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I decided to create this journal to track my progress and share my experiences with keeping SPS in a small tank. Hope you enjoy the thread!
BACKGROUND
Started up my first reef tank back in 2016 with a 5 gallon Fluval. A lot of mistakes and lessons later (jumping from apartment to apartment is a struggle), I've settled into a house and rebooted my Nuvo 20. I like to buy tiny nubs and single polyps so expect a lot of progression shots.
FTE
7-5-20
SPECS
Nuvo 20 with APS Stand
AquaticLife 24" T5 (4 bulb - coral+/coral+/blue+/blue+ @ 10 hrs/day)
MP10
Real Reef Rock (Broke the large pieces into rubble-ish size, soaked in bleach for 2 weeks, sun dried, and epoxied/superglued together)
InTank Media Baskets (filter floss/Chemipure Blue/Brightwell Xport Bio Cubes)
Kaomer x1 Doser (@0.8ml All for Reef daily)
CORALS
OG Bounce - Looks unhappy. Hasn't been right after 4 tank moves in a row. It had HUGE bubbles a while back.
UC True Pink Nephthea - Grown from a tiny 1" frag back in 2018. Hard to capture the color under T5s.
Japanese Neon Green Toadstool - Neon green polyps are the brightest thing in the tank.
Branching GSP - Lots of movement, color, and grows like a stick. What's not to like?
Yuma - Doing really well and actually in the process of pedal laceration.
Green Acro - The tester frag. Fast growing and rapidly encrusting past the plug.
Green/Blue Acro - Tester Frag #2. Noticed little white bugs on it. Definitely not black/red bugs or any other pest I'm aware of.
I decided to create this journal to track my progress and share my experiences with keeping SPS in a small tank. Hope you enjoy the thread!
BACKGROUND
Started up my first reef tank back in 2016 with a 5 gallon Fluval. A lot of mistakes and lessons later (jumping from apartment to apartment is a struggle), I've settled into a house and rebooted my Nuvo 20. I like to buy tiny nubs and single polyps so expect a lot of progression shots.
FTE
7-5-20
SPECS
Nuvo 20 with APS Stand
AquaticLife 24" T5 (4 bulb - coral+/coral+/blue+/blue+ @ 10 hrs/day)
MP10
Real Reef Rock (Broke the large pieces into rubble-ish size, soaked in bleach for 2 weeks, sun dried, and epoxied/superglued together)
InTank Media Baskets (filter floss/Chemipure Blue/Brightwell Xport Bio Cubes)
Kaomer x1 Doser (@0.8ml All for Reef daily)
CORALS
OG Bounce - Looks unhappy. Hasn't been right after 4 tank moves in a row. It had HUGE bubbles a while back.
UC True Pink Nephthea - Grown from a tiny 1" frag back in 2018. Hard to capture the color under T5s.
Japanese Neon Green Toadstool - Neon green polyps are the brightest thing in the tank.
Branching GSP - Lots of movement, color, and grows like a stick. What's not to like?
Yuma - Doing really well and actually in the process of pedal laceration.
Green Acro - The tester frag. Fast growing and rapidly encrusting past the plug.
Green/Blue Acro - Tester Frag #2. Noticed little white bugs on it. Definitely not black/red bugs or any other pest I'm aware of.