My minimalistic 180g SPS tank

[codydemmel4]

just got done my second water change since i got the extra di canister an carbon block. the coral are starting to look a ton better, i think it was the lack of water changes and high unwanted heavy metals that were taking a hit on them

as of now dosing nothing besides 2 part at 24ml a day, was only 18 a day before water changes so that is good to see that.

[Pife]

Hopefully you are on the right track.

[lynchmob3000]

Sounds promising!


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[reefmutt]

Good luck, Cody.
Hopefully the fresh saltwater will make the difference..
It certainly helped one of my tanks, a while back. I started to have all the hard corals struggle. Lps were detaching from the base and sps were declining with stn. Over the course or a month , I did multiple 50% waterchanges and it completely turned around the tank. I blame everything on depletion and accumulation. The wcs rebalanced everything.
I hope it works for you.

[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by Pife

Hopefully you are on the right track.

I hope so, still going to continue monitoring all the params every day.

Originally Posted by lynchmob3000

Sounds promising!


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So far so good

Originally Posted by reefmutt

Good luck, Cody.
Hopefully the fresh saltwater will make the difference..
It certainly helped one of my tanks, a while back. I started to have all the hard corals struggle. Lps were detaching from the base and sps were declining with stn. Over the course or a month , I did multiple 50% waterchanges and it completely turned around the tank. I blame everything on depletion and accumulation. The wcs rebalanced everything.
I hope it works for you.

I am hoping this is what it is too. The coralline growth has also took off a ton too since I have started the water changes. I am going to do another either Friday or Saturday. I am adding muritic acid to bring the alk down to 7-8 on the IO but so far that has worked good.

The pieces that had shown decline are looking a lot better and mostly after I blew the algae off the top it is not growing again and some even have PE coming out from the "burnt" tips or whatever was going on. Going to try to take some pictures every other day of the corals to track "hopefully" the progression.


In other news for my other tank that I set up. 240g long that is 96 inches. I have finally cycled it and added a large blue angelfish, male naso tang with streamers, coral beauty and a kole tang. This is just going to be a FOWLR but it was good to finally add fish to it.

[cFloor]

Glad your corals are starting to bounce back! Whenever my corals start to look a little off, I just do a few water changes and they look happy again.

That's cool you're setting up a FOWLR. It's going to be it's own system?

[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by cFloor

Glad your corals are starting to bounce back! Whenever my corals start to look a little off, I just do a few water changes and they look happy again.

That's cool you're setting up a FOWLR. It's going to be it's own system?

Yeah I am hoping they continue to get better but any progress I will take.

The FOWLR is on the other side of the house, in the dining room so it is its own system. So far it is taking away my attention from my SPS with the awesome fish in there but I am sure that will only last so long since they are brand new

[codydemmel4]

Alk has been 7 or 7.3 everytime I have tested it last week, since the corals look as good as ever since I moved my tank last year I am going to keep them here. The PE they have during the day and also during the night is the best I have seen since I moved houses.

[codydemmel4]

[markalot]

Good to hear Cody, hopefully smooth sailing continues.

We'll have to work on your BLUE pictures.

[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by markalot

Good to hear Cody, hopefully smooth sailing continues.

We'll have to work on your BLUE pictures.

haha thank you! Yes we do!!! I am only using my Iphone and those were with all T5s on, will have to use a filter next time but sometimes it looks fake with the colors

[Pife]

Good to hear. Now just leave it alone and keep it steady and it'll be great.

[lynchmob3000]

What bulb combo are you running?


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[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by Pife

Good to hear. Now just leave it alone and keep it steady and it'll be great.

Yup, I am not dosing anything besides 2 part and doing a water change everyday

Originally Posted by lynchmob3000

What bulb combo are you running?


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6 blue plus and 2 coral plus. I was running 4/4 but I had 2 new blue plus sitting around and I took the coral plus out instead of switching the blue. I may go back to 4/4 next time I order 2 bulbs.

[reefmutt]

Nice Cody. Now comes the hard part: doing nothing and waiting and watching.
I've never been able to do this part!

[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by reefmutt

Nice Cody. Now comes the hard part: doing nothing and waiting and watching.
I've never been able to do this part!

Thanks and haha yeah that is very true

[kevlow]

Best of luck with everything taking off, but most of all with the waiting and watching part. lol. I struggle with the desire to keep tinkering with the routine.

Can you give the type or names of the corals in the last five pics? Some look very interesting with great PE. I want to watch because they may need to get added to my shopping list.

Thanks and will be following along.

Kevin

[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by kevlow

Best of luck with everything taking off, but most of all with the waiting and watching part. lol. I struggle with the desire to keep tinkering with the routine.

Can you give the type or names of the corals in the last five pics? Some look very interesting with great PE. I want to watch because they may need to get added to my shopping list.

Thanks and will be following along.

Kevin

Thanks Kevin. I am going on vacation this Saturday for a week so I am already nervous to see how the tank looks when I come back. I have a friend staying at my house with my dog for the week but he knows nothing about corals. going to try to teach him something before I leave but we will see haha.

No idea on the first one, that was a no namer.
The second was sold to me as an oregon tort.
The third, I forget what it is haha
The forth is Blood Red Milli from Battlecorals
The fifth is Old Blue Milli from Battlecorals.


I am going to try to take some more pictures tonight with a filter to hopefully get the blue out of those pictures. Also did a water change earlier, everything is looking great still.

Alk tested at 7, Calc at 430.

Honestly not really worried about phosphates and nitrates just feeding a lot as normal with only my skimmer and cheato. Keeping things as simply as possible

[cFloor]

Your corals are looking very happy and healthy in that last set of pics!

[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by cFloor

Your corals are looking very happy and healthy in that last set of pics!

So far so good, can only hope it keeps going!

[codydemmel4]

Going to take some pictures later tonight, I am a little nervous for the coming up week as I am going on vacation from the 10-17th and my friend who is staying over with my dog knows nothing about saltwater but hopefully I can teach him something about it.

I am going to be adding 2 Lamarck Angelfish on the 17th. That is the plan for now at least. Do I have to add one male and one female? I know I cant add 2 males, but could I possibly add 2 females?

[codydemmel4]

here we go with some pictures. Hopefully these arnt near as blue as the others, I used a green filter but I still cannot get the color they are. I give a ton of props to the people who can take good pictures. I also need to find something so I can take top down pictures with my cell phone.





Forget the name of this one, like a majority haha




These are all no namers




Milli in the back is from Battlecorals and named "Pink Milli" so pretty much a no namer






another no namer





This is from battle corals but it is Sunnyx OG Sunset Milli




no namer




The blue milli in the front is from battle corals "old Blue Milli" so pretty much a no namer






Excaliber from Battlecorals






Oregon Tort

[codydemmel4]

Blood Red Milli from Battlecorals

[Pife]

Put some names with these! I think they are a lot better than your previous pictures.

[codydemmel4]

Originally Posted by Pife

Put some names with these! I think they are a lot better than your previous pictures.

Thanks!

Just updated with some names, but majority are no namers since I did not want to get expensive pieces since I am still recovering. Hopefully in the next couple months