Sorry if I missed it in the thread, but how did you mount the kessil's with the ATI fixture? TIA
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It's a lot of light that's for sure. Pros are that the stags love it and I don't have to use ceiling lights in my apartment as the tank is bright enough haha, although the cons are that it's practically impossible to keep much lps and a lot of other acros need to be shaded..good gosh 10 t5 and 3 kessil bet you get 500 par in the bottom corner of the tank lol beautiful tank!
Thanks a lot mateHi Charlie, I have been following you on Instagram (F1j1marine) for a while and when I say that Reef2Reef posted you tank photos I was excited! I had to sign up to say congrats on the success and thanks for sharing your progress with everyone. You have inspired me in many ways to keep my tank as neat and colorful as yours.
Thanks again and all the best bro.
ThanksBeautiful growth! Your reef looks amazing.
Thanks mateVery beautiful ! My favorite .....
Haha thanks mate the Facebook cover photo looks sweetThis is one of my favorite tanks of all time.
That growth is insane! Keep up the good work!! I love the minimilistic scape!
There was 1mm sand to start with although it all ended up at the back of the tank when I increased the flow due to the corals starting to restrict water movement when they grew, only put 3mm sand in it a few weeks ago and turned down the flow a touch so it doesn't blow around..... and there was sand on the bottom! How long, why?
Hard to say mate without knowing your tank personally.. Mine never shows any polyp extension on the branches during the day (polyps are out at night) although shows polyps on the main stem, it's also in pretty low light compared to the rest of my tank. In the last few months mine has acquired a nice yellow base which was never there when I got the piece and recently when my nitrates have crept up a bit to 2-4ppm the yellow has definitely become brighter. It's a wierd acro compared to the norm, when you see pics of it in the wild it's pretty much always the only type acro visible, so it obviously comes from rather different conditions to the normal reef area that's littered with most Acropora. Maybe just try moving it to less light if it's turned pale and more light if it's turned brown, it's an acro that certainly responds badly to incorrect light intensity from my experiencelets chat about your aus blue tip echinata ... i got a large piece in from aus, granted its got a long trip from GBR to Rhode Island, flights, tanks, boxes, weather all leading to stress.
well mine was a real beauty when it landed in my QT and still looked great after a round of bayer dip in my acro QT then to my Display and she looked dynamite for a couple months. fast forward a few months and i can't seem to get that vibrant blue tip and the polyp extension i used to see. so hard to pinpoint why/how to keep her happy. i'm not one to move this piece around, i have a spot on the lower 1/4 of tank on rock where indirect flow is nice. i'm debating my practice of what i'd call fairly aggressive 'turkey basting'. my sand tends to blow around and i guess i feel better about basting the rock work and the acros.
So share any trends/treatments you've seen specific to this piece. can you pinpoint things she likes/dislikes out of your husbandry practice. i don't see myself radically changing my setup overall, but maybe some dosing/treatment changes or other small tweaks that i'm willing to experiment with. of all i'm thinking its the basting it doesnt like. appreciate your thoughts.
and i also do very small amount of Pohls extra, 2-3 ml , 2-3 x per week. 325g system (120g tank, large rubbermaid sump, ATI 8x54 + Reefbrite LED Strip, seachem salinity salt, CA reactor, massive SRO 6000 skimmer, biopellet, lots of SPS Aussie colonies, and 40+ fish well fed) 8.5dKH, 2ppm NO3, .06 PO4
i love aussie tanks, and your tank is great thanks for posting.
-Greg
Thanksamazing tank !
There should be a couple of pics on page four I thinkSorry if I missed it in the thread, but how did you mount the kessil's with the ATI fixture? TIA
Worked it out the other day: My tank uses 4.4dkh of Alk, 29ppm of Ca and only 3ppm of Mg a day. Based on 900x750x500 (with 480mm water level = 324L) display plus ~50l sump, minus a bit for volume of tanks internal stock, which equals approx 350L.What is dosed calcium, magnesium and Alk day?
It's a lot of light that's for sure. Pros are that the stags love it and I don't have to use ceiling lights in my apartment as the tank is bright enough haha, although the cons are that it's practically impossible to keep much lps and a lot of other acros need to be shaded..
Thanks a lot mate
Thanks
Thanks mate
Haha thanks mate the Facebook cover photo looks sweet
Thanks, less rock is better in my opinion
There was 1mm sand to start with although it all ended up at the back of the tank when I increased the flow due to the corals starting to restrict water movement when they grew, only put 3mm sand in it a few weeks ago and turned down the flow a touch so it doesn't blow around
Hard to say mate without knowing your tank personally.. Mine never shows any polyp extension on the branches during the day (polyps are out at night) although shows polyps on the main stem, it's also in pretty low light compared to the rest of my tank. In the last few months mine has acquired a nice yellow base which was never there when I got the piece and recently when my nitrates have crept up a bit to 2-4ppm the yellow has definitely become brighter. It's a wierd acro compared to the norm, when you see pics of it in the wild it's pretty much always the only type acro visible, so it obviously comes from rather different conditions to the normal reef area that's littered with most Acropora. Maybe just try moving it to less light if it's turned pale and more light if it's turned brown, it's an acro that certainly responds badly to incorrect light intensity from my experience
Thanks
There should be a couple of pics on page four I think
Thanks mateThat's a crazy shot!
Just Red Sea salt, the normal one in the blue bucket, not the coral pro one..Thanks for the detailed answer.
What salt is now used?
Just curious, do you use the blue bucket because of cost? I assume you would have to dose to make-up what you would get from the coral pro? I hear a lot of guys using the blue bucket, and am tempted to try it myself.
Sorry for the late reply,Thanks for the detailed answer, I really appreciate it.
What level of calcium is now in the display?
What is the level of magnesium?
What is the level of carbonates?
You can SAMP photo?
Thanks mateLooks beautiful still. Maybe some of the drywall dust got into the tank and made things unhappy? Water changes and carbon should help. Hope you get it sorted out soon!
Awesome tank! Out of curiosity have you thought about eliminating the kessil's and adding a few blue e5 led tube's that would go in your ati fixture. I recently did this and love the cleaner look as well as being able to stick my arm in the tank now without hitting the led supplements hanging on the outside.
But with your tank running so well not sure I would change anything!
ThanksYour tank is stunning! Very nice color and growth.
Thanks mateAmazing growth! Love the clowns too!