Another Aussie SPS tank

LN21 · Jul 28, 2016

Beauty, very nice. What a grouth.

Is it time to start a bigger tank?

rlugo113 · Aug 7, 2016

Any updates

zweebe · Aug 18, 2016

The most beautiful tank in the world for me! <3

But I would ask you advice for my tank's flow: I have 2 Ecotech MP40 + 1 Tunze 6055 + 1 Tunze 6045 for a 120x80x55 tank SPS only. Do you think it's enough or not?

Thanks Charlie!

drawman · Aug 18, 2016

Tank and growth are awesome Charlie!

Snotdoc · Oct 29, 2016

Wow. What a tank!

Ds04384 · Nov 4, 2016

Been a while, how about an update

Daniel@R2R · Nov 4, 2016

For sure! We need an update!!

brad65ford · Dec 6, 2016

One of the nicest tanks i've seen in a while! well done sir. Do you have an idea on par your corals are seeing? My guess over 500 par easy.

Briguy350 · Dec 8, 2016

question, what do you do to the corals growing out of the water? do you trim it down or just let it grow. does is stop when it hits the surface? it looks soo when they penetrate the top of the water like that!

EW_Fish · Jan 10, 2017

echopiece said:
Just amazing! I have no idea how you get such rich, deep colors and zero algae. I don't see a lick of brown algae anywhere. If I don't feed, my tank my corals get pale, and when I over feed the algae starts to creep up. You have the touch!

All you need is equal nutrient import and export and itll be fine

Char lie said:
Quick updated FTS and a quick growth update from the last 15 months.
Which looks better?

Feb 2015

October 2015

May 2016

Amazing job!

Nellynel21 · Mar 19, 2017

Awesome tank !! Keep the great work

Theo15 · Mar 19, 2017

Char lie said:
Hey guys, been a creeper around these forums for a few years now but I’ve finally got around to setting up an account and documenting my tanks growth and progress.
Tank was set up at the start of the year and has been growing pretty good so far. All my previous tanks have been budget tanks with a lot of cheap equipment and DIY equipment, this is the first tank I’ve set up properly with quality equipment, so much easier..

Tank: 90cm x 75 cm x 50cm tank with low-iron glass

Lighting: 10x39w ATI Powermodule, 2 x Kessil a360N’s, 1 x Kessil A160we

Flow: Maxspect gyre 50w, 2 x Tunze 6025, 1 x Tunze 6015

Sump: 60cm-ish x 50cm-ish

Skimmer: Royal Exclusiv Double Cone Bubble King 180

Return Pump: Royal Exclusiv Speedy3 80w

Dosing pump: Kamoer 3ch

ATO: Tunze Osmolator 3155

Salt: Red Sea Blue Bucket

Reactor: Innovative Marine Mini-Max reactor with 150ml of activated carbon

Chiller: Hailea hc-500a

No other filtration in the sump, just the skimmer and a tiny bit of activated carbon. the Kamoer doses Ca, Alk and Mg and I also dose a few other products: K-balance 2ml/3days, B-balance 1.5ml/3days, Pohl's Xtra 2ml/3days, KZ Iron 2drops/3days, KZ potassium-iodide flouride 2drops/3days, KZ Coral Vitalizer 3drops/any night I remember. As you can see with the above dosing regime it is a lot less than recommended (e.g. 2ml/3days Pohls Xtra, manufacturers directions are 4ml every day for my tank). I try do weekly water changes of 20-30% although I am known to skip weeks quite often..

Might as well start with some earlier pics:

The very start, Early Jan:

Early Feb 2015:

October 2015:

This side is hard to photograph because of the ugly frag rack but you get the idea:

Now I just need to convince someone to come round with a DSLR so i can get some better pics
Thanks for reading, I will try update as things grow

What kind of hanging kit for your lights are you using? ,I cant seem to find any

Aleks · Mar 20, 2017

The guy is gone. There are no messages or instagrams not on the forum.
Last post on June 4, 2016 Apparently the final ..... let us know what's going on?