My 85g reef experiment
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Little update.
QT for Chalk bass is over, they are now in the main DT. As usual my flameback angel will give them a hard time for the next couple days. Awaiting my 6 vanderbuilt chromis for the last additions in the DT.
I decided to have 6x Bernacle blennies in my LPS system, that's it. it will fun to watch.
I have been thinking since christmass holydays about what do i do next... i clearly love this hobby, either i start planning for a bigger tank .. this project implies re-designing my basement to have a fish room and a larger tank. But larger tank means more maintenance, more time, more equipments. I decided that this project is for another time, even if i think that my system is small and i would love bigger, i like the fact that maintenance and time dedicated to the tank is not that crazy.
I decided to slowly replace my lower end SPS by High end SPS, as you can see in my past post i got several 'collectors' / Signatures Acro... my objective is to have my 85gal system dedicated to rare and colorfull pieces.
I listed all the Acro i have with the one i can confirm lineage vs the others. I had to do more digging for that, if i had a doubt on lienage... not in the Confirmed list.
My current SPS list:
Confirmed Lineage for Signature Acro:
ORA Turquoise stag;
ORA Blue Milipora;
ORA Red Planet;
ORA Hawkins Echinata
ORA Purple Plasma
Cornbred Corals Yellow Passion;
RRusa-Centurion;
RRusa-Peacock;
RRusa-Toxic Cactus (i have to double check this one, i was told it was Black Poison Ivy)
RRusa-CherryBomb (on order)
CC-HellBoy;
Tyree Pink lemonade
Tyree Monti Setosa
RRc-Orange Passion
RRc-Pink Cadillac
RRc-Mindfreak
RRc-Angry Bird
RRc-Fruitopia
RRc-Kush
RRc-CherryBomb
RRc-JawDropper (on order)
RRc-Ultimate Orange Passion (on order)
RRc-Hellfire Echinata (on order)
MB-WaltDisney (on order) (Mike Biggar, via Candycoral)
Frag Farmer's Red Robin
i have some RRc and usa pieces without 'name'
Unconfirmed lineage:
Red-Diablo
Tierra Del Fuego
Wolverine
SaberTooth
AppleJack
Fox Flame (sold as JF-Fox Flame... but i have a doubt)
Multicolor Matrix
Cali Tort
Strawberry Shortcake
Northwood limeade (similar to RR-Triple Treats)
Cyclops
Random Acro:
Red Dragon
Hoeksemai Acropora
Ghostly tips
Acropora Exquisita (Blue with Yellow tips)
Ultimate Bonzai
Bonzai
Branching cyphastrea
Formosa
and several others
QT for Chalk bass is over, they are now in the main DT. As usual my flameback angel will give them a hard time for the next couple days. Awaiting my 6 vanderbuilt chromis for the last additions in the DT.
I decided to have 6x Bernacle blennies in my LPS system, that's it. it will fun to watch.
I have been thinking since christmass holydays about what do i do next... i clearly love this hobby, either i start planning for a bigger tank .. this project implies re-designing my basement to have a fish room and a larger tank. But larger tank means more maintenance, more time, more equipments. I decided that this project is for another time, even if i think that my system is small and i would love bigger, i like the fact that maintenance and time dedicated to the tank is not that crazy.
I decided to slowly replace my lower end SPS by High end SPS, as you can see in my past post i got several 'collectors' / Signatures Acro... my objective is to have my 85gal system dedicated to rare and colorfull pieces.
I listed all the Acro i have with the one i can confirm lineage vs the others. I had to do more digging for that, if i had a doubt on lienage... not in the Confirmed list.
My current SPS list:
Confirmed Lineage for Signature Acro:
ORA Turquoise stag;
ORA Blue Milipora;
ORA Red Planet;
ORA Hawkins Echinata
ORA Purple Plasma
Cornbred Corals Yellow Passion;
RRusa-Centurion;
RRusa-Peacock;
RRusa-Toxic Cactus (i have to double check this one, i was told it was Black Poison Ivy)
RRusa-CherryBomb (on order)
CC-HellBoy;
Tyree Pink lemonade
Tyree Monti Setosa
RRc-Orange Passion
RRc-Pink Cadillac
RRc-Mindfreak
RRc-Angry Bird
RRc-Fruitopia
RRc-Kush
RRc-CherryBomb
RRc-JawDropper (on order)
RRc-Ultimate Orange Passion (on order)
RRc-Hellfire Echinata (on order)
MB-WaltDisney (on order) (Mike Biggar, via Candycoral)
Frag Farmer's Red Robin
i have some RRc and usa pieces without 'name'
Unconfirmed lineage:
Red-Diablo
Tierra Del Fuego
Wolverine
SaberTooth
AppleJack
Fox Flame (sold as JF-Fox Flame... but i have a doubt)
Multicolor Matrix
Cali Tort
Strawberry Shortcake
Northwood limeade (similar to RR-Triple Treats)
Cyclops
Random Acro:
Red Dragon
Hoeksemai Acropora
Ghostly tips
Acropora Exquisita (Blue with Yellow tips)
Ultimate Bonzai
Bonzai
Branching cyphastrea
Formosa
and several others
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david p.
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it's Frag Farmer... typo here!dam it... forgot my Reef Farmer's Red Robin... i wish a mod could include this in my first list !
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david p.
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Sad day, I have to remove some Acro from the Confirmed lineage, i need to keep digging on one of the seller i got them from, i don't want any doubt on the lineage and the seller!
Confirmed Lineage for Signature Acro:
ORA Red Planet;
ORA Hawkins Echinata
ORA Purple Plasma
RRusa-CherryBomb (on order)
Tyree Pink lemonade
Tyree Monti Setosa
RRc-Orange Passion
RRc-Pink Cadillac
RRc-Mindfreak
RRc-Angry Bird
RRc-Fruitopia
RRc-Kush
RRc-CherryBomb
RRc-JawDropper (on order)
RRc-Ultimate Orange Passion (on order)
RRc-Hellfire Echinata (on order)
MB-WaltDisney (on order) (Mike Biggar, via Candycoral)
Frag Farmer's Red Robin
i have some RRc and usa pieces without 'name'
Unconfirmed lineage:
''ORA'' Turquoise stag;(need to investigate)
''ORA''Blue Milipora; (need to investigate)
''Cornbred Corals'' Yellow Passion;(need to investigate)
''RRusa''-Centurion;(need to investigate)
''RRusa''-Peacock;(need to investigate)
''RRusa''-Toxic Cactus (i have to double check this one, i was told it was Black Poison Ivy)(need to investigate)
''CC''-HellBoy;(need to investigate)
Red-Diablo
Tierra Del Fuego
Wolverine
SaberTooth
AppleJack
Fox Flame (sold as JF-Fox Flame... but i have a doubt)
Multicolor Matrix
Cali Tort
Strawberry Shortcake
Northwood limeade (similar to RR-Triple Treats)
Cyclops
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Just found this, what a great way to spend a Saturday morning, watching mine wake up (England) and discovering yours!
Great build and I've loved watching your camera skills increase.
Great build and I've loved watching your camera skills increase.
Hey buddy. This tank's got an awesome collection of SPS in it. Grow those babies out and you have a TOTM on your hands.
Can you please talk in detail about feeding?
- Do you feed the corals? What do you feed? How often/how much?
- What do you feed the fish? How often how much?
Can you please talk in detail about feeding?
- Do you feed the corals? What do you feed? How often/how much?
- What do you feed the fish? How often how much?
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david p.
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Hey buddy. This tank's got an awesome collection of SPS in it. Grow those babies out and you have a TOTM on your hands.
Can you please talk in detail about feeding?
- Do you feed the corals? What do you feed? How often/how much?
- What do you feed the fish? How often how much?
thanks, i'm pretty happy with the collection so far... but my tank is a small system and i started selling big colonies (again) of more common acro (formosa, red dragon and others) to make room for nicer stuff... but frag size and mini colony size. i will need more time again to see progress. it gave me the opportunity to rescape a bit and also ciment/attach rocks together, its was my first scape and i did not do it initialy... big mistake.
As for TOTM, i don't think i'm at that level, i have seen some of the TOTM build.... not there! but thx!
Feeding routine is simple, 4-5 times per week feeding my acro. i use acropower (2 cap full x2time per week), reefroid (1 tsp 2x week), oysterfeast (depends), homemade powder food (depends) + fish poop... but my bioload is low... that's why i need to do intense feeding. i also use microelement supplement for color boost. i probably forget some stuff on feeding... but that about it.
I feed 1 time per week my LPS with pallets.
I feed my fish with auto feeder twice a day, morning and evening, with pallets. I will complement most of the time in the evening (6-7 days/week) with frozen food, flakes with supplements, nori. i probably have 3 types of pallets, 2 types of algae, some powder supplements made with dryed stuff that i add to pallet or flakes, probly 3-4 types of frozen food.
How much, not a lot, my fish stock is pretty low, so i try to give what they need... i tend to feed a lot of the frozen food for my scooter blenny and mandarine.
I should maybe feed more, my N and P are always 0, i restarted testing N&P lately with the addition of my 2 chalk bass. i cut the GFO qty used by half, might remove it completly to try and raise my nutrient.
some shot i made lately:
Thanks for the feeding details.
I love how you are able to take the really good photos. Your corals are just loving the tank.
Which brand and products do you use for this?
Thanks.
I love how you are able to take the really good photos. Your corals are just loving the tank.
Which brand and products do you use for this?
Thanks.
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david p.
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i use fauna marin color element. but as i say to other reefers around here.. it's useless if all the other parameters are not under control... i like to say it's the finish touch to get an extra edge on colors.
getting alk stable all the time will get more results in terms of growth and coloration.
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david p.
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spent the day rescaping and doing something i should have done from the start... gluing rocks together.. i uses poly glue... i was affraid rock would move and break colonies/frags... i jsut hope that after a while, coraline will cover the white poly glue...
still have ~17 frags to put in place... need room
still have ~17 frags to put in place... need room
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