Mermaid Reef

[Whyreef]

Thank you SOOmuch for posting this! I have these same lights, and getting any consensus for a schedule has been a challenge I also have 2 t5s to supplement during peak times

No problem, keep in mind, these settings will fry your corals if the lights are less than 15" inches of the water. Might be a good idea to gradually increase the intensity to these levels.

 

[Whyreef]

Thanks for inf
And no3 & po4 other parameters , diet and regimen
I need some help i got cyano and hairalgae problem ️
I'm run 120ml biopellets do you use it?

I don't run bio pellets so I cannot say. What I can say is that gfo works really well to lower phosphates but that's only half the challange. You need to find a way to export more nutrients from the system, wheather that be skimming wet or adding more mechanical filtration, like a filter sock for example. It's hard to say exactly what you should do as every tank is different and what may work for me might not work for you. You could try adding some Astraea snails and Scarlett hermits along with a sea hare to mow it down. Manual removal is almost always going to be a good thing as well.

 

[Andres Ricardo perez]

No problem, keep in mind, these settings will fry your corals if the lights are less than 15" inches of the water. Might be a good idea to gradually increase the intensity to these levels.

I got one issue about that, I run 150ml seachem matrix gac in my 65gal on reactor, my light was 45/90 and sps rtn and go pale in 5 days now are 20/80, after 1 week my corals look better rtn stop now I'm heavy feeding, any sugestion

 

[germs101]

No problem, keep in mind, these settings will fry your corals if the lights are less than 15" inches of the water. Might be a good idea to gradually increase the intensity to these levels.

Yes, I learned that the hard way. I think I killed my new frags when I put them at a max of 35% whites. Strangely enough, my zoa's and palys didn't seem bothered at all. What did you start your percentage at? Mine are about as high as yours above the water.

 

[Andres Ricardo perez]

My 2 lamps are 7 inch omg️

 

[Sistawolf]

Amazing!! One of the most colorful reefs I have ever seen good job!

 

[Bronc]

You have a fantastic tank! I especially like that you use lower cost equipment like I do.

 

[Debramb]

I thought we come here to uhh and awwwwh at all the hard work you dedicate and maybe help some of us who strive to know more??? The ONLY thing wrong with your tank is no chair to sit and take in the beautiful colors, variety and just overall awesomeness of your "build". Debra ps
Please share more pics, everyone has a different budget, room, supporting spouse lol and "dream"!

 

[Andres Ricardo perez]

Share us your tank parameters no3 and Po4 and feeding routines thanks

 

[RudyB]

Nice Tank, great job. I was looking to get the Jaboe 4 dosser. How has it performed for you? Some people say don't get it, but you can't beat the price. About 8 month ago I switched to the Jaboe DC 12000 pump and it has been the best pump I have aver had. I was wondering if the rest of there line is as good?

 

[Whyreef]

I got one issue about that, I run 150ml seachem matrix gac in my 65gal on reactor, my light was 45/90 and sps rtn and go pale in 5 days now are 20/80, after 1 week my corals look better rtn stop now I'm heavy feeding, any sugestion

There can be many causes for rtn, IMO it's generally a water quality issue. Also, my tank is 30 inches tall which could put more water between the lights and the corals than in your 65.

 

[Ljaus]

Absolutely beautiful reef. Keep up the great work

 

[Whyreef]

Nice Tank, great job. I was looking to get the Jaboe 4 dosser. How has it performed for you? Some people say don't get it, but you can't beat the price. About 8 month ago I switched to the Jaboe DC 12000 pump and it has been the best pump I have aver had. I was wondering if the rest of there line is as good?

I love the dp4, if you don't mess up the programming you will be gtg. It keeps all my perameters stable. I do reccomend setting your controller to turn it off if the ph goes over 8.4. As far as the Jebao pumps are concerned, they work great and I haven't had any fail yet, that's including the RW4's that have been running non stop for more than a year now. Keep in mind that all pumps can and will fail, that includes the top shelf pumps like the M1 as well and if you don't believe me go check out the vectra support forums.

 

[Whyreef]

Share us your tank parameters no3 and Po4 and feeding routines thanks

I shared this info in the previous comment where I listed the equipment.

 

[sk8elenex92]

Are you running gfo and carbon the entire time?

 

[Whyreef]

Are you running gfo and carbon the entire time?

Yes.

 

[Chrisfish]

Beautiful reef tank, thanks so much for sharing it with us!!!

 

[Whyreef]

I thought we come here to uhh and awwwwh at all the hard work you dedicate and maybe help some of us who strive to know more??? The ONLY thing wrong with your tank is no chair to sit and take in the beautiful colors, variety and just overall awesomeness of your "build". Debra ps
Please share more pics, everyone has a different budget, room, supporting spouse lol and "dream"!

Thanks for the kind words, I actually have this tank in my living room and can enjoy it from my couch. It's pretty funny sometime, my wife and I will be watching a show and I'll be just staring at the tank, then I look over and my wife is also looking at the tank lol.

 

[Whyreef]

I got one issue about that, I run 150ml seachem matrix gac in my 65gal on reactor, my light was 45/90 and sps rtn and go pale in 5 days now are 20/80, after 1 week my corals look better rtn stop now I'm heavy feeding, any sugestion

It's allay better to give corals not enough light rather than too much. So start low and slowly work your way up.

 

[germs101]

When I first got my Galaxy Hydro lights I also thought I'd try my first attempt at SPS. The feedback I got was to try Green Slimer and Pocillopora. They both died within 2-3 weeks. I don't know what kind of lighting they came from, but before I attempt more SPS or write them off what do you think the likelihood is that the lighting intensity was too strong? The other frags I got at the same time I placed under the t5s (Acans) and they are thriving.