SPS Frags Growth Pics

[ryshark]

What is the 9th coral ( blue with splashes of green)? I got one a while back in a trade.

I was wondering the same.... the second one from the last above the birdsnest.

 

[2006]

yep....i'm the one with small tank with crappy equipment and still seeing good results on SPS

You guys p*ss me off.

 

[philipchan]

Bio7 is the Brightwell product
Biofiltration & Nutrient Control
I use the NeoZeo+MicroBacter7+Reef BioFuel
they do a good job of lowering the NO3,Po4
I have a 18G tank with lotzzz of corals, and about 8 fish 3 shrimps in there
and I still can keep my NO3,PO4 at 0

And yea, I do keep a little bit of sand in my tank
and about 2~3 inches sand in my sump( I know i should put more :[ )

Alright, here are some pics of my FTS, sump and what I dose everyday, hope u guys enjoy

 

[Whisperer]

I was wondering the same.... the second one from the last above the birdsnest.

It looks like an A. nana

 

[Dustin1300]

You have some great colors You planning on going bigger soon as it looks as if you have run out of real estate. Tang police will soon be after you too for that Yellow!

 

[philipchan]

You have some great colors You planning on going bigger soon as it looks as if you have run out of real estate. Tang police will soon be after you too for that Yellow!

lol....i know i'm running out of space ~_~
planning to upgrade after i move by the end of this yr...

LOLL...i already got rid of a bigger size Blue tang, and change the bigger size yellow tang into this smaller one...
I just have to have one tang in the tank since they do a really good job on eating the Algae

I had no tang for 2 weeks and my tank start look like sh?t
i guess i will just keep trading to smaller size ones...

 

[reefyourself]

ohh yeah... another question... what do u feed ur tank with?????

 

[reefyourself]

any formula foods????

 

[philipchan]

ohh yeah... another question... what do u feed ur tank with?????

I feed my fish with
Spectrum THERA+A which has garlic inside
This is the only food I feed my fish...
as i'v tried so many different brands, this is the best for me :lol2:

 

[bawla47]

I had no tang for 2 weeks and my tank start look like sh?t
i guess i will just keep trading to smaller size ones...

why do you say that? algae control? or he just seemed to poop alot?

your tanks given me inspiration! i keep doubting that one can acheive really nice colors in a small volume of water(mines 40g total too) so your thread really does help me chug along with my overall goal.

any way you could post your dosing schedule? how many drops of each etc? and what salt your using?

 

[philipchan]

why do you say that? algae control? or he just seemed to poop alot?

your tanks given me inspiration! i keep doubting that one can acheive really nice colors in a small volume of water(mines 40g total too) so your thread really does help me chug along with my overall goal.

any way you could post your dosing schedule? how many drops of each etc? and what salt your using?

Yea...tang does a good job on algae control, it will eat up all the growing algaes, on glass, frags, rocks...

Hmmn...since my budget is low, and i love to keep some sps, so i need to spend a bit more time on dosing manually, but it's not gonna take so long, for those couple bottles, only takes me less than a min to dose them.

I basically follow the instruction behinds those bottles and dose daily.
Brightwell
Coral Color 6 drops
Bio 7 couple drops
Bio Fuel coupe drops
Potassion around 6~8 drops
KENT
AKH 10ml per day, 2 times
CA 10ml per day, 2 times
MG, after level up to 1450, about 2 ml per day (this one really depends on yr tank)
Strontion 4~6 drops
Iodion 4~6 drops

and i feed my fish once a day, and feed my corals (SPS, LPS) once a week, with Zooplex, Silverside

hope this will help, to me i still think stable is the key,
I think if u can't even spend 1 mins to dose daily, then why having a fish tank

2 more cool pic token by my buddy yesterday ~
i wish i have that skill and good camera...

 

[Kevin_Bullis]

Why must a slow going build of mine make me subjected to all these beautiful SPS!?

 

[philipchan]

got a better pic for this lovely birdnest , i think it triple it's size in just ... 2 months?
i wish all my corals can grow like this, lol

 

[reefyourself]

what salt are you using? and how long has your tank been up and running?

 

[BuckeyeTodd]

it looks like there is great vertical growth, but I don't see much encrusting...is this normal or do mine just love to encrust

AND wow those are some bright colors, I'm just happy to have polyp extension

 

[Dustin1300]

what salt are you using? And how long has your tank been up and running?

+1

 

[philipchan]

I'm using the LFS mixed salt water since my tank is small, only 18G+10Gsump and the store is only couple mins away from my house, and they use the Tropical Marine with RODI water
and I do change 5G per week

 

[p-nut]

what kind of lights are u running.

 

[aquaph8]

whatever you are doing, keep it up cause your colors are really beautiful.

 

[philipchan]

Thanks!
i'm just using 150W KH, with ebay $15 shipped 20K bulb. (i know ppl blame on using cheap bulb, but man it's working for me)
and a strip of blue LEDs