Reef Spotlight - August 2011 - "M&M"

[herozero]

it came up, took a few refreshes, not sure why. but it was worth the wait!

 

[Dowtish]

very nice! beautiful colors and scape. Congratz

 

[low profile]

Mark. Congratulation.
You have a very nice tank.

 

[GR808]

Incredible looking tank m&m... Makes me want to make the leap to biopellets..

 

[Luisra]

Very nice! Congrats on the Reef Spotlight! How are you able to keep 2 different Gramma species together, I always though they would fight.

 

[M&M]

Very nice! Congrats on the Reef Spotlight! How are you able to keep 2 different Gramma species together, I always though they would fight.

Thanks,I guess with big enough tank and ample hiding spots they are able to coexists.They never fight in my tank.Royal gramma stays in the upper part of tank and black cap in the bottom part.

 

[clowndude]

Congrats Mark, I knew it wouldn't be long before your tank gained recognition. Keep up the great work.

 

[M&M]

Congrats Mark, I knew it wouldn't be long before your tank gained recognition. Keep up the great work.

Thanks Nick,glad to see you here.

 

[jjreeftank]

Very nice!!!!

 

[bkoppes]

Very nice indeed!!

 

[Wankel]

Do you still dose Lugols and Aminos? If so, how much?

 

[M&M]

Do you still dose Lugols and Aminos? If so, how much?

Yes,I dose 2-3 drops of Lugol's every second day and 10 drops Coral Amino daily.

 

[skinz78]

Just curious, I see eggcrate in some of the pic's. Do you have some buried in your sandbed, and if so how come?

 

[M&M]

Yes,when I set up my aquascape I put eggcrate on the bottom.With time, some of my sand got removed when vacuuming and never got replaced.That's why you see eggcrate.I will be doing some changes to my tank soon,I will get rid of eggcrate and go BB.

 

[Wankel]

Do you dose any bacteria? MB7, zeobak, etc.

 

[M&M]

I add 20ml a week of Special Blend from Microbe-Lift.This amount seems to be enough for my tank.No other bacteria source is added.I used to dose MB7 but noticed increase of cyanobacteria. Once switched to Special Blend no more problems.I've heard of people having the same problem with MB7.

 

[lps1212]

Congrats on winning the spotlight you tank is full of life and great colors on your corals loved all your shots

 

[SaltWaterDave]

Awesome setup! Something I'd love to achieve some day. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[Wankel]

I add 20ml a week of Special Blend from Microbe-Lift.This amount seems to be enough for my tank.No other bacteria source is added.I used to dose MB7 but noticed increase of cyanobacteria. Once switched to Special Blend no more problems.I've heard of people having the same problem with MB7.

Cool thanks for the info!

 

[rafy_pr]

Very clean system!!! the choice of colors fill the tank perfectly!!! Everything looks healthy and thriving!!!!! Congratulations as tank of the month!!!