Hello all

[CristianD]

So just wanted say hi and let people know about my tank. I've been using the forum for a few months but never posted anything. Everybody seems really nice so I figured I'd get a ill more involved.
I've had my 75g running for about 3 years got some lps and sps but recently just rearranged my live rock to make more room for more sps and some lps.
Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated. Also some advice on what sps are moderately easy to keep. I'm not a beginner but def not an expert. All my corals are doing great but wanted to take it to the next level I guess and realyl make my tank reach its full potential. Thanx again!

 

[skene]

post more information about what type of equipment and your water tests results... pics also help.

 

[rkaragozler]

Welcome to MR, enjoy your stay, and don't be afraid to ask questions. A little more info on your set up would help. As far as sps, my first one was a purple Pocillopora.

 

[CristianD]

75g glass aquarium
25g sump with refugium (reverse light cycle)
Coralife 125 skimmer
Phosphate reactor with phosphoban
Tunze osmolator ato through diy kalk reactor
48" fixture 2x250w mh and 4x65w actinics
Actinics 9am-8pm mh 11am-4pm
2x 4" fans under canopy for cooling
Vortech mp40 w pump
apex controller lite

Temp 77.5-78.5
PH 8.15-8.37 (night/day)
Calcium 460ppm
SG 1.025
Alk 10.8-11.4
Phos < .025 ppm
Nitrates/nitrites almost zero

Thanks for the time. I will post pics later this afternoon. Any advice/input is appreciated

 

[CristianD]

Pics

Here are some pics of my tank. They were taken with an iPhone so def does not do them justice.

 

[CristianD]

more pics. as you can see some spots have these polyps that are growing on the rocks. i would like to get rid of them. i've tired scraping them off but can never get them all and they just keep coming back. i was told that i can inject them with calcium and alk and it would kill them. that didn't work. any other suggestions??

 

[motortrendz]

looking great, seems like your doing well.. i dont think anything would make your system better right now, just time.. good work!!

edit: check that, just saw the bioballs in your sump... gotta go!

 

[howze01]

Tank looks good. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

If you're going to toy with it though, I would do away with the bioballs too. The Coralife skimmers have a bad rep too, you may want to upgrade that. Beyond that, I wouldn't mess around too much.

 

[CristianD]

thanx appreciate it. i took some of the bioballs out already maybe like 8-10months ago. about half. should i get rid of all of them and add more lr. the only problem is that that part of the sump is not submerged. water just trickles down. is it ok to have lr not fully submerged?

 

[maxxena]

hi cristian welcome to mr. i did the same, use the forum for while but never signed up. now i'm glad to be part of a great online community.

 

[plateboy3293]

The bio balls don't remove all at once it will cause a spike I. Nitrates. You can remove a few every week until they are gone. Personally I put live rock rubble instead and the trickling is what's supposed to happen wet/dry are aka trickle filters

 

[roc5288]

Welcome to MR.

 

[csauer52]

WOW Christian! The tank looks great. I wouldn't change a thing.

 

[CristianD]

thanks for the love guys!! good to get feedback from other reef-keepers.

 

[Awibrandy]

Looks like your tank is doing great Cristian! Like others stated "if it ain't broke don't fix it", you may end up regretting the move. All systems operated differently, what works for one may not necessarily work for another.

Welcome to the MR family..

 

[rkaragozler]

tank looks amazing, +1 what others have said.