Sabella's 450L mixed reef build thread

[Sabellafella]

alk just didn't dose the entire 2 hours it was supposed to. Started to dose at 9 o'clock instead of 6

 

[Sabellafella]

love this feature. Very cool. Got everything sorted out. Took a bit but I got it!

 

[Sabellafella]

here's my start of the scape on that 750xxl build

 

[Anirban]

Here's a little excitement to get through tuff reef tank times. My altered ego finally got color to it after 2 years. Can take pictures of it now

So finally its ego altered....

 

[Sabellafella]

So finally its ego altered....

I had this guy for almost 2 years, and it was litterally white but was also growing at a decent pace. I finally fragged it for someone. Just about a week after it healed and started to grow again- the colors showed up. Not only just the new growth, but through the entire colony. So it gets you wondering

 

[Anirban]

I had this guy for almost 2 years, and it was litterally white but was also growing at a decent pace. I finally fragged it for someone. Just about a week after it healed and started to grow again- the colors showed up. Not only just the new growth, but through the entire colony. So it gets you wondering

I think thats why its been named altered ego. Once you hurt its ego its going to show you its original color.

 

[Sabellafella]

I think thats why its been named altered ego. Once you hurt its ego its going to show you its original color.

Lol this houdini post had me up laughing 4 o'clock in the morning last night

It escaped from everyone's tank...lol

 

[Fishfinder]

I dose over 2 dkh every day, I spent hours of testing to figure out my needs during diurnal cycles.

What did you find in testing? When are the largest conaumption times? And the lowest consumption times? This is something that I have always been curious about

 

[pelphrey]

I need to pickup another DOS soon!

 

[Sabellafella]

Kennys rise and shine and rr limitless frag. Looks almost the same? Hopefully not lol

 

[Sabellafella]

What did you find in testing? When are the largest conaumption times? And the lowest consumption times? This is something that I have always been curious about

My lights come on around 10 AM. Usually by 2 3 oclock ill start seeing a consistant drop in alk. My lights go off at 8 45 pm. Alk consumption still goes on to about 10:30-11.(the dosing usually keeps it steady around this period) When you have about 2 dkh daily dropping its somewhat easier to track this. Its such a large range of consumption, that you can actually track with aquarium test kits and feel somewhat confident about it. I spent about 3 hannah alk reagents and a salifert test kit on this lol! Between the kalk and alkalinity dosing times, my alkalinity stays perfect. Once i start fragging and adding stuff it goes out of line, so ill just hand dose to make corrections. If my alk were to every drop below 150 ppm, ill up both morning and night 1 ml. Or kalk by 100 ml and see where it lands me. Every week i do about a 15-20 percent water change. At first i was just using reef crystals kept adding about .3-.5 dkh everytime ive done a water change. Now i mix it 5050 with fritz, cashes out about .5 dkh higher then my tank. Barely puts a dent when doing a water change. The calcium times are just there to be dosed. The test kits fields of accuracy are so broad its not even worth the time to go through all of that.

All of this is totally unnessecary

 

[Fishfinder]

My lights come on around 10 AM. Usually by 2 3 oclock ill start seeing a consistant drop in alk. My lights go off at 8 45 pm. Alk consumption still goes on to about 10:30-11.(the dosing usually keeps it steady around this period) When you have about 2 dkh daily dropping its somewhat easier to track this. Its such a large range of consumption, that you can actually track with aquarium test kits and feel somewhat confident about it. I spent about 3 hannah alk reagents and a salifert test kit on this lol! Between the kalk and alkalinity dosing times, my alkalinity stays perfect. Once i start fragging and adding stuff it goes out of line, so ill just hand dose to make corrections. If my alk were to every drop below 150 ppm, ill up both morning and night 1 ml. Or kalk by 100 ml and see where it lands me. Every week i do about a 15-20 percent water change. At first i was just using reef crystals kept adding about .3-.5 dkh everytime ive done a water change. Now i mix it 5050 with fritz, cashes out about .5 dkh higher then my tank. Barely puts a dent when doing a water change. The calcium times are just there to be dosed. The test kits fields of accuracy are so broad its not even worth the time to go through all of that.

All of this is totally unnessecary

That's very good to know

 

[Sabellafella]

Love my sponges as just as much as i love all my other stuff. But had my return pump running dry for about an hour today. Do you guys think the sponges are going to die?

 

[Scurvy]

Can’t say for sure but when ive given my sump a good cleaning, draining it down to an inch or less of water i didnt really see any impact to anything living down there in the criptic areas.

 

[Sabellafella]

Can’t say for sure but when ive given my sump a good cleaning, draining it down to an inch or less of water i didnt really see any impact to anything living down there in the criptic areas.

They look good today, and your right. I drain my sump every week for water changes and the sponges are fine.

 

[Sabellafella]

Jf phyco rainbow rim favia. Growing this out for someone. I want the jf gold rush, if anyone comes across it please lmk. Thank you

 

[Weevo]

Like this one

 

[Sabellafella]

Like this one

How is it? Is it worth it? I seen a little colony a few months back and it looked great

 

[Sabellafella]

 

[Weevo]

How is it? Is it worth it? I seen a little colony a few months back and it looked great

Colors are very vivid! Worth it. Funny thing is I was looking at a JF psycho rim. Don't know why I did not pick it up