Chris' 50G SPS and Zoanthid Dominated Reef.. NEW PICS NOV 15th

[chris88]

Just wanted to make a quick update. The growth has really started to take off again. My dkh is droping 1.5 per day which is annoying to dose but a good sign for the corals. I also stopped dosing vinegar (carbon) Because it was causing some corals to go pale. I will take some more pictures over christmas.

[BlueTang<3]

Are you dosing any other products?

[chris88]

Yes i dose brightwells potassium, iron, idodie, and a product called coral kolor. I don't know how well there working or if one or the other is making the different but growth is very fast and colors has imporved on most sps. I also dose mag chorlide.

[chris88]

It has been a few months since I have updated this thread but I took a couple of quick pictures with a cheap digital camera to show some progress. I had to get rid of a few corals to make room for the growth I have been getting. Also I have begun dosing a few zeovit products and they have been helping a bit with color.
I still have never done a water change on this tank and do not plan on doing one unless the corals show some sign of stress. I do dose a lot and test often but other than that I just let nature take its course. I think you will eb able to notice some big growth from the last pics even though I have fragged mostly every coral in there.
Enjoy!

[Madreefer]

Nice tank! No water changes and using tap water. I'm jealous. Good job.

[chris88]

Thanks! Yeah just plain ol tap water lol. If i had an ro unit set up in my house i would use it for top off but i am way to lazy to truck back in forth filling up water from the grocery store.

[Carrera75]

Super awesome looking tank man and the growth in there is amazing. When was the last time you did a water change? I was doing water changes every 6 months or so but I now do them once a month just to mix things up a bit. My corals do very well and there is great growth too.

I used to use tap water for a few years too but have been getting water from Safeway for the last couple of years. Everything did well but there used to be some diatoms on the sand. They went away as soon as I started using water from Safeway. By the way, I have the same size tank but don't run a skimmer and I use MH+T5 combo instead of just T5s.

Cheers