October 2014 Tank of the Month!!

[reefkiter]

Great Tank!
Can you tell me the reasons you left zeovit? Do you see differences in the coloration and in the animal prosperity?
Regards

[Avgou]

Beautiful tank. I am aiming for a similar regiment. Two questions for you:

Can you please elaborate on your lighting duration. Which bulbs are on for what duration of time please? Also, is there a sandbed?

[msaba]

Congrats!! I love the full grown colonies and open look to your tank!

Is that an anemone or a large torch coral that your clown is in? thanks

Mark

[jacky.l]

Originally Posted by tclndcrz

great tank, i like the passage ways beneath the rocks

Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia

I love the simplicity of this tank and it's serene look. Well done Xuan!

Originally Posted by s2nhle

Congrats. So beautiful and so clean. Thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by Hamilton Tech

Nice looking tank. Congratulations!

Originally Posted by SneakyPete

When I saw this on the homepage, I literally said the word "Wow" out loud. That is an incredibly beautiful tank.

Originally Posted by greaps

Socks, skimmer, and no refugium, no gfo, no carbon, no biopellets or vodka. I like it!

Thanks everyone.

[jacky.l]

Originally Posted by sbtdark

Does anyone know what the white with black and yellow type wrasse is?

blackeye thicklip

Originally Posted by reefkiter

Great Tank!
Can you tell me the reasons you left zeovit? Do you see differences in the coloration and in the animal prosperity?
Regards

Thanks.
Reasons for not using zeovite is mainly want to maintain simple, since I use zeovite for not a long time so bad to evaluate the status of coral, but I very like the situation now.

Originally Posted by Avgou

Beautiful tank. I am aiming for a similar regiment. Two questions for you:

Can you please elaborate on your lighting duration. Which bulbs are on for what duration of time please? Also, is there a sandbed?

Thanks.
My light is simple to set up, 11 am. start, stop at 10 pm., in half an hour after the start and stop half an hour ago, divided into three stages of the lamp startup and shutdown.The lamp lights lit all the running time should be 10 hours

Originally Posted by msaba

Congrats!! I love the full grown colonies and open look to your tank!

Is that an anemone or a large torch coral that your clown is in? thanks

Mark

Thanks.

It`s a green torch coral. More than three years from the 5 branches grow to 60.

[jacky.l]

I'm sorry, reply writing there is misunderstanding.
"since I use zeovite for not a long time so bad to evaluate the status of coral."
The exact meaning is "so difficult to evaluate"
Also no sandbed.

[Piper27]

Beautiful! I LOVE the big green thick acropora in your tank. I would trade my right arm for a,frag of that! I would love to know how you came across that coral and what sub species it may be, pm me if you get time and let me know more about it. Good job!!

[jacky.l]

Originally Posted by Piper27

Beautiful! I LOVE the big green thick acropora in your tank. I would trade my right arm for a,frag of that! I would love to know how you came across that coral and what sub species it may be, pm me if you get time and let me know more about it. Good job!!

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. Put in the middle of the green Acropora? The Acropora growth for almost three years, root diameter of about 10CM, name is Florida.

[greengeco82]

First, congrats!

Second, how often do you do water changes. In your article you said 60l I believe, but didnt say how often.

Thanks

[tmc1313]

Congrats, great job and beautiful reef! I read your whole write up, maybe I missed it, but I didn't see anything about your water change schedule. How often are you doing water changes and how much?

[rainmkr07]

Congratulations. Beautiful tank!

[Ryanrttu]

Originally Posted by drae

outstanding. Love the full, but not cluttered, look. Nicely done.

+1

[Ryanrttu]

I found the below part very interesting; love the keep it simple idea but has there not been any crazy problems because of that? I mean afterall there is a reason people do all that other stuff to maintain their corals. My tank only has one mushroom so I am no coral expert by any means but just generally curious.

I removed the refugium and two filters, stopped adding most of the additives, leaving nothing but the filter bags, skimmer, and one circulation pump in the sump. A clean sump is visually appealing, and after running it for more than a year, proved to be quite effective. I now have more time to appreciate my reef aquarium.

[jacky.l]

Originally Posted by greengeco82

First, congrats!

Second, how often do you do water changes. In your article you said 60l I believe, but didnt say how often.

Thanks

Originally Posted by tmc1313

Congrats, great job and beautiful reef! I read your whole write up, maybe I missed it, but I didn't see anything about your water change schedule. How often are you doing water changes and how much?

Sorry, forgot to write How often water change, I change the water every 15 days, change 60L

Originally Posted by rainmkr07

Congratulations. Beautiful tank!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Ryanrttu

+1

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Ryanrttu

I found the below part very interesting; love the keep it simple idea but has there not been any crazy problems because of that? I mean afterall there is a reason people do all that other stuff to maintain their corals. My tank only has one mushroom so I am no coral expert by any means but just generally curious.

Yes, everyone is to use these to maintain, but I just want to find a simple way to maintain.

[vitodog]

Congratulations! Simply beautiful tank. I do have one question for you Xuan, if you don't mind. How do you dose the Zeobak, Microbacter7 and the Bio-Digest? You describe dosing one each week, so when you dose the Prodibio Bio-Digest, do you just dose 2 vials for the week (Prodibio instructions suggest dosing every 3 days) or do you dose the Bio-Digest every 3 days as suggested and then one of the other 2 products. Would you mind sharing your dosing schedule for these 3 products? Thank you.

[jacky.l]

Originally Posted by vitodog

Congratulations! Simply beautiful tank. I do have one question for you Xuan, if you don't mind. How do you dose the Zeobak, Microbacter7 and the Bio-Digest? You describe dosing one each week, so when you dose the Prodibio Bio-Digest, do you just dose 2 vials for the week (Prodibio instructions suggest dosing every 3 days) or do you dose the Bio-Digest every 3 days as suggested and then one of the other 2 products. Would you mind sharing your dosing schedule for these 3 products? Thank you.

Thank you vitdog, I dose was: Zeobak-6 drops, Microbacter7 -15ml; Bio-Digest-1bottles; Weekly will choose one to add, I was not completely in accordance with the product instructions.

[vitodog]

Thank you Xuan for taking the time to reply to my question. Again, your tank is simply beautiful.

[arkuranel]

Simple questions:

1- What are the jumpers of 6105 stream pumps and how you arrange the circulation?

2- You might knew that filter socks "micronize" the physical compounds (+wastes) where it results as "food" to corals.. where they would probably "darken" them while you would like have a "clean" sump?

3- Why did you add Potassium? As you change water every 15 days 60 liters: Did you see any benefit? and why didn't you prefer K2CO3 instead of KCl?

Meanwhile your system is so simple and I love it..

[eidels]

Gorgeous Tank Xuan! Could you extrapolate on details of K dosing?

[bboersma79]

What is that substrate (sand, starboard?) Great looking tank!

[sanchoy]

Nice tank. I am impressed. Recently the reef tank scene in China has been growing. Plus you have access to the latest and greatest new equipment. Keep it up.

[Holyreefer]

Just beautiful.
Id be interested in hearing about the no sand bed, as he has more than just the Coris wrasse, i saw a Melenarus wrasse as well and from what i read they "Need" a sand bed. Im a lover of wrasses and the bare bottom look as its so clean but, my love for the wrasses might OBLIGATE me to keeping the sand bottom.

[Marc11]

+1 on what is on the bottom of your tank. Is it starboard?

[jacky.l]

Originally Posted by arkuranel

Simple questions:

1- What are the jumpers of 6105 stream pumps and how you arrange the circulation?

2- You might knew that filter socks "micronize" the physical compounds (+wastes) where it results as "food" to corals.. where they would probably "darken" them while you would like have a "clean" sump?

3- Why did you add Potassium? As you change water every 15 days 60 liters: Did you see any benefit? and why didn't you prefer K2CO3 instead of KCl?

Meanwhile your system is so simple and I love it..

1, 6105 settings: diagonal two units to form a group, a power in the range 30%-100%,Mode is puls only.

2,Everything has two sides, you want to get a clean sump will lose some coral food, so I will regularly feed the corals when stop the pump, at present my coral color ok.

3, I added potassium is not much, the aim is to increase the color of SPS, K2CO3 and KCl are feasible, is a matter of personal preference, I like to use KCL. I always all is change the water every 15 days (although the majority of people are changed once a week), benefit is the reduction of water changing workload.

Originally Posted by eidels

Gorgeous Tank Xuan! Could you extrapolate on details of K dosing?

Thanks.
5L RO water and 1000g KCL dissolved, one day dose of 10ml.

Originally Posted by bboersma79

What is that substrate (sand, starboard?) Great looking tank!

Substrate is calcium algae on glass.LOL

[jacky.l]

Originally Posted by sanchoy

Nice tank. I am impressed. Recently the reef tank scene in China has been growing. Plus you have access to the latest and greatest new equipment. Keep it up.

Thank you sanchoy.

Originally Posted by Holyreefer

Just beautiful.
Id be interested in hearing about the no sand bed, as he has more than just the Coris wrasse, i saw a Melenarus wrasse as well and from what i read they "Need" a sand bed. Im a lover of wrasses and the bare bottom look as its so clean but, my love for the wrasses might OBLIGATE me to keeping the sand bottom.

Thanks.
Yes, it needs a sand bed can live better, who let my love no sand bed! It can only be wronged.

Originally Posted by Marc11

+1 on what is on the bottom of your tank. Is it starboard?

Only calcium algae.