My new SPS Tank

[Roberto Denadai]

Hi friend,

What grain size sand did you use in your tanks from the past? Did you deal with high flow systems blowing the sand around?

In this tank, I don´t remember.....was samoa pink but the grains size maybe was 2 or 3. But in this tank the flow was not so strong, one side mp10 and the other tunze blowing the surface

 

[Roberto Denadai]

Is it possible to do SPS without fish?
since you don’t have snails, crabs?

Yes, why not ? I don´t like snail and crabs

 

[LRT]

Epic

 

[reef80]

This must be the Roberto everyone is ranting about. Just stopped watching K-Drama to read through all this. Lol.
Simply Amazing!

 

[ScottB]

This must be the Roberto everyone is ranting about. Just stopped watching K-Drama to read through all this. Lol.
Simply Amazing!

Yup. This is the one. Not his first rodeo either.

 

[DE FISH]

Hello @Roberto Denadai a pleasure to be in contact with you! could you please explain your process of using bleach on your dry rock before cycling? Thanks in advance buddy

 

[Roscovitch]

@Roberto Denadai Have you at anytime ever used the product Tropic Marin® Reef Actif in your systems. If so what are your thoughts on it?

 

[Roberto Denadai]

New angle :

 

[Roberto Denadai]

@Roberto Denadai Have you at anytime ever used the product Tropic Marin® Reef Actif in your systems. If so what are your thoughts on it?

I used to dose Tropic Marin biocalcium in my old tanks. Reef actif I think they just add some bacterias

 

[Roberto Denadai]

Hello @Roberto Denadai a pleasure to be in contact with you! could you please explain your process of using bleach on your dry rock before cycling? Thanks in advance buddy

Just bleach for a couple of hours and it´s done. Nothing special. I just did that because my old rocks were full of PO4

 

[Roscovitch]

New angle :

Incredible colours. You managed to keep this tank going during your house move?

 

[Roberto Denadai]

Incredible colours. You managed to keep this tank going during your house move?

Unfortunately this tank will be dismantled this year when I move

 

[Roscovitch]

Serious heartbreak that would cause me if that was my work. I trust you’ll be onto a new build when the move is complete Roberto? Brilliant work. Really enjoyed reading this thread and it has taught me a considerable amount regardless of how long I’ve been doing this. (Since 1973) Thanks for sharing.

 

[Roberto Denadai]

Serious heartbreak that would cause me if that was my work. I trust you’ll be onto a new build when the move is complete Roberto? Brilliant work. Really enjoyed reading this thread and it has taught me a considerable amount regardless of how long I’ve been doing this. (Since 1973) Thanks for sharing.

Part of the journey is the end ​

 

[Roscovitch]

Part of the journey is the end ​

You’re wiser than your years kid.

 

[Roscovitch]

I did a video last month, here you can see more about my reef and my sump. I promise that I will do a video in English next time

Is the bristle tooth tang you had since small and is it a blue eyed Kole? Certainly put on some weight since the start of the build.

 

[Roberto Denadai]

Is the bristle tooth tang you had since small and is it a blue eyed Kole? Certainly put on some weight since the start of the build.

Yes, the same fish. I bought this little guy as a coin size. He was in my FO tank then I move to this one. You can see in the video below my YT, Clownfish, Pseudochomis etc

 

[Freenow54]

Hi Guys,

After five years of keeping a Fish Only, I just started a new SPS tank.

This tank has 50 days and I´m keeping my alk and ca just with kalkwasser. In 2 or 3 months I think I will start with balling ( tropic Marin ) plus kalk

My setup is :

2x Hydra 52
1x Hydra 26 HD
2x T5 Blue Plus
2x T5 Coral Plus

Nero5 , Mp40 and Gyre

Viper 3.0

Skimmer octopus 1000

Apex controller and I´m dosing kalk with kamoer.

No3 = 0 ( salifert )
Po4 = 0,03ppm ( Hanna )
Alk = 7,5 ( Hanna )

This is the last video that I did for my youtube channel and I show my sump in this video :




Best Regards

I am going to do this very thing after watching a video on youtube about a tank from Aquariums by Design. Lots of negative space simple coral, and small fish. Very nice start want to see more in the future. Thanks for sharing

 

[Ugin]

I finished reading through the entire thread, this is a very nice tank!

Question. Assuming I didn't miss a comment here or there, did you use any cycled media/seeded media from your prior tanks or friends?

Thanks!

 

[Roberto Denadai]

I finished reading through the entire thread, this is a very nice tank!

Question. Assuming I didn't miss a comment here or there, did you use any cycled media/seeded media from your prior tanks or friends?

Thanks!

I just used dry / bleached rocks to start