REEF OF THE MONTH - April 2022: RussiReef's Phenomenal SPS Tank! 280 Gallons of Acro Inspiration!

[reef_ranch]

Congratulations Garry!! Well deserved! You truly have one of the best SPS dominant tanks I've ever had the pleasure of seeing.
Now I feel like I know a celebrity!!

 

[TUSI]

Congratulations brother. Well deserved award. Your tank is a inspiration to any hobbiest

 

[ying yang]

Very gorgeous tank,looks absolutely stunning and like your method of using natural approaches rather than chemicals as seems best way to me.
Your doing something right and for a new reefer like myself, it aids me in what to do.

 

[Nhjmc]

WOW!!! What an amazing tank!

 

[islandreef]

Love the Simplicity, it continues to show that you dont need all the bells and whistles to have a thriving SPS dominated tank. I am amazed you do not have a Calcium Reactor as yet with all the SPS, LOVE IT

 

[violetjones]

Hi Garry! How do you dose vitamin c and yeast?

 

[Dave-T]

Thank you. My light consists of 6 Radions Gen 4 pro and 10 24 w ATI blue plus. Radion spectrum is: all blues at 100% , both whites 80%, red and green at 20% each. Duration of Radions 11 hours a day and T5 four hours a day. Hope you find this information helpful.
Best,
Garry.

Interesting. Thanks. So the T5s are on at the same time as the LEDs?

That's quite a gap between the T5s. Are you convinced they're helping? Have you checked their output with a PAR meter? It seems like there are T5 hot spots and cold spots. Are the corals happier that are under the T5s?

 

[Johra]

Nice write up and beautiful system! Congrats…

One question though, how do you use Red Sea Coral Pro salt mix and still keep Alk at around 7.5-8 or do you have little spikes when you do water changes? I assume most of the high Alk that is coming from the salt is eaten up by the display.. just curious as I had to switch to Brightwell in order to back mine down from mid 10’s.

 

[RussiReef]

Congratulations Garry!! Well deserved! You truly have one of the best SPS dominant tanks I've ever had the pleasure of seeing.
Now I feel like I know a celebrity!!

Thank you for the compliment Art and a kind words.

 

[RussiReef]

Congratulations brother. Well deserved award. Your tank is a inspiration to any hobbiest

Thank you Tusi. It’s mean a lot to me. Still learning every day

 

[RussiReef]

Very gorgeous tank,looks absolutely stunning and like your method of using natural approaches rather than chemicals as seems best way to me.
Your doing something right and for a new reefer like myself, it aids me in what to do.

Thank you. Glad to be helpful

 

[RussiReef]

WOW!!! What an amazing tank!

Thank you for your comment

 

[RussiReef]

Love the Simplicity, it continues to show that you dont need all the bells and whistles to have a thriving SPS dominated tank. I am amazed you do not have a Calcium Reactor as yet with all the SPS, LOVE IT

Thank you. KISS method is working for me. From day one I have been dosing major three components. Why change it now… ?

 

[RussiReef]

Hi Garry! How do you dose vitamin c and yeast?

I don’t measure an exact amount. For my system I do 2-3 pinches of each, two times a week

 

[RussiReef]

Nice write up and beautiful system! Congrats…

One question though, how do you use Red Sea Coral Pro salt mix and still keep Alk at around 7.5-8 or do you have little spikes when you do water changes? I assume most of the high Alk that is coming from the salt is eaten up by the display.. just curious as I had to switch to Brightwell in order to back mine down from mid 10’s.

Thank you for your compliment. I estimate my total water volume is about 350 gal, with 20% water change I don’t see noticeable ALK spike.

 

[RussiReef]

Interesting. Thanks. So the T5s are on at the same time as the LEDs?

That's quite a gap between the T5s. Are you convinced they're helping? Have you checked their output with a PAR meter? It seems like there are T5 hot spots and cold spots. Are the corals happier that are under the T5s?

Good question. My T5 are on the same time as Radions, 4 hours a day. Since my LED set to a white spectrum, I decided to supplement it with bluer spectrum from T5. LED are doing heavy lifting in my tank

 

[Roatan Reef]

Outstanding!!

 

[Zach B]

Beautiful Reef Wow!

 

[Karen00]

Such a beautiful tank! My envy has no bounds. It's like looking at a piece of the ocean! Well deserved for ROTM!

 

[HB AL]

1 vote for reef tank of the year, awesome!