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![]() ![]() Although, I think he started using RO/DI sometime this year, but up until then it was all tap water. Not sure why John decided to start using RO since he was having such great success with tap water. |
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![]() wow that tank is pretty nice and over time those sps corals really colored up for him.
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![]() Nice looking tank Chris! Now if only my Zoas would grow like yours.
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![]() I find starting them from small colonies and allowing them to touch live rock to spread on helps. It takes a long time to grow 2 polpys into 100, but it doesnt take much time at all to grow 30 into 100. I don't feed them directly but when i feed coral frenzy and rotifers to my sps i am sure they might absorb a little. Thanks for the compliment.
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![]() I can grow SPS quite well, but these dang little polyps frustrate the heck out of me! Kinda like the time I tried to start up a planted freshwater tank...struggled with that for 2 years before I tossed in the towel!
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![]() I have started a few colonies from frag disk and i just toss some epoxy on the bottom and mount them to a flat rock. I find stability and not moving them helps a lot to increase their growth. I also tried a planted fresh water tank and i was not successful either. I didnt run co2 which i think i a must for a planted tank.
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![]() those negative pics look really cool!
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260g mixed reef, 105g sump, water blaster 7000 return, Bubble King SM 300 skimmer, Aqua Controller Jr, 4 radions, 3 Tunze 6055s,1 tunze 6065, 2 Vortech MP40s, Vortech MP20, Tunze ATO, GHL SA2 doser, 2 TLF reactors (1 carbon, 1 rowa). http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=50034 . Tank Video here http://www.vimeo.com/2304609 and here http://www.vimeo.com/16591694 |
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I was using tap water for about 10 or so months on that tank, and then someone sugguested that RODI would further improve on the water quality. I think its better to use it, my tap water was 142-145. with RO its 000 but your tank looks pretty awesome, even after a crash. So if its working for you, let it be. |
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![]() I took a few new pictures today using a borrowed DSLR camera. I had no clue what I was doing so they didn’t turn out as well as I hoped, but they are nicer then if I used my camera phone. The tank is growing rapidly so now I just have to fine tune the color of some of the sps corals which are rescues, or pale from the carbon dosing.
Just a reminder, I only use tap water in my reef and half the time I don’t even dechlorinate it if it’s top off water. FULL TANK SHOT ![]() RED PALYS ![]() STAG FOREST ![]() STAG FOREST 2 ![]() VERY FAST GROWING STAG MACRO ![]() 4 STRIPE DAMSEL ![]() GALAXY BIRDNEST ![]() FULL TANK SHOT ![]() DAMSEL AND ACRO ![]() TRICOLOR, BLUE TIPPED STAG, GREEN POCCI ![]() UNDER BLUE LIGHT ![]() ![]() TAP WATER PARADISE ![]() ![]() UNKOWN ACAN? ![]() BRANCHING HAMMER ![]() MONTIPORA DIGITATA X2 ![]() |
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![]() Wow great photos! You've got a Bangandolufsen tank going on there.
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