Welcome to my (near) Zero Maintenance Reef!

[vancouverredsea350]

I also run a scrubber and dose all for reef and hadn’t done a water change in 8 months until an “accident” last month led to a few wcs. I love my scrubber and wish I had known about them sooner. You tank looks awesome! Love the vibrant Color’s!

 

[VintageReefer]

it’s the secret recipe to success hahah
I remember seeing it work when nothing else did and thinking geez I wish I just used one of these from the start.

 

[VintageReefer]

Came out of actinic mode to get some daylight pics. Yellow mouth Cynarina, war paint scoly, holy grail torch, “knicks” torch, various zoas, dragon soul favia, and my super camera shy filefish in front of my palythoa grandis colony

 

[SPR1968]

Hi and welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[I never finish anythi]

Looks amazing

 

[VintageReefer]

Nobody can see me
But I can see you!

Hardest worker in the tank I swear. Definitely helped with sand bed issues

 

[Hot2na]

What else can I share

sand bed - what is it comprised of ? brand ?grade and depth ?

 

[VintageReefer]

The sand is (or was) unique. I don’t know if it’s sold anymore. I got it from a supplier on eBay. It’s very fine very white sand

Now it has a layer on top of who knows what. But when I stir it, it returns to the super bright white color. It’s super soft when you stir it and feel below the surface

I’ll see if I can find out what it is

 

[VintageReefer]

2015 ORDER: $.99/lb 90 lbs PURE WHITE ARAGONITE CRYSTAL REEF AQUARIUM LIVE REEF SAND

I have approx 2” in my display and 3” in the middle section of my sump

 

[Hot2na]

It’s very fine very white sand

probably helps DE-NITRIFY ...

 

[VintageReefer]

This is it

 

[VintageReefer]

Appears it was possibly falsely advertised as aragonite, which makes sense to me because I have bought caribsea aragonite and I can definitely tell a difference.

Seems people claim this product is truly calcite/dolomite, but the manufacturer persistently insisted it is aragonite

Crystal Reef Sand is NOT Aragonite...see the video - Reef Central Online Community

Crystal Reef Sand is NOT Aragonite...see the video Reef Discussion

www.reefcentral.com

 

[Stang67]

Im sorry if I missed it but how large is this tank?

 

[VintageReefer]

75g with a trigger systems ruby 30” sump

 

[revhtree]

Welcome to your new home for saltwater reef aquarium resources and fun! Welcome to the family!

 

[VintageReefer]

I typically run actinic only for 12-14 hours a day, but for those that are fans of a daylight look, here’s some pics with the whites on

My gold hammer colony on the sandbed never photographs gold for me everything else is true to real life color

 

[VintageReefer]

Updated pics under evening lighting! Rainbow acans, Cynarina, Scolymia, torches, zoa close ups, new baby skittles torch starting to extend more, and if you look close you’ll see some scattered holy grail aptasia!

 

[ajax969]

Welcome!

That is an impressive looking tank!

 

[VintageReefer]

Thank you all for the kind comments.

I have a new coral coming next week that has me both very excited and a little nervous…I am looking forward to its arrival and hoping it’s journey is safe

 

[VintageReefer]

Weird blue sponge that just kinda growing out of nowhere one day.