SPS HEAVY NANO 20 gal or less

[BMMMW]

Best guess, your current doser is not accurate enough for your water volume.

 

[Vaughn17]

Here is my 12 gallon long. 10 gallon sump with a dual reactor and heater. No skimmer or powerheads.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/3-foot-office-nano.226049/

Beautiful tank! Love the Venustus angel.

 

[eschulist]

Beautiful tank! Love the Venustus angel.

Thanks. It is one of my all time favorite fish.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

hahahah depending on color it could be 100 par. And my xenia in the fuge grow at 4000 lux under 2 compact fluros.
Oddly the also grow at 40,000 on my overflow box

@reeferfoxx as promised,

Not his peak lighting but peak is around 6k lux. And he does run the halides over the one tank for around 2 hours a day. I don't know the reading from those but the frag tanks run between 3k-6k

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

@reeferfoxx as promised,

Not his peak lighting but peak is around 6k lux. And he does run the halides over the one tank for around 2 hours a day. I don't know the reading from those but the frag tanks run between 3k-6k

wow. that makes very little sense unless its really long photoperiod...

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

wow. that makes very little sense unless its really long photoperiod...

That's why I said it was confusing. I value every little bit of information I get from everyone but sometimes it's conflicting. I think everyone has to find their niche and whatever you decide stability is the most important, and nutrients of course

 

[Uwdanno]

My 20 gallon AIO. No skimmer. Been up for 2 years now.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

My 20 gallon AIO. No skimmer. Been up for 2 years now.

Gorgeous! Wow! Please tell me about your tank!

 

[Uwdanno]

Gorgeous! Wow! Please tell me about your tank!

Thanks. Details below.

Innovative Marine 20g. IM Desktop Reactor for Carbon or GFO. Gen 2 Radion XR30. MP10. Sicce 1.5 Return Pump. Bubble Magus Doser for BRS 2 part. Red Sea Coral Pro Salt.

 

[Uwdanno]

Here is my 12 gallon long. 10 gallon sump with a dual reactor and heater. No skimmer or powerheads.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/3-foot-office-nano.226049/

Easily the best nano on the web. This tank is immaculate!

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Thanks. Details below.

Innovative Marine 20g. IM Desktop Reactor for Carbon or GFO. Gen 2 Radion XR30. MP10. Sicce 1.5 Return Pump. Bubble Magus Doser for BRS 2 part. Red Sea Coral Pro Salt.

Thank you! Parameters?

 

[Uwdanno]

Thank you! Parameters?

Alk 7.0-8.0 (I don't test often, hence the range)
Ca 450
Mg 1350
Sg 1.025
Nitrates detectable (~5)
Phosphates detectable (~0.03)

 

[reeferfoxx]

@reeferfoxx as promised,

Not his peak lighting but peak is around 6k lux. And he does run the halides over the one tank for around 2 hours a day. I don't know the reading from those but the frag tanks run between 3k-6k

Oh this is a frag tank! That makes sense. What do we all do when we add new frags to a tank? Put it in low light areas for acclimation? This helps reduce stress from fragging.

 

[Uwdanno]

Bump. Any more of these tanks out there?

 

[VTBig053]

@Uwdanno, beautiful tank.

Here's my EVO 13.5. I recently just switched to an SPS heavy tank in December, so I haven't had a lot of time to grow things out.

Here it is.

Mostly SPS with some LPS down low and GSP I can't remove the rock, hah.

No skimmer. Change about 3 gallons of water weekly. Run chaeto in chamber two with a 12-hour reverse photoperiod. 2x AI Prime HD.

Parameters:
Alk - ~8.4 dKH
Ca - 450 ppm
Mg - ~1450 ppm
No3 - 2 ppm
Po4 - 0.00 - 0.03 ppm

I recently began dosing ESV B-ionic 2 part manually and need to get my jebao doser up and running because dosing 3 mL each morning and night is causing some Alk swing daily. I also don't test Mag very often because its never been lower than 1450 on Red Sea Mag Pro.

I'm planning to get the doser up and running this weekend. Hopefulky today.

 

[E.intheC]

Old thread revival. But... anyone having success with an SPS nano?