FarmerTy 215-gal No Water Change SPS Tank

FarmerTy · 10/25/2015, 03:56 PM

I'm slowly trying to be more active on the larger reef forums. Here's a video of my system I took a couple months ago. Enjoy!

215-gallon tank
Large skimmer
Biopellets
GFO
carbon
CaRX

plyle02 · 10/25/2015, 04:49 PM

Fantastic reef, and the video had me in a trance, well done, you have a spectacular reef there

MrsReefK · 10/25/2015, 04:57 PM

Gorgeous reef, @MrReefK check this out.

MrReefK · 10/25/2015, 05:14 PM

Wow nice setup! I love you rock scape. Felt like I was the scuba dividing in your tank. �� I enjoyed it thanks.

cFloor · 10/25/2015, 06:12 PM

Beautiful tank! I love all the opens space between the two islands. How does your Emperor behave in there?

Rwpdunne · 10/25/2015, 06:53 PM

Amazing tank

Wiskey · 10/25/2015, 08:42 PM

Amazing tank! That's one of the better videos I've seen too! Great work

Whiskey

ks1546 · 10/25/2015, 09:04 PM

hmm looks kind of familiar

mhucasey · 10/25/2015, 09:20 PM

Looking good! I'm also a no water changes believer

M007 · 10/26/2015, 05:01 AM

Great video, very peaceful window to your beautiful reef

FarmerTy · 10/26/2015, 11:53 AM

Thanks all! I appreciate the kind words!

That was all shot with my Samsung Galaxy S5 and the motion smoothed out with Youtube's built-in video editor.

The emperor behaves itself well, when polyps aren't involved. You can see the devoid of zoas/palys in there for the most part. He'll nibble here and there on a few acros on occasion but nothing too seriously that warranted his removal up to this point. He's definitely the centerpiece fish in the tank and commands attention from everybody who looks at him. Haha.

FarmerTy · 10/27/2015, 08:55 AM

Some pics I took for fun yesterday.

That RCA Baton Rouge Tort is coloring up nicely!

Can anybody spot the ice fire echinata?

No idea what this is but the subtle colors are mesmerizing to me.

What better backdrop than a Colorado Sunburst anemone behind a Pearlberry colony?

You got me. It's just pretty.

FarmerTy Ectoplasm

FarmerTy · 10/27/2015, 09:00 AM

Older pics from a couple months ago.

FarmerTy · 10/29/2015, 09:55 AM

Video showing the fish livestock.

BrentH · 10/29/2015, 05:23 PM

great tank .ive been hearing more and more of the no water changes and the tanks are lookin better if not just as good as tanks that do do them!!do yu d the triton testing?

seamonster124 · 10/29/2015, 05:31 PM

Nice

reefmutt · 10/29/2015, 05:45 PM

Beautiful tank!
And that first video is really cool..
Sometimes it seems as though your phone is actually in the water when you get closer in.
Are you zooming in and out while shooting that?
I like the fact that is doesn't over saturate the colours (too much) like the iPhone does..
What lighting do you use?

Bcrowe2012 · 10/29/2015, 05:48 PM

Beautiful tank! Definitely helps me figure out what to do. Do you have any problems with your anemones?

FarmerTy · 10/29/2015, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seamonster124

Nice

Thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by reefmutt

Beautiful tank!
And that first video is really cool..
Sometimes it seems as though your phone is actually in the water when you get closer in.
Are you zooming in and out while shooting that?
I like the fact that is doesn't over saturate the colours (too much) like the iPhone does..
What lighting do you use?

I actually leave my zoom alone and just put the camera phone right on the glass when I seem to get closer. I think using the built-in anti-shake on youtube makes it feel more immersive like I'm actually flying around in the tank. Just a theory. I am using two Ocean Revive T247 LED fixtures and one 400-watt MH fixture. If you tell me which is the MH, I'll give you a reefer of the day badge. :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bcrowe2012

Beautiful tank! Definitely helps me figure out what to do. Do you have any problems with your anemones?

I had the same colony of clones through both my old 125-gallon tank and my current 215-gallon tank with no issues with the no water changes. The only issue I've run across is when I introduced the Colorado Sunburst anemone, it got a really bad bacterial infection and I had to treat it with Cipro. It's be fine ever since but I don't think that's a correlation with the no water changes.

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Originally Posted by BrentH

great tank .ive been hearing more and more of the no water changes and the tanks are lookin better if not just as good as tanks that do do them!!do yu d the triton testing?

I do an annual Triton water test to monitor trend changes but don't really use it to base any of my dosing off it. I still don't 100% trust their results are as accurate as they imply but I am okay with using it for monitoring of annual trends. Basically, I wouldn't use a low potassium result from Triton as an indicator to dose more potassium, I would just monitor it to see how much it changes year to year and base my dosing on my own test kits.

FarmerTy · 01/21/2016, 12:01 AM

Frag tank teaser!

Ran it through it's first test run. It's going to be real hard packing this thing up between swaps! San Antonio, here I come this Sunday!

-FarmerTy

biggles · 01/21/2016, 12:18 AM

Beautiful reef and wonderful colors on the corals mate, the videos are great.

As i have no idea about frag selling can i ask how much the average price that frags like your nice blue ones go for at meetings such as the one you're going to.

FarmerTy · 01/21/2016, 12:30 AM

Thank you!

The Oregon Tort usually runs about $50/USD at the swaps but I see it online for $80-$120 often. The rest like the ORA Hawkins echinata and ORA Chips are usually in the $30-40 range. Unnamed corals I usually see them in the $10-$25 range, depending how nice they are.

biggles · 01/21/2016, 12:45 AM

Thanks for the info mate, i reckon those prices are bloody reasonable compared to a lot of online sellers. How long have you had the OT growing in your system if i can ask as i believe they are relatively slow growers and those frags look very decently sized.

Btw, i hope i'm not derailing things and i don't mean to make this a selling thread as i know it isn't, otherwise i wouldn't be talking to you..........

FarmerTy · 01/21/2016, 01:14 AM

I've had the Oregon Tort for about 4 years now. It actually is a decent grower, despite the reputation for being slow. It'd be gigantic if I'd actually left it alone and didn't frag it so much.

MrineLfRlz · 01/21/2016, 09:35 PM

Awesome tank!
Please tell me what is your secret to no water changes whats your equipment do you dose can we see under the hood sump or fishroom exc...
May we see everything please

10/25/2015, 03:56 PM	#1
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	FarmerTy 215-gal No Water Change SPS Tank I'm slowly trying to be more active on the larger reef forums. Here's a video of my system I took a couple months ago. Enjoy! 215-gallon tank Large skimmer Biopellets GFO carbon CaRX

10/25/2015, 04:49 PM	#2
plyle02 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake Helen, FL Posts: 5,526	Fantastic reef, and the video had me in a trance, well done, you have a spectacular reef there __________________ Perry "Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die" ~Buddha~ Current Tank Info: 50 Gallon AIO Cube, Aquamaxx WS-1 Skimmer, LED/ Hybrid 4x24 watt t5

10/25/2015, 06:12 PM	#5
cFloor Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,552	Beautiful tank! I love all the opens space between the two islands. How does your Emperor behave in there? __________________ 250g. SPS tank Instagram: @cfloorsaltwater

10/25/2015, 06:53 PM	#6
Rwpdunne spsaholic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dublin Ireland Posts: 445	Amazing tank __________________ 6ft Zeo/Triton Sps Tank Current Tank Info: 6ft Zeo/Triton

10/25/2015, 08:42 PM	#7
Wiskey Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Fallbrook, CA Posts: 3,049	Amazing tank! That's one of the better videos I've seen too! Great work Whiskey __________________ This video shows 15 months of coral growth in my tank in a 30 second timelapse: https://youtu.be/bF6C57aTDEo

10/25/2015, 04:57 PM	#3
MrsReefK Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 981	Gorgeous reef, @MrReefK check this out.

10/25/2015, 05:14 PM	#4
MrReefK Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 36	Wow nice setup! I love you rock scape. Felt like I was the scuba dividing in your tank. �� I enjoyed it thanks.

10/25/2015, 09:04 PM	#8
ks1546 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 9	hmm looks kind of familiar __________________ Using Tapatalk

10/25/2015, 09:20 PM	#9
mhucasey Acros & wieners, oh my! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oceanside, California Posts: 3,706	Looking good! I'm also a no water changes believer __________________ - Matt I call the big one "Bitey" - Homer Simpson See my tank thread here: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2468548 Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon Rimless Starphire Shallow Reef. Reef Octopus Diablo EXT-200 skimmer, Chaeto Reactor, Lighting: ATI Sunpower 8X39W, 6X39W Sunpower

10/26/2015, 05:01 AM	#10
M007 Acro Whore Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,631	Great video, very peaceful window to your beautiful reef __________________ Mixed reef emphasis on SPS. Tangs, Triggers, Bartlets, CBB, Goldflake Angel, and a Pigmy or two. Current Tank Info: 250G SPS Mixed Reef. ATLAS 84x28x24. SuperMarin 250. Cebu Sun 3 x 250WMH Radiums 4 x 80W T5. Profilux 3 w/GHL dosing CA-ALK-MG. Moved by Tunze and Vertex. Reef Octopus 5K return.

10/26/2015, 11:53 AM	#11
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	Thanks all! I appreciate the kind words! That was all shot with my Samsung Galaxy S5 and the motion smoothed out with Youtube's built-in video editor. The emperor behaves itself well, when polyps aren't involved. You can see the devoid of zoas/palys in there for the most part. He'll nibble here and there on a few acros on occasion but nothing too seriously that warranted his removal up to this point. He's definitely the centerpiece fish in the tank and commands attention from everybody who looks at him. Haha.

10/27/2015, 08:55 AM	#12
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	Some pics I took for fun yesterday. That RCA Baton Rouge Tort is coloring up nicely! Can anybody spot the ice fire echinata? No idea what this is but the subtle colors are mesmerizing to me. What better backdrop than a Colorado Sunburst anemone behind a Pearlberry colony? You got me. It's just pretty. FarmerTy Ectoplasm

10/27/2015, 09:00 AM	#13
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	Older pics from a couple months ago.

10/29/2015, 09:55 AM	#14
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	Video showing the fish livestock.

10/29/2015, 05:23 PM	#15
BrentH Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: so cal Posts: 1,288	great tank .ive been hearing more and more of the no water changes and the tanks are lookin better if not just as good as tanks that do do them!!do yu d the triton testing?

10/29/2015, 05:31 PM	#16
seamonster124 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: United States Posts: 900	Nice __________________ Just say NO to Walls of text:

10/29/2015, 05:45 PM	#17
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Beautiful tank! And that first video is really cool.. Sometimes it seems as though your phone is actually in the water when you get closer in. Are you zooming in and out while shooting that? I like the fact that is doesn't over saturate the colours (too much) like the iPhone does.. What lighting do you use? __________________ 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

10/29/2015, 05:48 PM	#18
Bcrowe2012 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Ohio Posts: 72	Beautiful tank! Definitely helps me figure out what to do. Do you have any problems with your anemones?

01/21/2016, 12:01 AM	#20
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	Frag tank teaser! Ran it through it's first test run. It's going to be real hard packing this thing up between swaps! San Antonio, here I come this Sunday! -FarmerTy

01/21/2016, 12:18 AM	#21
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,907	Beautiful reef and wonderful colors on the corals mate, the videos are great. As i have no idea about frag selling can i ask how much the average price that frags like your nice blue ones go for at meetings such as the one you're going to. __________________ Andrew

01/21/2016, 12:30 AM	#22
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	Thank you! The Oregon Tort usually runs about $50/USD at the swaps but I see it online for $80-$120 often. The rest like the ORA Hawkins echinata and ORA Chips are usually in the $30-40 range. Unnamed corals I usually see them in the $10-$25 range, depending how nice they are.

01/21/2016, 12:45 AM	#23
biggles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 3,907	Thanks for the info mate, i reckon those prices are bloody reasonable compared to a lot of online sellers. How long have you had the OT growing in your system if i can ask as i believe they are relatively slow growers and those frags look very decently sized. Btw, i hope i'm not derailing things and i don't mean to make this a selling thread as i know it isn't, otherwise i wouldn't be talking to you.......... __________________ Andrew

01/21/2016, 01:14 AM	#24
FarmerTy Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 871	I've had the Oregon Tort for about 4 years now. It actually is a decent grower, despite the reputation for being slow. It'd be gigantic if I'd actually left it alone and didn't frag it so much.

01/21/2016, 09:35 PM	#25
MrineLfRlz Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: eldon M.O. Posts: 1,167	Awesome tank! Please tell me what is your secret to no water changes whats your equipment do you dose can we see under the hood sump or fishroom exc... May we see everything please __________________ Jim its not a obsession its a way of life!--75g DT/125g sump/40g growout/30g frag/ATI sun power x8/t5 on DT/X2 D120 leds 40g/Sun blaze x4/t5 30g Current Tank Info: BubbleMagus(calc.,alk/Clearwater CW-300 Scrubber//56wAQUA UV/Reef Oct.SRO6000SSS Protein sk./1/10HP Chiller/GENESIS AWC