Glenn's Red Sea 170

[jpluttme]

Update:
There’s nothing much going on with the tank, it has cycled completely. It has two clownfish and a cheap sps (my guinea pig) to see if my tank is ready for sps.
There are a few changes coming up.
The most important change is the light, i just ordered this beauty.

Looked like a Radeon on there before. Any particular reason you changed to T-5?

 

[gtaran02]

Looked like a Radeon on there before. Any particular reason you changed to T-5?

During this whole build i have been undecided if the radion could grow corals... many posts exists and prove that radions are able to grow sps but i was too undecided until last week when i visited a friend of mine (who is keeping my sps for now) and i saw the growth and coloration he was getting from his t5’s... that is why i ordered the light.

This ATI is a LED and T5 hybrid so i should be getting the best of both worlds.

 

[gtaran02]

It has arrived!!!

 

[gtaran02]

Today was a good day, i received my last order. Tank is cycled. I will set up the dosing this week and should transfer all my previous sps that my friend has been holding for me next week.
Now the fun begins

And a nice freebie

 

[ranchhand02]

Nice set up.

 

[gtaran02]

Nice set up.

Thank you, i have nicer corals waiting

 

[gtaran02]

Here’s a little update, decided to change the aquascape and added more shelve rocks for sps placement.
ATI is up and running..

 

[gtaran02]

It’s been a while since i haven’t posted, a few things have been going on with the tank.
First, when starting the tank I used Red Sea salt and my ALK was at 12..
Over the period of two weeks I have been able to lower my ALK to 8.8 but by doing that my CA and MG levels also decreased.

I have been dosing Aquaforest CA and MG. My parameters are not perfect but are within the range of a SPS dominant tank. So far I have been testing daily.

Two days ago I received a SPS pack from Vivid’s Aquarium.
-Vivids Sublime
-Vivids Four Loko
-Vivids Superfreak
-Vivids Confetti

And I bough a pice of ASD Rainbow Milli.

The pieces from Vivids Aquarium are currently in acclimation because they are coming from LED’s. But i can’t wait for these pieces to get their colors back.

A few quick pictures:

 

[gtaran02]

Vivids pack:

ASD Rainbow Milli:

Vivids Confetti:

 

[gtaran02]

Yesterday (Wednesday) I received a new package.
I am going to add a CO2 reactor and a algae reactor this weekend.

A few coral shots from today using my phone

 

[HolisticBear]

Frags look great, that nice solid blanket of light from the ATI is nice.

 

[gtaran02]

Frags look great, that nice solid blanket of light from the ATI is nice.

Thanks, yeah at first I was regretting from making the change to T5’s.. I always had radions or kessils, but i am actually happy with the T5’s it just takes time to get used to them.

 

[larryl]

Tank looks great, can’t beat that black substrate.

 

[gtaran02]

Tank looks great, can’t beat that black substrate.

Thank you, it’s my first time using black substrate instead of “normal” sand.

 

[gtaran02]

UPDATE:
Over the weekend I picked up my corals that my friend was babysitting for me lol.
Unfortunately my friend had a ALK spike in his tank and my HW is not looking good.
Here are a few pics of the frags that have been mounted, i still have about 7 or 8 that i need to glue to the rocks.

FTS:

Walt Disney:

Grafted Monti: (getting a nice pattern)

Forgot name. (Obtained from CaliKids)

CaliKids Peyote Dreams

Red Planet

ASD Rainbow Phoenix Monti

CaliKids Bubblegum Digitata:

 

[El.Kae]

Great start on the tank. The 170 is going to fill in QUICK!

 

[gtaran02]

Great start on the tank. The 170 is going to fill in QUICK!

I know lol, i just want 3 more corals and I’ll be set, i want a RRC Jawdropper, Orange passion and a Homewrecker in case mine does not make it.

 

[jsker]

Any picture updates

 

[gtaran02]

Quick update- Quick pictures


Additions:
-Last month I decided to add a Reefbrite blue XHO strip to my ATI to give the corals an extra “pop”.
-And I added the Skims algae reactor, although it’s been hard to make my chaeto grow.

I am currently feeding 1 cube of frozen mysis and 1 cube of frozen brine shrimp every other day.
I think that the addition of the reefbrite and the addition of Aquaforest products has help me achieve good sps coloration and growth.

Feel free to ask any questions.


2 months pic progress

Walt Disney
1st pic is on left— 2nd pic on right

 

[gtaran02]

Red Planet
1st pic on left—2nd on right.