600 gallon NEW BUILD

[Ricardo18]

I'm dedicated to LED's even though they might not be as good as T5's for growth.(might!) The positives out way the (possible) negative.
I guess I will be be able to answer that question much better in a years time.

[Tim]

Beautiful tank and build. Looking forward to watching it grow

[kevlow]

Originally Posted by Ricardo18

Panoramic July 18 2016

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Beautiful tank and landscape. I will be following along with great interest.

I see we share three passions:
1] acros
2] leds
3] Sportscars and LMPs

[Ricardo18]

Originally Posted by Tim

Beautiful tank and build. Looking forward to watching it grow

Thanks....and me too!

[Ricardo18]

Originally Posted by kevlow

Subscribed.
Beautiful tank and landscape. I will be following along with great interest.

I see we share three passions:
1] acros
2] leds
3] Sportscars and LMPs

...don't forget;
4] foolishly chasing the ultimate set-up
5] spending foolish dollars on fish
6] spending foolish dollars on race cars

[codydemmel4]

how is everything going with the tank?

Still dosing acropower, if so how much daily?

[Ricardo18]

The tank is growing out ....(never quick enough!!).Fish and Coral are happy.
Coralline is growing out on the glass panels(which I use as an over-all gauge of biological health) I will post some pics in a few more months to show off a little.
I am still using Acro Power at 40 ml per day. I know I can go much higher and I will gradually.

[McPuff]

Originally Posted by Ricardo18

The tank is growing out ....(never quick enough!!).Fish and Coral are happy.
Coralline is growing out on the glass panels(which I use as an over-all gauge of biological health) I will post some pics in a few more months to show off a little.
I am still using Acro Power at 40 ml per day. I know I can go much higher and I will gradually.

Be careful what you wish for! At some point you'll be fragging OFTEN and you'll start dealing with crowding, insufficient flow (compared to now), and shadowing. It'll be a whole new set of challenges. I noticed when my corals started to fill in, they also became harder to keep happy. Once I massively thinned them out, they all began to look better than ever. Now I really dig having a small number of large colonies.

Bottom line... we need another FTS of your sweet system!! :0)

[Ricardo18]

I noticed my 2 cardinals hanging out real close...which they never do, and saw one with a mouth full of eggs...TOO COOL!!!!!!!

[Ricardo18]

http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/...y.jpg~original

This is why we love reefing

[Ricardo18]

https://youtu.be/xf8hkV3bRTI

[Ricardo18]

[Ricardo18]

[dave.m]

Beauty!

Nice room, too.

Dave.M

[lolgranny]

Beautiful tank
Beautiful home

How do you like your sump? What size did you go with? Im looking for something for me new build and it looks very clean.

[Ricardo18]

Originally Posted by dave.m

Beauty!

Nice room, too.

Dave.M

Thanks Dave.It is coming along in spite of a spike in Nitrate to 15.Don't know why....but I'm working it out. Actually, some SPS seem to love it!
...Just when you think you have a handle on things...WHAMMO!!!

[Ricardo18]

Originally Posted by lolgranny

Beautiful tank
Beautiful home

How do you like your sump? What size did you go with? Im looking for something for me new build and it looks very clean.

The sump is working great..I built a nice simple design. 24" x 60" and 20" tall.
It is industrial grade PVC

[Ricardo18]

INTERESTING! My temp drives up my PH...Thats a new one on me!

[iced98lx]

https://reagecon.com/pdf/technicalpa...-_TSP-01-2.pdf

TL; DR: Temperature can alter how that probe reads. I would assume that the probe or the apex do a correction, but I could be wrong or it may not be calibrated properly.

oh and the tank is looking really great!!!

[Ricardo18]

Originally Posted by iced98lx

https://reagecon.com/pdf/technicalpa...-_TSP-01-2.pdf

TL; DR: Temperature can alter how that probe reads. I would assume that the probe or the apex do a correction, but I could be wrong or it may not be calibrated properly.

oh and the tank is looking really great!!!

Fantastic article and right on point!..THANKS!

[CrayolaViolence]

Sorry if you already answered this, but what are the dimensions on your main DT?

[ADVRESOURCE]

Originally Posted by Ricardo18

INTERESTING! My temp drives up my PH...Thats a new one on me!

During the day, the corals are photosynthesizing and using up carbon dioxide. Thus, increasing PH. During the day when lights come on, temperature rises due to increase light intensity. At night, when corals are asleep, there's a build up of carbon dioxide with reduces the overall PH. And, when lights turn off, the temperature decreases.

If your put cheato on a reverse light cycle, you can smooth out PH fluctuation. But, not really necessary.

[ADVRESOURCE]

I use a CA rx and have around the same profile with PH and temperature. Good stuff.

[DasCamel]

Fresh air in the house has the same result, raises pH by lowering CO2 in the house. Really cool to watch.

[Ricardo18]

Originally Posted by CrayolaViolence

Sorry if you already answered this, but what are the dimensions on your main DT?

96 wide x 44 front to back x 30 high