small sps tank

Reef Management LLC · Feb 14, 2020

Anyone have sps dominant tanks under 30 gal? Can i see some inspiration??

Im doing a 28 waterbox all in one sps dominant tank its coming along pretty good.

Running a large aquamaxx 1.5 hob skimmer and using tropic marin bio pellets in reactor.

Lighting t5 hybrid with one prime and another on the way

Lonely reefer's · Feb 14, 2020

I have been running all in one under 30g sps some frags/ a few small colonies

William Robinson · Feb 14, 2020

Following.... Personally there's no way in ______ I would do a SPS tank under 50 in the DT alone. With 4 tanks I dont have enough time to need to monitor a single tank that much lol
Far more brave than I...

vpoiu1263 · Feb 14, 2020

This is my 42 sps domain tank.
Side view

Front view

William Robinson · Feb 14, 2020

vpoiu1263 said:
This is my 42 sps domain tank.
Side view

Front view

Is this 42 with the sump or 42 just with the display? That a TON of SPS in there. I'd love to see how much you're dosing weekly... lol

hart24601 · Feb 14, 2020

vpoiu1263 said:
This is my 42 sps domain tank.
Side view

Front view

Wow. Amazing!

minus9 · Feb 14, 2020

I had 22g nano for almost 3 years before I upgraded to a larger tank. It was fun to watch everything thrive in that tank and the lighting grew as everything started to shadow each other and battle for space.

Last top down pic.

Sorry for the blue pics, this was before I had filters.

vpoiu1263 · Feb 14, 2020

William Robinson said:
Is this 42 with the sump or 42 just with the display? That a TON of SPS in there. I'd love to see how much you're dosing weekly... lol

42g is with my sump exactly.
Those frag are all grown to large size now for almost 4 years.

Graffiti Spot · Feb 14, 2020

vpoiu1263 said:
This is my 42 sps domain tank.
Side view

Front view

Love the tank! Wi hope you don’t feed the tang much otherwise he will outgrow the tank in a few months! I like the overflow, I am going to mount stuff on the sides of my Rubbermaid like that to make some room.

brandon429 · Feb 14, 2020

that w be one of the smallest. my friend's pico reef, 8th yr, top shelf sps in a fishbowl. no filters at all, just weekly partial water changes and feed for eight years, no dosing. the blue heliopora is neat and rare

minus9 · Feb 14, 2020

brandon429 said:
that w be one of the smallest. my friend's pico reef, 8th yr, top shelf sps in a fishbowl. no filters at all, just weekly partial water changes and feed for eight years, no dosing. the blue heliopora is neat and rare

Cool pico. Heliopora has been around for a long time and is probably the most misidentified/labeled soft coral (True octo coral) out there, but cool nonetheless.

Graffiti Spot · Feb 14, 2020

I just picked up a piece of that recently and I think I lost it under the rocks. Is it that rare? Maybe I should try and fish it out.

minus9 · Feb 14, 2020

Pedoconfuego said:
I just picked up a piece of that recently and I think I lost it under the rocks. Is it that rare? Maybe I should try and fish it out.

It's not as common as it used to be, but it's definitely something to hold on to. It's just a unique coral, as it's the only one of its kind and has its own class. A true soft coral that appears to be a scleractinia.

Graffiti Spot · Feb 14, 2020

Yea my buddy has a huge colony at his shop that’s been growing for years and he snapped me off a branch cluster for free. Very cool coral.

Reef Management LLC · Feb 15, 2020

vpoiu1263 said:
This is my 42 sps domain tank.
Side view

Front view

Wow amazing!

Reef Management LLC · Feb 15, 2020

reeferglen said:
Wow amazing!

What lights are u running and how long???

What do u dose with or calcium reactor?

What do u run for nutrient export?

Carbon dosing or refugium?

vpoiu1263 · Feb 15, 2020

reeferglen said:
What lights are u running and how long???

What do u dose with or calcium reactor?

What do u run for nutrient export?

Carbon dosing or refugium?

I used dosing pumps to dose NaHCO3 and CaCl2 and MgCl2.

My light led blue and purple with 4 bulbs of T5 light white and blue .

I only had 4 fish , 3 tang and 1 six line wrasse.
So there is no need to add any Carbon.
Only do water change 30% every 2 weeks.

jeffww · Feb 15, 2020

I have a 7g SPS reef. the easier ones grow like weeds monti/stylo/BN. Only 2 acros of my 5 so far have shown a lot of growth though. Mille, tenuis, and valida have been good to me. My red planet has not been doing well. The others are too soon to tell.