Rmcrom's Reefer XL 425

[rmcrom]

I got some new corals in from Sunday's Tidal Gardens sale.

 

[rmcrom]

I added 2 more XR15s. The outer 2 are the G5 and the inner 2 are the G6. I put the G6 in the middle due to the wider spread the newer lenses give. G5s on the edge to reduce light spill.

 

[Tidal Gardens]

Looks great! I hope all the corals are doing well. Thank you for your support.

 

[rmcrom]

Looks great! I hope all the corals are doing well. Thank you for your support.

Thanks. All are happy and doing well.

 

[rmcrom]

With my recirculator hat my PH is just now starting to drop back down. I was able to get 6 weeks out of 1lb of scrubber media.

 

[rmcrom]

The tank is now a year and a half old. I tried ramping up my lights several months back and made a lot of the corals unhappy, but I didn't lose any. They are finally recovered and growing again. Coraline patches growing like weeds.

 

[rmcrom]

Got a new load of corals from Tidal Gardens today to help fill in some empty spots.

Dragon's Soul Torch
Kermit the Frog acro
Candy Apple grafted monti
Mai Tai cyphastrea
Monster Jam psammocora

 

[Doron_ho]

Looks great! I love the setup of your equipment.
Waiting to see more corals in your Tank.
Good luck

Regarding the 4 Radion XR15 that you are currently using..
What is your current schedule intensity?
And what are the PAR values that you have ATM?

 

[rmcrom]

Looks great! I love the setup of your equipment.
Waiting to see more corals in your Tank.
Good luck

Regarding the 4 Radion XR15 that you are currently using..
What is your current schedule intensity?
And what are the PAR values that you have ATM?

I am currently running the Radions at 45% AB+ profile. I have about 100-120 PAR on the sand and 140-160 on the top of my rocks.

 

[rmcrom]

Some shots with a new camera.

 

[rmcrom]

I saw the BRS Radion settings to mimic the spectrum of Fiji and decided to give that a try. I like the look better than AB+ so I'm going to stick with it. I set the overall schedule intensity to match the PAR I had with AB+ so hopefully the corals can adapt easy.

I also decided to try carbon dosing. I'm going to use Tropic Marin NP-Bacto-Balance and auto dose it when my lights come on in the morning. I printed this bracket for a Kamoer F1 pump. I like to mount them on the back wall above the sump so if a leak develops it can drip down into the sump instead of the floor.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Some shots with a new camera.

Some great pictures!

 

[rmcrom]

Some great pictures!

Thanks! They're from a Galaxy S23 Ultra. I used Pro Mode and just changed the white balance to 10k.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Thanks! They're from a Galaxy S23 Ultra. I used Pro Mode and just changed the white balance to 10k.

Phone takes some excellent pictures!

 

[rmcrom]

I got in on the Tidal Gardens memorial day sale. LOL.

Best piece I got is this rainbow trachy. I just put him in there so he's closed up but he still looks really cool.

 

[rmcrom]

 

[Tidal Gardens]

Wow, Everything is looking good!

 

[rmcrom]

My first time fragging a coral. I cut this frogspawn into 4 pieces to make a frogspawn forest. There are 10 heads total. I bought it as 1 head.

 

[rmcrom]

I was having a problem where my All For Reef tube was clogging up, then next dose it just sprays out of the barbed fitting all over the equipment. I got a couple of 1/8" barbed Y fittings and I'm having some of the ATO water flush out the nozzle to keep it clear of dried AFR.

 

[rmcrom]

I didn't do enough research on pencil urchins. I bought him to eat GHA, but he ate my jawbreaker. I found a little crumb of him and made a hospital to hopefully recover him in. He was about 1.5" to 1.75" diameter.