The devil went down to São Paulo, he was looking for a frag tank to steal….He clearly made a deal with the devil and sold his soul for perpetual SPS success.
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The devil went down to São Paulo, he was looking for a frag tank to steal….He clearly made a deal with the devil and sold his soul for perpetual SPS success.
Looks great, how much do you feed daily if you don’t mind? And the dry rock thing has gotten me thinking as I too set up all my older tanks with dry rock (Fiji premium dry) and had no crazy issues like folks today (at least in the states) are having with current dry rock. It’s starting to make me question if there is some commonality to the source of the rock and the problems resulting from it.Hello!
In the past, back in Brazil, I talked a few times with Denadai. Good hand for acros already for many years.
Currently , I have a similar tank style.… and I also don‘t have any coraline algae.
In my case, it rather makes sense:
-Dry rock
-No plugs! All sps bases were cut out.
-Zero nitrate and phosphates (Zeovit, till last month)
However, I would expect that coraline algae would enter in my tank via a snail or hermit crab….
Up to now (18 months) zero
I clean the glass and the bottom every 5 to 7 days… but really not much to clean.
Again, it is 100 gal with 3x Tunze, 4x MP40, 2x Nero3… flow takes care of it.
Picture from a few months ago… still interested in buying some coraline algae!
BRS showed u can use vibrant to skip the ugly phase.Why didn’t his tank get the ugly stage?
If I only saw his tank and didn’t read the thread I’d go with zeobac, zeostart. These tanks definitely have the zeovit feel to them. But I believe he stated nothing. As I said early I’d wager parts of the system cured or came from a preexisting setup and he then continued to run it Ulns,BRS showed u can use vibrant to skip the ugly phase.
Some people manage to use vibrant every 2 wks while running a refugium.
Would be good to know what bacterial additive he used to cycle the tank or how many corals he introduced.
Id assume that the more corals u introduce the more likely you are to achieve some bacterial
What do you consider a lot? 4x a day to some might be 5 cubes 4 times a day or a pinch and a cube of a frozen? You are also using zeo (ie Carbon dosing) which should help with the excess waste, he is saying he is not.Hi brahm,
Indeed and I agree.
This is my first tank using dry rocks (mix of Marco rocks and a Dutch brand)
I only observed that, by using rocks plus bare bottom, things were slower as compared to my past tanks with life rock.
Regarding the nutrients, @jda is already probably getting tired of pointing out
I would suggest everyone to read his notes and then check the size of the fishes from Denadai in his tank (vs tank size). They are not small!
I’m moving away now from Zeovit (just because I’m trying to simplify things)
Now, I’m pretty much feeding a lot the fishes with artemia, mysis, flakes… 4x per day.
I dunno about that article talks about phosphates at 1.0 Keeping your DKH at 7.5 which is OK but I wouldn't recommend it, covers some of the basics like stability but also rambles and repeats itself a lot, and doesn't really go into details about actual success or what any of the specifics mean ie what is strong lightings and flow. I'm always suspicious when all the photos are stolen. Also no talk of PH, or any other water chemistry at all, or pests. I personally wouldn't send anyone to that article (sorry if it's yours)Read this article: https://fragbox.ca/secret-keeping-acropora-sps/
I think it pretty much SPS keeping. Let me know your thoughts.
Not my article. But it’s often true that alk stability is very important.I dunno about that article talks about phosphates at 1.0 Keeping your DKH at 7.5 which is OK but I wouldn't recommend it, covers some of the basics like stability but also rambles and repeats itself a lot, and doesn't really go into details about actual success or what any of the specifics mean ie what is strong lightings and flow. I'm always suspicious when all the photos are stolen. Also no talk of PH, or any other water chemistry at all, or pests. I personally wouldn't send anyone to that article (sorry if it's yours)
there are rules for keeping SPS? I would say there are recommendations or suggestions.Someone explain this wild phenomenon to me.
This is @Roberto Denadai ‘s tank: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-new-sps-tank.674002/
He started his tank with dry rocks and added SPS corals (acropora) to his tank within that month.
He runs LED’s and T5’s. High flow. Alk 7-8dkh phosphates 0.01ppm Nitrates 0ppm.
My questions:
Why didn’t his tank get the ugly stage?
How was he able to keep the acros alive in a new tank?
Why doesn’t get dinos in his tank with low nutrients?
I think he runs a skimmer and refugium as well. Mainly feeds corals by feeding the fish. It’s not his first tank either! He has repeatable success.
sure, but you can't focus on one thing and assume everything else is going to fall in line automagically.Not my article. But it’s often true that alk stability is very important.
Did I ever imply that was the case?sure, but you can't focus on one thing and assume everything else is going to fall in line automagically.
I'm sorry, I don't follow then. What is the point you are trying to make? The question at a hand is what is it that this person seems to be doing out of the (current) norm that allows his system to work. I don't believe anyone at any point is advocating that an unstable DKH is a good thing.Did I ever imply that was the case?
I found it pretty helpful myself, especially the part that suggested to keep alk near sea water levels. That part was a eureka moment for me.I'm sorry, I don't follow then. What is the point you are trying to make? The question at a hand is what is it that this person seems to be doing out of the (current) norm that allows his system to work. I don't believe anyone at any point is advocating that an unstable DKH is a good thing.
You asked what folks thought, I thought it was a pretty lackluster article that doesn't offer a lot of value in regards to what is needed to be successful with SPS.
I agree to keep your alk lower than what they would recommend way back when 11+ madness is a good thing (more so if your carbon dosing). But I'm leary of running my alk too low as if things are off or you have a slight swing you end up in the danger zone. I shoot for 8.5 end up around 8.8-9. Figure if I'm off by as much as 1dkh for whatever reason I'll be alright.I found it pretty helpful myself, especially the part that suggested to keep alk near sea water levels. That part was a eureka moment for me.
I had a mixed reef a few months ago (starting again soon!)I agree to keep your alk lower than what they would recommend way back when 11+ madness is a good thing (more so if your carbon dosing). But I'm leary of running my alk too low as if things are off or you have a slight swing you end up in the danger zone. I shoot for 8.5 end up around 8.8-9. Figure if I'm off by as much as 1dkh for whatever reason I'll be alright.
Out of curiosity what were you running before and what did you find the effect of changing it to 7.5 was? Were you stable (whatever number you were running before) and then reduced or did you reduce and stabilize?
Personally, if I lived in Miami I'd be running my tank with as much NSW as I could!