Wesley's 180g reef

[Vteclover]

Hi
I'm wesley,36 years old and i live in belgium
I will update my story here not once
Almost 3 years in the hobby now
What started with a 90g beginners aqua for 1 year is now a 180g aqua for about 1,5 year.
Technics are
2 deltec sc1455 skimmer
3 ai sol blue with controller
Aquamedic evo runner 6000 for return pump with stream nozzles for return.
Original there were 2 sicce voyager streamers,replaced it for a gyre 150.
Since november 2015 i have supplemented 2x80 w giesemann razor t5 fixture and bulbs

 

[Vteclover]

This whas last month
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=8oLXDCfvmWU
Always loved lps and zoa.
They say zoa are easy but this is nog true and off all coral species whas a pain in the a..
Had some bad luck i had two zoa eating eunice..... Captured both
Then i found out my picasso fish(dori) whas eating zoa ... Cought
After this still colonys melting and where nog thrilling ,except some species ofcourse.
After reading almost everything i found out that ai sol blue missed soms important colorspectrum
Placed supplement 2x80 w t5 with the led and BAM almost all zoa are thrilling now and sps is growing like weeds now
Right now waterchistry is
Red sea measured
Ca 420
Mg1480
Kh 7,8
No3 between 1 and 2
Po4 0,04
In the sump i have some caulerpa and its almost one year ago i have to use gfo
Just had a 2 month period with nopox for lowering no3 from 10 to 1
I whas cutting back nipix and stopped and it is niw 4 month ago and thingq keep stable as it is

 

[Vteclover]

This whas december 2015

 

[coral102]

Looking forward to progress updates.

BTW, Deltec 1455 is a little beast...

 

[Vteclover]

Some of the acans i have.
I love to start from little frags and watch everything grow,most sps started from tiny frags
Offcourse not possible with the most lps

Left one is whats remaining from a lobo attack
Man lobophyllia can get nasty webtentacles

My favorite lps piece

Just found out today that my nitrates are 0 or at the max 0,25 with red sea :-0
Dont know if i must be happy with that for the zoa and lps
Maybe take 1 of the two deltecs out?? Or feed more?? Think i will go for feeding a little more
Always have the backup from the caulerpa dieing if i have really 0 nitratre

 

[Vteclover]

This is the tank today and will really start the updates from thus day ;-)
Some changes from the last total
- candy cane coral had bad receding of fleh and is in the sump now
Started to go backwards since the t5 supplement.
To mutch light i think
- sold my old trachyphyllia and buyed the rainbow instead
-Sold the stone in the right corner becose i will try to get my sand a little cleaner

Sps is getting good growth for the moment
My balling light( believe you call it 2 part?? ) calcium and carbonat consume is 18 gr a day at the moment.

My recipe is 2 weekly 60l waterchange with red sea coral pro and fauna marin balling light with the fm trace elements in it.
Also daily rs reef energy a-b 10 ml each a dag

Tuesday i will post a ati icp-oes test for the first time in my life

 

[Vteclover]

shocking first icp-oes result
actually phosphate wise the test is TO good
think i will feed the fisch a little more and stopping reef energy can get me in to troubles i think

http://lab.atiaquaristik.com/share/11915b14f3acd13678d3

 

[Vteclover]

Txs
My fish stock is
2 Synchiropus moyeri
1 synchiropus mandarin
1 yellow tang
1 z xanthurum
3 nema. decora
1 slarias ramossus
1 midas blenny
1 fridmani
1 macropharyngodon bipartitus
1 paracheilinus carpenteri
5 apogon parvulus
1 occelaris clownfish

This is the male of my favorite fisch couple that i have now for 2 years
Every evening the couple make their mating dance ritual floating side by side,fun to watch

 

[Vteclover]

Had some problems with light spread of the led.
Bought a 4th ai sol blue fixture to solve this problem.
The difference is huge if you look at the hysterix(seriatopor) now

Found some very rare ( atleast in europe)beautyful tubipora this week from a guy.
Swapped with some zoa frags

 

[Vteclover]

20 months and still not splitting.
It is huge thoug

 

[Chopper65]

Your acans are beautiful and so is the tank. I like the light setup, very clean looking