cFloor's 190gal. SPS

cFloor · Oct 16, 2016

I wanted to do a quick update. About a month ago, I had a couple days of coral spawning in the tank. For some dumb reason I didn't video the first event which had much much more eggs floating around. The second time, I did get a quick video. What was very interesting to me, was this took place during a full moon. I thought that was really cool! It was my Cali Tort that spawned.
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Couple cell phone pics of the tank
hawkins:
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One of my gold flakes waiting to get fed

I did some pruning and removal of some colonies to create a little more room for frags and growth

Couple of my baby angels in the frag tank, doing very well

Zero Nitrates · Oct 16, 2016

Very good! I never heard of coral spawning in captivity.
Feel free to send your clippings my way.

Beautiful reef!

Neon Jungle · Oct 16, 2016

Awesome ....

gettaReef · Oct 16, 2016

Wow....quite an accomplishment to have a coral spawn; must be VERY happy. Congrats!

anthonywesty · Oct 17, 2016

Gorgeous tank

revhtree · Oct 17, 2016

Oh wow man! Coral spawning in your tank is awesome!

Whispers · Oct 17, 2016

Unbelievable job I love your tank!!! What are the dementions I'm sorry if I missed them ....I just broke down and sold two tanks because I am moving. last night I couldn't sleep thinking about planning my new build ..... today I stumble on this beautiful thread thank you for sharing

purpleoctopus · Oct 18, 2016

i love the colors and cant believe the difference in the growth after a year.

Larry Frost · Oct 18, 2016

Wowwwww

Daniel@R2R · Oct 19, 2016

Awesome! As usual, I love your pics and video!

themcnertney · Oct 19, 2016

cFloor said:
I had a couple days of coral spawning in the tank.

What do you think triggered it? Lighting? Water change? Temp change?

justingraham · Oct 19, 2016

Dan McNertney said:
What do you think triggered it? Lighting? Water change? Temp change?

Nature corals spawn once a year usually on the first full moon in November

Lninwa · Oct 21, 2016

cFloor said:
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

Beautiful

Lionfish · Oct 21, 2016

cFloor said:
FTS from last night

what do you feed your fish? they look really healthy. I have a my yellow tang, purple tang and blue tangs. don't look as healthy as your. would like to try your diet. see if they do better.

drawman · Oct 22, 2016

That's absolutely awesome it spawned! Do you feed your SPS anything?

fabutahoun · Oct 23, 2016

Very Nice tank, colorful corals and fish, I am in love with these angles. I am curious about these angels, Blue Girdled Angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus) and The Regal Angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus) are they getting along?

cFloor · Nov 3, 2016

Zero Nitrates said:
Very good! I never heard of coral spawning in captivity.
Feel free to send your clippings my way.
Beautiful reef!

Neon Jungle said:
Awesome ....

gettaReef said:
Wow....quite an accomplishment to have a coral spawn; must be VERY happy. Congrats!

anthonywesty said:
Gorgeous tank

revhtree said:
Oh wow man! Coral spawning in your tank is awesome!

Whispers said:
Unbelievable job I love your tank!!! What are the dementions I'm sorry if I missed them ....I just broke down and sold two tanks because I am moving. last night I couldn't sleep thinking about planning my new build ..... today I stumble on this beautiful thread thank you for sharing

Thanks! My tank is 60"x27"x27"

purpleoctopus said:
i love the colors and cant believe the difference in the growth after a year.

Larry Frost said:
Wowwwww

mdbannister said:
Awesome! As usual, I love your pics and video!

Dan McNertney said:
What do you think triggered it? Lighting? Water change? Temp change?

I believe justingraham is right on. I've had the corals for years now but this was it's first spawning event.

justingraham said:
Nature corals spawn once a year usually on the first full moon in November

Lninwa said:
Beautiful

Lionfish said:
what do you feed your fish? they look really healthy. I have a my yellow tang, purple tang and blue tangs. don't look as healthy as your. would like to try your diet. see if they do better.

I feed a wide variety of foods. I mix it up day to day, but feed: live black worms, nori, fresh clams, mussels, squid, oysters,LRS Reef Frenzy, spirulina brine, PE mysis, Reef Nutrition R.O.E. and probably a few others that I am forgetting. I do not feed any dry foods such as flakes or pellets.

drawman said:
That's absolutely awesome it spawned! Do you feed your SPS anything?

I do not feed my corals but I feed my fish heavy, usually 3-5 times a day.

fabutahoun said:
Very Nice tank, colorful corals and fish, I am in love with these angles. I am curious about these angels, Blue Girdled Angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus) and The Regal Angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus) are they getting along?

These two fish do get along fine in my tank and both leave my corals alone. I would not trust them with LPS corals. When I introduce a fish, I always use an acclimation box for a few days to avoid aggression.

Thank you everyone for checking out my video and pics and thanks for the kind comments