, lose about 2 gallons a day to evaporation, but that is fine, becuase i have a whole lot of air and water mixing for a very high level of oxygen in my system, which i like.... as well as gas exchange, and i think this is very important...

also, both the fuge and the display have dual mag 9.5 pumps which are plumbed together, s if one of them over needs to come offline, or i need to conserve energy used, such as in an outage, i can use jus one to run the whole system...

My systems runs entirely on the idea of no detritus, no sand, and high flow for a clean water column... along with an oversized skimmer, a few peices of live rock, and the proper addition of activated carbon... I also change 4.5 gallons of water every other day, and have been for nearly 2 full months... my sysytem has approximately 140 gallons of total water volume...

I use RO'd well water, and plan to finally setup my DI part of my water filter, which is a 5 stage RODI from the filter guys, however for the last 16 months since i got back into the hobby after a year off, i havent used anything but RO'd well water, and I would like to go back to DI as well... clearly, only RO'd water, as well as being from a well water source, which surely has some good tds, can still get some nice color and growth... however, I am thinking i can improve it further if i start using RODI again, with TDS at 0...

I am also going to start dosing Lugol's sparingly when i get a bottle soon...

At this point in time, i dose 3 ounces daily of both BRS two part, as well as about 6 ounces of BRS two part based magnesium once a week as well, and again, change 4.5 gallons every other day, and i will soon be using and lugols regiment...

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Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

and jus a random look at the underside of my overflow, i actually keep (1) large turbo snail in there to keep it clean, and it does a great job i must say, i have never cleaned it and its been 7 months...

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Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

Whats on my frag racks??? the left one...

thought i would show my two frag racks... everything on the one to the left, on the back wall of the display, i am keeping as it is part of my collection... it consists of the following...

monti setosa
candlelight acro
500 efflo
idaho grape monti cap
lokani acro
icefire echinata acro
rose milli

Sundy D's, 4 polyps
Magicians, 4 polyps

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the right one...

on here I have a couple more peices that are part of my collection... they are 2 small chalices... one is a 6 eye Miami Hurricane, and 3 eye emerald mummy eye... the rest of the peices on this rack, will be moved along... the Hurricane is really starting to color up nicely, and has adjusted to the high light and is doing very well i would have to say, even this is my first shot at chalices... the miami hurricane, started as 2 eyes in early July, and has the 6th nearly finished coming in now... i do not feed either of them, and they get high light and good flow around them... the emerald mummy eye was not fragged as well, and has taken a bit more time to recover, so it hasnt done as well quite yet, but i'm sure once it catches up, it will do well... i really didnt have any desire to keep LPS, but i wanted to see how my system could support them, and so far, i would have to say, they probably dont need so much light, and would most likely have better colors in less light, but they seem to be fine so far, and growing, and its only been about 8 to 9 weeks...

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Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

Pallobi · Sep 14, 2011

dvanacker · Sep 14, 2011

Wow....different and awesome.

Im sure you have answered this before but I went looking and couldnt find it (too busy skimming for pictures maybe)...but how much live rock would you say you have in the system. Any bacteria diven product like bio pellets or zeo. Also I dont see any fish in your FTS....what fish do you have in this system?

myzislow · Sep 14, 2011

lol didnt expect this! Pretty cool and very different. Your corals looks exceptionally healthy, good job!

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