Starting SPS looking for advice!

kissman

kissman

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My tank has been up for years. It was a FOWLR now its a reef tank. Changed over about 1.5/2 years ago. I want to start adding SPS soon after I get my nutrient/cyano issue solved. I AM WINNING YAY! Cyano has cut back a lot. But before I start adding SPS I want to know if there is anything I need to do to prepare for success? Below is a run down of my tank

55g
20g long sump/refugium 8" water
Red Sea Coral Pro Salt
Calcium 480
Alk 10dkh
Mag 1440
Nitrates 0
Phosphates 0
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
SG 1.026
Temp 78

Warner Marine MF 181 Kone Skimmer
Hydor Wavemaker 2 Hydor 2's on back pointed towards center surface
1 Hydor 2 that runs during lights on in middle of tank pointed center surface
Mag drive 3 return
1 Phosban Reactor with BRS GFO changed every 2 weeks
1 Phosban Reactor with BRS ROX.08 changed every 2 weeks
Nova Extreme Pro 6x 54w T5HO ATI Bulbs changed 8 weeks ago
1 ATI True Actinic, 2 ATI AquaBlue Special, 1 ATI Coral Plus, 2 ATI Blue Plus
2 BRS 1.1ml Dosers 1 for Calcium and 1 for Alk
1 BRS 1.1ml for Vinegar dosing(on order)


roughly 60-70lbs of live rock
4 DSB
1 Bubble Tip Anemone
1 Maroon Clown Yellow Band
1 Royal Gramma
2 Green Chromis
1 Six Line Wrasse
1 Diamond Gobie
New clean up crew of snails
Few Hermits
1 Kenya Tree
1 Toadstool
1 Finger Leather
2 Frogspawns
1 rock of Xenia
1 rock assorted mushrooms
1 rock of assorted Zoa's

sump
12x12 3" dsb, chaeto, halmidea
live rock and pod condos
6500k daylight bulb 27w(100w) runs at lights out
 
Ok so you have a decent phos kit. I would still recommend getting a hanna checker. Myself, wouldnt do with out one. Everything else on your tank looks good, just try and get rid of the algae problems first, then try a birdsnest or monti. They are easier and dont go buying some expensive ORA piece for your first one. Im sure you can find like a $10 piece.
 
I have been thinking about the Hanna tester for PO4 but aren't they off by +-.5? Yes I was thinking of actually trying both when I do get some. Thanks
 
Allmost said:
unless ure being sarcastic.
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I dunno lol. You tell me...my list of SPS

Leng Sy Monti
Pink Lemonade
Screaming Green Birdsnest
ORA Nuke Green Birdsnest
Stylophora
Setosa
Blue/Green Acro
Cali Tort
Oregon Tort
Acro Verde
Pink Milli
ORA Red Milli
Pink Jade Acro
Strawberry Shortcake
Green Slimer
 
the addiction started years ago. The hobby itself is crack! I love it! I had gotten lazy about my tank a few years ago, when I had a FOWLR. Nitrates got 160ppm. I had 1 fish and 1 starfish in the tank. At the time I had decided and promised my girlfriend I would stop smoking. I needed something to occupy my mind at home. So I dove into my tank! Took me a few years to get everything cleared up. This weekend is going to be cleaning out xenia and fragging it to take to LFS. I know that leathers can hurt SPS, so I wanna do some moving around and keep the SPS on one side and softies on the other. I was also thinking about adding a few rocks to bring SPS closer to lights or thought about getting some magnets and attaching some to the back of the tank. Smoke Free since I started 2009


Oct 10, 2009
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this is what it looks like now.

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