Another Aussie SPS tank

Char lie · Mar 20, 2016

RFred77 said:
Hey Charlie! What brand Calcium Alkalinity and mag are you using? Also how long is your light on? Love the tank man!

I'm using the Red Sea A,B&C for Ca, Alk and Mg. the light is in full intensity for 7 hours and fades in and out for a few hours either side

redtigrinus said:
Are your T5s dimmable? If so what do you have them set at? Are you ever concerned out having too much PAR with the addition of the Kessils? What made you use the Kessils versus something like a ReefBrite Tech strip?

Non dimmable T5s, there is a lot of par which burns most SPS although the stags love it. The less light-loving species just have to be shaded by the larger stags above. I mainly went for the Kessils as they're rather small and look kind of cool being a small cylinder shape.

Wilsoni said:
WOW! Your tank is awe-spiring. Following

Thanks

Wilsoni said:
What is this?

revhtree said:
Looks like gorgonia to me.

Thanks guys, it's a photosynthetic Gorgonian, an Isis hippuris

bknapp said:
Freaking outstanding!

Thanks

dragonfish said:
what do u dose ?

Just Ca, Alk, Mg and K

Wilsoni · Mar 20, 2016

Char lie said:
it's a photosynthetic Gorgonian, an Isis hippuris

It's crazy beautiful, I must find one! Where did you happen to get yours if you don't mind me asking?

Char lie · Mar 27, 2016

Wilsoni said:
It's crazy beautiful, I must find one! Where did you happen to get yours if you don't mind me asking?

Got it from a shop here in Australia. It's a pretty common gorg although usually brown, colours up nicely though.

Char lie · Mar 27, 2016

Haven't done an update for a while as I've been busy with Uni and work. A few changes have occured plus the usual growth, most of the stags are at the surface now.
Finally got around to getting panels for the stand cut to size, only took me over a year to get around to it. Installed a Vectra m1 as a second return pump, I'm still running the Royal Exclusiv speedy, the second pump is just for back up and will be run with the battery backup once available (hurry up Ecotech!).
I will try upload some pics soon but before then here's a video:

BossGT911 · Mar 27, 2016

awesome tank if you need room hmu

Harse Designs · Mar 27, 2016

gorgeous tank

Char lie · Mar 27, 2016

BossGT911 said:
awesome tank if you need room hmu

Harse Designs said:
gorgeous tank

Thanks guys

revhtree · Mar 28, 2016

Char lie said:
Haven't done an update for a while as I've been busy with Uni and work. A few changes have occured plus the usual growth, most of the stags are at the surface now.
Finally got around to getting panels for the stand cut to size, only took me over a year to get around to it. Installed a Vectra m1 as a second return pump, I'm still running the Royal Exclusiv speedy, the second pump is just for back up and will be run with the battery backup once available (hurry up Ecotech!).
I will try upload some pics soon but before then here's a video:

Dude amazing!! I love the clown shot at around 3:30!

Char lie · Mar 28, 2016

revhtree said:
Dude amazing!! I love the clown shot at around 3:30!

Thanks Revhtree

Grabbed some pics during a water change last night. I've been recently doing 30% twice a week, I'm definitely a fan of large water changes as long as the new water has identical Alk/Ca etc.

revhtree · Mar 28, 2016

AHHH so jealous!!

jsker · Mar 28, 2016

Wow your growth is crazy fast

Char lie · Mar 28, 2016

revhtree said:
AHHH so jealous!!

jsker said:
Wow your growth is crazy fast

Thanks

Technik · Mar 29, 2016

Such deep colours beautiful.

usernam invalid · Mar 29, 2016

Great video what kind of camera did you use

UFreefer · Mar 29, 2016

One of my new favorite tanks........unreal. Any reason why you stopped dosing the KZ products?

Arron209 · Mar 30, 2016

Awesome tank. Your growth rate is fast!

Tony73 · Mar 30, 2016

Amazing REEF tank, I love it

redtigrinus · Mar 31, 2016

What do you attribute to you fast growth?
What benefits do you believe the KZ products offered?
Do you have a coral stock list anywhere? You have some amazing corals, some are really thick. Amazing!

Char lie · Apr 2, 2016

Technik said:
Such deep colours beautiful.

Thanks

usernam invalid said:
Great video what kind of camera did you use

Just my phone, a Samsung s7 edge

UFreefer said:
One of my new favorite tanks........unreal. Any reason why you stopped dosing the KZ products?

Thanks. The main reason I stopped is because I ran out. Instead I'm just doing larger water changes, twice a week

Arron209 said:
Awesome tank. Your growth rate is fast!

Tony73 said:
Amazing REEF tank, I love it

Thanks mate

redtigrinus said:
What do you attribute to you fast growth?
What benefits do you believe the KZ products offered?
Do you have a coral stock list anywhere? You have some amazing corals, some are really thick. Amazing!

The main thing I would say that helps the growth would be the lighting, personally I am definitely a fan of t5 lighting

I have stopped the KZ products and I'm just doing larger water changes instead. I don't have a list in the way of fancy made up names but I can let you know the species of a certain one if you need haha. Also talking about species and the thickness of some of the growth; the two large stags at the left of the tank are actually A.aspera, not A.yongei (which I think is known as Bali slimer). A.aspera is significantly thicker than A.yongei and the large colonies in my tank would be about an inch thick at the base of each colony, maybe a bit more