The Plate Garden

[k4ndyk1ng]

MANGROVES!!

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

The right side corals

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Some changes.
The skimmer is back in and there are some more rocks at the front left including a rock with some Xenia on. It is almost dead lol

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Yellow tang and the chromis

Red Monti cap and the cherub angelfish

Scooter blenny and a striped cardinalfish

Candycane with 60+heads

The bulk of my sps

A nice pink piece

 

[kevensquint]

Well done Toby, keep it up, observe, read, keep an open mind and at 30 you'll be a reef Yoda.

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Well done Toby, keep it up, observe, read, keep an open mind and at 30 you'll be a reef Yoda.

Thanks man

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Went to the fishy shop

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

New Bulb Combo
from front to back
White
Blue+
Purple
Blue +
Blue +
Purple

Here is the tank with the lights

Yum!!

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Some coral photos under the new lights
Candycanes

Red Monti cap

Some pink sps

Casual Tuxedo urchin

Front section on the right rock with some acros and montis and others

Backside of the left rock

Some fish

The mangroves, there are 9 and they are all rooting down, hopefully they will reduce my phosphates to 0.03

A nice pink little acro

 

[Eastone]

This is looking good! What are the mangroves planted into?

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

This is looking good! What are the mangroves planted into?

i have just jammed them in between rocks, they have started to root and i cant get them out anymore.

 

[Eastone]

oh lol, I was gonna suggest you get a vase or something and let them root into fine sand, but they should be fine like that.

One thing I noticed is that 1 mangrove to ±10-20gallons of water is as- if not more efficient at clearing organics and yellowing in water than carbon is.

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

oh lol, I was gonna suggest you get a vase or something and let them root into fine sand, but they should be fine like that.

One thing I noticed is that 1 mangrove to ±10-20gallons of water is as- if not more efficient at clearing organics and yellowing in water than carbon is.

I like the natural approach and I have noticed my water getting clearer since they have grown.

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

ROOTS!!

 

[cromegu]

It looks nice, and the mangroves seems to grow well, I´ve read that they use a lot of calcium and some trace elements to grow and that could affect sps health, Do you knew something about?

Please keep updating with more photos man!!

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

It looks nice, and the mangroves seems to grow well, I´ve read that they use a lot of calcium and some trace elements to grow and that could affect sps health, Do you knew something about?

Please keep updating with more photos man!!

There should be no reason for them to suck up mag, they will suck the traces though. As long as the levels are kept as they should the sps will grow fine. There will be more pictures coming and thanks

 

[tommyboynj]

Looking good.

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Looking good.

Thanks mate, I will post some more pictures up later

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

This tank has come together well and I am pleased to see it everyday, I'm glad my problems have been rare and I hope for this success to carry on into the future. All I need to sort out now is a dosing pump to keep the params stable and get the acros growing
Some pictures
A FTS with a fresh rockscape to break up territory

My long lost royal gramma

Unknown acro, which has purple tips and green polyps and a blue digi in the background

Green birdsnest which has developed a much richer colour now I moved it lower in my tank

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Blue Monti digi growth comparison pics mainly encrustment

Some unknown acro. It is brown with purple tips and green polyps