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Hello Fellow Reefers
I felt it was time to update and share how the tank is progressing.
Note that all corals went in as frags beginning in January of this year.
Tank was filled with water 11 months ago.
I’d like to think it is doing fairly well
Would love to see more growth and polyp extension.
Had some issues with high nitrates for a bit but got it down with macro algae and large water changes. So much so that the nitrates actually bottomed out.
Phosphates are at 0.05 ppm so that seems okay.
As always, thanks to Reef2Reef for the wealth of knowledge and info.
looks good.
Hello Fellow Reefers
I felt it was time to update and share how the tank is progressing.
Note that all corals went in as frags beginning in January of this year.
Tank was filled with water 11 months ago.
I’d like to think it is doing fairly well
Would love to see more growth and polyp extension.
Had some issues with high nitrates for a bit but got it down with macro algae and large water changes. So much so that the nitrates actually bottomed out.
Phosphates are at 0.05 ppm so that seems okay.
As always, thanks to Reef2Reef for the wealth of knowledge and info.
how do you keep the bottom from not having coraline algae everywhere
Hello Fellow Reefers
I felt it was time to update and share how the tank is progressing.
Note that all corals went in as frags beginning in January of this year.
Tank was filled with water 11 months ago.
I’d like to think it is doing fairly well
Would love to see more growth and polyp extension.
Had some issues with high nitrates for a bit but got it down with macro algae and large water changes. So much so that the nitrates actually bottomed out.
Phosphates are at 0.05 ppm so that seems okay.
As always, thanks to Reef2Reef for the wealth of knowledge and info.
Looking good! Getting some nice growth and encrusting going on!
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Thanks! Haven’t had to do anything on this tank yet.
But then Tank doesn’t have a lot of Coraline Algae yet, unlike my other tank which is layered in it.
Every system is different.
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Hey Woodyman!
Always great to hear from you.
Yes, it seems to be taking off. Keeping my fingers crossed!
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You want some? LOL
The rock was actually transferred from my other tank. I have a File fish ythat felt it was lunch.
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Hey Crew,
The time has come for me to make changes with my present lighting. I'll explain:
Tank is a 60" X 24" X 24" and is predominantly SPS, specifically Acros. I went nuts at the beginning and used every possible piece of real estate to place a frag. I was so happy that losses were a very minimal (less than 5%) and most corals immediately encrusted.
My lighting was two Kessil AP700's and then switched to Two Kessil Ap9X's. After a few months in I added two Orphek 48" Blue Bars which would kick on for about 4 hours at night.
No issues...
Then these things decided to GROW. The Dipping Dots, Miyagi Tort, and several others are going nuts. I cut and fragged but shading is still an issue. I'm an old school guy and I have two retrofit kits which I plan to add to my canopy. This will give me 4 X 48" T5's in addition to the existing Kessils and or in place of the Orphek's, not sure yet.
I'm hoping this will help with the shading issues and give me more even coverage going forward.
I guess I'm looking for reassurance and ideas from those who have been there before I jump in head first.
The time has come for me to make changes with my present lighting. I'll explain:
Tank is a 60" X 24" X 24" and is predominantly SPS, specifically Acros. I went nuts at the beginning and used every possible piece of real estate to place a frag. I was so happy that losses were a very minimal (less than 5%) and most corals immediately encrusted.
My lighting was two Kessil AP700's and then switched to Two Kessil Ap9X's. After a few months in I added two Orphek 48" Blue Bars which would kick on for about 4 hours at night.
No issues...
Then these things decided to GROW. The Dipping Dots, Miyagi Tort, and several others are going nuts. I cut and fragged but shading is still an issue. I'm an old school guy and I have two retrofit kits which I plan to add to my canopy. This will give me 4 X 48" T5's in addition to the existing Kessils and or in place of the Orphek's, not sure yet.
I'm hoping this will help with the shading issues and give me more even coverage going forward.
I guess I'm looking for reassurance and ideas from those who have been there before I jump in head first.
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Yep T5’s are the solution to shading. Can we have a FTS to see the growth?
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Shading, one of the biggest reasons I want to get a retro kit for my canopy. When you add them. You gotta post pics and say how much shading was removed.
Not very heavy in the acro game, but I would like to give the undersides more light as led's don't do it.
Not very heavy in the acro game, but I would like to give the undersides more light as led's don't do it.
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Just took these, Kessils are winding down and the Orpheks just kicked on
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Thanks, had to use an 85b under the blues.
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Playing with DSLR as we speak to get more accurate pics.
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I know you're more of an LPS fan.
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Which leds grow lps well, and not a lot to worry about shading. The couple of acros I do like... The shaded undersides drive me crazy. I just never installed a t5 kit. I'll probably want to add a fan for circulation.
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Yes, its just part of the process with acros. Either you chop away or you resign yourself to some die off in the base or underside and we won’t even talk about the war going on below the scenes on the encrusting parts.
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