Jack's LPS dominated Reef !!!!

[las]

The Red Sea coral pro salt isn't the best salt for corals..., with alkalinity that high your much more likely to get burnt tips etc. The Red Sea regular in blue bucket has much better parameters.... I speak from experience, I lost a lot of coral trying to keep 12 DKH and low nutrient system.

 

[jack89]

The Red Sea coral pro salt isn't the best salt for corals..., with alkalinity that high your much more likely to get burnt tips etc. The Red Sea regular in blue bucket has much better parameters.... I speak from experience, I lost a lot of coral trying to keep 12 DKH and low nutrient system.

Thank you las for your valuable response ....... From the very first day (3.5 years) i m using the same salt .... I planned to change the salt to seachem or some other brand but thought when things are going smooth then why change ? And also i fear changing salt in an established aquarium .....

Have someone changed salt in established aquarium ? How would you do so ??

 

[las]

I do 20ltr water change every second day And for dosing i dose half of the recommended dossage if prodibio stronti, iodi, biotim, digest and booster every monday ..... Nothing complicated and sometime i also forget to dose ..... Planning to stop dosing also and have ordered santamonica ATS ....

I'm thinking about ordering that ats also. BTW ur brain coral is awesome

 

[las]

Thank you las for your valuable response ....... From the very first day (3.5 years) i m using the same salt .... I planned to change the salt to seachem or some other brand but thought when things are going smooth then why change ? And also i fear changing salt in an established aquarium .....

Have someone changed salt in established aquarium ? How would you do so ??

That's exactly the point my friend. I had same success as you with high alk salt mix.... But then one day I decided to lower my nutrients. In my experience, lowering phosphate and nitrate in a tank that is established stresses corals unless u go very slow. When u have a high alk it is much less forgiving than if ur alk was 8. So when u add the ATS it's gonna lower nutrients, but prob way slower than what I did so maybe it won't be that bad.

I'm just trying to tell u what happened to me. I lost thousands of dollars of corals and don't want anyone else to go thru that. I will never keep high alk again.

As far as switching salt, I would start by goin half new salt to half current salt mix in your water change and slowly incorporate that til you switch over. CorAls are very adaptable but quick changes kill them.

 

[jack89]

That's exactly the point my friend. I had same success as you with high alk salt mix.... But then one day I decided to lower my nutrients. In my experience, lowering phosphate and nitrate in a tank that is established stresses corals unless u go very slow. When u have a high alk it is much less forgiving than if ur alk was 8. So when u add the ATS it's gonna lower nutrients, but prob way slower than what I did so maybe it won't be that bad.

I'm just trying to tell u what happened to me. I lost thousands of dollars of corals and don't want anyone else to go thru that. I will never keep high alk again.

As far as switching salt, I would start by goin half new salt to half current salt mix in your water change and slowly incorporate that til you switch over. CorAls are very adaptable but quick changes kill them.

thank you very much for appreciating my brain... i like him too... he changes his colors according to his moods

i can understand how expensive this hobby is.. will surely think of switching the salt to another one and hope it settles soon.... by the way what salt are you using right now ?

 

[las]

I'm currently using Red Sea in the the blue bucket... Not the red sea pro.

 

[jack89]

ohkieee... red basket is not available here... getting stuff related to corals is a task here...

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Man that tank is packed with meaty, fatties! HA! Looking good!

 

[jack89]

Man that tank is packed with meaty, fatties! HA! Looking good!

Thank you brother.... ll shoot few more closeups this weekend if time permits

 

[Flashy Fins]

Very cool tank - thanks for sharing! I'm an LPS-lover, too. So juicy!

Forgive me if I missed it, but what country are you in?

 

[jack89]

@ Flashy Fins thank you very much.... they they are juicy.. i love the movement they have....

from todays clicks.... sorry for mobile pics but no time to click better pics....

my hammer garden... lot more to add but here are few of them...

thanks

 

[jack89]

my favourite hammer ... metallic green with purple tips.... all the way on the back..

and my latest ultra green plate coral

sorry for the crapy pics....

 

[jack89]

this is my old ricordia which is changing its color to blue and yellow from blue green....

Until this thread is alive i would request the friends here visit my new thread and suggest me about my confusion for my new built to make my new tank better ...

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/re...-large-soft-polyps-dominated.html#post2274923

Thank You very much

 

[jack89]

a small update to the thread... couple of pictures

 

[reefaboo]

awesome .. i see you used Liters instead of gallons

may i ask where you are located

 

[jack89]

Thank you very much brother...

 

[jason g]

Great tank. Love all the LPS, different. Cool.

 

[jack89]

thank you...

 

[jack89]

This is my last post in my in this thread...

friend came in to click few photographs and here they are.