So thought of making a video of tank. The focus is off as am horrible with vieos and photos but you get the idea.
As I mature along with my reef tank , i realize that less is always more in this hobby. Running just a skimmer although its one of the best in its class I believe and nothing else for filtration . Lights are still Geisemann 250 watt megachrome crystal - simply love it more than radiums even ! Doesn't wash out purples and blues and very crisp .
Stopped all coral foods and increased fish feeding to 4 times a day and a daily feed of phyto at night .
Dropped temparature of reef to 76 and increased ALK to 8 - 8.5 .
Effect is that my blue start leopard is transitioning into male. Its not often I have seen leopards transitioning without females in young tanks like mine. So am pretty stoked about it .
Acros are showing amazing PE with high nutrients and high flow I think. I have 1 gyre , 2 Tunze 6095s, 1 6055, 1 6040, 1 6105 and a gyre + a return seaswirl and still feel flow is not enough. Might add another gyre. Don't know about turnovers but I feel - the more indirect flow the better . Am not stopping unless my fishes are pinned to the glass
. After talking to some of the successful acro growers and other experienced anthias and wrasse keepers , it makes me realise that flow should be ripping !
Also, my black knight torch from reefraft have grown into 5 heads now which is amazing - thats the only torch I like !
Today's nitrates are 24 ppm and PO4 around 0.27 .
Regards,
Abhishek
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