Rob's 450g Build Thread!
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Will do, actually I have quite of bit. I will be posting soon
It looks like you have 3 different orange passions.
Do you have a favorite of the 3?
Do you have a favorite of the 3?
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Ill take pics in a bit. Flow rate is slow flow and not turbine or cloudy. Unless you add direct flow. My chaeto grows at a very fast pace, I remove maybe 5g worth every 6 weeks. But recently been pulling on a weekly bases. I have maybe 80-100lbs in there so about 2"
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They all look great, SCOP and UOP are awesome when colors are pulled...lost my RRA a while....still sourcing for one
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Replicate the same methods, you'll have the same results.
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R2R Reef of the Month Spotlight: Rob's 300g Deep Dimension - January 2018
R2R Username: @robert s b. Build Thread: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/robs-300g-deep-dimensions.332903/ Introduction: I have been in the reefing hobby since 1996 close to 22 yrs. I've had fresh water aquariums since I was 7 yrs old, so I'm considered an old hand and pretty much a...
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300g DD 72x36x27
450g 84x48x26
450g 84x48x26
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Love the Orpheks, I bought them in 2018, and they're still producing for me, I can say IMHO they're the best units out there. Just upgraded them to icons and they're even better. I am going on 8 years on these units, can't say that about any other fixtures, may last me for a long time 10 year+ best investments I've made. Ofir is working on upgraded Leds for these units and should be out soon.
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Being more involved with the tank lately, pace and growth are great and I usually let it ride. There is not much to do and just let the tank mature, do its thing and naturally get dialed in. If your experimenting, chasing numbers and always fiddling with the tank..itll never stabilize and not able to adapt when things are changing all the time. Stability and adaptability long term is key. But I do have minor set backs....Tested my parameters which I haven't done in 6 months, I usually just test dkh once a week. I tested the major 3, No3 and po4. My dkh was low at around 7 for past 3-4 months, didnt think nothing of it and let it ride, sometimes I trust my eyes too much and so I decided to test Calc a week ago and it was 325-350 and this is with 30ml per minute continuous Kalk drip, cant raise anymore because thats my evaporation rate. So sat there and thought what I did the past 6 months and looked at my notes, last thing I changed was my calcium reactor media to Korallen-Zucht Aragonite Reactor and didnt lower my internal PH to 6.1 which is the medias melting point. I always keep Calcium chloride and Soda Ash, made some 2 part and started dosing, and got DKH and Calc at 8 and 400 respectively. Those little changes, sometimes is all you need.
Keep it simple and Master Husbandry, I know testing is part of it, but if you been doing it as long as me, you learn how your tank functions and to keep it simple, it's alot easier to pinpoint what's you did if something goes sideways.
Keep it simple and Master Husbandry, I know testing is part of it, but if you been doing it as long as me, you learn how your tank functions and to keep it simple, it's alot easier to pinpoint what's you did if something goes sideways.
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I do, quite often actually.
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My low nutrient reef tank, po4 of .08 is within range but my No3 is undetectable. I feed pellets twice a day and frozen once a day, sometimes twice. Corals thriving in nutrient poor water and thriving is called Darwin Paradox where they adapt to the enviroment you give them. Only down side is I feed more often, I know when I feed too much is when I see nitrogen gas bubbles forming on the rocks, which is a natural occurrence indicating denitrification. So its a fine line, but atleast I CAN control it. Ive tried in the past to remedy and try to fix, by feeding way too much, not do water changes and no skimmer. But in a short period changes something ecologically and visually the corals suffer and would have to revert back. Ive thought about dosing nitrates in a bottle, but don't really want to risk my prized collection. Because we don't really know what species of coral may have a bad reaction and it maybe your most prized possession. So do what you know you can control and not roll the dice, especially if the corals are thriving...Let it Ride!!
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How much par is sps getting and the chalices on floor?300g DD 72x36x27
450g 84x48x26
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Acros close to the water line was getting around 800-1000, but on average, most were getting around 400-500, corals on the floor around 100-150
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Just general care and management of your reef tank. Back in the day when I started, I had this log book Aquarium Journals Marine Edition. I logged everything in there that I did to the tank. From Maintenance, testing, what I bought and any fluctuations in the tank. It helped me alot to develop what I do now, which is logged in my head. I do still write down when I changed out my filters in my RODI or when I changed out my media in the Calc Reactor just to give me a precise date on something that takes longer of time to change out. Now Im at a point where what I do to the tank is routine and kept to a minimum so if something does goes sideways it's easy for me to recollect what I did. Hope this helps you develop your own routine...
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How do you acclimate sps to 800 par and do u have high or low nutrients supposedly I’ve heard higher the par the more u should run higher nutrients
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