25g SPS (too many pics...is that possible?)

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 03:17 PM

Hi all! I posted about this tank a few months ago, and never found the time to take all the pics.

After a fatal move, I decided to start this tank back up in November '07; it has been primarily devoted to SPS corals. Here is an extensive list of corals and inverts.

SPS:
Blue Mill
Green Mill
Pink Mill
Hot Pink Mill
Pink Mill w/ purple tips
Orange Cap
Purple Cap
Green Cap
Brown Cap
Blue Tri
FS Tri
Yellow Scroll
Blue Tort
Blue tipped Stag
Elk Horn
Green Acro
Yellow Acro
Teal Acro
Purple Digi
Green Digi
Yellow/Green Acro
Probably more that I'm forgetting...

Softies:
Toadstool
10 zoa. species
3 mushroom species
star polyps
Orange Yumma

LPS:
Green Plate

Clams:
T. Maxima
T. Crocea

Pics to come...

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 03:24 PM

All corals are showing considerable growth. I am dosing with Kalkwasser, TM calcium, mag, and strontium along w/ TM lugol's. I run a 14k 150w Phoenix bulb in a ReefOptix 3 pendant driven by a Blue Wave 3 ballast; I also run an SV2 skimmer. Flow is provided by 2 Koralia Nano's, 1 Koralia 4, and a Mag3 return pump.

Most pictures are focused on the SPS corals. Here they are:

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 03:29 PM

Blue tipped Acro (above cap)

Blue Tri.

Green Digi.

Green tipped Acro.

Hot Pink Mill.

Green Cap.

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 03:33 PM

Orange Cap.

Blue Mill.

Blue tipped Stag?

Purple Cap.

Pink Birdnest

Fish Safari Tri.

Yellow Acro.

cdan · 03/29/2008, 03:35 PM

Lovely colours and nice coral selection well done and keep up the good work. Any chance of a FTS?
Cheers Chris

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 03:36 PM

Yellow Scroll.

Blue Tort.

Green Mill.

Pink Mill.

T. Crocea Clam.

Elkhorn.

Orange Yumma.

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 03:41 PM

Green Birdnest.

Purple Digi. and Brown Cap.

Dark Teal Acro.

Tank Shot 1:

Tank Shot 2:

Tank Shot 3:

I apologize for any wrong ID's. Questions and comments are welcome. Hope you all enjoyed.

BLKTANG · 03/29/2008, 04:01 PM

Very nice.

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 06:20 PM

Chris: Thanks! Sorry, I didn't notice that you had replied; I just kept posting pics. Obviously, most are frags; many were given to me by fellow reef keepers.

BLKTANG: Thanks! Great avatar; love the clam!

-=Efrain=- · 03/29/2008, 07:35 PM

What can you attribute your great PE to? I have never seen my orange cap with PE like yours.. Great job..

BADGUS · 03/29/2008, 07:50 PM

Nice variety,excuse my question but what is PE?

-=Efrain=- · 03/29/2008, 08:14 PM

Badgus - Polyp Extension..
But from what I can see you don't have any fish in any of the photos..

BADGUS · 03/29/2008, 08:46 PM

Ok,thanks..

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 08:57 PM

Efrain and BADGUS: Thank you for the compliments.

Efrain: I honestly don't know what I can attribute the polyp extension to. I don't think I do anything out of the ordinary. I feed pretty regularly with DT's and Cyclopeeze. I keep Ca+ at 440ppm, Mg at ~1400ppm, and Alk at 9-10 dKH (I keep a small window on this to minimize fluctuation and give me more buffer).

As for the fish, I have one Six-line Wrasse that is a bully. Since the tank is shallow, it tends to cause other fish to actually jump. I've seriously watched him do it to a percula. I've been thinking about putting a small group of chromis in there to help neutralize the situation. I really do think fish waste will help feed the corals as well. Thanks again.

ooja3k · 03/29/2008, 09:47 PM

Wow! Thats an amazing looking tank!

How old is the tank may I ask?

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 09:49 PM

Thanks ooja3k.

It's been setup since Nov. '07...not even 6 months.

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 10:06 PM

Just to spice things up, I think I'll post some growth rate shots. Here are some before and after pics:

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 10:14 PM

Dec. '07

March '08

Dec. '07

March '08

Dec. '07

March '08

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 10:16 PM

Dec. '07

March '08

Nov. '07

March '08

Most are at different angles than each other, but you get the point. I love looking at these kinds of pics.

kaserpick · 03/29/2008, 10:35 PM

Efrain: I should have also added that I have quite a bit of flow. The tank holds 30 gallons total and 25g in the display, but I estimate that it only holds 25g totals due to the displacement of the LR. Between all of the pumps and powerheads, I believe I have about 1900 gph flow in the tank. Therefore:

Using 25 total gal., I have 76x the turn over rate.
Using 30 total gal. (just to be conservative on flow rating), I have just shy of 64x the turn over rate.

I found that when I added the high flow with the Koralia 4 that my corals colored up a bit and extended the polyps a little more as well. As a side note, it took me a while to find the right angle with that PH; you can see that the sand won't stay on one end of the tank.

mile sq. reefer · 03/30/2008, 12:38 AM

Great corals and pics but you left them little room to grow and fill in the tank. You will be constantly fragging them with these growth rates. The question is not with the number of pics but number of corals. JMO. By the way my Fav is the Purple Digitata.

mile sq. reefer · 03/30/2008, 01:40 AM

I see a large tank upgrade in your near future. Good Luck.

kev apsley · 03/30/2008, 07:37 AM

from one small tank owner to another Congrats! Looks awesome!

kaserpick · 03/30/2008, 09:01 AM

Mile sq. reefer and Kev Apsley: thanks for the compliments!

Mile Sq. Reefer: Tell me about it! When I originally started to set the tank up, I wanted no more than a dozen. Through the past months, fellow reef keepers have just been giving me corals...I guess to help give me a new start. I had a hard time refusing them.

My plans are to upgrade to at least a 65g with Overflow on the end of the tank so I can keep the peninsula style.

I love the purple digi as well; it was the first given to me and the first SPS to enter the tank.

Right now I'm just concentrating on good husbandry while anticipating a move in the neat future. That should be fun.

zdawgnight · 03/30/2008, 09:26 AM

I also have a small tank and I noticed (or didnt notice) that you have absolutely no algae in your tank. How are you doing this?

03/29/2008, 03:17 PM	#1
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	25g SPS (too many pics...is that possible?) Hi all! I posted about this tank a few months ago, and never found the time to take all the pics. After a fatal move, I decided to start this tank back up in November '07; it has been primarily devoted to SPS corals. Here is an extensive list of corals and inverts. SPS: Blue Mill Green Mill Pink Mill Hot Pink Mill Pink Mill w/ purple tips Orange Cap Purple Cap Green Cap Brown Cap Blue Tri FS Tri Yellow Scroll Blue Tort Blue tipped Stag Elk Horn Green Acro Yellow Acro Teal Acro Purple Digi Green Digi Yellow/Green Acro Probably more that I'm forgetting... Softies: Toadstool 10 zoa. species 3 mushroom species star polyps Orange Yumma LPS: Green Plate Clams: T. Maxima T. Crocea Pics to come... __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 03:24 PM	#2
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	All corals are showing considerable growth. I am dosing with Kalkwasser, TM calcium, mag, and strontium along w/ TM lugol's. I run a 14k 150w Phoenix bulb in a ReefOptix 3 pendant driven by a Blue Wave 3 ballast; I also run an SV2 skimmer. Flow is provided by 2 Koralia Nano's, 1 Koralia 4, and a Mag3 return pump. Most pictures are focused on the SPS corals. Here they are: __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 03:29 PM	#3
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Blue tipped Acro (above cap) Blue Tri. Green Digi. Green tipped Acro. Hot Pink Mill. Green Cap. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 03:33 PM	#4
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Orange Cap. Blue Mill. Blue tipped Stag? Purple Cap. Pink Birdnest Fish Safari Tri. Yellow Acro. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 03:36 PM	#6
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Yellow Scroll. Blue Tort. Green Mill. Pink Mill. T. Crocea Clam. Elkhorn. Orange Yumma. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 03:35 PM	#5
cdan Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 71	Lovely colours and nice coral selection well done and keep up the good work. Any chance of a FTS? Cheers Chris

03/29/2008, 03:41 PM	#7
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Green Birdnest. Purple Digi. and Brown Cap. Dark Teal Acro. Tank Shot 1: Tank Shot 2: Tank Shot 3: I apologize for any wrong ID's. Questions and comments are welcome. Hope you all enjoyed. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 04:01 PM	#8
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	Very nice. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

03/29/2008, 06:20 PM	#9
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Chris: Thanks! Sorry, I didn't notice that you had replied; I just kept posting pics. Obviously, most are frags; many were given to me by fellow reef keepers. BLKTANG: Thanks! Great avatar; love the clam! __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 07:35 PM	#10
-=Efrain=- Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,895	What can you attribute your great PE to? I have never seen my orange cap with PE like yours.. Great job.. __________________ Reefing! Complicated enough to tickle my brain but not complex enough to give me a headache. ><((((º>`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸.•´¯`•...¸><((((º> •´¯`•.¸. , . .•´¯`•.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 125 GL, Mixed Reef, Yellow, Hippo, Sailfin, Powder Blue, Kole Tangs, 2 Onyx Clowns, 4 Firefish, Midas Blenny, Malenarus & Yellow Coris Wrasse 3 250W MH 14K DE, 250Lbs LR, 150 Lbs LS, 2 Korilias 4s, 45g Sump/Fug, Carbon Reactor, Cal Reactor, Skimmer

03/29/2008, 07:50 PM	#11
BADGUS Moved On Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chitown Posts: 2,038	Nice variety,excuse my question but what is PE?

03/29/2008, 08:14 PM	#12
-=Efrain=- Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,895	Badgus - Polyp Extension.. But from what I can see you don't have any fish in any of the photos.. __________________ Reefing! Complicated enough to tickle my brain but not complex enough to give me a headache. ><((((º>`•.¸¸.•´¯`•.¸.•´¯`•...¸><((((º> •´¯`•.¸. , . .•´¯`•.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 125 GL, Mixed Reef, Yellow, Hippo, Sailfin, Powder Blue, Kole Tangs, 2 Onyx Clowns, 4 Firefish, Midas Blenny, Malenarus & Yellow Coris Wrasse 3 250W MH 14K DE, 250Lbs LR, 150 Lbs LS, 2 Korilias 4s, 45g Sump/Fug, Carbon Reactor, Cal Reactor, Skimmer

03/29/2008, 08:46 PM	#13
BADGUS Moved On Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Chitown Posts: 2,038	Ok,thanks..

03/29/2008, 08:57 PM	#14
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Efrain and BADGUS: Thank you for the compliments. Efrain: I honestly don't know what I can attribute the polyp extension to. I don't think I do anything out of the ordinary. I feed pretty regularly with DT's and Cyclopeeze. I keep Ca+ at 440ppm, Mg at ~1400ppm, and Alk at 9-10 dKH (I keep a small window on this to minimize fluctuation and give me more buffer). As for the fish, I have one Six-line Wrasse that is a bully. Since the tank is shallow, it tends to cause other fish to actually jump. I've seriously watched him do it to a percula. I've been thinking about putting a small group of chromis in there to help neutralize the situation. I really do think fish waste will help feed the corals as well. Thanks again. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None Last edited by kaserpick; 03/29/2008 at 09:04 PM.

03/29/2008, 09:47 PM	#15
ooja3k The Reef Producer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Costa Mesa Posts: 1,192	Wow! Thats an amazing looking tank! How old is the tank may I ask? __________________ -Ryan PBITAWA

03/29/2008, 09:49 PM	#16
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Thanks ooja3k. It's been setup since Nov. '07...not even 6 months. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 10:06 PM	#17
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Just to spice things up, I think I'll post some growth rate shots. Here are some before and after pics: __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 10:14 PM	#18
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Dec. '07 March '08 Dec. '07 March '08 Dec. '07 March '08 __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 10:16 PM	#19
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Dec. '07 March '08 Nov. '07 March '08 Most are at different angles than each other, but you get the point. I love looking at these kinds of pics. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/29/2008, 10:35 PM	#20
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Efrain: I should have also added that I have quite a bit of flow. The tank holds 30 gallons total and 25g in the display, but I estimate that it only holds 25g totals due to the displacement of the LR. Between all of the pumps and powerheads, I believe I have about 1900 gph flow in the tank. Therefore: Using 25 total gal., I have 76x the turn over rate. Using 30 total gal. (just to be conservative on flow rating), I have just shy of 64x the turn over rate. I found that when I added the high flow with the Koralia 4 that my corals colored up a bit and extended the polyps a little more as well. As a side note, it took me a while to find the right angle with that PH; you can see that the sand won't stay on one end of the tank. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/30/2008, 12:38 AM	#21
mile sq. reefer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 2,045	Great corals and pics but you left them little room to grow and fill in the tank. You will be constantly fragging them with these growth rates. The question is not with the number of pics but number of corals. JMO. By the way my Fav is the Purple Digitata. Last edited by mile sq. reefer; 03/30/2008 at 12:51 AM.

03/30/2008, 01:40 AM	#22
mile sq. reefer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 2,045	I see a large tank upgrade in your near future. Good Luck.

03/30/2008, 07:37 AM	#23
kev apsley Moved On Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: LI, NY Posts: 4,424	from one small tank owner to another Congrats! Looks awesome!

03/30/2008, 09:01 AM	#24
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Mile sq. reefer and Kev Apsley: thanks for the compliments! Mile Sq. Reefer: Tell me about it! When I originally started to set the tank up, I wanted no more than a dozen. Through the past months, fellow reef keepers have just been giving me corals...I guess to help give me a new start. I had a hard time refusing them. My plans are to upgrade to at least a 65g with Overflow on the end of the tank so I can keep the peninsula style. I love the purple digi as well; it was the first given to me and the first SPS to enter the tank. Right now I'm just concentrating on good husbandry while anticipating a move in the neat future. That should be fun. __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

03/30/2008, 09:26 AM	#25
zdawgnight Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 429	I also have a small tank and I noticed (or didnt notice) that you have absolutely no algae in your tank. How are you doing this? __________________ "Hurting people is not a good thing! Well, sometimes it is...But not when its a bunch of people looking for something to eat!" Current Tank Info: 24 gal sps aquapod w/ 150mh and solana anemone tank w/ 150