My 300DD SPS Dominant Tank

[HBL]

Added a kalk stirrer and a peristalic pump to combat the low ph problem with running a calcium reactor and the corals are living it. Also, went back to dosing nitrate regularly to keep it around 5ppm.

 

[HBL]

The zero edge is looking a bit more lively with some new addtions

 

[HBL]

All new frags are nicely encrusting so I moved them from the frag tank and placed them into the main tank. I noticed the colors on the corals are getting better with consistently dosing nitrate to keep my level around 5ppm.

 

[HBL]

Now, it's all about hurry up and wait again

 

[Fishinbob]

Colors look awesome! I've had great results with nitrate dosing... any time I slack on dosing I see the colors dull!

 

[HBL]

Colors look awesome! I've had great results with nitrate dosing... any time I slack on dosing I see the colors dull!

Thank you! I still struggle to find the balance for nitrate and phosphate, so I have to deal with cyano coming in and out from time to time. But the corals are loving it.

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

Wow! Both tanks are just stunning. Looks like you've got a great sps collection too.

 

[pennh2o]

This thread is amazing

 

[HBL]

Wow! Both tanks are just stunning. Looks like you've got a great sps collection too.

Thank you! Some of my acros have been growing really well and coloring up, so i've been fragging, trading, and selling to some local reefers lately. My collection starts to come along.

This thread is amazing

Thank you!

 

[HBL]

Traded some corals for a nicer and larger skimmer. This thing barely fit, so I took the lid off and used a flatter piece of plastic in its place. So far, it's working very well.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Love your sps. Colors looking great

 

[Funlad3]

Super clean build. Any FTS of that gorgeous frag tank of yours?

 

[Fishinbob]

Need a FTS with all those acros!!! Cant wait ro move all mine over... you have a beautiful collection!

 

[BluewaterLa]

Curious about the lighting schedule of your main display tank using three 250W metal halides along with the three LED fixtures.
How deep is the tank top to bottom ?
Have you checked par in the tank ?
How far down are you able to keep SPS ? It seems your rock work is about half way up in the water column.

By the way you have some really nice builds here with a lot of great looking corals.

 

[cednet]

I bought a used Prestige LED Gamma t5/led combo to go on this tank. T5/led is my favorite light combo, so I'm excited to see how this light will do.

I bought this exact same fixture from someone today. Do you have any recommendations on your settings? I can't find a manual anywhere. I'm going to to let it run for 24 hrs and see what the settings look like. I'm still setting up my take so there is nothing in it yet. If your programs and settings are working good please share if you don't mind.