100G SPS Reef - Where do I go from here? - Page 2

Patrick Cox · 09/08/2018, 01:07 PM

Hello,
Well, I thought I would add an update. Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to add more fish to my tank. I did setup a 20G QT but for various reasons (travel mainly) I have not had the 4-6 weeks at home to maintain fish in QT. I am feeding a mix of frozen food to my current fish daily and I am adding dried seaweed 2-3 days per week as well. Colors are still mixed but I am getting crazy growth right now.

Last week I luckily checked my alk for the first time in a couple weeks and I found it to be 6.5 (down from the 7.5-8.0 that I had been running.) So I started adding Alk and increasing my daily dosing and I could not get it to recover and hold. I think I am finally getting close and my daily dosing is all now up to 50ml from 35ml.

I also found that my MG was low so I brought that back up to about 1350.

I will try to get some closeups later for comparisons to April but here is a FTS...

Thanks for following along!

reefmutt · 09/08/2018, 04:44 PM

Looking really good!

Wandering · 09/09/2018, 07:46 AM

Agree it looks sweet! In a year you'll have some incredible height and branching if you keep it stable

Patrick Cox · 01/20/2019, 04:04 PM

Thought I would post a new year update. Tank is doing well. I had two mishaps back in December. I let my dosing containers run out and my Alk dropped to 6.6 where it had been running about 8.5. And then I had a salinity spike and I still don't know how that happened. Maybe from my water change but I only change about 9%. But anyway salinity jumped to 1.029 from 1.025/1.026. Really the only casualty has been my green slimer in the back left of the FTS. It has a branch that has lost its coloration. The polyps are still there but not much color. I have had a bad experience with another green slimer in the past. For some reason they seem to be less tolerant of water quality issues than most of my other corals. So we will see if I lose it. Other than that I have had good growth and tank is doing pretty well. I am having to do some pruning on the Montipora Digitata and then one of my acros was growing in a strange direction so I trimmed a branch there.

I also just added a new fish. Flame hawkfish. I really like this fish but at first I was worried because he was getting into it with my clownfish pair. So I ended up moving the clownfish pair to the other end of the tank and that seems to have solved the issue for now. We will see. The hawkfish loves that montipora.

FTS and a pic of the hawkfish...

At some point I will take some coral closeups. I have just been busy.

Thanks for following!

reefmutt · 01/20/2019, 05:39 PM

Still looks like things have grown a bit.
Love the flame hawk.
And I really like your clam.

moga · 01/24/2019, 11:56 AM

I would re-arrange the rocks in two islands style.. so that sps can grow..

your tank looks great!!!

Patrick Cox · 01/24/2019, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moga

I would re-arrange the rocks in two islands style.. so that sps can grow..

your tank looks great!!!

Thanks for posting. Why do you say re-arranging the rock in two islands will allow more growth?

Bugsy_Barboza · 01/25/2019, 09:03 AM

So the tank is nearly 3 years old? Did the LR come with coralline on it? My current tank is almost a year old and I have possibly double on my glass, powerheads, etc.... My rocks are covered in green coralline, only purple dots all over them. Tank looks great though. Any pics of what's below?

moga · 01/25/2019, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Cox

Thanks for posting. Why do you say re-arranging the rock in two islands will allow more growth?

OH I thought islands will give you more dimension than what you have now..

Patrick Cox · 04/13/2019, 11:23 AM

3 Month update... Getting lots of growth and corals all look healthy. For some reason my Foxface died. Not sure why. I am worried I am not feeding enough for him so I will keep an eye on that next time. I am planning to replace him next week. Thanks for tagging along!

09/08/2018, 01:07 PM	#26
Patrick Cox Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 1,697	Hello, Well, I thought I would add an update. Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to add more fish to my tank. I did setup a 20G QT but for various reasons (travel mainly) I have not had the 4-6 weeks at home to maintain fish in QT. I am feeding a mix of frozen food to my current fish daily and I am adding dried seaweed 2-3 days per week as well. Colors are still mixed but I am getting crazy growth right now. Last week I luckily checked my alk for the first time in a couple weeks and I found it to be 6.5 (down from the 7.5-8.0 that I had been running.) So I started adding Alk and increasing my daily dosing and I could not get it to recover and hold. I think I am finally getting close and my daily dosing is all now up to 50ml from 35ml. I also found that my MG was low so I brought that back up to about 1350. I will try to get some closeups later for comparisons to April but here is a FTS... Thanks for following along! __________________ 100G Fairly New Aspiring SPS/Mixed Reef - 48" x 24" x 20"

09/08/2018, 04:44 PM	#27
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Looking really good! __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

01/20/2019, 04:04 PM	#29
Patrick Cox Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 1,697	Thought I would post a new year update. Tank is doing well. I had two mishaps back in December. I let my dosing containers run out and my Alk dropped to 6.6 where it had been running about 8.5. And then I had a salinity spike and I still don't know how that happened. Maybe from my water change but I only change about 9%. But anyway salinity jumped to 1.029 from 1.025/1.026. Really the only casualty has been my green slimer in the back left of the FTS. It has a branch that has lost its coloration. The polyps are still there but not much color. I have had a bad experience with another green slimer in the past. For some reason they seem to be less tolerant of water quality issues than most of my other corals. So we will see if I lose it. Other than that I have had good growth and tank is doing pretty well. I am having to do some pruning on the Montipora Digitata and then one of my acros was growing in a strange direction so I trimmed a branch there. I also just added a new fish. Flame hawkfish. I really like this fish but at first I was worried because he was getting into it with my clownfish pair. So I ended up moving the clownfish pair to the other end of the tank and that seems to have solved the issue for now. We will see. The hawkfish loves that montipora. FTS and a pic of the hawkfish... At some point I will take some coral closeups. I have just been busy. Thanks for following! __________________ 100G Fairly New Aspiring SPS/Mixed Reef - 48" x 24" x 20"

01/20/2019, 05:39 PM	#30
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Still looks like things have grown a bit. Love the flame hawk. And I really like your clam. __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

01/24/2019, 11:56 AM	#31
moga Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,223	I would re-arrange the rocks in two islands style.. so that sps can grow.. your tank looks great!!! __________________ Since 2001, 30x30x20 cube with GHL LED Mitras LED lighting tank. No sump is good tank~

09/09/2018, 07:46 AM	#28
Wandering Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 54	Agree it looks sweet! In a year you'll have some incredible height and branching if you keep it stable

01/25/2019, 09:03 AM	#33
Bugsy_Barboza Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Nashville,TN Posts: 51	So the tank is nearly 3 years old? Did the LR come with coralline on it? My current tank is almost a year old and I have possibly double on my glass, powerheads, etc.... My rocks are covered in green coralline, only purple dots all over them. Tank looks great though. Any pics of what's below?

04/13/2019, 11:23 AM	#35
Patrick Cox Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 1,697	3 Month update... Getting lots of growth and corals all look healthy. For some reason my Foxface died. Not sure why. I am worried I am not feeding enough for him so I will keep an eye on that next time. I am planning to replace him next week. Thanks for tagging along! __________________ 100G Fairly New Aspiring SPS/Mixed Reef - 48" x 24" x 20"