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[SinCityRee4r]

looks great I am in the middle of my 170 EXT build I built a custom open top canopy with a hinged light frame within. I have always ran reef breeders but i’m going to give GHL mitras a try for this build.

 

[Reefering1]

Nope it's still there. I try a couple times a week and catch snails and crabs, lol.

You do it so effortlessly, excellent progress friend!! I'm impressed how smooth you make it happen!(iirc, only one salinity mishap and the tank didn't skip a beat?). How are the wild(mariculture) colonies doing? I think I remember a milli that you expected to color nicely... and wasn't there a handful of elements you started dosing, how is that going?
-David

 

[SinCityRee4r]

looks great I am in the middle of my 170 EXT build I built a custom open top canopy with a hinged light frame within. I have always ran reef breeders but i’m going to give GHL mitras a try for this build.

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[X-37B]

You do it so effortlessly, excellent progress friend!! I'm impressed how smooth you make it happen!(iirc, only one salinity mishap and the tank didn't skip a beat?). How are the wild(mariculture) colonies doing? I think I remember a milli that you expected to color nicely... and wasn't there a handful of elements you started dosing, how is that going?
-David

As far as dosing goes.
I add dsr ez trace to all my ato's.
I just brought up flouride levels from .69 to 1.4. However the .69 icp reading was 2 months ago.
Blue color is more pronounced.
My Surf & Turf stag now has nice blue tips and my Oregon tort is a deeper blue. I am not going to dose and will see how the color holds up.
The 3 similar type/structure of maricultured corals. The one is orange. The other one shows alot of growth on one end.
Also 8 gallon WC once a month.
Just took these.

 

[reef’r]

As far as dosing goes.
I add dsr ez trace to all my ato's.
I just brought up flouride levels from .69 to 1.4. However the 6.9 icp reading was 2 months ago.
Blue color is more pronounced.
My Surf & Turf stag now has nice blue tips and my Oregon tort is a deeper blue. I am not going to dose and will see how the color holds up.
The 3 similar type/structure of maricultured corals. The one is orange. The other one shows alot of growth on one end.
Also 8 gallon WC once a month.
Just took these.

Is the green and purple one to the far left a digitifera?

 

[X-37B]

Is the green and purple one to the far left a digitifera?

They were all unnamed Indo colonies.

 

[X-37B]

I just took these of the 3 that are similar.

 

[X-37B]

Few pics. I moved a few pieces around.
Po4 today -.021
No3 -0
I slowed down the no3 reactor and I am feeding more but all corals look good.
My small frag of Oregon tort is much darker now. This was after bringing up my flourine level.

 

[X-37B]

New addition, Just put it in.
Christmas tree Favia. Nice piece from an online vendor.
I will get a pic after it settles too.

 

[FMF0331]

:cool:

 

[Miami Reef]

@X-37B

Do you recommend Radion G6 Blues?

 

[X-37B]

@X-37B

Do you recommend Radion G6 Blues?

Sure, although I run g5 blues on 2 systems. If I wanted new radions I would do the gen 6.
Note: all my gen's, 5 of them, were bought used. Saved around 40%.
Only thing different is I would do 30's instead of 15's.
The reason is, imo, 15's are rather week par wise when it comes to depth.. I run 3 over my 50g-30×24×15 where I could get away with 1 30.
I run 1 xr15 gen 5 blue over my 15" nano cube now.
On my 80g I ran 4 15's and at ab+ 100% I got 200 par at the bottom which is 12.5" bottom to surface.
They grow acros real well at 200 par though. I have never ran them on a tank deeper than the 80.

 

[Miami Reef]

Thank you. I actually ordered the G6 Blue XR30

How high do you run the red channel?

 

[X-37B]

Thank you. I actually ordered the G6 Blue XR30

How high do you run the red channel?

I run ab+ @ 100%.

 

[Miami Reef]

Ah. I see. Thank you.

How white can they go? Do fish look OK with all the channels at 100%?

 

[X-37B]

Ah. I see. Thank you.

How white can they go? Do fish look OK with all the channels at 100%?

80 running 4 gen 5's and ab+ 100%.
Go here to check out the 80 build thread. Thread 'New 80g system' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-80g-system.905918/

 

[lubeck]

@Miami Reef I had a g6 xr30 blue ab+ on my cube for a minute you can see a couple fish white and blue. Didn’t really wash it out. I ended up going with pros on my peninsula. I don’t think you will be disappointed with the blues.

 

[Reefering1]

@Miami Reef I had a g6 xr30 blue ab+ on my cube for a minute you can see a couple fish white and blue. Didn’t really wash it out. I ended up going with pros on my peninsula. I don’t think you will be disappointed with the blues.

Tank looks great! Where did you get the blue clownfish?? What are they called?

 

[lubeck]

Tank looks great! Where did you get the blue clownfish?? What are they called?

The blue fish is a damsel Storm clowns in the back left.

 

[Miami Reef]

@Miami Reef I had a g6 xr30 blue ab+ on my cube for a minute you can see a couple fish white and blue. Didn’t really wash it out. I ended up going with pros on my peninsula. I don’t think you will be disappointed with the blues.

Thank you!

Tank looks great! Where did you get the blue clownfish?? What are they called?

Blue light makes white clownfish turn blue. lol