Rebirth

[Mi_seriousbluereef]

New couple

Alex

Beautiful!!

 

[Alex Costa]

I decided to give sand another chance.
This time, instead of put back the old and whashed sand, I got a bag of AF Biosand.
It's quite different of my old sand and i liked a lot of the look of it.
The next months will show if this was the right decision.

 

[85173]

I know sand has issues, but your system looks so good with it Alex!

 

[Alex Costa]

I know sand has issues, but your system looks so good with it Alex!

I know that several people has issues with sand in a reef tank but, for me, it's a must have.
I'm now praying for the dynos stay away from it.

 

[DrJoos]

Looks good so far, if it doesn't drift or cloud you'll be in business...

 

[Janci]

Glad to see you back in action Alex.
And the reef looks stunning.
Always fun to come back to this thread.

 

[Alex Costa]

Looks good so far, if it doesn't drift or cloud you'll be in business...

Untill now, everything is fine......:cool:

Glad to see you back in action Alex.
And the reef looks stunning.
Always fun to come back to this thread.

Thanks mate!

 

[Alex Costa]

I don't know if if preffer this fish as female os as a male but, it changed and now I'm thinking about add another female.
What do you think?

 

[Alex Costa]

My 2 new boys, a lot fatter than they came in

 

[Alex Costa]

Some top down, of 2 acros that are pretty colored

Pink Floyd

Abrolhosensis green orange tips

 

[Alex Costa]

And two of my favorite clams:

 

[Alex Costa]

After less than a month the dynos came back and I needed to remove the sandbed.......again.
In fact, I just pushed it into the corner where I kept some sand since the beginning.

 

[Alex Costa]

Let's update.....
After 5 months the tank is almost recovered from the last dynos strike.
On the bad side too, I lost my maculiceps in March, without no sign of nothing.

On the good side, I got 3 new led fixtures.
This time I decided to give a try to the Radions XR15 Blue, Gen 5.
It have a very good spread andthe corals are giving me some good signs...

 

[Alex Costa]

Some shots from some time ago:

 

[Alex Costa]

One of my favourite fish of all:

 

[Alex Costa]

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[Alex Costa]

A new time is coming....
6 months after the last dinos problem, the tank is coming back....again....

I suspect that dinos problems has something to do with my old Vega fixtures. Back on 2011 I had some dino problems and back then, I found that dinos outbreaks can have a relation with lighting problem.

Now, with the new Radions, I hope that tank could be free from dinos from now on.

 

[Alex Costa]

Today I did some water tests

Ca - 480ppm

Mg - 1560

KH - 8,2dKH

Numbers are in the high side.
Maybe due to high salinity....I'm keeping it around 35~36 ppt.
I'll pull it down to 34~35ppt in the next water changes.

 

[Alex Costa]

Pink panther

Pink floyd

Simplex

Subulata purple

Shortcake

Humilis

 

[Alex Costa]

Goni orange.
I think this will be very interesting when grow a little big...