Ethan Zier
Community Member
Well the title says it all, what so you contribute to good grow out?
Personally I think
1) Food is necessary for growth
2) Adequate lighting is required
3) Proper filtration
4) Water condition
1. I feed my corals for the most part every other day, sometimes twice a day if I'm feeling lucky. That being said I am doing target feeding to limit my waste. Also, I feed 3-5 different foods at the same time on average as well as two supplements. The biggest advice I can give is Make your own food, go to the grocery store and buy some little shrimp and blend them up till they are basically all liquid. Freeze them in thin sheets in plastic bags.
2. I build my own LED lighting to create the best growing spectrum and intensity Per $.
3. Right now I have a 20g tank with a hang on the back filter. Yep, that's right. No sump either just a inside refugium that grows chato. Along with the filter I have 2 additional power heads in there creating more current. One of the power heads is on 24/7 and the other is as well, however I'm experimenting with running it only during the day or night / or all day and night.
4. I check for pH two or three times a week and do water changes maybe once a month to rebalance the minerals.
I realize that this isn't the recommended way to run an aquarium, however all my softies, LPS, and most of my SPS been doing really well. When I have a larger living area ill build a huge system with a sump and the works. For now, this is all that beginners to intermediate need.
Personally I think
1) Food is necessary for growth
2) Adequate lighting is required
3) Proper filtration
4) Water condition
1. I feed my corals for the most part every other day, sometimes twice a day if I'm feeling lucky. That being said I am doing target feeding to limit my waste. Also, I feed 3-5 different foods at the same time on average as well as two supplements. The biggest advice I can give is Make your own food, go to the grocery store and buy some little shrimp and blend them up till they are basically all liquid. Freeze them in thin sheets in plastic bags.
2. I build my own LED lighting to create the best growing spectrum and intensity Per $.
3. Right now I have a 20g tank with a hang on the back filter. Yep, that's right. No sump either just a inside refugium that grows chato. Along with the filter I have 2 additional power heads in there creating more current. One of the power heads is on 24/7 and the other is as well, however I'm experimenting with running it only during the day or night / or all day and night.
4. I check for pH two or three times a week and do water changes maybe once a month to rebalance the minerals.
I realize that this isn't the recommended way to run an aquarium, however all my softies, LPS, and most of my SPS been doing really well. When I have a larger living area ill build a huge system with a sump and the works. For now, this is all that beginners to intermediate need.
