Reef Spotlight - Nov/Dec 2009 - "SunnyX"

[Hahnmeister]

Love the tank. Congrats!

I have a few questions for you Sonny, about things you didnt mention so far...

What kind of Calcium/Alk buffer method do you use?

What, if any, other additives?

How do you keep the fish from jumping out?

 

[Acezwild]

gratz man

 

[gparr]

Bravo! Well done.
Gary

 

[Tankguy001]

Sweet indeed. Very clean and colorful , congrats

 

[MarvinsReef]

congrats bro... well deserved...

 

[Reefstang]

WOW! Congratulation and T5s FTW!

 

[saintperez]

very very clean! I have a question though. I don't know how long you've had this setup with these lights but I'm curious as to how you ffind the corals reacting to the deduced light from the MH? Are they growing?

 

[iani]

Very nice Sonny, congrats.

 

[SunnyX]

Thank you all for the kind words and support!

wow, beautiful tank, wonderful colors, love the stand, very unique...

Can I ask one question regarding your lyretails, how did you end up with 2? From what I have read you should have 3-4 females with one male. I'm asking because I have a single female and would love to have just a pair, but my tank is too small for 4-5.

Thank you. I started out with 5 in the old setup. A couple of them caught and infection and died. I another one when I moved over into the smaller tank. I now have two Lyretails and two Bartletts. The male and female anthias get along just fine.

Love the tank. Congrats!

I have a few questions for you Sonny, about things you didnt mention so far...

What kind of Calcium/Alk buffer method do you use?

What, if any, other additives?

How do you keep the fish from jumping out?

Hello, I have been lucky with the fish not jumping out....so far.

Here is a list of my dosing:
Here is my complete and up to date dosing list:

After water displacement I figure the entire system volume is 140-150gl total. I use Randy's Two Part Solution An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com .


Daily
CA: 110ML
ALK: 110ML
Strontium: 1 Teaspoon
Lugols: 1 drop
MB7(Microbacter7): 14 drops
Vodka(80 proof): 2ml

Weekly
MG: 110ML
AA's: 6 drops(once a week)

Monthly
30gl Water change Reef Crystals
Carbon replaced (3-4 cups in a mesh bag)

very very clean! I have a question though. I don't know how long you've had this setup with these lights but I'm curious as to how you ffind the corals reacting to the deduced light from the MH? Are they growing?

Hello,

The T5's have been on this tank since day one. The coloration and growth has been great with T5's. I have a smaller tank connected to the main system and the color and growth is not as good under the MH.

I am a VERY happy T5 user.

 

[rendos]

Congrats! No surpise to see you win TOTM.

 

[swissgaurd]

an astonishing looking tank
Congrats!!

ive been running MH for quite some time now,i finally ordered a 6 bulb T5 fixture last week, and i must say im really excited.

How long do you run your lights for and how high is your fixture off the water surface.

thanks

vic

 

[SaraB]

Congrats! You have such an awesome tank

 

[saintperez]

One last question and I don't know if anyone has asked this yet but are you running any Ozone?

 

[SunnyX]

Congrats Sunny! Looking good as ever. Looking forward to staring at it for awhile :bigsmile:

Thanks alot for those wonderful Zoo's you brought over today! Always a pleasure having you guys over.

an astonishing looking tank
Congrats!!

ive been running MH for quite some time now,i finally ordered a 6 bulb T5 fixture last week, and i must say im really excited.

How long do you run your lights for and how high is your fixture off the water surface.

thanks

vic

Hello and thank you!

The fixture is 3" off of the rim of the tank.

Lighting period:

3x Blue+ : Noon-11:30PM
Blue+, Aquablue Special: 2:30PM-10:30PM
2x Aquablue Special: 4:30PM-9:30PM

One last question and I don't know if anyone has asked this yet but are you running any Ozone?

No ozone, Just bacteria and vodka.

 

[Znut Reefer]

Congrats on TOTM Sunny. Your tank is beautiful!

 

[ahayes13]

Congrats ! beautiful tank

 

[Ian]

Congrats! In the write up you mentioned no controller and no probes but you mentioned your ph stays at 8.4

How do you know with out a ph monitor? Test kit?

 

[JR's Reef]

Congrats

 

[dacro]

Congrats Sonny!!!

 

[DaveA]

congrats!