Sps corals and full tank shot
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chris88
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The tank has been running 10 month in this location. When i moved it here from my last place i love 95% of my sps and 70% of my zoanthids. Almost all of the zoanthids grew back in from the remaining and i had to start the sps back from frags again. All of the corals you see have been grown from frags in about the 10 months time.
I run t5 lighting. I use a 6 bulb aquaticlife t5 with 3x kz superblues 2x kz new gens and one kz Fiji purple. I dose the tank manually with my own 3 part mix that i make up.
I run t5 lighting. I use a 6 bulb aquaticlife t5 with 3x kz superblues 2x kz new gens and one kz Fiji purple. I dose the tank manually with my own 3 part mix that i make up.
dvanacker
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Well this tank looks familiar....nice job
a classic Freudian slip.....hahah. I assume you meant lost....but here in the SPS forum we all love our SPS.
ChicagoReefOne
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Wow, now I am feeling impressed and inadequate at the same time. Good work sir! :fun4:
leongleong
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Very very nice! May I ask what kind of system you are running (any biopellet, zeovit, neozeo)?
chris88
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I don't really run any true system, but more of a hybrid mix of things. Every now and then I will dose vinegar to drive down nutrients. While dosing vinegar I use MB7 to help with bacterial diversification. I also use the zeovit nano pack at 1/4 of their recommended dosage (cv, aa, sp, xtra). Every now and then I will dose trace elements but other than that i don’t do anything special. I also do not change the water in the tank. But I clean my poly filter pads in my sump every 3-4 days and clean my skimmer every week or two.
dannytom99
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great looking corals, can you tell us what exactly is the 3part you make yourself is? and what do you feed your coral?
haha
chris88
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1 gallon jug RO: 3 oz kent turbo calcium
1 gallon jug RO: 4 oz baked baking soda
1 gallon jug RO: 6 oz of magnesium chloride
I dose the alk and cal in equal parts, and 1 gallon of each will usually last me a week. Corals do not always grow at the same rate so I have to test at the end of each week to make sure the parameters stay in line. I aim for a dkh of 8 and cal of 420ppm. If at the end of the week the parameters are too high, I skip a day of dosing, and if they are to low I will add a bit more. Most often I am pretty darn close to what I am aiming for.
With magnesium I am not near as strict. I dose it about once a week and as long as it stays between 1100ppm and 1500ppm I am happy. I have found that the corals do not mind the ranges and don’t show any sign of stress as long as I keep it between the previously mentioned guideline.
1 gallon jug RO: 4 oz baked baking soda
1 gallon jug RO: 6 oz of magnesium chloride
I dose the alk and cal in equal parts, and 1 gallon of each will usually last me a week. Corals do not always grow at the same rate so I have to test at the end of each week to make sure the parameters stay in line. I aim for a dkh of 8 and cal of 420ppm. If at the end of the week the parameters are too high, I skip a day of dosing, and if they are to low I will add a bit more. Most often I am pretty darn close to what I am aiming for.
With magnesium I am not near as strict. I dose it about once a week and as long as it stays between 1100ppm and 1500ppm I am happy. I have found that the corals do not mind the ranges and don’t show any sign of stress as long as I keep it between the previously mentioned guideline.
Nam Nguyen
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really nice looking tank.
leongleong
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What kind of fish or coral food you feed? Do you feed heavily? Thx!
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