Art’s Acros

[Bnagle]

What’s the name of the teal one bottom right?

 

[Nburg's Reef]

Only on the other forum.

Look at you making me go back there... found it!

 

[reef_ranch]

What’s the name of the teal one bottom right?

Not sure what that is called.

 

[mtraylor]

Looking great! How much of the whites are you using? Looks nice and bright.

 

[HB AL]

Did those start out from small frags or small colonies and how long did it take to attain there current beautiful size?

 

[SeaDweller]

Awesome success!

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

Looking great! Thanx for posting.

 

[reef_ranch]

Looking great! How much of the whites are you using? Looks nice and bright.

Thanks!
I run the AB+ radion program. The pics were taken using the Polyp Lab phone filter set. It does a decent job of correcting for the blue.

 

[reef_ranch]

Did those start out from small frags or small colonies and how long did it take to attain there current beautiful size?

They all started out as frags. Most are 2 plus years old, some less than 2.

 

[watchguy123]

Gorgeous large, vividly colored colonies. Pretty amazing tank

 

[reef_ranch]

Gorgeous large, vividly colored colonies. Pretty amazing tank

Glad to see you’re still around. I hope your rebuilding your collection. It was world class. I’ve got a chunk of Z’s Dream for you when your ready.

 

[pelphrey]

Will you come maintain my tank?!?! Hahaha

 

[Raznyc79]

Hi,

Beautiful corals... what your light schedule between the T5s and radions? Thank you

 

[reef_ranch]

Hi,

Beautiful corals... what your light schedule between the T5s and radions? Thank you

The radions are on for 12 hours with a 1.5 hour ramp up and 3 hour ramp down and the T5s are on for 5 hours.

 

[Raznyc79]

I have more or less the same schedule. 2 Radions 30s ramp up to 40% for 6 hrs and T5 4 bulbs for 5 hrs on a 90 gal 4ft tank. How high do you run the radion?

 

[reef_ranch]

100% on AB+. 17” above the water

 

[gallego2503]

amazing tank
how much dosages of flatworm a day?
what other routine do you have?
parameters?

 

[reef_ranch]

I dose the recommended amount for my volume. Do water changes based on feel more than schedule. I’ve been doing 15% every couple of weeks lately but have gone months without any in the past.

Alk is 8-8.4
NO3 around 2.5-5
PO4 less than .1

 

[coral408]

Beautiful coral growths, thanks for sharing.
Are you dosing 2 parts or using CaRx?
How do you manage gfo to keep PO4<.10? if you don’t mind i ask.

 

[reef_ranch]

Beautiful coral growths, thanks for sharing.
Are you dosing 2 parts or using CaRx?
How do you manage gfo to keep PO4<.10? if you don’t mind i ask.

I use a DaStaco CaRx and monitor Alk with an Alkatronic. This keeps my alk very stable. The DaStaco is very accurate but even then events occur in the tank that can cause swings so being able to read the Alk level every time I open the sump room door or online when I'm away is a great fail safe.

As for nutrients, I keep a large amount of siporax in the sump export with a good skimmer. I used the carbon dose and ran nutrients much lower then, since I stopped, I've had to use some gfo to keep the PO4 in check. My acros don't have as much PE or color when the PO4 is above .15