iRuins 3.04b SPS dominated tank

[itsforte]

Hello all,

I am from Taiwan.

I had a fresh water tank before, and tried to keep an SPS tank from 4-5 years ago.

This is my 3rd version of SPS tank. It started in OCT, 2017
The name is because I settled the tank in garage, where is totally like a ruin.
itsforte's tank in ruins , version 3.04 with balling method, abbr, iRuins 3.04 b

TANK：　　90x60x60(H)
SUMP: 　50x50x35(H) skimmer water level 25mm
dosing tank: 50x30x35 (20L pure water/15L KH/ 6L Ca/ 6L Mg+mineral salt)
pump: 　 ZKSJ 5000 real flow rate 500L/H
lightning ： Tiaojiou HALO LED 85W x 3 , DIY LED 9W x 5
blue channel 11am-11pm
white channel 12am - 9:30pm
DIY LED 45W x 2 1pm-8pm

skimmer：　 PRS UNKAI 1000
power head：　Jabao RW8 x2 pulse 5
zeo reactor： PRS Auto ZR
Salt: AF reef Salt

Additives (non system / non carbon source)
KCl 35ppt 20ml/week
AF amino mix 0.6x / 3 days
AF energy 0.6x / 3 days
AF vitality 0.6x / 3days
Reef pearl 5-100 um 0.6x /3 days
Reef roids 0.6x / 3 days

2017 NOV

2017 DEC

JAN,2018

2018 FEB

Calcium reactor cannot afford the consuming of the corals.
So I started to use balling, by dosing pump

2018 MAR

2018 APR

2018 MAY

2018 Jun

2018 July

I have a 10 days + 10 days + 2 weeks business trip from August to October.
One of my powerhead and LED light broken. I lose some corals

After this I made two LED bar, each with 5 pcs of 30W COB
and using 2 sets of nero 5 instead of Jebaos'

lightning ： Tiaojiou HALO x3 , 2 sets of DIY LED 30w x 5
blue 11am-11pm
white 12:30pm - 9:30pm
DIY LED 12:30pm-8:30pm

power head：　nero 5 x2

2018 NOV

I will continue to post and to share my story of how to improve my way of keeping SPS.

2018 the end of the year

MAR 2019

 

[MaddyP]

Welcome to R2R! This is a beautiful tank!!!

 

[HairyGary]

Very nice! I see you like urchins!

 

[CoralWealth]

you have some great SPS and the tank looks awesome. Any reason for all the urchins and what kind are they? I love urchins but mine sometimes get annoying with carrying snails around

 

[itsforte]

Welcome to R2R! This is a beautiful tank!!!

Thanks, I followed R2R for years. just start to share my tank

Very nice! I see you like urchins!

you have some great SPS and the tank looks awesome. Any reason for all the urchins and what kind are they? I love urchins but mine sometimes get annoying with carrying snails around

It's Tripneustes gratilla. I don't know how to call it in English. It's popular in Japanese restaurant, a kind of delicious one.
Someone in Taiwan breeding it for restaurant, I bought it for cleaning algae on glass, but they grew fast....

 

[Mayerlyn A]

Your tank is amazing! Beautiful . Welcome to R2R.

 

[BoSalman]

Love your build and progress... perfect!!

 

[Stickboy15]

what does urchin taste like?

 

[SPR1968]

That’s a stunning tank and thanks for sharing it with us, beautiful!

And welcome to R2R!

 

[RJ Murphy]

Very nice tank. I really like the growth sequence pictures.

 

[itsforte]

Your tank is amazing! Beautiful . Welcome to R2R.

Love your build and progress... perfect!!

That’s a stunning tank and thanks for sharing it with us, beautiful!

And welcome to R2R!

Very nice tank. I really like the growth sequence pictures.

Thanks a lot, guys.

what does urchin taste like?

It's creamy, sweat, like butter, with some seafood flavor

 

[itsforte]

some of my new friends

too close..... fighting

someone I thought dead but revives

 

[Ericsalt]

nice tank

 

[itsforte]

JAN update.

 

[itsforte]

Yearly review

strawberry from Bali

nana

plana?

red planet

firefly

caroliniana

AUS

AUS

humilis, my favorite

 

[itsforte]

Lunar New Year.
Try to edit videos.

 

[itsforte]

Video updated

 

[Ericsalt]

nice tank

 

[AngryMike2016]

Beautiful, beautiful tank!

 

[itsforte]

Beautiful, beautiful tank!

Thanks, species are not so valuable, but they are my jewelry box.

nice tank

Hahaha nice tank