Top down pics during WC tonight.

[InsaneClownFish]

CTARS TOTM contender!

 

[mr pink floyd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13472878#post13472878 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by my2girls
Thank again folks.

Charlie- it's pretty simple. Do regular maintenance, have adequate flow, really concentrate on water quality, and choose your favorite type of lighting. Am I being too vague?

understanding all the calcium crapola also helps too

 

[57vert]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13472878#post13472878 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by my2girls
Thank again folks.

Charlie- it's pretty simple. Do regular maintenance, have adequate flow, really concentrate on water quality, and choose your favorite type of lighting. Am I being too vague?

Nope, very clear. The basics is what I hear.

No special chems, no special dosing, just good husbandry.

thanks

 

[bill37]

Looks great. What bulbs are you using in Tek?

 

[N-A-S-O]

Beautiful Tank. That green slimer awsome.

 

[my2girls]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13473827#post13473827 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bill37
Looks great. What bulbs are you using in Tek?

Thanks Bill and Dorrian. I've used German bulbs in the past but for the last year I just use Current USA T5HOs.

front to back

Current blue 460nm
Current blue 460nm
KZ Fiji Purple
Current 10K
Current blue 460nm
Current blue 460nm

 

[N-A-S-O]

Interesting combo. The store down the street from me caries those bulbs. I think I'll give those a shot before ordering else where. Thanks for the info.

 

[hans1976]

Beautiful colors.

At one time, you were dosing vodka. Rumor has it you have changed.

 

[my2girls]

Jeff- I still dose vodka, but sparingly. My skimmer does a good job of keeping the PO4 at .02-.03 (Hanna). I feed the fish 2 cubes of frozen food per day and add some kind of coral food 2-3 per week. I really don't have a set schedule for anything except Ca/Alk additions and WCs. I add Tropic Marin Biocalcium 3x/day. I do a weekly 5 gallon WC using 50/50 IO/Oceanic mix.

 

[InsaneClownFish]

ahh thank u. I was seriously considering trying a 50/50 mix of Oceanic and IO. I never really heard a definitive answer on whether mixing was a good idea. Now I know

 

[stevedola]

knowing is half the battle.


nice tank and colors.

 

[Wheel of Time]

WOW. just a beautiful tank. great coloration. I really like you r set-up and coral selections. nice job. thanks for sharing the pics. keep it simple and basic...I like it and agree

 

[my2girls]

bump for Allan

 

[reefkrazy]

Rob sick tank man! Im just in awe............

 

[T5PO]

Good to see another BareBottom out there, and a very nice one.

 

[Hellis]

:eek1: wow, great tank.

 

[epstein]

sweet combo of colors......You better enter TOTM

 

[zachluhrs]

That green slimer looks awesome growing across the back glass!

 

[Gregz263]

Rob,
Nice tank. How long have you been dosing vodka now? Did you give up on the Zeovit?

 

[my2girls]

Hi Greg. Thanks for the compliment.

I started dosing vodka 3-4 years ago. It worked well but wanted to try something different. So I went full blown Zeo with reactor, basic 4, and supplements. The past 2 years I have done a hybrid system of my own. I don't use the zeolith (rocks) anymore. On occasion I will use zeobak, zeofood, and vodka (in place of start2). My favorite supplement/food is Pohl's Coral Vitalizer. I've tried most of their line and can do without it. 1-2x per week I will feed Reed Mariculture oyster eggs and roti feast. The fish like frozen cubes of mysid, brine, and cyclops.