Benji’s Reef (Uncensored)

Colors are popping today! Started using KZ acro glow a few weeks ago and can see a noticeable difference. Starting moonshiners method shortly!

Here are my recent parameters (will probably start dosing some calc wasser as i cant dose enough Ca to keep up i feel like and running through alk pretty quick too):

DKH- 8.8
PH- 8.5
Ca -375
Mg-1450
NO3- 10
PO4-0.00

Im currently dosing:
B-ionic Ca, Alk
KZ coral booster
KZ acro glo
Bright-well aquatics amino acids
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So i decided to rescape the center and left side of the tank to incorporate some pillars and coves. I put some acros on the pillars including a ARC fireworks and a FHC Tiger Melon which im super excited to see grow out. Also a CC full tilt favia on a rock on the sand bed and my wife finaly got her pulsing xenia lol!
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Ok, I admit it, I didn't read all the words BUT I did look at all the pretty pictures! Beautiful tank! Following along now. After all of @Gumbies R Us is here I feel I must be as well!
 
I FINALY made some upgrades to my lighting. I added a meridian 11 To my meridian 35 for full coverage. I designed this hanging hood for them to sit in and had a local acrylic shop build it. Awesome bonus is that it shields the light from your eyes too.

I also had the acrylic shop build this custom lid for the tank with a cut out for a plank feeder i also added (works great btw).

Just finished flucanozol treatment for bryopsis. Worked good and have everything back up and running 15 days later. I do notice some loss in SPS color, other than that im bryopsis free!
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