60 Gallon - New To Reefs

[monkE]

Update time! So it's not all roses in the tank, I've lost my flowerpot recently... no idea what happened, just melted away a couple days ago.. took about 2 days and it was gone! from what i read it seems that they do that inexplicably in captivity sometimes. If anyone has any ideas of something specific i should check then please let me know.

Here's my specs tested right after i removed the flowerpot
MG - 950 ppm - LOW
PO4 - 0
CA - 650! way high
Salinity - 1.026
PH - 8.1
Alk. 4 meq/L

I've been dosing AquaVita calcium and magnesium but I haven't been consistant enough with the dosages so that is why those specs are so far out. I suppose that could have been the reason for the flowerpot's demise.

Well I have been trying unsuccessfully to get some decent night pictures of the tank with my Nikon SLR - but I'm far from a pro star photographer. It's so frustrating seeing some of the canreef threads where guys have spectcular night pics of their corals glowing. Tonight by pure accident I've found the best settings that i've used so far. Have a look. If anyone knows photography please let me know what i can adjust to bring a little more colour out without over exposing the shot.












Not a pro-star photographer, but I do know how to make a watermark! lol