Neptangelo
In Memoriam
I still would like to find out what type of filter you make all that change water with....
Sun Coral Display Tank
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stunreefer
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Dendro, my first real attempt at mainly NPS coral tank was in a 12 gallon nano-cube. The only filtration in the back was a sponge to remove particulate matter, some LR rubble for additional biological filtration, and a heater.
This tank was 100% Tubastrea faulkneri, with a couple small colonies of Tubastrea miracantha. I fed each polyp every three days in this system; if the coral had not latched onto a piece of LR I would remove the colony from the aquarium and place into a small tupperware to feed (I know you've done this and seen it)... after a while all the colonies were attached to the LR so I could no longer do this. Once this happened I would do 2 gal water change every other day (off-feeding days), and 50% on the weekends. Before they were all attached I would only do 50% on the weekends, because there was much less food added to the water column when I was pulling colonies out to feed...
This tank was definitely labor intensive regarding feeding and water changes, but it was not difficult to maintain, just a pain
After a couple years I'd had enough and broke the tank down - I still have some T. faulkneri from that tank. It was in this tank that I had my first success sexually propagating Tubastrea 
They do not...
More than likely it's RO/DI water as 99.9% of reefers use (or should use)...
Neptangelo
In Memoriam
Thanks for your personal statistics there Stunreefer. According to you I am in the .1%, that feels nice. I know how much water RO systems waste. I was just trying to get a ballpark idea of how ecologically unfriendly keeping a tank that size requiring that amount or water changing would be. The tank looks great but dumping that amount of water down the toilet seems a bit wasteful to me. That's just my opinion.....
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imcosmokramer
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I like it. very different.
cartoonbear
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I am curious as to what this tank looks like during waking hours. Would you mind sharing?
mariusz621
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I use standard 5 stage RO DI unit.
Thanks
mariusz621
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It is the Korallen Zucht 6x80w t5 unit.
Thank you.
mariusz621
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All the sun corals were bought in a space of 8 months. Some of them spread on surrounding rocks, some were reproducing sexually, but most of the free swimming eggs are eaten by fish. The damsels enjoy them a lot. I can see a few babies in the sump.
Thanks
mariusz621
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They are few pictures I was trying to take of fish on a 2nd page of this thread. They were taken after work around 7pm.
Whith this amount of sun corals, there are always some open. Also with daily feeding they do open more.
I would like to tank everyone for nice comments.
Neptangelo
In Memoriam
I was just joking around with docalatamu's little catch phrase or what ever they are called. I guess you guys didn't read that...... My bad.
mariusz621, thanks for the response.
Absolutely stunning, I love the design and colors, even the blue starfish is perfect! I have only one Dendro right now and I really enjoy feeding it... you may have influenced me to get a Sun Coral now. Thank you for sharing and I hope your tank becomes a Tank of the Month. :rollface:
Edited to add: Do you like the VorTechs? I am contemplating replacing my 2 Koralia Nanos and getting an MP10 on my 20gallon long aquarium. Are they quiet to run and easy to adjust the flow? Thanks.
Edited to add: Do you like the VorTechs? I am contemplating replacing my 2 Koralia Nanos and getting an MP10 on my 20gallon long aquarium. Are they quiet to run and easy to adjust the flow? Thanks.
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mariusz621
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Many thanks for your kind words. I am expecting a delivery of 6 more tube anemones tomorrow
I do like the vortech pumps. I like the wide flow they create, which is much better than tunze or koralia streams can offer. They are not as quiet as koralia, but the sound they make does not irritate me. You can hear them when they change flow patterns. They do have a lot of flow options as well.
Many thanks
