spspirates 150 gallon build

spspirate · Apr 16, 2015

s2nhle said:
Those Zoas look really nice. I don't have problem with zoas however, i do have problem with my lobo corals. i just lost one this week.

Oh No!! Love my lobos!

spspirate · Apr 16, 2015

Sunny D's

Blue Hornets

Fruit Loops with a slight morph

prsnlty · Apr 16, 2015

They're beauties!

spspirate · Apr 16, 2015

Thanks! Making a zoa garden out of my new frag rack. Need to put in another order for couple more racks. One for SPS and one for chalices.

s2nhle · Apr 17, 2015

SPS and chalice in one tank. be careful on where you place them. You may have a problem with its long tenacles.

spspirate · Apr 18, 2015

s2nhle said:
SPS and chalice in one tank. be careful on where you place them. You may have a problem with its long tenacles.

With some genus and species your right. Fortunately the ones I own do not throw them out very far.

falconerr · Apr 18, 2015

Nice looking zoas!

spspirate · Apr 18, 2015

Thanks bro!

SeahorseKeeper · Apr 18, 2015

Looking good! I never had good luck with fruit loops. I have no clue why but they seem to melt for me.

spspirate · Apr 18, 2015

Thanks Krista. I just got them so we'll see.

iReef86 · Apr 18, 2015

spspirate said:
Thanks! Making a zoa garden out of my new frag rack. Need to put in another order for couple more racks. One for SPS and one for chalices.

Get an extra one for me and my tank!

All those purrrdy corals would look oh so fabulous in my tank too!

crharvel · Apr 19, 2015

spspirate said:
Thanks!! Yeah I've been beefing up my feeding here lately in hopes they don't melt away. I've had that issue before.

Looks great Andy. What are you feeding?

spspirate · Apr 20, 2015

crharvel said:
Looks great Andy. What are you feeding?

Ive been feeding Larry's Reef Freenzy nano here lately.

spspirate · Apr 20, 2015

Purple Puddles ?

spspirate · Apr 20, 2015

update: Lately some of my SPS even some of the most hardy ones have had some issues. Problems coloring up to full potential, growing and in a few cases showing some sensitivity to light and even having a STN base. Now some corals are doing just great like my a.caroliniana and Tyree Red Dragon! I know in this hobby we can't make ALL of our corals the happiest but I'd like to at least see an over all healthy reef and Im not really seeing it. We all know that if something is wrong with our corals then we arn't happy!..LOL At the moment Im trying to narrow down any variable that could be causing this issue. I thought maybe my bulbs were bad and not giving off the right spectrum. Got new bulbs and not really seeing a big difference there. Then took the glass shield off of the light fixture because the glass that was being used seems to have high iron impurities so thought maybe that could better the situation. Second possible variable could be high phosphates. Iv'e never been a phosphate number chasing type of reefer but we'll see. Third possibility could be high or elevated amounts of aluminum leaching from my Marine Pure. So......just knocking out one by one until I find what could be causing my issue.

kschweer · Apr 20, 2015

Not too sure on the zoas but I like them. Best of luck narrowing things down. What's you po4 at? Let us know what you figure out when you do. Would be interested to see what it may be.

spspirate · Apr 20, 2015

kschweer said:
Not too sure on the zoas but I like them. Best of luck narrowing things down. What's you po4 at? Let us know what you figure out when you do. Would be interested to see what it may be.

Thanks! Honestly not sure where my phosphate are. I'll get them checked tomorrow.