Full Tank Shots 2013

[Bill@IA]

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[gregzz4]

Holee mackerel Bill
What are you feeding your corals, besides the steroids ?

[Bill@IA]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Holee mackerel Bill
What are you feeding your corals, besides the steroids ?

No kidding, LOL, it's insane isn't it?? I even debated taking another FTS because the growth in the last month is crazy.

I have been feeding my fish a lot and as my coral grew or paled a bit I added more fish. Once I got on a role I bumped up the lighting, the coral grew faster and I fed more or added more fish anytime I thought the coral paled a bit.
A few times I use Oyster Feast and when I thought my Alien Eye Chalice was bleaching out, 7 months ago, I added some Amino Acids. All is well now.

For 2013, I am looking to add more fish, remove all the auditioning coral on the sand bed since my rock is covered now and adding Chalice coral, in strategic spots, for more diversity.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

No kidding, LOL, it's insane isn't it?? I even debated taking another FTS because the growth in the last month is crazy.

I have been feeding my fish a lot and as my coral grew or paled a bit I added more fish. Once I got on a role I bumped up the lighting, the coral grew faster and I fed more or added more fish anytime I thought the coral paled a bit.
A few times I use Oyster Feast and when I thought my Alien Eye Chalice was bleaching out, 7 months ago, I added some Amino Acids. All is well now.

For 2013, I am looking to add more fish, remove all the auditioning coral on the sand bed since my rock is covered now and adding Chalice coral, in strategic spots, for more diversity.

So your secret is to add more fish, then feed more, then add corals, then bump the lights, then feed more, then add more fish, then add more corals, then feed more ...

Sounds like a regular reefer schedule to me

[Bill@IA]

Originally Posted by Leah

I see a new Tank of the month.

Originally Posted by gregzz4

So your secret is to add more fish, then feed more, then add corals, then bump the lights, then feed more, then add more fish, then add more corals, then feed more ...

Sounds like a regular reefer schedule to me

Thank you for the nice compliments, Leah and gregzz4.

Sure I may have over simplified my technique but that said there are no secrets either.

Once I was absolutely sure I could keep my Ca, and kH, rock solid stable and that my reef system had absolutely no Nitrate or Phosphate I located the most colourful "Aqua-Cultured" SPS frags I could find. My new Frags came from a system with similar water parameters and had grown into beauties under these aquarium conditions. Aqua-Cultured

My goal, once I added these to my system, was to do what ever I had to do to keep their colours..... that is it.

I didn't starve my reef to save my coral....I fed my reef to keep them happy. Starving them hurt the colour. As long as I had 0 Nitrate and 0 Phosphate the colour never changed one bit, and my coral grew like crazy.

Before you are the results......and to the hobbyist that I obtained my seed frags from.....Congrats on your annointment, dvanacker aka reefermadness as Reef Centrals honorary December Tank of the Month Award 2012 . A world class hobbyist with a world class aquarium.

[misty s]

Here's mine!
Feb/March 2012



Jan 2013

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

Thank you for the nice compliments, Leah and gregzz4.

Sure I may have over simplified my technique but that said there are no secrets either.

Once I was absolutely sure I could keep my Ca, and kH, rock solid stable and that my reef system had absolutely no Nitrate or Phosphate I located the most colourful "Aqua-Cultured" SPS frags I could find. My new Frags came from a system with similar water parameters and had grown into beauties under these aquarium conditions. Aqua-Cultured

My goal, once I added these to my system, was to do what ever I had to do to keep their colours..... that is it.

I didn't starve my reef to save my coral....I fed my reef to keep them happy. Starving them hurt the colour. As long as I had 0 Nitrate and 0 Phosphate the colour never changed one bit, and my coral grew like crazy.

Before you are the results......and to the hobbyist that I obtained my seed frags from.....Congrats on your annointment, dvanacker aka reefermadness as Reef Centrals honorary December Tank of the Month Award 2012 . A world class hobbyist with a world class aquarium.

Thanks Bill. Its nice that you mention me but you did all the work and it looks great. I also know you got a collection of corals in there from all over.

Its true about no special secrets or potions though....the methods are basic but hard to grasp sometimes for what ever reason (it took me a while too). I'm so glad to see fellow and local reefers achieve this kind of success and I think if we keep spreading the word about what is possible that we will see more and more.

[JTang]

Here's mine! Pic was taken a month ago. RBTA has splitted since...

[Leah]

I see a new Tank of the month.

[aqua80]

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

End of March 2011...
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Really nice !
2 questions
- what is your lighting
- when do you come to quebec city with frags