This is why I complained , this is what I see in other people’s tanks , wall to wall sps in a year is beyond do able I’ve seen it way to many times to call that luck thanks everyone for unlocking that
I use to think that , not buying it anymore because mine are all taking off , check other things on your system
money isn’t a issue to me this whole scape was designed to grow and fuse together like a real reef if things die because they touch I’m not going to be sad , once I get the look I want I’ll break it down start a new build and cut apart whatever frags I have , I hope you don’t think I put them this close together because I just felt like it , it’s all for a look I want not worried about the price of the deaths , it’s a boomie meant to grow together at whatever price it takes
Sure I well tell you guys exact stuff absolutely so here’s the lighting
Makes the tank look too dim I hate it on anything less then 100 percentWhy the combative responses? I gave a friendly suggestion based on my experiences and you seemed irked by it. Just giving some suggestions as someone who has a large tank with "wall to wall" SPS as you so desired. Maybe there is a language barrier and if so I completely apologize!
Btw, of course I didn't think you "crammed them in" I just assumed based on your initial concern of "why can't I have a cool SPS tank like others" struck me as someone who may be only a few years into the hobby and assumed this is your first tank both by size and your questions. I think it's a given that anyone in this hobby knows money is no object, I think my reef hobby dwarfs even my automobile budget and there are two Teslas sitting in the garage. We don't get into this hobby to save money.
Even as good as I think my tank is I know there are SOOOOOO many people that crush me in terms of knowledge and experience. Every time I post a question I get many, many suggestions. Rather then write them off and tell them they are stupid I am a realist and know every experience is different in this hobby and try to absorb every bit of advice I can even if a lot of it is bad; no need for me to tell them as it just makes me look bad.
btw, I would think you could skip the cloud cover and lower your intensity to 60% gradually and experience maybe even better results. About 5 months ago I cut about two 5lb buckets of old SPS out to create room for new as a mini reboot. Since there was no longer any shade some of my frags were getting 700 par from my LED. I went from 85% to 60% on my radions (kept my T5 sched the same) and my orange passion went from about a 5 inch radius to the size of two fists. The T5 really help you with spread and there isn't a huge need to crank up the LED because it just creates too many hot spots.
No3 seems to be on par from every major coral store WWC TOP SHELF UNIQUE CORALS CHERRY CORALS. 15-20 seems to be the new norm I’ll be leaving it there
Lights will be staying till new buildWell then, throw down some cash and put that thing in a wall and raise those lights up to 20 inches.
I'm kidding...if cloud cover is working for you then have at it!
I will check my calendar when I’m home it’s gone up 15 ml I think
That whole tank has like transformed in a way there is so much coraline growing as well as the corals , the monti caps have quadrupled in size yes the acros did take off but the whole tank evolved on those 2 simple changes , I have done nothing more then that listed in post 445 or so
