40b restart after battling aefw

[RedneckReefer68]

Restarted my 40b after battling aefw for about 3 months. Frags are recovering well, so I wanted to document the tank and keep track of growth. I am also using the aquaforest system and want to thank Perry for taking the time to answer all my questions and the help he had provided getting started.

Equipment:

3 Jebao RW_4
Reef Angel controller
Icecap Skimmer
Icecap sump

Lighting

400w radium in lumenbright Mini on Luxcore ballast(overkill I know but a 250 don't give me the par on the ends of the tank)



Tank( cell phone pic)

 

[hybridazn]

How high is the 400w over the tank?

 

[RedneckReefer68]

Some coral

Frags recovering

Couple new frags I received today

Vivid's Fire Garden & Medusa Mille

Reef Pets Bubblegum Mille coloring back up

My TSA Princess Peach

Oregon Tort

 

[RedneckReefer68]

How high is the 400w over the tank?

About 20", I'm getting about 200 par on the sand and about 180 on the outer edges about half way up in the rocks

 

[bubbaque]

I have been thinking about diving into the aquaforest products. I will be following along to see how it goes for you.

 

[RedneckReefer68]

I been on the system for about 2 months. My tank has always been p04 limited, but nitrates would sky rocket if I wasn't careful.
When I first started my nitrate was up to 20-25 per Salifert. For about a month and a half after starting the system without using the zeomix they wouldn't budge. I finally decided to add the zeomix and see if it would help and within a couple weeks I was at 10 then a couple weeks later I'm at about 2.5 with still zero phosphate per the Hannah.
Colors are coming back after browning out due to all the dipping than I had ever seen before faster than I have ever seen before. All in all I'm happy with it.

 

[RedneckReefer68]

Really starting to like this freebie after seeing it better today

 

[RedneckReefer68]

Not much to update on. Colors continue to improve and I noticed a little cyano yesterday afternoon starting to form. P04 was .015 on Hannah and Nitrate was 5 according to Salifert kit. I been dosing .05 ml seachem phosphorus everyday to keep it at .01 and I think maybe that where the cyano is coming from. Before that I had never seen it in my tank.

New FTS...I probably should start mounting more permanently now

 

[RedneckReefer68]

New frag that came today. I love the tips

 

[RedneckReefer68]

Took a couple shots underwater with my S7 tonight

Reef Pets starry night getting it's purple back

Strawberry fields getting it's red back finally

 

[justingraham]

I want to start this af method
How do u like it?

 

[RedneckReefer68]

I like it so far.. It's done what I wanted it to do when I originally started, which is being my nitrates down.

 

[RedneckReefer68]

A quick video testing S7 water resistance