Colored sticks via iPhone6

DaveRaz · Dec 18, 2016

thanks for looking!

Ezeke1 · Dec 18, 2016

That ultimates rainbow looks fantastic! How long did it take to grow the colony to that size?

143MPCo · Dec 18, 2016

You took some beautiful shots Dave, some of these look like they were taking underwater... was the phone in some sort of a watertight case or was it all through the glass? Did you use any filters and what did you have your light set to?

DaveRaz · Dec 18, 2016

Ezeke1 said:
That ultimates rainbow looks fantastic! How long did it take to grow the colony to that size?

Thanks! About 18 months but it stayed a small brown frag 8 months as I didn't know what I was doing. It's a fast grower now. I am surprised I didn't kill it early on.

143MPCo said:
You took some beautiful shots Dave, some of these look like they were taking underwater... was the phone in some sort of a watertight case or was it all through the glass? Did you use any filters and what did you have your light set to?

Thank you. Just an iPhone with a yellow filter to help cut down the blue. Pics taken under (4) blue plus and (2) coral plus bulbs. I turned off the LED actinic and 2 actinic bulbs. And yes, top down I used a porthole and just laid the phone down in it. The side pics are up against the side glass.

143MPCo · Dec 18, 2016

DaveRaz said:
Thank you. Just an iPhone with a yellow filter to help cut down the blue. Pics taken under (4) blue plus and (2) coral plus bulbs. I turned off the LED actinic and 2 actinic bulbs. And yes, top down I used a porthole and just laid the phone down in it. The side pics are up against the side glass.

Thank you for your reply!!!

Again, great pictures and you have a beautiful reef tank!

Brandon McHenry · Dec 18, 2016

Could we get a list of tank specs and parameters used to achieve such incredible colors?

shoelaceike · Dec 18, 2016

is the yellow one a pink lemonade?

Coral pop · Dec 19, 2016

DaveRaz said:
Thanks! About 18 months but it stayed a small brown frag 8 months as I didn't know what I was doing. It's a fast grower now. I am surprised I didn't kill it early on.

Thank you. Just an iPhone with a yellow filter to help cut down the blue. Pics taken under (4) blue plus and (2) coral plus bulbs. I turned off the LED actinic and 2 actinic bulbs. And yes, top down I used a porthole and just laid the phone down in it. The side pics are up against the side glass.

What did you change after the 8 months that resulted in a beautiful sps garden?

DaveRaz · Dec 19, 2016

Brandon McHenry said:
Could we get a list of tank specs and parameters used to achieve such incredible colors?

Thank you! I think I have a fairly simple set up.

I dose DIY 2 part (recently switched to pharmaceutical grade anhydrous Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride) about 85ml/day.
10% weekly water change with Red Sea Regular (blue bucket)
Significant flow of ~100x gal/hr, random flow changes throughout the day
T5/LED 12 hours actinic only, 4 hours peak all bulbs and led strip
DIY ATS lit 18 hrs/day
8 fish I feed 1x/day. Alternate homemade chum (various fresh seafood, oyster feast, rotifers, selcon, reef chili) and rinsed PE mysis the next day. Some nori every three or four days for my two tangs.
Blast the corals and rocks directly with a power head once in a while before WC
Cycle power head in sump and overflow box every 5 minutes
Marine pure biomedia (1) 1x8x8 in sump between baffles and (1) 4x8x8 stuck in sump corner
Skim somewhat wet
Say No To GFO
Run GAC passively
UV 24/7
Kh - 8, Ca - 410, MG 1350, No3 - 15, Po4 - .04
Temp - 77 to 77.5 degrees

That's about it.

shoelaceike said:
is the yellow one a pink lemonade?

Sure is!

DaveRaz · Dec 19, 2016

Coral pop said:
What did you change after the 8 months that resulted in a beautiful sps garden?

Thanks! I just had no idea what I was doing and made changes fast, rocks leached Po4 and I stripped the water a few times with GFO. Changes lights like underwear. first year was brutal.

Brandon McHenry · Dec 19, 2016

DaveRaz said:
Thank you! I think I have a fairly simple set up.

I dose DIY 2 part (recently switched to pharmaceutical grade anhydrous Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride) about 85ml/day.

10% weekly water change with Red Sea Regular (blue bucket)

Significant flow of ~100x gal/hr, random flow changes throughout the day

T5/LED 12 hours actinic only, 4 hours peak all bulbs and led strip

DIY ATS lit 18 hrs/day

8 fish I feed 1x/day. Alternate homemade chum (various fresh seafood, oyster feast, rotifers, selcon, reef chili) and rinsed PE mysis the next day. Some nori every three or four days for my two tangs.

Blast the corals and rocks directly with a power head once in a while before WC

Cycle power head in sump and overflow box every 5 minutes

Marine pure biomedia (1) 1x8x8 in sump between baffles and (1) 4x8x8 stuck in sump corner

Skim somewhat wet

Say No To GFO

Run GAC passively

UV 24/7

Kh - 8, Ca - 410, MG 1350, No3 - 15, Po4 - .04

Temp - 77 to 77.5 degrees

That's about it.

Sure is!

Wow nice setup! I'd like to say mine is fairly similar except the feeding/nutrient levels. My fish aren't fed as hearty of a mixture as yours and lower nutrient levels follow that. Maybe I need to kick up my feeding and see how that benefits my SPS.

DaveRaz · Dec 20, 2016

I went fallow last October and had a tough time keeping nutrients up. Eventually dosed to get levels up until I put the fish back in. And then on the flip side I had a heck of a time getting under 20ppm. 10ppm seems to be my tanks happy place. Also forgot to mention the pe mysis pellets are good to use to keep po4 levels detectable. I feed those pellets as a second feeding sometimes.

Ljaus · Dec 20, 2016

Great photography, awesome tank!

aquavista99 · Dec 20, 2016

Those sticks look amazing. Nice work!

erfig · Dec 20, 2016

DaveRaz said:
Thank you! I think I have a fairly simple set up.

I dose DIY 2 part (recently switched to pharmaceutical grade anhydrous Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride)

Looks great

Can you let me know where you buy the pharmaceutical grade anhydrous Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride
Very interested

Thanks