My 220 Gallon SPS Dominate Build Thread - Page 2

sahin · 04/27/2012, 05:27 AM

This is a beautiful tank with some very nice selection of corals. I notice that your coral colour is very good. In one post on the previous page you mentioned that you thought you bleached one coral, but later reliased that you starved it. What steps did you take to "feed" this coral? Any specific products/foods dosed? I have one or two pale corals and would like to feed my corals a bit more but not sure what would be suitable and direct.I have a 47G tank, so with small fishes I can only feed so much to get fish poop which most people say is the best coral food. Many thanks for your advice/thoughts.

Bill@IA · 04/27/2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by sahin

This is a beautiful tank with some very nice selection of corals. I notice that your coral colour is very good. In one post on the previous page you mentioned that you thought you bleached one coral, but later reliased that you starved it. What steps did you take to "feed" this coral? Any specific products/foods dosed? I have one or two pale corals and would like to feed my corals a bit more but not sure what would be suitable and direct.I have a 47G tank, so with small fishes I can only feed so much to get fish poop which most people say is the best coral food. Many thanks for your advice/thoughts.

Thank you sahin, I am following your new thread with great interest as well.

I have attached 3 photos I took of one of my Montipora. The first photo shows it's colour before my system went to ULNS, the second shows it a week after it bleached out and on the road to recovery and the third is how it looks today. As you can see it has almost recovered.

The steps to recovery were as follows:

I stopped using Prodibio BioDigest and BioPTim
Fed my fish ONLY PE Mysis
Added Aquavitro FUEL
Fed my reef Reed Maricultures Oyster Feast twice per week

Good Luck with yours and I look forward to watching your progression unfold here.

Cheers!

sahin · 04/27/2012, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill@IA

Thank you sahin, I am following your new thread with great interest as well.

I have attached 3 photos I took of one of my Montipora. The first photo shows it's colour before my system went to ULNS, the second shows it a week after it bleached out and on the road to recovery and the third is how it looks today. As you can see it has almost recovered.

The steps to recovery were as follows:

I stopped using Prodibio BioDigest and BioPTim
Fed my fish ONLY PE Mysis
Added Aquavitro FUEL
Fed my reef Reed Maricultures Oyster Feast twice per week

Good Luck with yours and I look forward to watching your progression unfold here.

Cheers!

Many thanks for taking the time and for posting those photos. I will try and pickup some SPS coral food.

Acronic · 04/27/2012, 03:02 PM

Awesome collection. I love the hutchi anthia! one of my fav anthias

Bill@IA · 06/15/2012, 07:15 PM

Thank you Jordan, aka jroovers, for taking these terrific photos of my 220 gallon aquarium's progress.

Bill@IA · 06/15/2012, 07:19 PM

Moving around the aquarium from top to the right, around and along the bottom

Bill@IA · 06/15/2012, 07:25 PM

.......a few more.

Thank you again, Jordan.

teebone110 · 06/15/2012, 08:59 PM

Looks just as good in person! I think you have things dialed in perfectly.

Awesome pics!

dvanacker · 06/16/2012, 06:45 AM

Wow....great shots....great tank. Jordan has become a pro at that camera.

jroovers · 06/16/2012, 06:49 AM

Wish that were true Darryl, have lots to learn. Here is a FTS that might look a bit bigger:

Your tank is coming along, that is for sure, the colours look terrific.

Bill@IA · 12/09/2012, 05:47 AM

Here is another Full Tank Shot taken Dec. 8th. 2012.

Changes made since May 2012...

Upgraded 8 x 54w ATI T5 fixture to a 8 x 80w ATI T5 fixture. Coral were growing far faster on the right side 4 feet of the aquarium. I experimented with 2 foot Giesemann infiniti and LEDs on the left but couldn't match the PAR or Colour performance I was getting on the right.

Removed Wavebox.

Bill@IA · 12/09/2012, 05:49 AM

Side Shots......

(Taken with Nikon Point and Shoot)

DopeCantWin · 12/09/2012, 09:16 AM

I'm doing a 210 build, out of curiosity, what Skimmer are you using?

Acronic · 12/09/2012, 12:10 PM

WoW Its looking real nice

REEF SMAC · 12/09/2012, 02:21 PM

Stuff looks great! You're getting some amazing growth.

dvanacker · 12/09/2012, 09:39 PM

growth is looking great for sure as is the tank! I saw it in person recently and it is really coming along.

davesolo29 · 12/09/2012, 10:53 PM

Tank is looking great Bill.
Any particular reason for taking the wavebox offline?

Which LEDs were you experimenting with? What was the difference in PAR readings?

clowndude · 12/09/2012, 11:22 PM

Tank looks really good Bill. I see a future TOTM in the makings here. Keep up the great work. BTW can u send me some of that Canadian water? Now I'm convinced there is something magical in that water.

sahin · 12/10/2012, 01:43 AM

Wow wow wow! This looks so nice! For sure this is a TOTM candidate.

Bill@IA · 12/10/2012, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DopeCantWin

I'm doing a 210 build, out of curiosity, what Skimmer are you using?

I am using a Marine Sources Red Devil RDC1600.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acronic

WoW Its looking real nice

Thank you.

Bill@IA · 12/10/2012, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by REEF SMAC

Stuff looks great! You're getting some amazing growth.

Thank you.

Here are a couple of progression shots I took of some of the frags I started with. The growth was recorded between Feb. 4 and Oct. 20th.

Bill@IA · 12/10/2012, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dvanacker

growth is looking great for sure as is the tank! I saw it in person recently and it is really coming along.

Thank you Darryl. It really has come a long way hasn't it??

I remember taking all of the rock out and cutting off the Pom Pom Xenia...

and starting with a clean slate end of March 2011.

Bill@IA · 12/10/2012, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davesolo29

Tank is looking great Bill.
Any particular reason for taking the wavebox offline?

Which LEDs were you experimenting with? What was the difference in PAR readings?

I loved my TUNZE Wavebox but I wanted more direct water flow coming in from each side of the tank to create more vigorous random movement.

Starting with the Giesemann 24" infiniti the most PAR I could get was 540 AWL. I took it off and tried a few different LED modules. I got the PAR but I couldn't get the coverage I wanted from just one module so I decided just to get the longer ATI fixture.

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Originally Posted by clowndude

Tank looks really good Bill. I see a future TOTM in the makings here. Keep up the great work. BTW can u send me some of that Canadian water? Now I'm convinced there is something magical in that water.

WOW Thank you for that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sahin

Wow wow wow! This looks so nice! For sure this is a TOTM candidate.

Thank you

rowdy29can · 12/10/2012, 07:21 AM

Awesome Bill! Looks fantastic! But I think you know that already! Just drooling over those rare SPS's you have in your collection! One day??? Cheers!

jroovers · 12/10/2012, 08:33 AM

Looking awesome Bill! You've really turned the corner in the last couple months with growth and colour.

04/27/2012, 03:02 PM	#29
Acronic The Fifth Master Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,813	Awesome collection. I love the hutchi anthia! one of my fav anthias __________________ Kevin I have lost all concept of reality and live in an SPS world now.

06/16/2012, 06:45 AM	#34
dvanacker DID I SOUNDS SMRT?? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ontario, CAN Posts: 3,690	Wow....great shots....great tank. Jordan has become a pro at that camera. __________________ --DARRYL-- Current Tank Info: 200g SPS dominant Mixed Reef

06/16/2012, 06:49 AM	#35
jroovers Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,555	Wish that were true Darryl, have lots to learn. Here is a FTS that might look a bit bigger: Your tank is coming along, that is for sure, the colours look terrific. __________________ 45 Gallon Shallow Aquacultured SPS Reef

12/09/2012, 12:10 PM	#39
Acronic The Fifth Master Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,813	WoW Its looking real nice __________________ Kevin I have lost all concept of reality and live in an SPS world now.

12/09/2012, 09:39 PM	#41
dvanacker DID I SOUNDS SMRT?? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ontario, CAN Posts: 3,690	growth is looking great for sure as is the tank! I saw it in person recently and it is really coming along. __________________ --DARRYL-- Current Tank Info: 200g SPS dominant Mixed Reef

04/27/2012, 05:27 AM	#26
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	This is a beautiful tank with some very nice selection of corals. I notice that your coral colour is very good. In one post on the previous page you mentioned that you thought you bleached one coral, but later reliased that you starved it. What steps did you take to "feed" this coral? Any specific products/foods dosed? I have one or two pale corals and would like to feed my corals a bit more but not sure what would be suitable and direct.I have a 47G tank, so with small fishes I can only feed so much to get fish poop which most people say is the best coral food. Many thanks for your advice/thoughts.

06/15/2012, 08:59 PM	#33
teebone110 Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 200	Looks just as good in person! I think you have things dialed in perfectly. Awesome pics!

12/09/2012, 05:47 AM	#36
Bill@IA Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, ON. Canada Posts: 193	Here is another Full Tank Shot taken Dec. 8th. 2012. Changes made since May 2012... Upgraded 8 x 54w ATI T5 fixture to a 8 x 80w ATI T5 fixture. Coral were growing far faster on the right side 4 feet of the aquarium. I experimented with 2 foot Giesemann infiniti and LEDs on the left but couldn't match the PAR or Colour performance I was getting on the right. Removed Wavebox.

12/09/2012, 05:49 AM	#37
Bill@IA Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, ON. Canada Posts: 193	Side Shots...... (Taken with Nikon Point and Shoot)

12/09/2012, 09:16 AM	#38
DopeCantWin Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Buffalo Grove Posts: 2,193	I'm doing a 210 build, out of curiosity, what Skimmer are you using?

12/09/2012, 02:21 PM	#40
REEF SMAC Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Salinas CA Posts: 875	Stuff looks great! You're getting some amazing growth.

12/09/2012, 10:53 PM	#42
davesolo29 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 107	Tank is looking great Bill. Any particular reason for taking the wavebox offline? Which LEDs were you experimenting with? What was the difference in PAR readings?

12/09/2012, 11:22 PM	#43
clowndude Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 760	Tank looks really good Bill. I see a future TOTM in the makings here. Keep up the great work. BTW can u send me some of that Canadian water? Now I'm convinced there is something magical in that water.

12/10/2012, 01:43 AM	#44
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	Wow wow wow! This looks so nice! For sure this is a TOTM candidate.

12/10/2012, 07:21 AM	#49
rowdy29can Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 125	Awesome Bill! Looks fantastic! But I think you know that already! Just drooling over those rare SPS's you have in your collection! One day??? Cheers! __________________ Custom 48 x 30 x 20 Starphire tank peninsula. SPS's dominant. http://www.thiscoralreef.tumblr.com/ Current Tank Info: 120g Custom Starphire tank sps's

12/10/2012, 08:33 AM	#50
jroovers Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,555	Looking awesome Bill! You've really turned the corner in the last couple months with growth and colour. __________________ 45 Gallon Shallow Aquacultured SPS Reef