spspirates 150 gallon build

spspirate · Jun 13, 2015

Oregon Tort

spspirate · Jun 13, 2015

Oscaror · Jun 13, 2015

I finally got my shortcake colouring up, felt pretty proud until you had to come along and update this thread

kschweer · Jun 13, 2015

Great growth! Loving the Hawkins

spspirate · Jun 13, 2015

Oscaror said:
I finally got my shortcake colouring up, felt pretty proud until you had to come along and update this thread

I have too frags of it. The Original Unique and a wild piece. Still working on both of them..Ha! Chin up! I still have a lot of work to do!

spspirate · Jun 13, 2015

kschweer said:
Great growth! Loving the Hawkins

Thanks! I'm super stoked I'm pulling out the purple tips!

prsnlty · Jun 15, 2015

spspirate said:
Update shots of some of the corals coloring up in the reef. Been feeding the heck out of these guys!

Hawkins

They all look fantastic Andy, wow! What do you feed them?

spspirate · Jun 15, 2015

Thanks guys! Feeding PE Mysis and Cobolts Coral food.

Deep_Six Corals · Jun 15, 2015

That light you run is phenomenal. Great tank and corals look happy!

spspirate · Jun 15, 2015

Miami_reefer said:
That light you run is phenomenal. Great tank and corals look happy!

Thanks!! I was torn between light fixtures at the time and didn't know that Reef Brite made a 3 foot model. I love it. Im a sucker for the shimmer and realness the halide gives plus the added bonus of Reef Brite blue LED'S. They both compliment each other when both are on and when the halides go off it's "pop" city in the reef tank!

spspirate · Jun 17, 2015

Update on the reef. Lately here I've been dosing potassium using Red Sea's product. Also I have stopped using B-Ionic and started using Tropic Marin Bio-Calcium. Doing weekly water changes using Red Sea Pro.

Aleks · Jun 17, 2015

This is a great choice.

echopiece · Jun 17, 2015

Awesome tank, and your corals look sweet! Is that Tropic Marin Bio-Calcium a calcium and alkalinity combo deal? Or are you still dosing alk separately?

spspirate · Jun 17, 2015

Aleks said:
This is a great choice.

Thanks Aleks.

spspirate · Jun 17, 2015

echopiece said:
Awesome tank, and your corals look sweet! Is that Tropic Marin Bio-Calcium a calcium and alkalinity combo deal? Or are you still dosing alk separately?

Thank you! Yes it's a combo so when I dose I keep an eye more so on my dKH than calcium.

Deep_Six Corals · Jun 17, 2015

How much water do you change weekly? I use the same salt and find that I get a swing In alk. It's an amazing salt, but I may change to the red Sea blue bucket for stability

spspirate · Jun 17, 2015

Miami_reefer said:
How much water do you change weekly? I use the same salt and find that I get a swing In alk. It's an amazing salt, but I may change to the red Sea blue bucket for stability

I only do a 10% so 15 gallons. I'm also keeping my dKH between 9-10.

Deep_Six Corals · Jun 17, 2015

Ok. I see how you shouldn't have a problem. I run my alk at 8-8.5 I've seen the salt mix to 13 sometimes so It shoots up to 9.5 or more. I do 20% every 2 weeks. I suppose I could do weekly 10 but that's more work.

spspirate · Jun 17, 2015

Yea try bumping your dKH to 9-9.5 and see what happens. Yes Red Sea Pro has a spike in alkalinity

HowUDoin · Jun 17, 2015

Took me a while but I got thru this build thread, I enjoyed it. As someone with 5 empty fish tanks and an empty stock tank for about 6 months, I applaud your patience

Nice job on the stand, really like your sump, and can say the same for the light. Looking forward to seeing your tank mature.