Hello from Oakland

biophilia · May 16, 2018

Hi all. I'm new to R2R, though I've been on one of the other forums (on and off) for the past 11 years or so. Here's a few sub-par iPhone shots of my current tank. It's an IM Nuvo 10 mixed reef which has been running for about 14 months.

MrChris · May 16, 2018

Beautiful! I hope to one day have this much color in my tank.

mike werner · May 16, 2018

welcome,seen a lot of cubes here but this is the nicest one

SPR1968 · May 16, 2018

Welcome to R2R @biophilia !

You have really beautiful colours in the tank, very nice.

Natedogg559 · May 16, 2018

Nice! Post your specs.

Zuma · May 16, 2018

That is an awesome zoa garden! What are you using light wise to achieve such great results?

biophilia · May 16, 2018

Wow -- thanks for the kind words!

@Natedogg559 IM Nuvo 10 gallon, AI Prime HD light with BRS/Ecotech AB+ spectrum at ~32 watts, IM ghost skimmer, supersaturated kalkwasser in the ATO w/ vinegar as a carbon source, Jebao SW2 powerhead at full blast in random mode and stock return pump (~70x total turnover), Inkbird temp controller w/ a cheap clip fan for cooling, cheap Jebao dosing pump that I'm just about to bring online because the 3tsp/gallon kalk solution is barely cutting it.

Salinity: 35ppt, NO3: 5-15ppm (dosing Spectracide stump remover), PO4: 0.03-0.04, MG: 1440, DKH: 8.3, CAL: 430
2 gallon weekly water changes (Red Sea Blue Bucket), dosing amino acids every other day and Red Sea Trace Colors w/ each water change, feeding till the tank is cloudy once or twice per day (rotifers, oyster eggs, R.O.E, cyclops, mysis, pellets)

biophilia · May 16, 2018

Zuma said:
That is an awesome zoa garden! What are you using light wise to achieve such great results?

I'm using an AI Prime HD -- which I'm pretty happy with except that the light is emitted from such a small point-source that I'm starting to get some issues with shadowing now that the SPS up top is getting bigger....