Show me your LPS dominated reeftanks! - Page 4

one8thscale · 11/08/2007, 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by capn_hylinur
i have a very similar set up but because of the 2 attinics I went with 10,000k bulbs instead of the 14,000.

I have a prop tank with a 250W HQI and started with a 10K with atinics, but the color was still not enough for me. I switched to a 250W Phoenix and the colors are awesome. I don't think I can go back to 10K. I must admit with the 10K I got a lot of growth, but the color was not enough for me. I don't have any atinic sup. on my display tank but I have a friend who does and runs a 150w Phoenix bulb, and it looks great. Atinics with the Phoenix bulb really makes the colors pop.

Aquarist007 · 11/08/2007, 04:54 PM

250 watts would have been my choice--at the time of purchase I was greener then chaeto and the guys that sold me the system said I couldn't run them because of heat problems(they were in a coral life fixture under a wooden canopy.
Little did I know that eventually I would run the sump,refug and ballasts from the basement.
Kind of hard to change now--due to cost--besides I don't think I will ever have in LPS--not after what I have seen here at what you can aim for.

vvolfe1 · 11/09/2007, 12:49 AM

Here is an old pic of my tank. I currently have twice the LPS but can not get a good pic.

Aquarist007 · 11/09/2007, 09:14 AM

nice variety the way it is--too bad we couldn't see it with twice the coral

adddo · 11/09/2007, 10:19 AM

Looks really nice vvolfe, the red favia? looks fantastic, any close ups of it?

And do try to take an up to date pic would love to see more pics of your tank.

pezcubano · 11/09/2007, 03:53 PM

Volfe - It looks like you have a little crud that's settled 1-2" under your sand bed on the right side of your pic. I have the same thing my tank and I'm thinking of kicking it all up this weekend to get it filtered out. Any thoughts? Do you think it adds phosphates to your tank?

Aquarist007 · 11/09/2007, 05:17 PM

I've got the same thing. If you stir up the bed then you stir up the useful bacteria there--which is worse IMO.
I think that is just algae on the glass. What I do if it gets too bad is take a long scaper and push is down the glass between it and the substrate.

Aquarist007 · 11/09/2007, 05:19 PM

.................if you have adequate flow across the substrated then you are not going to get a build up of phosphates--they will be kept in the water column and filtered out.
---and remember the phosphates the phosphates came from in the first place--probably over feeding

vvolfe1 · 11/09/2007, 07:03 PM

The favia is actually a Blasto merletti that got really red over the summer after I blew up my Icecap ballast and had to go back to the Nova Extreme. I think the crud in the sand bed is just algea on the glass. I'm glad you guys like it. I'll try to get a current pick this weekend.

pezcubano · 11/09/2007, 07:07 PM

Beautiful Blasto...
I'll try scraping some this weekend and see if I can get it off. Thanks for the reply

Aquarist007 · 11/09/2007, 08:04 PM

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Originally posted by vvolfe1
The favia is actually a Blasto merletti that got really red over the summer after I blew up my Icecap ballast and had to go back to the Nova Extreme. I think the crud in the sand bed is just algea on the glass. I'm glad you guys like it. I'll try to get a current pick this weekend.

oh boy---I've got to get one of these--what are the preferred lighting requirements for this colour?

yeah--I think you will find like I did--its just algae. Just be careful not to disturb the entire sand bed.

if you are worrying about the rest of the bed---get some nasessarius snails--they to a great job and stay under the sand bed--they also keep the sand bed loose and stop it from clumping over time.

adddo · 11/10/2007, 01:24 PM

Ohh that is one nicelooking coral vvolfe!

Aquarist007 · 11/10/2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by adddo
Ohh that is one nicelooking coral vvolfe!

come on Adddo--stir up some more posters---love seeing the variety of LPS tanks.

(this might help bump the tread )

anguswu · 11/10/2007, 07:05 PM

Here is my 30G LPS and mushroom tank.

Detail link here. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...3#post11156393

Aquarist007 · 11/10/2007, 07:07 PM

now that's what I call a variety of colours--fantastic
but you got more then musrooms in there LOL

anguswu · 11/10/2007, 07:12 PM

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Originally posted by capn_hylinur
now that's what I call a variety of colours--fantastic
but you got more then musrooms in there LOL

Per polyp, LPS are more than mushrroms.

Opes · 11/12/2007, 10:59 PM

Here's my simple little 40 Breeder.

My camera skills suck, the tank is not this blue in person.

Aquarist007 · 11/13/2007, 08:03 AM

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Originally posted by Opes
Here's my simple little 40 Breeder.

My camera skills suck, the tank is not this blue in person.

yah--right simple little breeder tank

that's a great tank.

I love the open brain pic.

Aquarist007 · 11/13/2007, 08:36 AM

any suggestions for lps that can handle alot of light and alot of flow. Before reading this thread and others on LPS I had reserved the top of the reef for sps----I'm not going to even get into them now

bdare · 11/13/2007, 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by capn_hylinur
any suggestions for lps that can handle alot of light and alot of flow. Before reading this thread and others on LPS I had reserved the top of the reef for sps----I'm not going to even get into them now

I have the same question... I'm building a 40B right now what will have a single 250w 10K reeflux with 2x39 T5 sup. The light will be about 8" off the water. Looking for some good LPS I can keep in the middle of the tank w/o melting!

B-Dare

vvolfe1 · 11/13/2007, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
oh boy---I've got to get one of these--what are the preferred lighting requirements for this colour?

yeah--I think you will find like I did--its just algae. Just be careful not to disturb the entire sand bed.

if you are worrying about the rest of the bed---get some nasessarius snails--they to a great job and stay under the sand bed--they also keep the sand bed loose and stop it from clumping over time.

Well at the time I just got the tank. It had originally 4 VHO's on the 90. I switched to T5's 2 B+ a 6.5k and a 11k. Blew up my ballast so at the time it was under a nova extreme. It is still very red just alittle more pink in it now that its been back under my good T5's.

adddo · 11/14/2007, 03:51 PM

Wow guys great pics and tanks, Angus those colors are awsome! And Opes i bet you can sit and stare at that beautiful tank for hours!

Come on guys there has to be more ppl out there that wants to share their tanks with us!

Capn! Thanks for helping out

Opes · 11/16/2007, 11:01 PM

Thanks Adddo. I do stare at it alot, ask my wife she gets jealous!

When I upgrade tanks soon she will probably leave me but that's alright, more time for the reef!

Let's see some more nice tanks.

Mental1 · 11/17/2007, 09:38 AM

I am always reluctant to post pictures of my tank because the pictures always look dull. But here's my tank -- the LPS are frogspawn, hammer, torch, plate, elegance and a green edged blasto.

Aquarist007 · 11/17/2007, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by Mental1
I am always reluctant to post pictures of my tank because the pictures always look dull. But here's my tank -- the LPS are frogspawn, hammer, torch, plate, elegance and a green edged blasto.

don't be shy Sherri, we showed you ours first

That elegance looks in great shape and exactly like the one I purchase a month ago. How long have you had it?

Is that a sea fan in the left corner?

11/08/2007, 04:54 PM	#77
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	250 watts would have been my choice--at the time of purchase I was greener then chaeto and the guys that sold me the system said I couldn't run them because of heat problems(they were in a coral life fixture under a wooden canopy. Little did I know that eventually I would run the sump,refug and ballasts from the basement. Kind of hard to change now--due to cost--besides I don't think I will ever have in LPS--not after what I have seen here at what you can aim for. __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

11/09/2007, 09:14 AM	#79
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	nice variety the way it is--too bad we couldn't see it with twice the coral __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

11/09/2007, 10:19 AM	#80
adddo “Goodnight, tiny humans.” Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 1,008	Looks really nice vvolfe, the red favia? looks fantastic, any close ups of it? And do try to take an up to date pic would love to see more pics of your tank. __________________ If Pacman had affected us as kids, then we'd all be running around in a dark room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music //Bjarne

11/09/2007, 05:17 PM	#82
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	I've got the same thing. If you stir up the bed then you stir up the useful bacteria there--which is worse IMO. I think that is just algae on the glass. What I do if it gets too bad is take a long scaper and push is down the glass between it and the substrate. __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

11/09/2007, 05:19 PM	#83
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	.................if you have adequate flow across the substrated then you are not going to get a build up of phosphates--they will be kept in the water column and filtered out. ---and remember the phosphates the phosphates came from in the first place--probably over feeding __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

11/09/2007, 12:49 AM	#78
vvolfe1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 209	Here is an old pic of my tank. I currently have twice the LPS but can not get a good pic.

11/09/2007, 03:53 PM	#81
pezcubano Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 416	Volfe - It looks like you have a little crud that's settled 1-2" under your sand bed on the right side of your pic. I have the same thing my tank and I'm thinking of kicking it all up this weekend to get it filtered out. Any thoughts? Do you think it adds phosphates to your tank?

11/09/2007, 07:03 PM	#84
vvolfe1 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 209	The favia is actually a Blasto merletti that got really red over the summer after I blew up my Icecap ballast and had to go back to the Nova Extreme. I think the crud in the sand bed is just algea on the glass. I'm glad you guys like it. I'll try to get a current pick this weekend.

11/09/2007, 07:07 PM	#85
pezcubano Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Miami Posts: 416	Beautiful Blasto... I'll try scraping some this weekend and see if I can get it off. Thanks for the reply

11/10/2007, 01:24 PM	#87
adddo “Goodnight, tiny humans.” Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 1,008	Ohh that is one nicelooking coral vvolfe! __________________ If Pacman had affected us as kids, then we'd all be running around in a dark room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music //Bjarne

11/10/2007, 07:05 PM	#89
anguswu Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Taiwan Posts: 596	Here is my 30G LPS and mushroom tank. Detail link here. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...3#post11156393

11/10/2007, 07:07 PM	#90
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	now that's what I call a variety of colours--fantastic but you got more then musrooms in there LOL __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

11/12/2007, 10:59 PM	#92
Opes Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kansas City Posts: 273	Here's my simple little 40 Breeder. My camera skills suck, the tank is not this blue in person.

11/13/2007, 08:36 AM	#94
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	any suggestions for lps that can handle alot of light and alot of flow. Before reading this thread and others on LPS I had reserved the top of the reef for sps----I'm not going to even get into them now __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

11/14/2007, 03:51 PM	#97
adddo “Goodnight, tiny humans.” Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 1,008	Wow guys great pics and tanks, Angus those colors are awsome! And Opes i bet you can sit and stare at that beautiful tank for hours! Come on guys there has to be more ppl out there that wants to share their tanks with us! Capn! Thanks for helping out __________________ If Pacman had affected us as kids, then we'd all be running around in a dark room, munching pills and listening to repetitive music //Bjarne

11/16/2007, 11:01 PM	#98
Opes Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kansas City Posts: 273	Thanks Adddo. I do stare at it alot, ask my wife she gets jealous! When I upgrade tanks soon she will probably leave me but that's alright, more time for the reef! Let's see some more nice tanks.

11/17/2007, 09:38 AM	#99
Mental1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,593	I am always reluctant to post pictures of my tank because the pictures always look dull. But here's my tank -- the LPS are frogspawn, hammer, torch, plate, elegance and a green edged blasto. __________________ Sherri Current Tank Info: 400g - 65g DT and 180g peninsula DT both drop into basement. 5 tanks plus a QT in the basement.