Pictures of Bomber's barebottom SPS tank and related equipment

[DKKA]

Be sure and get your tanks nutrients levels low before you shorten your light schedule.

Good morning, again Jerel,

Since us peons can't really test for phosphates how can we tell if our nutrients are low?
(I've been going a little bonkers lately wondering 'more light, less light? More food, less food?')

Dan

 

[Bomber]

Dan, you are not a peon, even if you are from Peoria.

(you can slap me now :lol: )

Good question. I guess it's just a "feel" sort of thing. If you're seeing a whole lot less detritus, water's staying clear longer, etc.

 

[NuclearReefs]

what do you call it when your aragonite has fused together into a sheet? Is that natural Starboard?

:lolspin:

Nathan

 

[Scleractinian]

what do you call it when your aragonite has fused together into a sheet? Is that natural Starboard?

:lolspin:

Nathan

I believe that the technical term might be "concrete".

 

[DKKA]

LOL, Thanks Jerel!

I've been cutting back slowly on the MH's. Down to about 5 hours and I have seen some positive results. A few of my pale SPS aren't so pale anymore. Although, I think a couple pieces, and maybe the clams might want more light. I certainly haven't seen any negative effects so I'll probably shorten the photoperiod a bit more and see what happens.

A side question/comment: I wonder how much the light reflected off your starboard is influencing the amount of MH's you are using. I know you have corals growing in heavily shaded spots, but I'm sure the rest of your corals are benefitting as well.

Do you expect you'll have to increase your lighting as the starboard becomes coated in corraline and corals?

Dan

 

[sradmin]

Jerel,

I've been following many of your threads lately, and I want to compliment you on your tank. Not only stunning, but pristine and very unique. Great job with the aquascaping kudos for its simplicity. You could say it's the "Bomb-diggity"!

I don't know what it looked like before your DSB nightmare, but I am a believer in that everything happens for a reason. You have gained, and provided for many others, a great experience and a wealth of knowledge. You also have a gorgeous tank... I've enjoyed reefing vicariously through you!

Also, kudos to Gregt for the fine pictures- Looking forward to seeing some more...

Steve

 

[Darrell Ward]

Bomber, I agree that BB is the way to go. What do think of a shallow sandbed encased is clear epoxy? Would this work as good as starboard? This may have been disscused already, but who could find it! Very nice tank by the way.

 

[Bomber]

A side question/comment: I wonder how much the light reflected off your starboard is influencing the amount of MH's you are using. I know you have corals growing in heavily shaded spots, but I'm sure the rest of your corals are benefitting as well.

Do you expect you'll have to increase your lighting as the starboard becomes coated in corraline and corals?

Dan

Dan there's something that I have come to truly believe in. The more nutrient rich your water, the more light you need. The less nutrients, the less light. Which seems to hold with what I see out on the reef too.

All this talk about lighting lately made me realize something. All my light bulbs are about 2 1/2 years old.

 

[Bomber]

I don't know what it looked like before your DSB nightmare, but I am a believer in that everything happens for a reason.


Steve

Thanks Steve! me too.

Here's what it looked like when it was TOTM here on RC, December 2001
Left side

Right side

 

[Bomber]

Bomber, I agree that BB is the way to go. What do think of a shallow sandbed encased is clear epoxy? Would this work as good as starboard? This may have been disscused already, but who could find it! Very nice tank by the way.

Darrell, Graham (G-money) has a thread here on RC and TRT where he describes the process he went through, step by step.

It should work, I just want a slicker surface. My Starboard has gotten pretty rough on it's own as coralline has started growing on it.

 

[NuclearReefs]

You can put your sea urchin back in their to clean it off jerel.


Nathan

 

[Bomber]

Nobody took Doug out! He's in there, it's his tank.

 

[NuclearReefs]

He's a Munching fool on that starboard I bet ...LOL!

 

[Flatlander]

Nobody took Doug out!

Yea, my wife does now & then.

:lol:

 

[Bomber]

I don't know which works better!

Mentioning your name or mentioning Krispy Kreme Doughnuts!!


:lol:

 

[downset]

2x

 

[downset]

Every pic looks better and better

 

[DerekW]

downset, love your avatar, I was a fan as well. Still shaking my head the way he died.

 

[Yellotang]

Bomber, I love that urchin. I want one. It is hard for me to find one that is not dieing already.

 

[Bomber]

Where in this world have you been lately?

The problem with some urchins is they are very sensitive to water quality, and because of that don't ship very well. We try to keep them in every system because they are like the canary in the mine. If anything is wrong with the system, they will tell you first.