badAZZlars' 125 sps reef build (Updated FTS)

[badAZZlars]

I've started dosing prodbio reefbooster. My tank is already ulns using GFO and a fuge so I didn't think I would waste money on the other components of the system.

I am currently dosing 1 vial per week and have already done 3 doses. Things that I have noticed so far are better polyp extension in some of my corals during the day and the pieces I have that were browned out are getting some color in the tips. So far it seems like it was a good idea.

At the price I payed the cost is minimal, like $6/month based on how I am dosing it.

[badAZZlars]

Here is an updated FTS shot taken today. Not too many changes with the tank lately. A few new frags and everything is just growing now.

I started to get a bit of cyano on my sand now that I am dosing 1 vial of reef booster each week. I am going to cut it back to 1 every two weeks now that it seems to be a bit too much.


FTS March 2012 by badAZZlars, on Flickr

[Triggz]

WOW! That is some nice growth since your last FTS! Gorgeous tank man

[spawn]

Your tank is looking awesome Mike. How many ml's per gal per day r u up to?

[Delphinus]

Great FTS! Care to share any tips on how you got that? My attempts always fall flat.

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Great FTS! Care to share any tips on how you got that? My attempts always fall flat.

Believe it or not that one was taken and edited with my iphone 4s. I've found for the best white balance I shoot it at a slight downward angle so that the sensor doesn't pick up the MH bulbs. The cropping and framing really make the shots look good. I pretty much cut out everything that is outside of the rockwork/livestock. I use the app camera+ to edit the photos. I do apply one filter to the pictures called sun kissed it just brightens it up and gets rid of some of the blue. The color is pretty true to what my tank actually looks like.

I also have a canon 40d slr but the white balance on the iphone seems to work better. The canon will obviously take a higher quality picture but those pics always require quite a bit of editing to get looking right.

Here is the original pic before I edited it.


Fts by badAZZlars, on Flickr

And after editing again.


FTS March 2012 by badAZZlars, on Flickr

[krazykarl]

Your Tank looks great! Love to see how the tank changes as you progress from day one to current tank shots. Thanks for sharing.

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by spawn

Your tank is looking awesome Mike. How many ml's per gal per day r u up to?

Hey man. I just upped my dosing actually to 140ml/day. I would assume with my sump volume that I have somewhere near 120 gallons of actual water in the system so just over 1.1ml/gallon. It's been a pain lately as the dosage keeps changing. It seems every few weeks i'm bumping it up by ten ml. Hopefully it stabilizes soon, i'm getting tired of testing all the time.

[spawn]

Originally Posted by badAZZlars

Hey man. I just upped my dosing actually to 140ml/day. I would assume with my sump volume that I have somewhere near 120 gallons of actual water in the system so just over 1.1ml/gallon. It's been a pain lately as the dosage keeps changing. It seems every few weeks i'm bumping it up by ten ml. Hopefully it stabilizes soon, i'm getting tired of testing all the time.

+1 against the testing. Hopefully it balances out for you. Mine did for about a month after I took out those 2 colonies. I may have to lose a bit more. Regardless of the extra work, keep it up, again things r looking sweet Mike.

[badAZZlars]

Originally Posted by Triggz

WOW! That is some nice growth since your last FTS! Gorgeous tank man

Thanks. It's really surprising how fast sps can grow once they take off. I'll be into the pruning stage in the next few months I would imagine as some are starting to grow into each other.