15gal SPS dominated nano

[ranchonodinero]

water

What are you adding to your water? Looks great and the macro photography is outstanding!

 

[SCMatt]

Only thing I dose is two part and Acropower. Run filter floss in the HOB, no carbon chemipure/purigen or anything like that. Thanks!

 

[SkipperTheSohalTang]

Awesome! Just traded for a sick Joe the Coral colony for the BC 29!

 

[SCMatt]

I will update this soon. My two little fishes magnet algae cleaner started leaking a week or so ago and I didn't want rust to get in the tank so I just took it out and haven't really touched the glass since. Its not pretty from the outside but the corals have some really really nice growth on them from what I can see, and the colors are great. Ordered a new magnet cleaner today, different brand, so it will be here soon. Just wanted to give a small update and say everything is doing amazing so pics to come!

 

[Nykolay]

Great work dude! I've started the same thing. But mine still at the beginning stage lol

Your corals look amazing!

 

[flowflezy]

Very nice Thanks for the info.

 

[flowflezy]

Let's see some updates on growth. How do the zoas like this light, getting more colors?

 

[SCMatt]

I took some photos today, I should have them posted on Sunday (College Football Sat so I'll be busy, Go Tigers...Clemson Tigers). I only have 2 Zoa/Paly frags (plus any hitch hikers I failed to remove off the rock). Really nothing outstanding from them to be honest. Of course I'm not really tailoring my setup to them either and just let them grow if they grow, if they don't no big loss. I do feel though everything is healthier all around, and the SPS have great colors to them. SPS is the king of this tank!!

 

[SCMatt]

New pics! New pics! Keep in mind during this time I switched the light to an Ecotech XR15w Pro so the colors are a bit different and I had just recently scraped the glass for the photos so the corals aren't quite as happy. But you can see the growth. Most of these corals can be seen a few posts back, for comparison pics.
Last FTS for comparison, this was taken 8/20:

New FTS taken 9/24:

Hawkins

CC Retina Blaster

Purple Plasma

My now ID'd Pink Lemonade frag, Tips turning yellow

Slimer

CC Oakland A's starting to almost table, crazy growth.

Some sort of sunset/sunrise type of Milli I've had a while. Crazy growth pattern. It tends to like going horizontal rather than vertical.

 

[SCMatt]

Just wanted to point out...5 months. I thought it was pretty crazy. Loving the growth.

This

To this

 

[SkipperTheSohalTang]

What do you do to have the amazing corals look great and grow so fast?

 

[SCMatt]

Thanks, nothing special! Slow, steady params, good flow and light, and as much hands off I can get. Nothing fancy! Starting with good healthy frags too, thanks Cherry Corals!

 

[Dextereef]

Can you comment on your dosing regimen and the jebao doser? Thanks, great looking tank!

 

[jservedio]

Wow looking awesome - great update. I was wondering if you run GFO, Carbon, or any other chemical filtration?

 

[SkipperTheSohalTang]

Hows the tank? If love to see an update

 

[ifarmer]

great looking tank. man wish I can keep sps alive in such a small tank

 

[SCMatt]

Hey all thanks. I'll give an update soon. Basically it's still running and everything is alive but I'm battling some nutrient/algae issues currently. I need to up my water changes and cut back the fish food I think. I also had a short time where the Alk levels got a bit funky. Not sure if it was the Doser or not, have to check on that. Getting that back under control now. Coral colors are still there and didn't lose any but it seems to of stalled growth. So I'm working on getting it all back on track. Like I said its still there though! Fish are doing great as well. I'll take pics when I can.

 

[SkipperTheSohalTang]

Great! I hope you have some luck with your issues!

 

[Tmobo]

Looks good

 

[Fin]

Very nice little box of colorful sticks you have there! Great job of reefing to have those results from a small tank with an AquaClear HOB filter. Tagging along to watch it grow.