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Thanks for the info. So you really have a nice system/procedure going on yearly clean up. Wish mine could be like that.
 
Hey Dan,
when you vacuum down to the glass are you removing the substrate all together and replacing with new or are you leaving the existing substrate in there but giving it a good vacuum?

Also, do you target any particular nutrient levels for no3 and po4 and do you just shoot for as low as possible?

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SPotter said:
Hey Dan,
when you vacuum down to the glass are you removing the substrate all together and replacing with new or are you leaving the existing substrate in there but giving it a good vacuum?

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There is only a small bit of sand in the aquarium as I have done my best to totally remove it through the years,The bottom becomes littered with rubble,fish feces,snail shells and sediment from the rock breaking down as time passes.This and the small bit of sand that makes itself visible periodically is completely removed and discarded.The areas under the rock pillars are usually thick with this highly nutrient rich sediment.The vacuumed water is dark brown and full of nutrients and pollution.Many solids that settle in this mix are harmful and irritating to corals.You will notice that if some of this substance lands on certain corals,it will quickly remove flesh and stress the coral.I like getting as much of this highly polluted matter out of the system as possible as opposed to burying it and waiting for disaster.Processing this pollution is much more difficult then removing it in my opinion.Medias and bacteria can be utilized to further process this sediment and biological process can be employed at different levels to deal with this,but in my experience,nothing will give the results of the actual removal(EXPORT not PROCESS) in my experience.
 
Just to be clear.I in no way think my process or my opinion is any better then anyone elses on this forum and I am not trying to flame any companies that make fine products that I do not utilize.Every Reef is different as is the goals of its keeper.For a acropora,montipora dominated Reef,bare bottom is my best school of thought.If stoney reef crest corals are your goal,then sand is not the best option as this becomes a nutrient bomb in time and limits the ability to provided strong random flow through out the aquarium(sand storms and mounding)Of cource you can maintain a healthy reef with a substrate but in my individual case,it is counter productive .
 
thank you for the info Dan!!! I dont think anyine could question your statememts or methods. As you said everyone has different methods they like and every tank is totally different.

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really, really nice !!!!!!!! i have a question, at the begining of this thread, third photo down, is a blue stag. Can anybody tell me the species name please as I have one and would love to know what it is. thanks.
 
if only said:
really, really nice !!!!!!!! i have a question, at the begining of this thread, third photo down, is a blue stag. Can anybody tell me the species name please as I have one and would love to know what it is. thanks.
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Thanks .wow,looking back to the first page really opened my eyes .Hard to remember the corals back then and to be honest I have not looked back to the first page in many years.This is a Acropora Abrolhosensis.I acquired the frag from GARF many years ago.Unfortunately the colony fell victim to shading and invasive zoos over the years and I am now left with only a few fragments I am trying to get to grow.The coral went into shut down and stagnated for a few years as of recent and I fear I may loose the seed fragments as well eventually unless a small miracle occurs.I did enjoy this stag in my Reef for many years and it was one of the very early corals that came from aqua culture(1997 approx.)

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rigleautomotive said:
Thanks .wow,looking back to the first page really opened my eyes .Hard to remember the corals back then and to be honest I have not looked back to the first page in many years.This is a Acropora Abrolhosensis.I acquired the frag from GARF many years ago.Unfortunately the colony fell victim to shading and invasive zoos over the years and I am now left with only a few fragments I am trying to get to grow.The coral went into shut down and stagnated for a few years as of recent and I fear I may loose the seed fragments as well eventually unless a small miracle occurs.I did enjoy this stag in my Reef for many years and it was one of the very early corals that came from aqua culture(1997 approx.)

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Dan hve you tried cutting the very tip off of one of those frags, then gluing it to a rock horizontally? i have had very good luck doing this wits some of my corals that decided to take a vacation from growth. By any chance do you have an ora cali tort or german blue polyp? your system looks great
 
REEF SMAC said:
Looks like that yellow tang is piggin out as well. Ha.:)

Yea the freakin thief :)

How often are you doing that hand feeding?
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Twice a week or so but if PO4 is very low I feed daily to get to the sweet spot

bigmatt said:
Dan hve you tried cutting the very tip off of one of those frags, then gluing it to a rock horizontally? i have had very good luck doing this wits some of my corals that decided to take a vacation from growth. By any chance do you have an ora cali tort or german blue polyp? your system looks great
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Yea,lol.and every other known and unknown and even unconventional method with no success.I am starting to believe acroporas have a definite life span.I have seen frags in other systems give up in the same general time period as the mother colony of the same coral.I think a shut down occurs after some time and even the seed fragments will go when the time is up.Just my opinion thus far but I have seen this numerous times over the last decade with some of my oldest species.I have this theory out to a couple well known marine biologists in the field awaiting feedback.I will LYK if I learn anything worth sharing.

Reef and Rock said:
Amazing Anemones !!!
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Thank you.They are a very hardy and colorful lineage for sure.Anthony Calfo started the strain and it has proven to me that it is a very good captive RBTA with great survivability.
 
rigleautomotive said:
I am starting to believe acroporas have a definite life span.I have seen frags in other systems give up in the same general time period as the mother colony of the same coral.I think a shut down occurs after some time and even the seed fragments will go when the time is up.Just my opinion thus far but I have seen this numerous times over the last decade with some of my oldest species.I have this theory out to a couple well known marine biologists in the field awaiting feedback.I will LYK if I learn anything worth sharing.
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Very interesting. I seem to have experienced this as well with certain acros over the years. Would love to know why, if someone could come up with a reason as to why this happens.
 
dvanacker said:
wow...that deep purple coraline is crazy....I never get the deep purple stuff, I have no idea why.
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This became a weed as I switched to limewater for alk maintenance.
I assume the elevated ph lends to it growing so well.I had very little when I used a CO2 driven arag reactor.Keeping Mg in range also is a must as you know.
 
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