cFloor's 190gal. SPS

cFloor · Jul 10, 2015

I wanted to share my current project with everyone. This is an upgrade from my previous tank. 190 gallon DSA. All corals have been with me through 3 tanks now as well as most fish.
This pic was taken after 2 weeks of initial setup

And this is the most recent FTS taken on 6/26/2015

Paranoiattack91 · Jul 10, 2015

Nice! What part of ca are you from?

cFloor · Jul 10, 2015

Thank you, I am located in Marin County in Northern California.

Greengny · Jul 10, 2015

Beautiful tank. What sort of lighting do you use?

mjaustin22 · Jul 10, 2015

Wow! Really awesome tank! Can you give us more details on your set up?

cFloor · Jul 11, 2015

Thank you, I am using T5s. I dose b-ionic 2 part, sponge power, bacteria, and color elements. I do weekly 30 gallon water changes and I feed heavily. For flow I use 4 MP40s and 2 return pumps, both about 1200 gph. I use a large bubble king skimmer. I have a large sump and connected to the tank i have a 45 gallon shallow tank, which I use to use as a frag tank. I ended up selling all my frags and now use that tank as a multipurpose tank. I have some LPS and macros in there. The macros grow very fast so I prune them back weekly. It is also a good place to acclimate certain fish after they go through QT.

SamsReef · Jul 11, 2015

I like how you have some stand alone islands with one SPS on them...good job.

BkReefBaby · Jul 11, 2015

Beautiful! Ton of growth

cFloor · Jul 12, 2015

BkReefBaby said:
Beautiful! Ton of growth

thanks! Watching everything grow is my favorite part of the hobby.

SamsReef said:
I like how you have some stand alone islands with one SPS on them...good job.

Thank you, The stand islands came about from me trying to fit all my corals into one tank. In the end, I like how it has turned out.

Tahoe61 · Jul 12, 2015

Beautiful tank. So you really like the Sponge Power? Looks like you have a very thin sand bed, do you vacuum it?

cFloor · Jul 12, 2015

Tahoe61 said:
Beautiful tank. So you really like the Sponge Power? Looks like you have a very thin sand bed, do you vacuum it?

Much appreciated, thank you. I just started using sponge power and color elements about a month ago. Since starting, my corals have been looking better and have better PE. I'm not sure if it's due to that or just an overall improvement since setting the tank up 5 months ago. Everything lost color during the upgrade and has steadily been improving since. And yes, I have a very thin sand bed. I do not vacuum it, but I stir it up once or twice a week.