akaimal's 375g CustomAquariums Build

[Tuffloud1]

What are you keeping nutrients and alk at?

 

[akaimal]

What are you keeping nutrients and alk at?

Nitrate around 25 and and phosphate around .08. Alk 8 to 8.5

 

[Tuffloud1]

Nitrate around 25 and and phosphate around .08. Alk 8 to 8.5

That’s almost identical to me. I’m running .1 PO4, 25 NO3 and 7.8ish Alk.

Do you run a calcium reactor or do you dose 2 part?

Do you use any supplements like trace elements, aminos, coral foods?

What kind of salt are you running and how often/much do you change out water?

Thanks for answering all my questions, you really have an amazing tank, I’m impressed!

 

[akaimal]

That’s almost identical to me. I’m running .1 PO4, 25 NO3 and 7.8ish Alk.

Do you run a calcium reactor or do you dose 2 part?

Do you use any supplements like trace elements, aminos, coral foods?

What kind of salt are you running and how often/much do you change out water?

Thanks for answering all my questions, you really have an amazing tank, I’m impressed!

Use calcium reactor, 10 pct water
Change a week with tropic marin pro reef salt, acro power, rods original blend and benepets for feeding.

 

[Tuffloud1]

Looks like you are running two MP60s. Is that it for flow? What setting/intensity do you run them on?

 

[akaimal]

18 month tank update

Looks like you are running two MP60s. Is that it for flow? What setting/intensity do you run them on?

I am running 4 X MP 60s and 2 X Jebao SOW 20s

Here is the vortech schedule

Schedule​

	00:00 40% Constant
	05:05 40% Lagoon
	08:52 63% Tidal
	10:20 95% Reef Crest
	16:23 90% Reef Crest
	21:23 85% Reef Crest
	22:42 40% Constant
	23:59 40% Constant

 

[Tuffloud1]

Do you dose any bacteria on a regular basis? That seems to be a trend right now.

 

[akaimal]

Do you dose any bacteria on a regular basis? That seems to be a trend right now.

not really. What have you heard of?

 

[Tuffloud1]

not really. What have you heard of?

I was having an issue with dinos that I was able to beat. A widely recommended method was to add “biodiversity” to your tank by dosing bacteria and phytoplankton. This helps “outcompete” things you don’t want taking over your tank. Seems to be a preventative measure, even if you aren’t having issues. Not sure whether the bacteria does anything at all but the phytoplankton seems like it would be beneficial. It worked for the issue I was having. I’m going to continue Phyto everyday and bacteria once a week.

 

[Kingston]

18 month tank update

@akaimal...nice looking tank. I have the same size tank from same manufacturers about a 14 months old. I don't have much corals at the moment. I tried a few beginner SPS but lost all of them so I am holding off a bit. Looks like my lights will not be adequate for SPS growth from what I see with your set up. I have 2 Aquaticlife T5 hybrids and 4 kessil A360S only.

 

[akaimal]

@akaimal...nice looking tank. I have the same size tank from same manufacturers about a 14 months old. I don't have much corals at the moment. I tried a few beginner SPS but lost all of them so I am holding off a bit. Looks like my lights will not be adequate for SPS growth from what I see with your set up. I have 2 Aquaticlife T5 hybrids and 4 kessil A360S only.

With a tank this deep, even 4 Atlantic v4 was not enough. I had to add another 10 or bars to get proper par for the corals to grow.

 

[Kingston]

I may be looking into the Neptune SKY in the near future. I specifically did my rock scape with that in mind to make sure there were rocks coming half way up the tank.

 

[Tuffloud1]

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Yes 90 pct on those two channels. Others stay the same. I am using OR3 blue bars. 8 OR 60 bars, 1 OR 120 bar and 1 OR 90 bar

Are they all the blue plus or do you have any blue sky bars?

 

[akaimal]

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Are they all the blue plus or do you have any blue sky bars?

All blue plus. Sky blue is new and was not available back then.

 

[Tuffloud1]

All blue plus. Sky blue is new and was not available back then.

I’m going to add 2 bars. Wondering if I should do two blue plus, two sky blue or one of each.

Looking to add par on the front and back of the tank.

 

[akaimal]

I’m going to add 2 bars. Wondering if I should do two blue plus, two sky blue or one of each.

Looking to add par on the front and back of the tank.

Blue plus for sure will give you the par needed. I hear the sky blue will give the extra pop. I would say go with sky blue in front and blue plus in back.

 

[mattgsa]

Looking great!!! Love all the corals.

 

[akaimal]

Some latest pics.

 

[akaimal]

Rru angry bird

 

[revhtree]

Super nice job!