West Coast Reef
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MermaidTail
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you everyone for the kind words. My tank started in March 2015 with frags from my 90 that had been infected with the dreaded AEFW.
The current tank is very simple in regards to equipment. I run two gyres and two Tunzes for flow. I have a BK Mini 200 for a skimmer and a 48" ATI hybrid for my lights. I don't run any carbon or GFO. I have a TLF reactor with Biopellets but I've not noticed it being depleted at all so I will soon be taking that offline.
I do roughly 30% biweekly water changes without fail. I use baking soda to keep my alk at 8. It will drop down to 6 due to the uptake of the corals and I top it up again. Cal I keep between 370-440 and Mag is between 1320-1450. PO4 is between 0.01-0.02 and NO3 is always under o.02.
I am currently transitioning from dosing Zeovit supplements to dosing Aquaforest and am really liking the results. So far so good. More info to come as I monitor the results.
The current tank is very simple in regards to equipment. I run two gyres and two Tunzes for flow. I have a BK Mini 200 for a skimmer and a 48" ATI hybrid for my lights. I don't run any carbon or GFO. I have a TLF reactor with Biopellets but I've not noticed it being depleted at all so I will soon be taking that offline.
I do roughly 30% biweekly water changes without fail. I use baking soda to keep my alk at 8. It will drop down to 6 due to the uptake of the corals and I top it up again. Cal I keep between 370-440 and Mag is between 1320-1450. PO4 is between 0.01-0.02 and NO3 is always under o.02.
I am currently transitioning from dosing Zeovit supplements to dosing Aquaforest and am really liking the results. So far so good. More info to come as I monitor the results.
Daniel@R2R
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Stunning photos!
What great colors. And so many brightly colored multi-colored acros. Whatever you are doing, it's working well. It is an amazing tank that you have created. Just can't get over how stunning your choices have been with those pretty acros.
Fun to look at your pictures. And extremely inspiring. Keep sharing, it's a joy to follow along.
Fun to look at your pictures. And extremely inspiring. Keep sharing, it's a joy to follow along.
Somebody please help. My Blue Hippo Tang and my Bicolor Angel have white spots but my clown and damsels don't. I'm new to this and just added new Figi live branch rock the other night and tonight I added a Kenya Tree cause I am wanting more corals and reefs with my fish. What do I do?
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You need to move this to the general reef forum so more people will see it lol.
Blue hippos are notoriously ich magnets. Some fish will get it easier than others depending on health of fish. Feed food soaked in garlic extract and quarantine if possible Best of luck
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Beautiful corals you have there.
Just like almost everyone else, I also want to know more about your system if you don't mind.
So you were using a full Zeovit system with zeolite rocks inside the zeovit reactor as well?
What kind of zeovits additives were you adding to the tank?
How many pars are these corals getting?
Have you noticed if any of the zeovit additives help bring out the red color in your corals?
Thanks.
Just like almost everyone else, I also want to know more about your system if you don't mind.
So you were using a full Zeovit system with zeolite rocks inside the zeovit reactor as well?
What kind of zeovits additives were you adding to the tank?
How many pars are these corals getting?
Have you noticed if any of the zeovit additives help bring out the red color in your corals?
Thanks.
