spspirates 150 gallon build

[kschweer]

Sunset millepora

Very nice! Wish I could pull that much orange out of my sunset.

 

[Sahin]

Corals are looking so much better. What is your Po4 level now?

 

[spspirate]

Here is a second colony of Setosa that I have. This one is on the back side of the reef.

 

[spspirate]

This is a newer frag that I acquired from a friend. The mother colony of this one has blue polyps. You can see the axial corallite on this frag has the blue pigment in the polyp.

 

[spspirate]

Corals are looking so much better. What is your Po4 level now?

Thanks Sahin! Phosphates? I have no idea..Lol. Haven't checked and probably won't unless I feel the need too.

 

[spspirate]

Very nice! Wish I could pull that much orange out of my sunset.

Thank you! I hope it gets even more orange! I have a rescue piece (millepora) that if I can bring it back is all "copper" in color.

 

[prsnlty]

They all look great Andy :D

 

[jporter17]

Beautiful corals and excellent photography skills!
I'm interested in your light schedule as I'm running the same RB Hybrid fixture. JP

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Nice!

 

[spspirate]

They all look great Andy :D

Thank you Jackie!

 

[spspirate]

Beautiful corals and excellent photography skills!
I'm interested in your light schedule as I'm running the same RB Hybrid fixture. JP

Thanks! I need to get around to cleaning my lens. My lighting schedule is a bit like this: 3pm actinics on- 4pm halides on-11pm halides off-1200am actinics off.

 

[jporter17]

Thanks! I need to get around to cleaning my lens. My lighting schedule is a bit like this: 3pm actinics on- 4pm halides on-11pm halides off-1200am actinics off.

Interesting schedule. Are they 250W SE, and are you running their dim able ballasts? Asking because I run the XHOs for 12 hours with a short ramp up and down but only run the MHs 5 hours. The corals seem to like it and get plenty of light. How deep is your tank and how high are the lights a over the water? I'm using the RB 14K SE bulbs. Thanks and sorry for all the questions. JP

 

[spspirate]

No problem. Fixture is about 12" above the water. Running Phoenix 14k but will turn over to Radiums. To the eye they both look the same. I'm using Lumatek ballast to run my bulbs.

 

[spspirate]

Picked up a new coral today! Hot pink and yellow goniopora. I'll take another pic once it opens all the way out. Been wanting this one for a while!

 

[spspirate]

 

[spspirate]

After settling in after six hours.

 

[spspirate]

a.maryae ? granulosa? I like it though.

 

[spspirate]

Paletta's blue

 

[spspirate]

 

[jasonandsarah]

My second frag rack just came in from Black Rock Reef! I love these things! Very strong...even for 3/4" glass and super wide layout!

Saw this post and wanted this rack really bad! For some reason I can get the rack to add to my cart? I've tried to contact them but no answer so far!

You have an amazing collection of corals! Can't wait to continue to watch this tank grow!