Rebirth - 1500l

[Alex Costa]

The Islands

Big Island

Small Island

 

[Alex Costa]

And, to finish, a bottom view

 

[Darth_Tater]

Wow, looking great! I really like that Blue Sky Formosa.

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Alex you are a reef artist. Your latest photos are very impressive.

 

[Alex Costa]

Wow, looking great! I really like that Blue Sky Formosa.

I like that coral a lot....Indeed a top 10 must have sps for me.
No other have that kind of deep dark green/turquoise color and the blue tips gave it a pop.
You can see it in several photos and angles and the color is just the same.

Alex you are a reef artist. Your latest photos are very impressive.

Thanks Bulent!
As I said before, there's a lot of planning in this setup.
This helps me when I doing the photos, for sure.

 

[reefmutt]

The Islands

Big Island

Small Island

Wow Alex!!
Stunning shots, really!!
Just beautiful.
It's amazing where the tank has come in such a short time.

 

[DiscusHeckel]

Thanks Bulent!
As I said before, there's a lot of planning in this setup.
This helps me when I doing the photos, for sure.

You are welcome Alex. I forgot to mention that your attention to detail is amazing. eSo much ffort you put into the planning of this set up has clearly started to pay off.

Keep up the excellent work.

 

[Wrangy]

Wow Alex!! I definitely checked in at the right time!! Holy smokes those acro's are looking gorgeous :inlove: it's great to see your tank going so strongly!

 

[i2ik]

This is so inspiring! I love it! How do you keep your sand so perfect without any mountains of sand from the water pumps?

I am also redoing the rebirth of my tank and wanted to go bare bottom... your tank is not helping at all..

 

[Alex Costa]

Hello Richard.

To be true, I have mixed feelings about the sand.....
Mine, actually, didn't become into a dune due to my circulation, wich is a little bit weak right now.
My tank is too wide and long and I'm having a hard time to tune the type, amount, location, mode of the circulation pumps.
Because os that, I think, I'm having some diatoms in the sandbed.
So, no mountains of sand, but a brownny plain instead...... :0/

Alex.

 

[Alex Costa]

Wow Alex!! I definitely checked in at the right time!! Holy smokes those acro's are looking gorgeous :inlove: it's great to see your tank going so strongly!

Thanks Dom!

To be true, now I look at the tank and think to myself: What a good call was start it over after the crash last year.

2 months from now it'll be a 1 year old young reef tank.

:hb2::hb2::hb2::hb2:

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

:frog::frog::frog::frog::frog::frog:

 

[vikinglord13]

Looks great! Have you considered giving the different islands names?

 

[Alex Costa]

Looks great! Have you considered giving the different islands names?

Thanks!:thumbsup:

Not really....I've been calling them big island and small island since the beginning......All the creativity was used to make them, maybe....nothing left...
:lmao::lmao::lmao:

 

[Alex Costa]

Today's test results:

Ra: 7,65 dKH
Ca: 450
K: 430

Ra droped a little so I open the outlet of my Ca reactor a tiny bit.....And I will check again next week.
I think that colonies start to consume Ra a little faster, due to growth.

 

[reefmutt]

Alex, don't you think your Calcium will get a bit high if you correct alk by opening up your ca reactor?
Also, do you run a ph controller on the reactor?

 

[Alex Costa]

Maybe you're right Matt...
In fact, I think that Ca already is a bit high (but I didn't test it very frequently).....
I'm thinking about rise the Kh using Brightwell Alkalin, instead of change the Reactor flow....

On Sunday I'll check both again, and then I'll decide.

About the PH probe, my Apex PH probe is instaled on Reactor first chamber.....I keep the PH stable at 7,4.
In the outlet of the second chamber it's a bit higher.....7,5~7,6...
In the tank is 8,3, according Sera test kit.

 

[Alex Costa]

I redo the tests today:

RA 7,7
Ca - 430~440 (did it twice because I was thinking that 450 was a litlle...."strange")

I'll keep the Ca reactor this way and I'll redo the tests next weekend.

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Some EVO:

C. tortuosa ORA Blue Green

20/11/2016

14/04/2017

26/05/2017

21/09/2017

Alex

 

[Alex Costa]

Today's test results:

Ra: 7,66 dKH
Ca: 440
K: 410

Ra as Ca are stable for the past 6 weeks, so the adjustment in the Ca reactor was a good call.
K droped a little...first time that is near to 400 since the begining of the tank.
I'll keep an eye on it, and I'll start dosing Brigthwell Potassium if it drops below 400....

Alex