My Big Beautiful Budget Breeder Build

[Retro Reefer]

Rare left hand view of tank, I have only taken a couple pictures from this angle and virtually never view it like this as the tank was aqua scaped to view the other way..

 

[najer]

I forgot, moved 5 minutes ago lol, pics tomorrow hopefully!

 

[Retro Reefer]

Crappy picture along with dirty glass and morning glare from window but this is my favorite view as seen entering the room. looks like I have 2 of everything on the left.. lol!

 

[Crabby48]

Love the neon Goni. I have plenty of real estate if you need to free up space.
I like viewing from the corner and seeing double of everything it makes my tank not as bare looking

 

[Victoria M]

hApPy BiRtHdAy!
We share a love of reef tanks, ATVS, and a Birthday!

 

[Retro Reefer]

hApPy BiRtHdAy!
We share a love of reef tanks, ATVS, and a Birthday!

lol.. that’s to funny, I thought we had some kind of connection Happy Birthday to you as well!

 

[Retro Reefer]

Dosing pumps all set up and tested, just Need to calibrate them, set my amounts to be dosed and times..

 

[NY_Caveman]

I like it. Good depth from that angle. Glad you had a nice birthday!

 

[Retro Reefer]

I like it. Good depth from that angle. Glad you had a nice birthday!

thanks man! Had a great day, new corals, lots of gifts and a Steak & Rib dinner at TG Friday’s =)

oh yeah.. almost forgot the chocolate cake and ice cream

 

[Retro Reefer]

We are officially live with the Coral Box dosers.. super easy set up!

from your device pull up WIFI and select pump..

open app and select pump..

select manual or auto operation..

set amount to be dosed in 24 hrs..

select the times for dosing, I have 6 points selected..

advanced menu for calibration, reservoir status notifications, master reset and other functions..

 

[Retro Reefer]

Im see babies Popping up on my sun coral sorry for the crappy picture, it was taken after lights out.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

My DIY 2 part containers, Fiji water bottles and McDonalds straws.. lol, they color match my other equipment and I‘m using matching blue striped straws ;Hilarious

Awesome.

 

[RichtheReefer21]

I know u said salifert has been ur go-to for po4.. have u gotten to test out the ULR HANNA yet to see the results in comparison? Hopefully u show a bit more than a broad Zero.

Looks like a sweet birthday. Us reefers are easy to shop for

 

[Retro Reefer]

I know u said salifert has been ur go-to for po4.. have u gotten to test out the ULR HANNA yet to see the results in comparison? Hopefully u show a bit more than a broad Zero.

Looks like a sweet birthday. Us reefers are easy to shop for

I had a great day for sure and I’m super easy to shop for.. If it’s not for my tanks I don’t want it ;Hilarious

Still no P reading even with the Hanna URL.. I know I must have it but I guess it being consumed as fast as it’s produce also since my cycle I have never had a nitrate reading which I attribute to my rock.. my instinct is to throw tons of food in there but I’m teetering on a algae bloom as it is.

 

[najer]

I had a great day for sure and I’m super easy to shop for.. If it’s not for my tanks I don’t want it ;Hilarious

Still no P reading even with the Hanna URL.. I know I must have it but I guess it being consumed as fast as it’s produce also since my cycle I have never had a nitrate reading which I attribute to my rock.. my instinct is to throw tons of food in there but I’m teetering on a algae bloom as it is.

What sort of algae bloom are you expecting, I had this exact same discussion at my lfs today, we advised him to start feeding more and turn his skimmer off to let there be food for the corals as well?

 

[RichtheReefer21]

I had a great day for sure and I’m super easy to shop for.. If it’s not for my tanks I don’t want it ;Hilarious

Still no P reading even with the Hanna URL.. I know I must have it but I guess it being consumed as fast as it’s produce also since my cycle I have never had a nitrate reading which I attribute to my rock.. my instinct is to throw tons of food in there but I’m teetering on a algae bloom as it is.

That's gotta be scary. Like @Scurvy said... tip toeing down the line of not enough nutrients.

 

[Scurvy]

I’d be a paranoid mess if I were testing all zero’s. Been there during my first year in the hobby bouncing between dinos and overfeeding. Again if corals are happy I probably would’t change much. Probably dose a good amino of some kind.
Ill double back through the thread when I can.

 

[Retro Reefer]

What sort of algae bloom are you expecting, I had this exact same discussion at my lfs today, we advised him to start feeding more and turn his skimmer off to let there be food for the corals as well?

I have bubble and hair algae, it’s been consistent for the last 6-8 months. you don’t notice it that much in pictures because it’s not growing on rock that much and I keep after it with manual removal, I do need to refresh my CUC soon.

I can clean my pumps and about 3-6 weeks they are covered

Same thing with back glass, I can scrape it clean and 3-6 weeks it’s covered..

bubble algae grows mostly on plastic and shells and such, notice the snail on back glass in above photo that’s completely covered in bubbles

 

[Fudsey]

Vibrant killed ba for me...

 

[Retro Reefer]

That's gotta be scary. Like @Scurvy said... tip toeing down the line of not enough nutrients.

Im not sweating it to much, I’m very in tune to my tank and know when something is off.. I hand feed each of my corals and have a variety of quality foods for everything in the tank, the tank also gets broadcast fed small amounts 4-5 times a day sometimes more.

I’d be a paranoid mess if I were testing all zero’s. Been there during my first year in the hobby bouncing between dinos and overfeeding. Again if corals are happy I probably would’t change much. Probably dose a good amino of some kind.
Ill double back through the thread when I can.

Assuming there must be some N&P in the tank as well as enough nutrients to keep things happy as I’ve had some great growth over the last year, almost everything in the tank started as a small frag. I did just start Brightwell amino’s this week but I have been using selcon mixed with my food which I believe has aminos as well as WWC & LRS frozen which I also believe has added aminos since tank was started..

I am new to SPS, honestly in 3 decades of reefing this is the first tank I have ever tested for anything after the cycle. Kalkwasser and water changes have always been sufficient for my mixed LPS and softy tanks.