Let's See How Many SPS Coral I Can Shove in Here!

[Reefer Matt]

Saw the tank in your welcome posts the R2R sign is dope mines coming in today!, Your thanks just amazing too you can see the dedication it took to get this far by how healthy your corals are! Stunning!!

Thank you! You're gonna love the sign!

 

[Lebowski_]

Awesome tank Matt

 

[Reefer Matt]

Awesome tank Matt

Thank you!

 

[Reefer Matt]

I found a 2020 pic when I first put the Kessil lights on.

Versus now:

 

[Reefer Matt]

My new moonlight.

 

[indawoods58]

Here is my 75 gallon sps tank. It was my "challenge" tank about 4 years ago, to see if I could grow sps coral.

It is a standard Marineland aquarium with a triple drain overflow design, and a 3/4" return. It has a 29g sump. I used the cheap dc Amazon return pump with jebao powerheads. (They usually last about 2 years) I put all the rock on the center of the tank to allow full circulation around it.

It was a challenge for 8 months to keep the coral alive, as I used dry rock with live, black sand. I found out after the fact about the iron scratching the glass!

The tank started out with three Mars Aqua black boxes, but now has four Kessil A360X lights run on the Spectral controller.

Nowadays the reef is thriving and overgrowing. I am very happy with this tank!

Thank you for welcoming me to the reef
Your tank is breathtaking. What part of Michigan do you live in?

 

[Reefer Matt]

So, an update for mid July. Polyp extension went down tremendously and colors got muted . I had issues with temperature swings from my uv sterilizer, and I also noticed the tank has 20 ppm nitrate and 0 ppm phosphate. The nitrates are normal for this tank. I fixed the temperature issue and started dosing neophos. I have chaeto in a fuge, but cannot pull it due to nitrate level. I'm starting to think the coral are consuming the phosphate too. It was .04 ppm on average a few months ago. I have returned the phosphate to .04 ppm, and notice the consumption rate is .01 ppm a day! I may have to set the neophos up on a doser if this takes care of the problem.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Thank you for welcoming me to the reef
Your tank is breathtaking. What part of Michigan do you live in?

You're welcome! I am in Monroe County.

 

[Reefer Matt]

I added an acro colony and a leptoseris frag from the frag tank today.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Looking great, Matt!

 

[indawoods58]

Thank you my name is tim I don’t know if I posted it to the wrong spot but thank you

 

[indawoods58]

Sorry, I see what I did

 

[LilElroyJetson]

I added an acro colony and a leptoseris frag from the frag tank today.

Incredible tank man!

 

[Someguyfromsc]

I added an acro colony and a leptoseris frag from the frag tank today.

Beautiful!

 

[Reefer Matt]

Here's an update of the tank!

 

[Reefer Matt]

Looking great, Matt!

Thanks! It's starting to outgrow itself.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Dummy me did two big water changes about a week ago without adjusting the alk of the salt mix. It spiked alk from 8.5 dkh to 10.5 dkh! Lost half of the Solar Flare colony, but it was on it's way out anyway.
But now what's left of the colony is starting to get it's polyps back. I'm going to look into making my own 2 part, but it has to be very concentrated, as this tank takes up 1 dkh alk a day. Here's an updated pic...

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Dummy me did two big water changes about a week ago without adjusting the alk of the salt mix. It spiked alk from 8.5 dkh to 10.5 dkh! Lost half of the Solar Flare colony, but it was on it's way out anyway.
But now what's left of the colony is starting to get it's polyps back. I'm going to look into making my own 2 part, but it has to be very concentrated, as this tank takes up 1 dkh alk a day. Here's an updated pic...

Looking nice! Love the green slimer and the purple acro

 

[Reefer Matt]

Looking nice! Love the green slimer and the purple acro

Thanks dude! I'm gonna have to trim again soon. Gotta get a hybrid fixture to fix the shading too.

 

[Reefer Matt]

Here's a livestream of the tank I did yesterday.