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Cody Ray
11/27/2006, 09:26 PM
Just wanting to get a feel for what percentage of nano reefers keep SPS corals in their aquariums. Pictures would be nice too :D

herostar
11/27/2006, 11:07 PM
No pics ight now (maybe tomorrow or later tonight), but I've got a nice piece of a montipora digitata in my 10g w/ 80w pc. It's been in there for about 6 weeks. At first it started to brown up a little, but in the last week it's regained it's purple back and is slowly growing. Probably had a bit of a shock going from mh to my pc, but I keep it high in the tank w/ lots of flow and it seems to be happy. The polyps extend all the time and it looks very healthy.

brandonlai
11/28/2006, 12:10 AM
I just started keeping SPS in my nanocube (modified lighting and stuff of course) and so far they seem to be doing ok.

Ill post pics up when i find my camera...

JeffReef
11/28/2006, 12:28 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8632920#post8632920 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by herostar
No pics ight now (maybe tomorrow or later tonight), but I've got a nice piece of a montipora digitata in my 10g w/ 80w pc. It's been in there for about 6 weeks. At first it started to brown up a little, but in the last week it's regained it's purple back and is slowly growing. Probably had a bit of a shock going from mh to my pc, but I keep it high in the tank w/ lots of flow and it seems to be happy. The polyps extend all the time and it looks very healthy.

Pardon me for inquiring on this thread. But could you please give us your maintenance/feeding regimen on this 10g nano. I'm just interested because you're keeping sps under pc lighting. One of my lfs has a 20g tank with some sps that he successfully keeps under 130w of pc. His only maintenance is a 5g water change each week- no protein skimmer.

GSMguy
11/28/2006, 12:51 AM
i keep pociliporia under 135watt power compacts in my 20l doesnt do as well as the peice under 175watt halide

ezcompany
11/28/2006, 01:29 AM
24 gallon aquapod with sunpod 150 hqi.
montis, acros, millies, torts, 3 clams, you name it i have it :D

herostar
11/28/2006, 04:59 AM
Here is the digitata at night tonight on the left side of my tank. I don't have moonlights but I let the refugium light spill over into the tank for the picture... I also have an encrusting monti that came on one of my liverocks, a hodag's frag that I got free and am trying, and a green w/ purple rim monti cap that's growing.

This shows after about 6 weeks of being in my tank. Many tips have grown 1/4 of an inch, and there are quite a few new tips starting to branch off.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/131196Left_Top_1.jpg

For the past three months I have been running a 10g w/ an AC70 used as a fuge and filter. It's got a little pad w/ carbon and floss (generic from a local store) replacing the stock "guts" and then a big ball of cheato on top lit by a galaxy palm light on a reverse cycle of my orbit fixture. Water movement done by filter, set all the way low, and a mini-jet 606 powerhead on about 2/3 flow. No protein skimmer at this point.

Water changes are about 2-2.5 gallons per week. I don't dose anything. I use RO/DI topoff as needed. For feeding I feed my clown and fire shrimp every day with freeze-dried food, and the whole tank gets fed every 5 days with a mix of cyclop-eze and dt's phytoplankton.

herostar
11/28/2006, 05:36 AM
This is a monti plate a local threw in when I bought some other stuff from him. I was careful to let it just sit after the first time I placed it (unlike most of my other corals) and this shows growth after about one month. The original size was where you can see the little ridge about 3/8 of an inch in from all the way around the edge. Color has lightened some, but is coming back well (obviously due to the switch from MH to the bottom of a tank w/ PC's).

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/131196mini-Monti_Plate_002.jpg

DarkXerox
11/28/2006, 07:30 AM
:wave:

I do! Check my "red house" for info and stuff.

Although if you want a percentage, you might want to set up a poll :rolleyes: . Are you planning on setting an SPS tank up?

Hey herostar, nice Tyree toadstool!

herostar
11/28/2006, 10:49 AM
Thanks!

acrodave
11/28/2006, 12:15 PM
http://reefchttp://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/14001112.jpg entral.com/gallery/data/500/14001110.jpg

acrodave
11/28/2006, 12:16 PM
lookin my gallery for more pics 25 gal sps

ray22
11/28/2006, 06:46 PM
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g211/polishman_2006/100_0561.jpg

Cody Ray
11/28/2006, 11:10 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8634042#post8634042 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DarkXerox
:wave:

I do! Check my "red house" for info and stuff.

Although if you want a percentage, you might want to set up a poll :rolleyes: . Are you planning on setting an SPS tank up?

Hey herostar, nice Tyree toadstool!

Well I had a 29g going however the UV shield on my fixture slipped out and radiated EVERYTHING! Starting over from scratch.

oogie
11/29/2006, 09:39 AM
Oceanic 30G cube...

Sump with H&S Skimmer, OM Squirt, 250W DE with PC actinic.

http://www.oogie.net/oogie_cube/fts08.jpg

Thanks

Victoria
11/29/2006, 03:32 PM
My tankhttp://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e284/VICTORIARAW/Nov2906cubetank007.jpg
Victoria:cool:

acrodave
11/29/2006, 03:38 PM
victoria i dig it the most

Victoria
11/29/2006, 03:42 PM
Thanks Dave
It just a simple system , no sump, not drilled.

Cody Ray
11/30/2006, 10:21 PM
Victoria could u tell me what MH bulb u are using along with the 2x65w actinics?

Victoria
12/01/2006, 12:09 AM
Sure chinchek I use a 10k 150 w and the actinics are o3 The very blue ones. This blub combination give a very bright white look.
Victoria

Victoria
12/01/2006, 12:10 AM
PS: I will be moving to Camp Verde in about a year and hope to come to your reefing club.

Cody Ray
12/01/2006, 12:33 AM
That is giving u some awesome coloration! We have several great clubs and I am sure u will enjoy them!

vdubfiend
12/01/2006, 01:42 AM
beautiful tank shots victoria :cool:

louist
12/01/2006, 08:17 AM
I do:

10g, no sump, no skimmer, just a very simple setup.

For more info read this thread:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=976028

http://www.zengalleria.com/images/aquarium/CRW_2575.jpg

Paladin
12/01/2006, 10:02 AM
Victoria, just wondering if you drip kalk or use some type of Ca reactor--otherwise, how do you handle your Ca?--as I'm sure your tank demands a high amount of it.

Cody Ray
12/01/2006, 01:59 PM
louist thoughs are some awesome zoos u have there!

DarkXerox
12/03/2006, 09:33 AM
Man that is the trifecta of the top SPS nanos out there right now. I hope I can move into it when I get back to the US!

Victoria: yeah I have the same question as paladin. I use the balling method (kind of) with the Randy Holmes Farley 2 part method.

Victoria
12/03/2006, 02:25 PM
Paladin
I dose a two part additive with a dosing pump. And yes the demand is high.
Victoria

DarkXerox
12/04/2006, 10:05 AM
ok dosing pump is next on my list haha. What brand are you using? or are you using one of those reconditioned paristaltic hospital IV units?

JGross4
12/05/2006, 07:43 PM
i've got 2 small acro frags in my 36 gallon, have been doing fine, i just do 5 gallon water changes once a week to replace trace elements. i cant tell if they are growing or not though.

fishfanatic06
12/05/2006, 08:39 PM
I have a 29 gallon sps/ mix. The sps thrive. The lighting is a 175 14,000k watt metal halide. I feed them zooplankton once every night. And I add Randy Holmes Farley's two part additive daily. I keep mostly acropora (purple bonsai, tricolor, green slimer, blue milli etc....) They all do fine. I believe that lighting is not the most important thing with sps though. I think chemistry is #1, flow is #2, and lighting is #3. This is just what I have found to work.

Victoria
12/06/2006, 12:15 PM
That's what I like about this hobby. We all can do something different and get good results. You just have to try things until you find what works for you.
Victoria

duec22
12/06/2006, 02:14 PM
I've got a couple pieces of SPS I keep in my 29gal...
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k62/duec22/reef/ft1106.jpg