New 40B

[reefin]

Haven't really posted in awhile. Have gotten a few new things for the tank. Bought a Gfo reactor and I love it. LEDs are about a week from being done. Also picked a few new corals, 3 are SPS so we'll see how they last, a buddy of mine is letting me borrow is diy led light until I get mine done so tomorrow I should have that over the tank. New corals are blue/green blasto(LPS) Pink birdsnest, green birdsnest and a red cap monti. Had a huge nitrate spike, supposedly but, not sure how my frogspawn was able to grow and start splitting through a huge nitrate spike.

good to hear about yur progress tank looks great! Now you have the GFO running you might want to look into the bio pellets especially now you are getting into the SPS corals! I was wondering where you went to! LOL You will find that sometime thu the stress of a nitrate swing that some corals will split not so much grow but they will split! I have a small colony of aussie dunkins that I just got about 3 weeks ago and I feed them twice a week and thru the stress of being fragged and moved to my tank I already have 3 new heads! So a frag that went from 3 heads ($15) to 5 heads now worth $25!

[CrazyEyes]

Well the tank has definitely been fighting a downhill battle for some time. Loss my LTA, 2 birdsnest and a red monti cap. Fought a nitrate battle for almost a month, fought a cyano and hair algae outbreak. Phew. It's finally making a comeback oh and, there was so many changes to my LED plan that my tank went back and forth from old t5's, no lights, crappy LEDs to mine and then back. But, the tank is seriously doing great now. Everything is healthy and I just got the lights up, well lastnight. Everything is finally coming back in my favor. Nitrates are falling back down I am finally seeing an outburst of coralline and the corals are really starting to pick back up. And I also believe my clowns are going to start mating soon. Here are a few shots that I took today and lastnight.

Corals are still a little eh but I think they'll bounce back.

[AussieDIYFK]

well im glad your getting it under control and the coralline is appearing these sw setups can be a nightmare
my 50g is dropping ph and i dont know what is doing it? im looking forward to many battles and wont give up

[AussieDIYFK]

I stopped using API kits. I got tired of them being off. I spring for the Salifert kits now even though they cost 5x as much.

im abit of api too at the moment, the colour charts are too close together to get a real accurate reading with the high ph test,
or maybe its just me not used to testing high ph (its all new now)

[CrazyEyes]

Yeah api is terrible for this. Definitely getting a red sea kit soon.

[CrazyEyes]

I basically cleaned house and got rid of 95% of my zoas, I'm switching to LPS. Picked up a couple Duncan frags. Also, my frogspawn is doing amazing lately.
Full shot, it's bright with no optics

Leopard wrasse and my percula pair. Also coral left to right. GSP, Fuzzy mushroom(which is starting grow onto the sand) and the frogspawn which is showing signs of major improvement.

Looking healthy again.

New Duncan LPS coral.

[beastyboy uk]

Very nice well done