320 Gallon/ 1212 Liter - SPS/mixed Reef

[curiousphil]

Thanks for sharing!  Stop by more often I've been following your "success with LEDs" thread over on Reef Central.  Love the stuff you've been trying out.

 

[nexusnight]

Congrats on ur tank being featured as an example of aqua scraping on advanced aquarist. I thought I recognized it


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[Bayinaung]

Re: 320 Gallon/ 1212 Liter - SPS/mixed Reef Chesterfield MI USA Just over the Border

Thanks - Here is a FTS shot in Jan where I won TOTM for a Michigan Site.  This tank is 100% LED Driven with over 200 different SPS colonies.  All of these colonies started from approx. 1\" frags Nov. 2012:

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holy crap!  that looks amazing!  dude that's TOTM ANYWHERE. yeah I just found your thread.

 

[Bayinaung]

Hi All - I am back at it with the post crash reconstruction of the big reef.  I lost most of my acros, stylos, and birdsnest but had a Digi explosion.
Thanks! Tom

woa dude!  what happened???  that sux man. why did it crash?

 

[tdb320reef]

Here are some pics - I posted on other boards but for those that don't travel outside.

 

[tdb320reef]

A few More:

 

[unibob]

How much are you dosing each day? And what method/product are you using?

 

[Reef Hero]

:drool:

I'm so jealous of your tank size!!!!! I can spy lots of spots still in your tank where I think I could sneak a frag or two in lol
Are you going out to the Lansing Coral Expo this weekend Tom?


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[unibob]

:drool:

I'm so jealous of your tank size!!!!! I can spy lots of spots still in your tank where I think I could sneak a frag or two in lol
Are you going out to the Lansing Coral Expo this weekend Tom?


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what happens when the frags fill in though, doesn't the trimming just get redic?

 

[tdb320reef]

How much are you dosing each day? And what method/product are you using?

CA, MG, and ALK
I use Two Part 100ML per day and 20OZ of MG per 1gallon,  Calcium Reactor with a steady stream and Kalk about 16OZ per week.

Light
10 120 Watt LED panels and 4 250 Watt Mh Radiums

Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphate  (C:N)
I use 500ML of biopellets recirculating with about 100GPH of Flow through,

Carbon, Nitrogen
Nutrient solution everyday before lights on.  20ML of Fuel, 60 ML of Vinigar, 1 drop of iodine, 2tsp of oyster feast all mixed together.

Feeding the tank - everyday  (Phosphates)

3 instances of pellets mixed with 1MM, 5MM, cyclops-eze, coral frenzy, and reef chili on Neptune AFS
2 Large sheets of Nori
Large melted rchunk of PE Mysys in the evening
Sometimes flakes if my fish are good.

I have also changed my skimmer to Dry Skim
Moved Water changes to once per month
Removed GFO  as the aforementioned solution keeps the natural bacteria up eliminating the phosphates in the system.
Use .5 cup of Rox .08 to remove, prevent OD in trace elements considering they are being added daily.

My Crash over the summer 100% was stressed starving corals giving up with a serious absence of nitrogen!

 

[tdb320reef]

:drool:

I'm so jealous of your tank size!!!!! I can spy lots of spots still in your tank where I think I could sneak a frag or two in lol
Are you going out to the Lansing Coral Expo this weekend Tom?

 
Yes, I will be there.  The reef is rocking so I am not going to sell frags but hopefully I can score a couple nice RR Pieces.


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[tdb320reef]

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:drool:

I'm so jealous of your tank size!!!!! I can spy lots of spots still in your tank where I think I could sneak a frag or two in lol
Are you going out to the Lansing Coral Expo this weekend Tom?


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what happens when the frags fill in though, doesn't the trimming just get redic?
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All of my colonies are on large pieces of rock that can be remove trimmed and replaced or moved.  The only one that I cannot move is the big green slimmer which by the way the purple cap will eventually take it over if I don't do something.

 

[teebone110]

Nutrient solution everyday before lights on.  20ML of Fuel, 60 ML of Vinigar, 1 drop of iodine, 2tsp of oyster feast all mixed together.

How did you determine the contents and ratio of this supplement?

 

[tdb320reef]

Instructions on the fuel.  the Oyster feast says every other day but I use it to knock down the foam of the skimmer.  Fills up one BRS beaker.

 

[teebone110]

Interesting ...So do you think if you would have added this nitrogen mixture all along, that you could have prevented the crash you had over the summer?

Was the issue that your corals were starving due to a nutrient imbalance related to an increased demand from the biopellets?

 

[tdb320reef]

Interesting ...So do you think if you would have added this nitrogen mixture all along, that you could have prevented the crash you had over the summer?

Was the issue that your corals were starving due to a nutrient imbalance related to an increased demand from the biopellets?

Yes the corals were starving as the system was so efficient at removing nitrates and phosphates.  What little bit was put in the system was quickly removed by the biopellets, bacteria, wet skimming and clams.  Nitrates remained 0 for a few months after I stopped using biopellets.  Given the weak corals,  HVAC issues and several adjustments there after the corals were giving up.  Once the Nitrates hit .2 - 1 the system came back alive but the growth was slow.  The solution was to turn the BP's back on with minimal biopellets and slow flow.  Dry skim and extend water changes. Add nutrients to get the CNP process in gear.  I am sure what I put in the morning is removed by the end of the day.    Corals are now Rich in color,  Less expense in WC,  Less effort changing the skimmer, and I have not had an STn event since I change the philosophy.  The damaged corals are growing back and encrusting over the dead spots.

 

[Jewel]

Very nice system,

 

[teebone110]

Glad you figured this out as there are so many variables that can make things go down hill fast. I remember that you thought it could have been a bacterial infection.

 

[tdb320reef]

Hope all is well.  Picked up a new Cell Phone that takes some good pics.  Enjoy

 

[Thanh]

Beautiful tank !!