My SPS Frankentank

[mshonk]

Testing Schedule:

Alk on Tuesday and Saturday 7.5 dkh
Cal on Saturday 420 ppm
Mag 1-2 times a month 1300 ppm
NO3 1-2 times a month 1-2 ppm
PO4 1-2 times a month .03 ppm
PH monitored frequently via seneye 8.1-8.3
Temp monitored frequently via seneye and reefkeeper 79
NH3 monitored frequently via seneye .002 ppm
NH4 monitored frequently via seneye 10-15 ppb
I2 once a month .06 ppm
FE once a month .0 ppm
K once a month 420 ppm
Salinity Tuesday with WC 1.026

 

[mshonk]

Husbandry:

Weekly water change of about 2-3 gallons and siphon any detritus in the sump that I can see. [Red Sea Salt the Red non pro bucket with alk at or below 8 dkh]
Filter socks changed 3-4 times a week and washed weekly.
Clean glass daily to every other day.
Blow off rocks and stir top layer of sand daily to every other day.
Clean sand every other week.
Clean Equipment as necessary.

 

[BranchingHammer]

Following

 

[mshonk]

Flow Layout:

DT

Sump

 

[mshonk]

I picked up a RCA Cambio win 10 pc/tablet on ebay for $40 to run the Seneye reef all the time on the tank. As opposed to buying the server they have for $200. I Grabbed this right after I bought the Seneye. I mainly went after the Seneye for the Par meter.

 

[mshonk]

I built the cabinet on the right of my tank. It holds my 10 gallon top off tank. I have already started dinging it up.

 

[mshonk]

Over all tank and setup pics:

 

[mshonk]

Corals!

ASD Ice Queen Encinata, Raspberry Limeade Acro, Red Planet nursing back to health

Meateor Shower Nursing back to health, ASD Wolerine[real sensitive], misc zoas

Leptastrea

Duncans

Branching Hammer

Finger leather and misc zoas

Tricolor Granulosa, Misc zoas, Toxic Monti Cap, Miyagi Tort Nursing Back

Unknown Acro, ASD Morning Glory Acro

Yellow Hornet Acro, Unknown Acro, Raspberry Acro/Millie?

Miyagi Tort, Green Pocillopora, Raspberry Millie,Waynes Reef Acro, Blue Whale Millie, Tricolor Granulosa

Blue Whale Millie, Tricolor Granulosa [Half of this colony died back and it is bouncing back]

Spongodes Monti, Waynes Reef Acro, Rainbow Pocillipora, ORA Borealis

Elegance

ORA Green Gecko Acro

ORA Pearlberry [First time in months it is growing]

Pink Lemonade Birdsnest, Cali Tort, Misc zoas, Rhodactis, ASD Teal Pika Pika [ definitely coloring up different], PearlBerry

Acan, Acan, Favia, Favia, Favia lol

Green Gecko, Ponape Birdsnest, Merletti Blasto, Two Types Blasto, Frogspawn

Same plus a scripps acro

Green Stylo, Nuclear Candy Cane

Silver Bullet, ASD Rainbow Millie, Green Stylo

Bonsai, Teal Pika Pika

ORA Borealis, Bonsai

Tricolor Granulosa, ORA Borealis, Bonsai, Unknown Green Fuzzy Acro, Unkown Acro

 

[mshonk]

Cleaner, Scroll coral, more Orange Leptastrea, GSP

 

[mshonk]

Some more tank shots

 

[NY_Caveman]

Really looking great. Lots of beautiful corals. Loved all of the details today.

 

[mshonk]

Really looking great. Lots of beautiful corals. Loved all of the details today.

Thanks. I didn't document all that much in the beginning and really can't beleive how much color I am getting back in the sps. Best part is, if I continue as I am now I'd imagine the color will only be that much better come summer.

 

[mshonk]

So after the pics, updates, and everything I found one lone bubble of bubble algae. It was on my colony of fire and ice zoas. A colony I had since last May. First time I ever saw it in the tank. So I pulled the colony out and some surgery began. Really there was no operation fortunately after looking to see if it could be seperated from the colony it was easy. I had to sacrifice a few zoas but I now have a frag and the bubble algae is gone without busting a bubble. Now I am nervously scouring the rocks checking for more.

 

[mshonk]

I forgot and will update sometime tomorrow but I have my par maps too! Top center sps see 500 -550 PAR and bottom center gets about 350 PAR.

 

[mshonk]

Par map using my seneye. whites and blues on my light @ 100%

 

[Retro Reefer]

Nice new pictures, everything looks great!

 

[mshonk]

Nice new pictures, everything looks great!

Thanks!

 

[mshonk]

Still debating if restocking my fish is the right route. On a different note I really want a scoly and a maxima. I don't think I really have room for both. [emoji12]

 

[mshonk]

Ok probably pulling the trigger on restocking. I have to get the tang to a new home eventually and the 6 line just needs to go. I plan on 6 fish coming in. Purple firefish, two picasso clowns, lawnmower blenny, yellow coris wrasse, and a carpenter wrasse. My 6 line is easily the size of the the clowns. The firefish and coris are the same size and likely smaller than the tang. So I will add two more the blenny and the carpenter wrasse. I currenly dose no3 and am hoping this move adds movement and color to the tank but removes the need to dose no3 without going to far.

 

[mshonk]

Anyone see any compatibility issues.