Sabella's 450L mixed reef build thread

[kschweer]

Wow dude! I don’t know what else to say. Looking good!

 

[ReefguyEric]

On your post #2662 the first pic is it a favia what type is it
Thanks
Eric

 

[Sabellafella]

On your post #2662 the first pic is it a favia what type is it
Thanks
Eric

Wwc yellow submarine/ cc full tilt favia!

 

[red02]

What is your t5 combo and how many hr per day thanks.

 

[Sabellafella]

What is your t5 combo and how many hr per day thanks.

4 blue plus one purple one coral. Here's the catch though, i have 4 reefbrites on each one of my fixtures

 

[Sabellafella]

The nastiest hammer in existence Holy rainbow

 

[Sabellafella]

 

[Seek&Reef]

4 blue plus one purple one coral. Here's the catch though, i have 4 reefbrites on each one of my fixtures

I am currently looking at getting the 60" ATI 6 bulb and adding reefbrite strips. Any advice on how many reefbrites and what types for mixed reef vs sps dominant?

 

[Sabellafella]

I am currently looking at getting the 60" ATI 6 bulb and adding reefbrite strips. Any advice on how many reefbrites and what types for mixed reef vs sps dominant?

I'd just do the 2 xho strips, one on the front and one ok the back. Believe it or not they are very powerful. 2 strips alone can color and grow just about anything less then 28 inches down.

 

[Sabellafella]

 

[Sabellafella]

rainbow madractis

 

[Sabellafella]

jf Mac one

the sickest colored mini p peach. 250 par compared to my other 2

 

[kschweer]

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Absolutely awesome, bro!

 

[Whispers]

Wow wow wow colors are unreal!!!
What are your parameters ?

 

[Sabellafella]

Wow wow wow colors are unreal!!!
What are your parameters ?

Alk for the last 4 years been around 6.8 to 7.5. Spikes here and there when fragging, bulb changes, stuff like that but relatively stable

Calcium 450, sometimes 500 550 when things fall out of calibration which is alot more frequently then anyone would expect.

Same with mag. 1300, up to 1500 cause of the sg measurement issues


Nitrate 15ppm phosphate below .1

Everytime I icp test all the other stuff is usually inline. Chalked it up to the calcium reactor, 2 part and 20% wc weekly are sufficient enuff to keep all those little elements in check.



Other then that, I slashed maintenance for the past few months. Still doing the water changes but very limited on like the hard-core stuff I used to do. I used to clean my pumps every 2 months, frag racks, sand sifting, all of that nature. Tank looks better actually that I've been away from it for a while.


At the moment I'm dealt with alot of overgrowth. Im just at the point where certain things I can't control, ultimately the tank will have to come down in the next year or so if I can't figure out how to manage it.

 

[Whispers]

My phos are a little high what should I use to bring it down ?

 

[Sabellafella]

My phos are a little high what should I use to bring it down ?

Sorry it's been a while. What's a little high? Honestly, water changes. Because instead of using chemicals, your allocating that time to dilute any other underlying issues you might have. You can simplify figure out how to raise or lower parameters with Water changes. Let's say your p04 is .1 If you do a 50 percent water change, that will bring it down to .05 (based on the accuracy of hobby grade test kits)

You don't get that with gfo, rarely with lanthanum

 

[Whispers]

There at 0.10

 

[Whispers]

Oh ok thank you