10g Rimless AIO LED SPS Reef

Dasani · Aug 9, 2011

@Tomoko Alright thanks. I have a koralia 1 (400gph), a 425 and a 240. I know that sps like a lot of flow, but not directly. They are all pointed higher in the tank more towards the glass instead of the rocks. The superman is looking great. Especially under the new LED's. All the acans and chalices are doing nice too. I may put my monti cap back in the tank today and see how it does.

The temp was 81 at 11 am and I just went and checked it (1:30 pm) and it's down to 79. I don't think that is too much to worry about.

Thanks jiffy!

joejoe1055 · Aug 9, 2011

is the temp drop from the fan?

Dasani · Aug 9, 2011

joejoe1055 said:
is the temp drop from the fan?

More than likely. I just don't see how a fan that far away could drop it 4-5 degrees.

Tomoko Schum · Aug 9, 2011

Sounds good. As for Koralia, do put your hand over the open end of your powerhead and see if yours puts out a strong, irregular jetstream. You will feel it if the flow is not even (and it often isn't with larger Koralia's).

Dasani · Aug 10, 2011

Yeah it's not too even. I am going to try to get an old blue box mp10 after I get most of my SPS.

Dasani · Oct 11, 2011

It's been awhile since I've done an update. Not much it changed. But all my SPS at doing crappy. I can't keep them a live and the ones that I do, look awful. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

Tomoko Schum · Oct 11, 2011

What is your alkalinity level? Has it been stable? In a small tank like that, alkalinity and salinity can fluctuate greatly while calcium level can be pretty stable (unless you have a big precipitation event or a very low magnesium level.)

Dasani · Oct 12, 2011

It was at 6, but I dosed twice which should have got it up to 8 according to the BRS calculator. Salinity is around 1.024-1.025. That may be my problem. When I tested a couple days ago, Calcium was at 420 and Alk was at 6. And I don't have a mag test kit. I'll work on keeping my alk stable. This may be affecting my SPS colors and killing some. Thanks Tomoko. I'll try to get a solid dosing schedule down including my water changes to keep it at 10.

revhtree · Jan 13, 2014

Any updates?

pickupman66 · Jan 13, 2014

well hello thread from the dead.

aslmx · Jan 13, 2014

lol .. I got an update. That tank belonged to my son. It was a great tank but he is doing the college thing and now it sits in our storage room upstairs. I'll tell him yall were asking about it.