SPS Lagoon without protein skimmer

[Jacek56]

This is hands down one of the best tanks I’ve seen, T5 I believe is king when it comes to SPS :) however it means nothing without skill. Hats of to you, this is an incredible tank.

Thank you.
Yes agree, T5 is king and You do not need any skills for SPS.
Few simple tips
SPS = Stability Promotes Success
Be wary of advice coming from those who will not show you the fruits of their success!
It’s not complicated, unless you choose to make it that way.

T5 + good water turn over (at least 10+times of your tank volume, this is very important) + mechanical filtration (in my case, all water passes 12 times per hour through filter pads) + stable water parameters that’s my recipe.
How to keep stable water parameter?
Remove skimmer. In my opinion that is the second main source of imbalance in the aquarium. First one is aquarist when is dosing all sort of chemicals chasing numbers.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Oh man your po4 is 0.0, your inviting a wave of raise your po4 posts by posting that one on this forum :)

 

[Jacek56]

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas. I am inspired by your beautiful aquarium!

Thank you,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

Thank you.
Yes agree, T5 is king and You do not need any skills for SPS.
Few simple tips
SPS = Stability Promotes Success
Be wary of advice coming from those who will not show you the fruits of their success!
It’s not complicated, unless you choose to make it that way.

T5 + good water turn over (at least 10+times of your tank volume, this is very important) + mechanical filtration (in my case, all water passes 12 times per hour through filter pads) + stable water parameters that’s my recipe.
How to keep stable water parameter?
Remove skimmer. In my opinion that is the second main source of imbalance in the aquarium. First one is aquarist when is dosing all sort of chemicals chasing numbers.

So run it by us one more time, you mentioned simple I noticed you remove the skimmer(s) so you have the bio pallets going and of course dosing small amounts of what you recommended anything else I'm miss . Me likie

 

[Jacek56]

Do you think it could be done without zeovit products?

Yes I do.
Only stones I use all the time. The problem is I do not replace them as per KZ manual.Last time was 3 months ago and I changed only 1ltr, rest is still in the filter. I dose vodka and vinegar, it is cheaper way getting the same results.

 

[Jacek56]

Oh man your po4 is 0.0, your inviting a wave of raise your po4 posts by posting that one on this forum :)

Please remember that accuracy of my hanna checker is +- 0.04.
Again, if you have fish in the system, you feed them you must have PO4 even it is not detected with human methods of tests. This quantity of PO4 is enough for corals.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

How much vodka and how much vinegar are you dosing now? I feel this is one of the best things I have added to my tank since I started. I did switch to just vinegar when I downsized my tanks though. How do you feel about using sugar? I have heard a small amount benefits acropora.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

Please remember that accuracy of my hanna checker is +- 0.04.
Again, if you have fish in the system, you feed them you must have PO4 even it is not detected with human methods of tests. This quantity of PO4 is enough for corals.

Yea I get that 100 percent but good luck convincing others on here! Many are scared to have po4 under .1

 

[Jacek56]

How much vodka and how much vinegar are you dosing now? I feel this is one of the best things I have added to my tank since I started. I did switch to just vinegar when I downsized my tanks though. How do you feel about using sugar? I have heard a small amount benefits acropora.

1ml of vodka per 1740 ltr
10ml of vinegar per 1740 ltr
I do not mix, I dose separate.
I have not try to dose sugar. I try to keep dosing regime as simple as possible for my wife.

 

[Jacek56]

Yea I get that 100 percent but good luck convincing others on here! Many are scared to have po4 under .1

My corals are proofs that is good direction.
Chasing numbers is wrong, every one is keep saying this.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

1ml of vodka per 1740 ltr
10ml of vinegar per 1740 ltr
I do not mix, I dose separate.
I have not try to dose sugar. I try to keep dosing regime as simple as possible for my wife.

Wow that is a very small amount compared to what most use. What benefits do you believe your getting from such a small dose?
I love the keeping things simple approach. I really believe most tanks with issues these days have problems because of over complicating things and trying to control to much. I setup my current tank as basic as I possibly could with my approach to reefing.
Keep up the good work! Also your lucky your wife gives the tank such attention. My wife can reef with the best of them but doesn’t pay a bit of attention to my tank even when I ask her too!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Oh man your po4 is 0.0, your inviting a wave of raise your po4 posts by posting that one on this forum :)

Only if this was a “Why are all my sps frags dying?” thread.

 

[Graffiti Spot]

I knew you couldn’t stay away from that one ;)

 

[Jacek56]

Hello everyone, New Year new photos :)

 

[FREAKINRICAN69]

Love your setup and i couldn't agree more with your advice. Will be following for sure!

 

[Cory]

I wonder if i could do this in a bare bottom tank?

 

[Jacek56]

I wonder if i could do this in a bare bottom tank?

Yes you can but sand provides additional stability to the system. In my tank half of the bottom is bare. Sand was shifted by the water current and I don’t care about it anymore.

 

[Magellan]

I have a 28g with no skimmer and great looking healthy corals. Glad to hear/see that can be replicated in larger systems!! Following :)

 

[Jacek56]

More photos :)

 

[Jacek56]

Long time no photo :)

_IGP3204 by Jacek Kowalski, on Flickr