Pedras Secas - SPS with zoas BB

[Reef and Dive]

Latest pictures:

 

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Some colonies are slowly getting better colors:

 

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Jusy documenting some ugly moments.
phosphate 0.07 nitrate 4.80 (Hanna).

Fluconazole in….

 

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Ugly phase solved.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Awesome reef!!

 

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Light acclimating a special beauty:

All-star acropora

(Update) did not survive

 

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I think I finally arrived to a satisfatory disposition of colors in my sps island:

 

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All star is on its final destination

 

[revhtree]

Very beautiful reef!

 

[Reef and Dive]

Very beautiful reef!

Thanks a lot! Specially coming from a big guy!!!

 

[Reef and Dive]

Update on my build, important changes that I’m slowly implementing:

Switching to Fauna Marin method (salt changed, will start Balling Light).

Soon starting coral supplements (Min S, Vitality, Sprint).

Already dosing carbon and will try Bacto Energy.

Possibly I will start zeo for better nutrient control and will replace my GFO for Phos 0.04.

As nutrients will get lower I’m decommissioning my refugium, keeping that zone in the dark with more media and substrate.

 

[Reef and Dive]

Video update:

 

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Just appending my latest ICP.

 

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Updated pictures:

 

[smol_reef]

Beautiful!

 

[ramona]

Latest pictures:

Awesome!

How do you keep the RBTA from multiplying and taking over the tank?

 

[Reef and Dive]

Soon I’ll replace my sps island for a new aquascape… studying how I’ll do that…

 

[Reef and Dive]

Ive been planning for some time to change my SPS island aquascape.

A friend of mine is a real Brazilian talent for artificial rocks: Rodrigo Calvetti, Calvetti Rocks.

So I gave him my ideas:
- spatially distribute my SPS more
- multiple levels raising high from front to back
- trying to avoid overlaping of each platform from the frontal view
- drilling holes for SPS placement with plugs

So he made this rock that I consider a masterpiece:

So I did some studies for my new SPS placement…

So the Rocks arrived, and with small changes this is my current layout of this island:

I trimmed my forest fire monti as it was too dissonant from the other corals.

 

[ramona]

That's a nice shaped rock you got!

Did I see a BTA in one of your pictures?

 

[Reef and Dive]

Thanks. Yeah I have a Red Fire, but it is behind the zoa arch….