FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank

mattgsa · Feb 11, 2022

I love the finger condoms, those would have come in handy when pulling fireworms out of the tank. Are you happy with all the urchins you received? I ordered some from the algae barn and they all came in dead. I'm also interested in knowing if they make a noticeable difference with the algae.

FarmerTy · Feb 11, 2022

mattgsa said:
I love the finger condoms, those would have come in handy when pulling fireworms out of the tank. Are you happy with all the urchins you received? I ordered some from the algae barn and they all came in dead. I'm also interested in knowing if they make a noticeable difference with the algae.

Oh I love tuxedo urchins. They’re my favorite reef cleaners. Bonus when you get them this size to start and they were bred in captivity.

mattgsa · Feb 11, 2022

FarmerTy said:
Oh I love tuxedo urchins. They’re my favorite reef cleaners. Bonus when you get them this size to start and they were bred in captivity.

When I got home this afternoon, I discovered one of the three I ordered is still alive. Of course I also had one coral RTN overnight.

FarmerTy · Feb 15, 2022

4 gallons a day changed automatically means I’m going to need some salt. Got a good workout that day moving 8 bags of salt.

mattgsa · Feb 15, 2022

FarmerTy said:
4 gallons a day changed automatically means I’m going to need some salt. Got a good workout that day moving 8 bags of salt.

Did you get a bulk discount?

FarmerTy · Feb 15, 2022

mattgsa said:
Did you get a bulk discount?

FarmerTy · Feb 15, 2022

Proof of corals… RMF Red Gecko looking a bit more pink under higher par.

FarmerTy · Feb 18, 2022

Hmmm, not letting me upload pics from my phone the last two days so you’re stuck with the written word today.

Auto water change working so well that I’m going to get a second unit for my backup system and put it on auto water changes as well. Side benefit is anytime I need to just add some water to the tank, after packing frag boxes, removing chaeto, or siphoning detritus, I just jump on the app and tell it to dispense whatever amount of saltwater back into the system.

This weekend I hope to be able to finalize my auto top off so that both systems draw from the same 200g vertical tank in the garage. That’ll allow my filling of the ATO to be a monthly event instead of weekly hopefully.

Lastly, I’ll use the current ATO reservoirs for both systems and add kalk to both and use my DOS on each system to dispense kalk to maintain a nice pH above 8.0 at all times.

GarrettT · Feb 18, 2022

FarmerTy said:
Side benefit is anytime I need to just add some water to the tank, after packing frag boxes, removing chaeto, or siphoning detritus, I just jump on the app and tell it to dispense whatever amount of saltwater back into the system.

Back when I had my AWC up and running, this by far my favorite function.

You running Kalk from a reservoir or water through a stirrer? I've been juggling the two as my vertical tanks are in my closet and consume a lot of space. With a Kalk reservoir, I need two vertical tanks. Ph gets to high, when I use Kalk as my only source of topping off : (

FarmerTy · Feb 18, 2022

GarrettT said:
Back when I had my AWC up and running, this by far my favorite function.

You running Kalk from a reservoir or water through a stirrer? I've been juggling the two as my vertical tanks are in my closet and consume a lot of space. With a Kalk reservoir, I need two vertical tanks. Ph gets to high, when I use Kalk as my only source of topping off : (

I currently use kalk in my topoff in the display system. It’s supplemented with a CaRX to supply stable alk/Ca replacement for the uptake in my tank. I’m looking forward to separating the ATO function with kalk dosing for better control.

ScottB · Feb 19, 2022

FarmerTy said:
I currently use kalk in my topoff in the display system. It’s supplemented with a CaRX to supply stable alk/Ca replacement for the uptake in my tank. I’m looking forward to separating the ATO function with kalk dosing for better control.

I use APEX DOS to push water into a Reef Octo stirrer and I love it. So easy to dial.

FarmerTy · Feb 19, 2022

ScottB said:
I use APEX DOS to push water into a Reef Octo stirrer and I love it. So easy to dial.

Look at that stability! Love it!

ScottB · Feb 19, 2022

The Apex Fusion capability to set up different dosing rates for multiple/different intervals is way cool and soooo easy. I have moans about APEX hardware, but Fusion is the bomb. (Fun pun!)

Reefanatik · Feb 19, 2022

FarmerTy said:
Just gonna drop this TSA Dragonfruit picture and back away slowly.

That looks allot like my Jason Fox Cheap Date. Very similar. One of my favorites in my tank. Not a rainbow but still a beauty.

FarmerTy · Feb 19, 2022

Reefanatik said:
That looks allot like my Jason Fox Cheap Date. Very similar. One of my favorites in my tank. Not a rainbow but still a beauty.

Here’s a good video of the TSA Dragonfruit. The part that gets me is the contrast of the polyps and the body of the acro.

Reefanatik · Feb 19, 2022

FarmerTy said:
Here’s a good video of the TSA Dragonfruit. The part that gets me is the contrast of the polyps and the body of the acro.

What coral is that at the end? And I love the contrast also.

FarmerTy · Feb 20, 2022

Reefanatik said:
What coral is that at the end? And I love the contrast also.

That’s RR Firecracker. One of my favorites.

Reefanatik · Feb 20, 2022

FarmerTy said:
That’s RR Firecracker. One of my favorites.

I’m going to have to put in an order. Any frags available?

Reefanatik · Feb 20, 2022

Reefanatik said:
I’m going to have to put in an order. Any frags available?

Never mind, just checked. Sold out. Going to have to keep an eye out for it.

FarmerTy · Feb 22, 2022

Anybody else having issues uploading pics from their phone? It’ll load to 100% and then say parsing failed.

Guess I’ll just have to start making more videos.