slavetonet
New member
I have just drooled all over my keyboard from looking at your photos of sps corals.
Incredible setup :inlove:
Incredible setup :inlove:
TDB's 320 SPS Rebuild
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Wrangy
Acrotrooper
Simply stunning mate. You really do have one of the more inspiring tanks out there. Not only in your ability to achieve some of the most awesome and jaw dropping deep and pastel colouring but in your placement. You truly have a very keen eye for acro placement and grow out space! And Oh My! The PE is wonderful! I love seeing a tank full of acro's but really blows me away is seeing the stunning polyp extension that you have!
Having just seen this update, I think I might bump my Radium run time up another hour to 6hrs as 5 seems to work well but a bit of extra light won't hurt
Please feel free to take more photo's too! lol
Having just seen this update, I think I might bump my Radium run time up another hour to 6hrs as 5 seems to work well but a bit of extra light won't hurt
Please feel free to take more photo's too! lol
RobTheReefer
Moved Elsewhere
Wow! That is so much acro porn, I feel like I should delete my browser history or something. Be right back, someone's knocking at the door...
tdb320reef
Active member
Frags
Frags
Thanks mates, Yes, yes Id say about 60% come from my old tank and frags that I have grown out. Also in this area there is a high rate of people getting in the hobby for a year or two and then getting out. When I find those with SPS,I jump on those opportunities to find some real gems. Also there are some nice wild, cultured ones that will do well and add amazing color.
Regardless of the source, my goal is to continuously add and remove Frags/colonies to 1. keep me interested and 2. Find the perfect compliment of colors.
Frags
You missed the hottub reef days.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23393565&postcount=18
Thanks mates, Yes, yes Id say about 60% come from my old tank and frags that I have grown out. Also in this area there is a high rate of people getting in the hobby for a year or two and then getting out. When I find those with SPS,I jump on those opportunities to find some real gems. Also there are some nice wild, cultured ones that will do well and add amazing color.
Regardless of the source, my goal is to continuously add and remove Frags/colonies to 1. keep me interested and 2. Find the perfect compliment of colors.
reefmutt
Active member
MichaelW
New member
Incredible tank. A field of acros... What a dream. You mentioned you had started feeding oyster feast. Do you feel this has made an improvement in colors? And do you think the sps are actually eating it, or, is any improvement a reult from a little more nutrients in the system? Do you think same results could have been seen just with an increase in Fish feeding or even aminos? I have a bottle of oyster feast just sitting in fridge, and seeing your awesome tank got me thinking
tdb320reef
Active member
I have been using Oyster feast since I started reef tanks in 2010. I use it once or twice every week or couple weeks. It helps in tanks that are ultra low nutrient with high lighting. Mine is Low so when the corals fade out I will step up on dosing. I don't like being dependent on it because of its high cost so do other things like turn down the skimmer feed more etc.
tripdad
Frustrated Stick Gardener
http://images.cpucs.com/images/oct15/DPP_0022.jpg Is there a name/ source for this coral? I am looking for a really nice red highlight for an area in my tank.
tdb320reef
Active member
Happy Holidays,
Yes thanks for asking, I did some rearranging and thinning some of the colonies. Attached are my pictures on Thanks Giving Day 2015!
Yes thanks for asking, I did some rearranging and thinning some of the colonies. Attached are my pictures on Thanks Giving Day 2015!
tdb320reef
Active member
Thanks! thin branched plana very unique looks bleached but very healthy.
scrapz
Saturation+100
Sick piece, would love to see a macro of it during the next photoshoot.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Unreal Tom! The superman Hyacinthus and that Plana are out of this world! I'm floored at how you can get the combination of rich color without it all being dark color. I'd love to hear any more insights on how you achieve this.
Some questions based on your last update details:
1). You have the LEDs on for 14 hours- what would you ballpark the Par that these deliver alone?
2). The T5s are on for 12 hours- same question about Par with the combo of these and the LEDs- I believe you previously said approx 300 par. How did you arrive at this photoperiod?
3). And the final par question, what is it when the Radiums are on for their 8 hours?
4) how much Acropower do you dose per day?
There is something very special going on in there, any insights you can pass along would be much appreciated
Some questions based on your last update details:
1). You have the LEDs on for 14 hours- what would you ballpark the Par that these deliver alone?
2). The T5s are on for 12 hours- same question about Par with the combo of these and the LEDs- I believe you previously said approx 300 par. How did you arrive at this photoperiod?
3). And the final par question, what is it when the Radiums are on for their 8 hours?
4) how much Acropower do you dose per day?
There is something very special going on in there, any insights you can pass along would be much appreciated
scrapz
Saturation+100
Unreal Tom! The superman Hyacinthus and that Plana are out of this world! I'm floored at how you can get the combination of rich color without it all being dark color. I'd love to hear any more insights on how you achieve this.
Some questions based on your last update details:
1). You have the LEDs on for 14 hours- what would you ballpark the Par that these deliver alone?
2). The T5s are on for 12 hours- same question about Par with the combo of these and the LEDs- I believe you previously said approx 300 par. How did you arrive at this photoperiod?
3). And the final par question, what is it when the Radiums are on for their 8 hours?
4) how much Acropower do you dose per day?
There is something very special going on in there, any insights you can pass along would be much appreciated
+1, I would like to know as my new tank will be running all 3 light sources also
