Ryan's 120 Oceanic Reef: Right By Da Beach Boyeeee

Rcunning8 said:
Lighting is old reefbreeder in the front and orbit marine pro in the back with identical lighting schedules. 12 hour photoperiod total and then blackout. 9 hours of 100 percent blues flanked by 1.5 hours of ramping up and down to 100 percent on each side of that. 6 hours total of whites, maxing out at 35 percent whites for a half hour out of the day and flanked by increasing and decreasing intervals of about 5 percent on each side.

Nutrients have been running heavy as I was trying to save a rabbit fish that didn't make it :( anyways nitrates are currently 12 and phosphates are .36.

Just FYI I check nutrients more often than I check alkalinity. Having a mixed reef like this one is only hard because of fluctuating nutrient levels. Anybody can have rock solid alkalinity and calcium. Having the perfect nutrient level so sps don't brown out and the lps is still happy is much harder imo. That being said I like to keep my nitrates at 5 and my phosphate at less than .36 but greater than .1. Phosphates lower than .1 u will see stuff starting to pale out, shrink up and melt. U know all this stuff though lol why am I telling u?!


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Haha yep... nutrients are the biatch in todays world .. and the reason i asked i feel the rr op and jf flame like nutrient rich tank with lower white lights

I ran my radions at 50% white for 6 hours last year .. colors were spot on but what ever couldn't take that much light died .. this tine im following their sps ab+ schedule so tank looks dim to me but well have to wait and see how colors do ..

Keeping nutrients at a certain level is like a circus feat .. you need to feed more but at the same time have equipment to take the extra nutrients out

Good job :)


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Wow! "nitrates are currently 12 and phosphates are .36" and no noticeable nuisance algae!? You must have that magical balance point where corals out compete algae...

For me, chalices have always acted poorly whenever P04 gets above .1

And the fox flame is for sure a "low light SPS"...the dark red goes to a washed out pink color when it gets too much par. JF told me 200to250PAR~
 
tinman said:
Haha yep... nutrients are the biatch in todays world .. and the reason i asked i feel the rr op and jf flame like nutrient rich tank with lower white lights

I ran my radions at 50% white for 6 hours last year .. colors were spot on but what ever couldn't take that much light died .. this tine im following their sps ab+ schedule so tank looks dim to me but well have to wait and see how colors do ..

Keeping nutrients at a certain level is like a circus feat .. you need to feed more but at the same time have equipment to take the extra nutrients out

Good job :)


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I dunno about radions so I can't commment specifically. I know they are better lights than reefbreeders that's for sure. What's also nice about radions is you can control the reds and royals and greens separate from the whites and blues. Mine is all blue control and whites channel contains all red green royal blue.. also my lights are probably closer to the water surface than your lights so it's def hard to be comparing our lighting schedules to one another. Derik stopped over and my par was like 700 2 inches below the water surface at peak day but pretty much a garbage reading since those things aren't meant for led. With all that being said I agree with the move u made so far, 50 percent white on radions seems too high to me and nothing wrong with bumping it up with a couple percent each week to see how things do. I know personally for me I have maxed out my whites because anymore increases always bleach out everything!!

Also yes I am agreed on the fox flame, likes it dirty and likes really low light, I even have mine shaded out and branches are still growing laterally and not vertically indicating to me that it could survive even lower light but I prob won't get that deep red everyone wants. In regards to the op yes I agree dirtier water than what you are accustomed to over there for sure but not too dirty. Also op I have all the way up two inches below water level directly under light and branches are still growing vertically


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ultimatemj said:
Wow! "nitrates are currently 12 and phosphates are .36" and no noticeable nuisance algae!? You must have that magical balance point where corals out compete algae...

For me, chalices have always acted poorly whenever P04 gets above .1

And the fox flame is for sure a "low light SPS"...the dark red goes to a washed out pink color when it gets too much par. JF told me 200to250PAR~
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I wish there were a par meter specifically for led. Do u know anything about the apex par rock thing? I'm thinking about getting one of those they have pretty good price and I could monitor lights while away.

I'm opposite on those chalices bro, my chalices get all puffy and extend their sweepers in dirty only water, it's a ***** honestly because besides zoas and shrooms those suffer next if water ain't dirty enough!!

In regards to nuisance algae, I have none you are correct but I also have the most robust cleaning crew that I know of. I try and buy a new snail every week or at least every other week and I just keep adding. I also have a 12 inch beautiful red serpent star who comes out at night, one long spine urchin, one Halloween urchin who I love to death, numerous turbo snails, too many to count large and small Florida ceriths, too many to count nerites, too many to count small to large nesarius vibex, probably about 20-30 hermits, 4 emeralds, four shrimp, I also just added four beautiful brown blotch snails which are amazing as I already had two today to my tank, not to mention I have a starry blenny a naso tang and purple tang constantly biting off all the new growth. I don't really think the corals are out competing the algae per se but more that my clean up crew takes care of all my algae and I grow a shit ton of four different types of macro and mangroves in the sump combined with a beastly skimmer, quantum nyos. All those things combined I think are what contribute to my clean aquarium now I just need to find out how to get rid of these small ass hydroids that I didn't know I had until last week, going clean for a couple weeks and I will see how they fair with clean water.


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I haven't used the Apex PAR rock, but it seems to me that anything that was left in the tank would get a film on it (like tank glass) and not measure accurately.

My cleanup crew was eaten by my wrasses, and new additions are pricey lunches for them :(

Like aiptasia, kalk paste can work on hydroids...until they get going, and then there is a tipping point where folks just replace the rock. Good luck!
 
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I haven't used the Apex PAR rock, but it seems to me that anything that was left in the tank would get a film on it (like tank glass) and not measure accurately.

My cleanup crew was eaten by my wrasses, and new additions are pricey lunches for them :(

Like aiptasia, kalk paste can work on hydroids...until they get going, and then there is a tipping point where folks just replace the rock. Good luck!
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Man that's unfortunate I'm not getting rid of my rock and they are the super small, tiny stringy ones. I've been brushing them off and they don't seem to be coming back. I know they are filter feeders so I thought I'd drop nutrients and see if I can keep them at bay with that. Also I red some anecdotal stories that long spine urchins and butterfly fish go after them sometimes so I got those and we will see what happens!


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Beautiful tank Ryan everything looks beautiful! It'll try to stop by soon.
That bounce is flossing!!

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Have you seen this new full spectrum sensor?

Here is a description from their site:

Features an improved detector that provides excellent measurements under all light sources, including LEDs, right out of the box. The full-spectrum quantum sensor has a spectral range of 389 to 692 nm ± 5 nm.


Rcunning8 said:
I wish there were a par meter specifically for led.
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Hardest thing in this hobby is keeping your hands out of the tank and resisting the urge to micromanage every little creatures life down to the copepods, I feel like an overprotective mother sometimes

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latinreefer said:
That Plate looks crazy, post a better shot with the multiple mouths !! Your tank looks great you have my vote for TTM
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Lights are off I'll try to get a good pic and post up tomorrow night! Thanks again Robert for the beautiful piece so far loving it in here but I think it's having a hard time with all the flow because not as extended and fluffy as it was in your tank, fungia are one of those corals that have a hard time in this system for some reason, those and acanthophylia which kills me because acanthophylia are my all time favorite coral and I can't keep them unless I get a species specific tank which I may have to in the future ;)


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By popular demand I wanna post my new plate coral I got from [MENTION=391]latinreefer[/MENTION] !!! This thing is hot and fluffy!! Only plate coral I seen with multiple mouths. If u want to get one I think he has one left!! Prying it from his ocd hands though may be a different story ;) lol thanks Robert, can't wait for the move to the new house and of course the new build!


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One massive shoutout to my boys over at reef geeks!!! Man what a great grand opening they had! I entered in the raffle and who knew I actually won this awesome 4K camera!!

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When I went to pick it up I also purchased this amazing maricultured tenuis which I think has a lot of potential for sure! Check them out if u want the best selection and prices on maricultured pieces that Chicago has to offer.

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Also got this copperband butterfly (Donald) and a pair of pipefish (piper and pippin) during the opening!

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Tank looking bomb diggity tonight, never get to see it in the blues cuz I'm always working

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This mushroom mother is not for sale but I have a baby of it if you are interested pm me it's about the size of a dime right now, one of my fav pieces for sure. Cheesecake mushroom mother

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Looking great. How the hell does your camera/phone handle pure blue? My camera and phone both wash out with way less blue than that.
 
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