Waterbox 7225 Chicago SPS Reef

[mfollen]

The carbon dosing mostly removes No3 than PO4.

PO4 has stayed consistent with waste away. I think waste away mostly prevents further build up, but most of my nutrient reduction was related to no3, not po4.

 

[mfollen]

RR Cylon Raider. Multiple polyp colors, oooooo......

 

[mfollen]

White vs blue....

Wax on:

Wax off:

 

[Espino963]

How did you determine that your floor could hold the tank? I see you’re a few floors up.

 

[mfollen]

New building!!... with thick reinforced concrete floors. Only reason why I’m here

 

[mfollen]

Chill night on the reef

 

[mfollen]

Euphyllia garden zen

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

I Just found this thread. Awesome! Your killing it. I’m putting that horrida on my list. Other than lots of fish and fendings are you using any other additives for color?

 

[mfollen]

Thanks!!

I’ve experimented with varying nutrient levels over the last year, then months ago my nitrate bottomed out due to lack of testing and use of a waste away gel pack.

Now that my nutrients have risen back up, I am seeing most acropora coloration and robustness return. Nitrate... yes corals will die without, but regardless it does seem that ULN is not the way to go for acro health.

Heavy in and heavy out is what has worked best for me. Lots of fish, lots of feedings... healthy coral. I also dose aminos and do coral broadcast feedings maybe once a week or so.

 

[mfollen]

& heres one more of the frostbite because why not

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

Keep it up as it’s working for you. I feel I need to add some more fish to my system as I’m dosing po4 and no3. I will also shut the skimmer down for a few hours per day. And possible a few more if needed. Thnx.

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

I will need a frostbite. That’s just a fuzzy pink bear of an acro.

 

[mfollen]

Yea! What a great excuse to buy more fish, right?! But it makes your life easier (less dosing) while makes nutrients more stable for coral. Fish also provide stable ammonia as well.

My skimmer turns off for 8 hours every morning. I buy the claims that we over filter and skim our tanks, throwing bacteria balance out of whack.

 

[flfish]

Sorry if I missed it but what species of anthias do you have? The pink and yellow looks great

 

[mfollen]

Bimaculatus. They’re great starter anthias, hardy, aren’t as mean to each other as lyretails and are robust eaters. Mine eat pellet & flake. PE mysis flake, TDO chromaboost & spectrum pellets.

 

[flfish]

Thanks for the info, and congrats on such a beautiful reef

 

[mfollen]

The chosen remaining tang gang, errr duo

Hybrid scopas / yellow

Hybrid powder blue / goldrim

 

[mfollen]

Tequila sunrise

 

[mfollen]

The female Latezonatus is starting to show why this clown got its other name

 

[mfollen]

Happy Friday woo