Sams 340 Gallon SPS dominated tank

tigÃ©21v · Nov 20, 2017

PLEASE tell me that first pic is heavily photoshopped!!
Absolutely stunning! !

lacrosseboss18 · Nov 20, 2017

Amazing tank!!!

SamsReef · Nov 22, 2017

FMF0331 said:
Oh my gosh , disgusting and very offensive. I'm very jealous , keep up the awesome work.

Thank you for your "kind" words

SamsReef · Nov 22, 2017

cchomistek said:
Are you running the ati powermodule hybrid or just the t5s??

Impressive tank by the way.

I am running ATI powermodule hybrid with 8X80 watts T5 and 3 LED clusters. Love it...

SamsReef · Nov 22, 2017

BigJohnny said:
Awesome tank man, would love a new FTS! What bulbs are you running in the powermodule and do you know what PAR on average your acros are getting during that 5 hour peak?

Thanks!

new FTS is coming. I was running ATI blue plus (4), coral plus (2), UV(1) and 1 purple plus. Will be switching to Giesemann bulbs (only because I am getting a great deal). Have noted down the PAR that I was getting with ATI. will see how much power Giesemann has. My peak is for 6 hours...T5 comes on for 6 hours with full intensity. PAR anywhere from 200 to 500 right now.

Sam.

SamsReef · Nov 22, 2017

tigÃ©21v said:
PLEASE tell me that first pic is heavily photoshopped!!
Absolutely stunning! !

Thanks mate. I use my Canon T2i (its time to change) and white balance assistance. Its a shame that there is no camera that truly captures what eyes can see without white balance assistance.

Sam

CoralWealth · Nov 22, 2017

SamsReef said:
new FTS is coming. I was running ATI blue plus (4), coral plus (2), UV(1) and 1 purple plus. Will be switching to Giesemann bulbs (only because I am getting a great deal). Have noted down the PAR that I was getting with ATI. will see how much power Giesemann has. My peak is for 6 hours...T5 comes on for 6 hours with full intensity. PAR anywhere from 200 to 500 right now.

Sam.

How far off the tank are your lights?

SamsReef · Nov 22, 2017

Enough to stick my head underneath it without drowning...so around 9-10 inches. I used to have it closer, but my fishies go nuts while being fed and they always end up slashing water at the fixture.

Sam.

Ced21 · Jan 5, 2018

Stunning. Miracles makes a good tank

I hope one day my tank pick oks half as good ;-)

Daniel@R2R · Jan 5, 2018

SamsReef said:
The tank has never done better (I know I will regret saying it...knocking hard on wood )...

continuing with the following routine:
- basic dosing (ESV CA/Alk/Mag). I use up 350 ml of cal and Alk each daily.
- ATI Powermodule
- Lots of random flow
- Feeding 2-3 times with reef roids/BRS reef chilli
- water changes every week
- change half of GAC/GFO every 2 weeks.

That's it. some pics...

Beautiful!!

Mike220 · Jan 5, 2018

Sam, your tank so amazing
Can you share your water parameters
Thanks

SamsReef · Jan 6, 2018

Mike220 said:
Sam, your tank so amazing
Can you share your water parameters
Thanks

Thanks mate. I check 3 water parameters based on visual inspection of the corals...

Carbonate target to keep around 8 dkh
Nitrate - around .25ppm (I would like to increase but no luck, even after dosing KNO3)
Phosphate - 0.03 ppm

Since I dose equal ESV 2 part, calcium is always at around 420 and mag around 1250.

Hope that helps.

Sam

BigJohnny · Oct 16, 2018

Update?

cchomistek · Oct 22, 2018

@SamsReef I have the 8 bulb ATI t5/led hybrid aswell. Do you use the LED as part of your growth lights or just more for the LED color pop. Do you find that there are large hotspots under the LED clusters or enough spread with them that it does not pose an issue?

SamsReef · Oct 23, 2018

cchomistek said:
@SamsReef I have the 8 bulb ATI t5/led hybrid aswell. Do you use the LED as part of your growth lights or just more for the LED color pop. Do you find that there are large hotspots under the LED clusters or enough spread with them that it does not pose an issue?

I do use the LED clusters for additional par.

My fixture is around 10 inches above the water surface and I do not see hot spots. There are better LED fixtures out there but as a LED/T5 combo, it’s a nice fixture.