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Unread 03/30/2015, 12:57 PM   #401
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Fish are fed with an auto-feeder 3 times daily. Corals are mostly fed by the fish but I usually dose sponge power once or twice a week. I also on occasion stir up the detritus in my sump after lights out which is carried back to the display via the return pump and I find the corals respond pretty well to it.
What kind of food goes in the autofeeder?

Interesting about stirring up the sump detrius at night, never thought about doing that.


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Unread 03/30/2015, 10:40 PM   #402
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What kind of food goes in the autofeeder?

Interesting about stirring up the sump detrius at night, never thought about doing that.
The auto-feeder is loaded mainly with 1 mm spectrum "cichlid" pellets - I buy it in a bulk 1 gallon(ish) bucket and load it up as needed. It seems to give a pretty balanced diet and the few fish that won't eat the pellets hunt for their food (mandarins & pipefish)

The sump detritus seems to work ok as an occassional food source in my opinion and since it's already in the system it's one less thing I have to add.
I'm sure there will be some who disagree with my methods but to that I would ask how many detritus deposits are found in the wild? My guess would be pretty few as it all gets swept together with the plankton - so since it's there already I make use of it once in a while. There are others who keep a powerhead running in the sump which prevents the detritus from settling and basically keeps it in solution so it is continually returned back to the reef and/or skimmed out.


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Unread 03/30/2015, 11:08 PM   #403
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The auto-feeder is loaded mainly with 1 mm spectrum "cichlid" pellets - I buy it in a bulk 1 gallon(ish) bucket and load it up as needed. It seems to give a pretty balanced diet and the few fish that won't eat the pellets hunt for their food (mandarins & pipefish)

The sump detritus seems to work ok as an occassional food source in my opinion and since it's already in the system it's one less thing I have to add.
I'm sure there will be some who disagree with my methods but to that I would ask how many detritus deposits are found in the wild? My guess would be pretty few as it all gets swept together with the plankton - so since it's there already I make use of it once in a while. There are others who keep a powerhead running in the sump which prevents the detritus from settling and basically keeps it in solution so it is continually returned back to the reef and/or skimmed out.
Cool. I will have to look into those bulk buckets of pellets. Our fish eat the hiakari seaweed extreme pellets like they are going out of style.

I like the idea of feeding the reef some sump dwelling detritus. Your corals sure seem to like it. Worth a shot for sure.


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Unread 03/30/2015, 11:19 PM   #404
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The auto-feeder is loaded mainly with 1 mm spectrum "cichlid" pellets - I buy it in a bulk 1 gallon(ish) bucket and load it up as needed. It seems to give a pretty balanced diet and the few fish that won't eat the pellets hunt for their food (mandarins & pipefish)

The sump detritus seems to work ok as an occassional food source in my opinion and since it's already in the system it's one less thing I have to add.
I'm sure there will be some who disagree with my methods but to that I would ask how many detritus deposits are found in the wild? My guess would be pretty few as it all gets swept together with the plankton - so since it's there already I make use of it once in a while. There are others who keep a powerhead running in the sump which prevents the detritus from settling and basically keeps it in solution so it is continually returned back to the reef and/or skimmed out.
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Unread 03/31/2015, 03:21 PM   #405
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It seems to me that in another forum you had said that you had been using using Acro Power for a few months. Are you still using it and if so, do you think that it makes a difference?

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Unread 03/31/2015, 06:10 PM   #406
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Cool. I will have to look into those bulk buckets of pellets. Our fish eat the hiakari seaweed extreme pellets like they are going out of style.

I like the idea of feeding the reef some sump dwelling detritus. Your corals sure seem to like it. Worth a shot for sure.
There are so many pellet food available, I try to use brands with a fairly low flour content as I heard fish have a hard time digesting it.


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Unread 03/31/2015, 06:28 PM   #407
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It seems to me that in another forum you had said that you had been using using Acro Power for a few months. Are you still using it and if so, do you think that it makes a difference?

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I've never tried Acro-power, I think you must be thinking of my dosing extra trace elements in the form of "Color Elements" by Fauna Marin which I still do and yes I think it makes a difference. I've heard mixed reviews about acro power and I haven't used it because for a system my size it would take quite a bit and I don't run ULNS which is what believe it's recommended for.
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Unread 03/31/2015, 08:22 PM   #408
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Thanks Greg,

I was having (yet another) senior moment.

I went back and found the thread that I was thinking of - I actually had your setup confused with o2manyfish. He is dosing 10ml daily on a system volume of 1100G and seems to be very pleased with the results. His tank looks great. (as does yours! )

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Unread 04/01/2015, 12:51 AM   #409
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Unread 04/01/2015, 06:39 PM   #411
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Greg, as always, you're makin me jelous!! Looking very good, love the smooth skin acros.


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Greg, as always, you're makin me jelous!! Looking very good, love the smooth skin acros.
Thanks Chris - glad you stopped by for a look.


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Turned the pumps off and spent a little time reflecting on my reef today.




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Unread 04/01/2015, 09:32 PM   #414
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That's just so gorgeous!

Tank's nice too.

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Oldude, your tank is a marvelous masterpiece!

how long did it take you to grow that tricolor to that size? Mine keeps having dead spots


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That's just so gorgeous!

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Oldude, your tank is a marvelous masterpiece!

how long did it take you to grow that tricolor to that size? Mine keeps having dead spots
Thanks very much. I am no sure exactly which coral you are referring to sorry. Can you give me a post number?


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WOW, love this shot!





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Turned the pumps off and spent a little time reflecting on my reef today.

Love it! Keep up the good work, sir.


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Thanks very much. I am no sure exactly which coral you are referring to sorry. Can you give me a post number?

Oh sorry, I think its 284, the colony looks massive!


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This has to be one of the sickest shots I have ever seen. Amazing. Simply amazing.


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This has to be one of the sickest shots I have ever seen. Amazing. Simply amazing.
Thanks very much you guys - much appreciated. I am glad you liked the reflection shot. Funny I'm having some challenges taking the surface reflection shots in this newest rendition of my reef because the rock is lower than before and since most of the corals are still pretty short there is a lot of area between the surface and the corals so the angle needs to be greater to get both up & down in the picture so I am not showing as much reef in the shot as I had hoped.


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Oh sorry, I think its 284, the colony looks massive!
Interesting you are asking about that piece - I lost most of it a little while ago but it was about 9 inches across. Not sure what happened to it - I was away with work when it RTN'd.


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