Java's 150G Comeback

[Javamahn]

Finally a decent FTS. I am still dialing the system in for sps color. Growth has been great but corals like my PC Rainbow are very pale almost bleaching. Tank is just over 1 year old and I am happy with the overall results. Still plenty more I would like to do including a possible Achilles Tang. Anyone has any experiences or tails on the achilles please comment.

 

[Javamahn]

Still struggling with Cyano and poor colors. My nutrients are low and I would love to add more fish to help raise them up but every fish I have added over the past 6 months has been killed by the current group. I suspect the Coral Beauty or Blue Hippo but I have not seen it happen so I don't know which one. To that end I am going to start dosing KNO3 and K2HPO4 to bring Nitrates and phosphates off the floor. I really hope I can get colors back

 

[Javamahn]

1st harvest of Cheato from my DIY reactor. Pretty cool how tightly packed it was. I have an FMM monitoring flow which dropped by 20GPH when the reactor was full.

 

[Javamahn]

A little Acan love

 

[Tuffloud1]

Aquascape looks really good. Great job!

 

[Javamahn]

So we had the 1st Arizona Coral Farmers Market on December 8th and it was a great turnout. Lots of booths and corals to choose from. With the holidays coming I am proud that I was able to stay within my budget. Thanks to some help from Damian V. I picked up a free sunset montipora with my JF Fox Flame.

 

[Javamahn]

Just got back from trip to Florida so if course I had to stop and see the new WWC showroom. The corner tank was sic. I picked up 1 acro which they said was a Vivid Blue stag. I cannot confirm but I like it anyways so to check with the name. Big thing is I was able to carry it on and TSA was really nice when I declared it.

 

[Javamahn]

Spoke with WWC and they confirm the new frag is a WWC Blueberry Acro so it should be a nice addition. I can already see some decent Polyp extension and it is starting to get some hints of pinks.

 

[Javamahn]

Latest FTS growth and color continue to improve.

 

[Javamahn]

I put a container of Kh buffer on my 4th dosing head to help with increased alkalinity consumption. I am dosing 100ml of Aquaforest 123+ daily plus another 25ml of Kh buffer. Everything is growing well and I have my lights turned up to peak at 80% on AB+ schedule. I run them 9 hours daily. Here are a few closups with my Samsung S10 no filters.

 

[Javamahn]

Shout out to Coral Kings in Michigan and introducing 2 new cast members to the show. TGC Cherrybomb and CB Flaming Unicorn.

 

[Javamahn]

Having to dial my dosing back in as it seems my Alkalinity use is way high now:
Ca- 420 measured with Salifert
Alk-7.7 measured with Hanna
Mg - 1400 measured with Red Sea
No3 - 10 ppm measured with Salifert
PO4 - 0.02 measured with Hanna ULR
Ph 8.1 - 8.5 measured with APEX
Salinity - 35.4 measured with APEX