Biocube 16g LED Reset

[Llebcire]

Here's a weekly post for SPS health and growth. Apologies as I'm experiencing cloudiness due to overfeeding the tank with Reef Roids, CoralAmino and phytoplankton

Blue Digi is full of polyps but color hasn't changed significantly. Spongodes is coloring up the spot that was pale. Preliminary assumption - these lights will support SPS that need moderate light (Spongodes), not sure about corals that need intense light.

 

[floridareeflabs]

Here's an update – things are progressing slowly which is what I want!

Second set of clowns are doing well and it’s been 2 weeks without issue – they’re healthy and eating well – this are from the same breeder and tank so there was certainly an issue at the LFS and they replaced them at no charge.

My parameters are stabilizing and I’m starting the ugly diatom stage so the tank should be finishing the cycle. I’m considering picking up a couple of hardy zoa frags as the tank is so bare!

I’ve also ordered a new tank starter kit from Florida Reef Labs consisting of copepods, coralline algae and some sea water with bacteria. I recently watched the BRS series on different tank setups and I’m running a sterile startup – rock is bleached, sand is rinsed with vinegar and freshwater, and I’m not using any live rock, sand or mud – hoping to delay aiptasia as long as possible! BRS had good results with a sterile setup and copepods so I'm trying something different as I've always used seeded LR in the past.

Here’s a link to what I ordered, and it should be here middle of next week –

https://www.floridareeflabs.com/product-page/seeder-kit-copepods-rotifers-phytoplankton-coralline

And a couple of pictures -

Hello,

We are curious how you made out and how things turned out. We see you purchased our start kit and specifically did your Coralline start to reproduce as expected? Generally takes 3-6 weeks depending on tank conditions. We are here to help!