40g SPS

Arkayology · 04/10/2013, 05:30 PM

I have been reefing since 2009 and this is my third tank. It has been set up since October 2012 and I have been slowly stocking it. As of today, my tank has been running full-zeo for two weeks so it is relatively young in that regard. I will keep updating as things progress.

Here is what I have:
LeeMar 40g 24x24x16 rimless tank drilled three times (2 1'' drains and a 3/4'' return for herbie method)
10g no frills sump
x1 Ecotech Radion LED gen1
x2 Ecotech mp10wes
Super Reef Octopus INT 1000 skimmer
Tunze Osmolator
Mag 7 return
TLF150 Phosban Reactor tee'd in return pump for BRS ROX carbon
x2 BRS 1.1ml/m dosers for use with Bionic two-part
Live rock from marcorocks
Tropic Eden reef sand (50/50 split between reeflakes and miniflakes, good for leopard wrasses but wont blow around too much with mp10s)

Zeovit:
Vertex RX-Z 1.5 ZEOlite Reactor with .3L of zeovit media
ZEObak
ZEOstart 3
ZEOfood 7
Sponge Power
Coral Vitalizer
Phol's Xtra
As my tank has progressed on zeovit, I will asses my need for other products

And now for the reason everyone is here... pictures! Im not the best photographer though, so bear with me. Pics are from a Canon T2i with the kit lens.

FTS

Hawkins

Vivid Setosa

Red Dragon

Joe the Coral

Pink Pocci

Pink Stylo

Strawberry Shortcake

Arkayology · 04/10/2013, 05:50 PM

FTS Progression:
04/09/2013

03/11/2003

02/10/2013

01/02/2013

12/05/2012

11/14/2012

11/04/2012

10/14/2012

kaserpick · 04/10/2013, 06:26 PM

Looking good! I'm looking forward to seeing this thing packed with continued growth!

Bigcefa · 04/10/2013, 09:05 PM

Color looks a little faded, but nice tank

Arkayology · 04/10/2013, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaserpick

Looking good! I'm looking forward to seeing this thing packed with continued growth!

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigcefa

Color looks a little faded, but nice tank

Some seem faded because of the camera/light. I am trying to figure out WB, but it is slow going. Some are actually faded though as they haven't recovered from my biopellet mishap. I was using biopellets since day one until about 4 months in when they kicked into overdrive. I reduced the amount but they kept going. I lost a couple colonies because of it. Things are starting to look better.

Bello · 04/12/2013, 12:48 PM

Will always love cubes! Looks pretty good

I like the 2 island scape.

creefer01 · 04/12/2013, 05:34 PM

Very nice!

jlavine · 04/13/2013, 09:00 PM

Would you mind sharing your radion schedule. Thanks!

REEF SMAC · 04/14/2013, 12:38 AM

Looks like a FTS regression when you put them in that order. Lol.

Looks to be coming along really nice.

biggles · 04/14/2013, 01:29 AM

Looking great for six months progression, i wouldn't worry about your photo skills mate - i doubt any of us can truly capture the beauty we see in our tanks.

Arkayology · 04/16/2013, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bello

Will always love cubes! Looks pretty good

I like the 2 island scape.

Thanks! I wanted it to be open. I am not creative enough to get all abstract with the rockwork, but I think it worked out well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by creefer01

Very nice!

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlavine

Would you mind sharing your radion schedule. Thanks!

I'll see about taking a screenshot of my radion schedule.

Quote:

Originally Posted by REEF SMAC

Looks like a FTS regression when you put them in that order. Lol.

Looks to be coming along really nice.

Ya, now that you mention it I agree lol.

Quote:

Originally Posted by biggles

Looking great for six months progression, i wouldn't worry about your photo skills mate - i doubt any of us can truly capture the beauty we see in our tanks.

Its true. I want to get a top-down photo box to attach to my dslr to try and get some better pics of the colors I get. It might help... though I am sure some expensive photo editing software I don't own could help as well lol.

MammothReefer · 04/16/2013, 03:30 PM

Looks great! Really cool you some how manged to get your BTA to keep it's Bs!

Arkayology · 04/18/2013, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MammothReefer

Looks great! Really cool you some how manged to get your BTA to keep it's Bs!

Ya, it is weird with the RBTA because I don't do anything special for it that I haven't done for other BTA that I've kept. I feed it a piece of krill once a month and let it do it's thing. Sometimes they bubble and sometimes they don't I guess.

Arkayology · 05/02/2013, 07:27 PM

New corals that I got from a friend. They are browned out, but are already recovering nicely

Pink and Green Mille

Pearlberry

sahin · 05/03/2013, 02:22 AM

Nice. Your pearlberry looks super sweet.

Arkayology · 05/03/2013, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sahin

Nice. Your pearlberry looks super sweet.

One of my favs. The polyps look like little halos; they are clear at the base and teal at the tips. Love it.

MedRed · 05/04/2013, 07:52 PM

Hey SoCalDude! Your tank looks great!

Arkayology · 05/10/2013, 04:51 PM

And the ugly... the result of zeovit in overdrive. Things are starting to get back to normal though.

CUNAReefer · 05/10/2013, 07:39 PM

Hi SoCalDude,

Sorry about your burnt tips. As you already pointed out, it is a sign of aggressive use of the zeo media. I use 300ml of the zeo media on 150g net. I only use 1/3 cup of carbon. The flow through your reactor should be enough to fill a 16oz cup every 8-9 seconds. I also recommend you begin to feed a high quality food such as an oyster egg food. There is a new version of oyster eggs on Ebay. Haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising. Ensure that you are testing your water so you know exactly how your nutrients react to your filtration and feeding. Try to keep your phosphates at .02-.03. Nitrates at .2. Because you use the zeo media, water changes will become more important. With your over usage of the zeo media, you have stripped your water of essential elements that will need to be replaced with water changes. I know this because I have done it myself. You also will need to begin to test your potassium. Salifert is a great kit to use. I like the brightwells Potassion (dry) for my daily additions. I'm now subscribed, so feel free to ask me any questions on your use of zeo. You will also want to keep your alk lower. Aim for 7-8. Any higher and your growth will slow. You can also develop burnt tips from the combo of high alk and over usage of zeo. Good luck and happy reefing!

Warmest Regards, James

CUNAReefer · 05/10/2013, 07:46 PM

Can you also post your dosing regimen? How are you dosing your zeostart3? Are you using any GFO?

chalicefreak · 05/11/2013, 12:49 AM

Very nice little breeder. Keep us updated please.

Arkayology · 05/11/2013, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kain57reef

very nice

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CUNAReefer

Hi SoCalDude,

Sorry about your burnt tips. As you already pointed out, it is a sign of aggressive use of the zeo media. I use 300ml of the zeo media on 150g net. I only use 1/3 cup of carbon. The flow through your reactor should be enough to fill a 16oz cup every 8-9 seconds. I also recommend you begin to feed a high quality food such as an oyster egg food. There is a new version of oyster eggs on Ebay. Haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising. Ensure that you are testing your water so you know exactly how your nutrients react to your filtration and feeding. Try to keep your phosphates at .02-.03. Nitrates at .2. Because you use the zeo media, water changes will become more important. With your over usage of the zeo media, you have stripped your water of essential elements that will need to be replaced with water changes. I know this because I have done it myself. You also will need to begin to test your potassium. Salifert is a great kit to use. I like the brightwells Potassion (dry) for my daily additions. I'm now subscribed, so feel free to ask me any questions on your use of zeo. You will also want to keep your alk lower. Aim for 7-8. Any higher and your growth will slow. You can also develop burnt tips from the combo of high alk and over usage of zeo. Good luck and happy reefing!

Warmest Regards, James

Thanks for the advice! As of the last couple of days, the PE has returned to the joe the coral I posted and the RTN has stopped. I have turned down my reactor a lot and remove a little bit of media. I will take your advice with the oyster eggs, I just thought the zeo products had everything the corals would need. I have recently ordered some coral snow, coral booster, and AA which I think should help. I have been told about the potassium, which I will start testing for in a couple of months. I had a friend test and the reading came up 390ppm, which is good. I will let you know if I have any more questions. Thanks for the your comments!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CUNAReefer

Can you also post your dosing regimen? How are you dosing your zeostart3? Are you using any GFO?

I have b-ionic 2 part set up on BRS dosers. I dose about 9ml a day of that and 1 drop of iodine per week. Water changes are 5g every 2 weeks with a tank with a total of about 35 gallons in it.

For zeovit, I am dosing:
.2ml zeostart per day into the DT a day, .1ml in the morn and .1ml at night
1 drop sponge power daily
1 drop zeofood x3 a week
3 drops phol's xtra every other day, planing on increasing once I get my larger bottle in the mail
1 drop CV every other day
2 drop zeobak x3 week into reactor

Quote:

Originally Posted by chalicefreak

Very nice little breeder. Keep us updated please.

Thanks! It's a sorta-cube though at 24x24x16

BrentH · 05/12/2013, 04:06 AM

r u still using bio pekllets? I recently lowered my amount of pellets also and its helped...your tank looks great

Arkayology · 05/12/2013, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrentH

r u still using bio pekllets? I recently lowered my amount of pellets also and its helped...your tank looks great

Thanks. No more biopellets or GFO, only zeovit media and liquids and GAC.

NegroModelo · 05/12/2013, 05:04 PM

looks good

04/10/2013, 05:30 PM	#1
Arkayology Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,597	40g SPS I have been reefing since 2009 and this is my third tank. It has been set up since October 2012 and I have been slowly stocking it. As of today, my tank has been running full-zeo for two weeks so it is relatively young in that regard. I will keep updating as things progress. Here is what I have: LeeMar 40g 24x24x16 rimless tank drilled three times (2 1'' drains and a 3/4'' return for herbie method) 10g no frills sump x1 Ecotech Radion LED gen1 x2 Ecotech mp10wes Super Reef Octopus INT 1000 skimmer Tunze Osmolator Mag 7 return TLF150 Phosban Reactor tee'd in return pump for BRS ROX carbon x2 BRS 1.1ml/m dosers for use with Bionic two-part Live rock from marcorocks Tropic Eden reef sand (50/50 split between reeflakes and miniflakes, good for leopard wrasses but wont blow around too much with mp10s) Zeovit: Vertex RX-Z 1.5 ZEOlite Reactor with .3L of zeovit media ZEObak ZEOstart 3 ZEOfood 7 Sponge Power Coral Vitalizer Phol's Xtra As my tank has progressed on zeovit, I will asses my need for other products And now for the reason everyone is here... pictures! Im not the best photographer though, so bear with me. Pics are from a Canon T2i with the kit lens. FTS Hawkins Vivid Setosa Red Dragon Joe the Coral Pink Pocci Pink Stylo Strawberry Shortcake __________________ -Matt in between tanks

04/10/2013, 05:50 PM	#2
Arkayology Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,597	FTS Progression: 04/09/2013 03/11/2003 02/10/2013 01/02/2013 12/05/2012 11/14/2012 11/04/2012 10/14/2012 __________________ -Matt in between tanks

04/10/2013, 06:26 PM	#3
kaserpick Keeping it Simple Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 2,637	Looking good! I'm looking forward to seeing this thing packed with continued growth! __________________ Kasey Current Tank Info: None

04/12/2013, 05:34 PM	#7
creefer01 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brighton, MI Posts: 354	Very nice! __________________ Chris Current Tank Info: Currently tankless.....working on ideas for a new build.

04/16/2013, 03:30 PM	#12
MammothReefer Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA Posts: 3,442	Looks great! Really cool you some how manged to get your BTA to keep it's Bs! __________________ Reefin @ 8298' Current Tank Info: 105 Peninsula

04/10/2013, 09:05 PM	#4
Bigcefa Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 843	Color looks a little faded, but nice tank

04/12/2013, 12:48 PM	#6
Bello Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,246	Will always love cubes! Looks pretty good I like the 2 island scape.

04/13/2013, 09:00 PM	#8
jlavine Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 7	Would you mind sharing your radion schedule. Thanks!

04/14/2013, 12:38 AM	#9
REEF SMAC Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Salinas CA Posts: 875	Looks like a FTS regression when you put them in that order. Lol. Looks to be coming along really nice.

04/14/2013, 01:29 AM	#10
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,907	Looking great for six months progression, i wouldn't worry about your photo skills mate - i doubt any of us can truly capture the beauty we see in our tanks.

05/02/2013, 07:27 PM	#14
Arkayology Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,597	New corals that I got from a friend. They are browned out, but are already recovering nicely Pink and Green Mille Pearlberry __________________ -Matt in between tanks

05/03/2013, 02:22 AM	#15
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	Nice. Your pearlberry looks super sweet.

05/04/2013, 07:52 PM	#17
MedRed Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,035	Hey SoCalDude! Your tank looks great! __________________ 60 Gallon Current Solana XL 24x24x24 Cube: SPS/LPS/NPS/Softie/Invert Reef Candy Basslet Pair Showcase \| Minimalist Aquascape

05/10/2013, 04:51 PM	#18
Arkayology Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,597	And the ugly... the result of zeovit in overdrive. Things are starting to get back to normal though. __________________ -Matt in between tanks

05/10/2013, 07:39 PM	#19
CUNAReefer Registered Member. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Shelby twp, MI Posts: 634	Hi SoCalDude, Sorry about your burnt tips. As you already pointed out, it is a sign of aggressive use of the zeo media. I use 300ml of the zeo media on 150g net. I only use 1/3 cup of carbon. The flow through your reactor should be enough to fill a 16oz cup every 8-9 seconds. I also recommend you begin to feed a high quality food such as an oyster egg food. There is a new version of oyster eggs on Ebay. Haven't tried it yet, but it looks promising. Ensure that you are testing your water so you know exactly how your nutrients react to your filtration and feeding. Try to keep your phosphates at .02-.03. Nitrates at .2. Because you use the zeo media, water changes will become more important. With your over usage of the zeo media, you have stripped your water of essential elements that will need to be replaced with water changes. I know this because I have done it myself. You also will need to begin to test your potassium. Salifert is a great kit to use. I like the brightwells Potassion (dry) for my daily additions. I'm now subscribed, so feel free to ask me any questions on your use of zeo. You will also want to keep your alk lower. Aim for 7-8. Any higher and your growth will slow. You can also develop burnt tips from the combo of high alk and over usage of zeo. Good luck and happy reefing! Warmest Regards, James Last edited by CUNAReefer; 05/10/2013 at 07:41 PM. Reason: alk tip

05/10/2013, 07:46 PM	#20
CUNAReefer Registered Member. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Shelby twp, MI Posts: 634	Can you also post your dosing regimen? How are you dosing your zeostart3? Are you using any GFO?

05/11/2013, 12:49 AM	#21
chalicefreak Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 62	Very nice little breeder. Keep us updated please.

05/12/2013, 04:06 AM	#23
BrentH Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: so cal Posts: 1,288	r u still using bio pekllets? I recently lowered my amount of pellets also and its helped...your tank looks great

05/12/2013, 05:04 PM	#25
NegroModelo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: florida Posts: 64	looks good