Boudster's 4'X6'X18" Dream Peninsula

Janci · Sep 8, 2016

boudster said:
So I mentioned earlier that I'm going to change the way I'm using my sump. Here's how I originally intended to use it:
But after having it set up on my floor while I wait for my tank, I think I'm going to use the area originally intended for the frags, and put the skimmer there. The refugium will move to the area that was intended for the skimmer, and the frags will go where the refugium was going to be.

I like it that no matter how much planning you make when building a tank, changes and surprises are always a part of the process.
Beautiful tank and set up.
The shimmer of the kessils is one of the best to date.
Do you like them for SPS?

boudster · Sep 8, 2016

Janci said:
I like it that no matter how much planning you make when building a tank, changes and surprises are always a part of the process.
Beautiful tank and set up.
The shimmer of the kessils is one of the best to date.
Do you like them for SPS?

Thanks! My SPS is growing more slowly than I would like... But I haven't started dosing yet so I'm not sure if the Kessils are at fault. If I were doing mostly SPS I would definitely supplement with T5

NeverlosT · Sep 10, 2016

Those frags look good. I'm a bit torn though, I have seen a few pics of Reef Pets frags and they all look very light in color. Maybe it is just fine, but I would rather get fully colored up frags. Either way, I think the price is great and folks seem to love their service.

The kessils look great over that tank, what made you choose the spacing (from tank centerline)? Some T5 with ATI blue plus and some steady water parameters will help boost that growth for sure. Is your alkalinity pretty stable?

boudster · Sep 11, 2016

NeverlosT said:
Those frags look good. I'm a bit torn though, I have seen a few pics of Reef Pets frags and they all look very light in color. Maybe it is just fine, but I would rather get fully colored up frags. Either way, I think the price is great and folks seem to love their service.

The kessils look great over that tank, what made you choose the spacing (from tank centerline)? Some T5 with ATI blue plus and some steady water parameters will help boost that growth for sure. Is your alkalinity pretty stable?

Honestly the frags I got from Reef Pets all lightened up big time except for the green ones. Other SPS in my tank has maintained its color just fine, so maybe you're onto something.

As far as the spacing on the Kessils, I spaced them to make sure I had exactly 24" between each pendant center to center