SPS Dominated 47G Reef

reefaboo · Jun 14, 2015

Very nice ..

can you reiterate your feeding regime ?
are you still following what you posted earlier ?
isnt that too much nutrients

only nutrient transport i see are skimmer and the GFO ??

sorry too many questions

NxtGenCowboy · Jun 16, 2015

Very very impressive.

Aleks · Jun 22, 2015

Hi! We are waiting for news.

Biggles · Jun 28, 2015

Beautiful colors on your corals Sahin

Any chance of an update sometime before the next solar eclipse.......... that's right..... i found you mate.

Sahin · Jun 28, 2015

Biggles said:
Beautiful colors on your corals Sahin Any chance of an update sometime before the next solar eclipse.......... that's right..... i found you mate.

And there I thought I was safe on this forum...

But it's OK because I am a mod here. Can freeze your membership if you or Kevin get out of line.

(kidding of course)...maybe...

Only have iPad at moment matey. Laptop is being repaired. I took an fts shot but cannot get it off camera.

Sahin · Jun 28, 2015

reefaboo said:
Very nice ..

can you reiterate your feeding regime ?
are you still following what you posted earlier ?
isnt that too much nutrients only nutrient transport i see are skimmer and the GFO ??

sorry too many questions

Thanks. Feeding 4 times a day on auto feeder. Mixture of flakes and NLS pellets. Occasionally feed frozen too.

Nutrient export is skimmer and refugium. Don't run GFO at moment because nutrients are too low. Trying to raise PO4 to at least 0.06ppm.

NxtGenCowboy said:
Very very impressive.

Thank you.

Aleks said:
Hi! We are waiting for news.

Thank you. As soon as I have my laptop repaired, I'll post up some images.

Aleks · Jun 28, 2015

The stunning result. How Balling solution that you use now? Ca, Mg, KH per day..

Sahin · Jun 29, 2015

Aleks said:
The stunning result. How Balling solution that you use now? Ca, Mg, KH per day..

I am using Fauna Marin balling. Mg not using at moment as the weekly water changes keeps Mg at 1320ppm.

Dosing 20ml of Ca and 40ml of Alk.

Aleks · Jul 10, 2015

Hi! As the experience of the San Pacific?
Setup is simple?
New photo sump?!

ifarmer · Jul 10, 2015

Sahin said:
FTS:

Red Planet:

What I see from the top of my stairs as I enter my flat (living room is below):

Very nice. really like it.
pm sent as well.

thanks

Aleks · Aug 13, 2015

Hi! What news, events?
What has changed is the color of corals?

Sahin · Aug 14, 2015

Here is the latest FTS:

I went on holiday and some fish had jumped/one of the MP10's had come off the glass/some corals became pale/others browned out...etc etc.

Since then I added more fish and have been feeding lots. Corals are recovering.

DnR · Aug 14, 2015

Sahin said:
Thanks. I would classify the two lights as equivalent (since the T5's are the main light source). I cannot speak for the LED dominated units.

In terms of additives, I havent been using anything. I dosed Prodibio Bioptim and Biodigest and KZ Zeobac from 0-4 months in order to control nutrients. Now I dont even need to use GFO. NO3=0.2ppm and PO4=0.03.

In the past 2 weeks I have started the FULL Fauna Marin Balling Lite system complete with trace elements to boost colours. No real change so far, but I expect noticeable results within the new few months.

Hi Sahin, how much did you dose biodigest n bioptim since the beginning, every 2 weeks? Amazing colors you got there?

tbdh20 · Aug 14, 2015

Fantastic!

iReef86 · Aug 14, 2015

Looks great! Cant wait to see this thing mature!

Sahin · Aug 14, 2015

DnR said:
Hi Sahin, how much did you dose biodigest n bioptim since the beginning, every 2 weeks? Amazing colors you got there?

Yes, every two weeks 1 ampoule. I havent dosed for some weeks though as the nutrients have gone down too low for my liking. I havent used GFO for around 6 months and I cannot get the PO4 to at least 0.03ppm. I've been feeding the tank like crazy lately.

Sahin · Aug 14, 2015

tbdh20 said:
Fantastic!

iReef86 said:
Looks great! Cant wait to see this thing mature!

Thank you both.

At the moment around 85% of the SPS are coloured up decently. I've like to get that number upto 95% at least and have the coloured up ones to look awesome. Then I'll be very happy.

iReef86 · Aug 14, 2015

Sahin said:
Thank you both.

At the moment around 85% of the SPS are coloured up decently. I've like to get that number upto 95% at least and have the coloured up ones to look awesome. Then I'll be very happy.

I know the feeling!!! At the moment, all of my SPS are in a holding tank up at my LFS in a back room. Once our new tank is cycled and we get our new light fixture, my coral will hopefully get all their color back. As of now they are significantly pale compared to when I had them in my 90g SPS system.