First tank on R2R - 120g with all the goodies!

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Maybe you could add some of the hardier seagrasses (ex. Halodule wrightii) to help with detritus and nutrient accumulation in the substrate alongside the Mangroves.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/sl/
https://aquaticusplants.com/

Or you could use Nassarius snails… I guess.

I was actually running into the opposite problem, my tank was so clean my chaeto was melting out. But I do have some of the mini nass, a couple hermits, and a few cerith/nerite down below to help!

I’ll have to check that sea grass out

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Quick FTS update.

 

[WheatToast]

Quick FTS update.

That lighting is phenomenal! Fantastic photo! I also love that little soft coral garden on the bottom right! Have you considered a Ricordea florida colony or some thick and thin branching Coralline? Also, what rock did you use for the scape?

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

That lighting is phenomenal! Fantastic photo! I also love that little soft coral garden on the bottom right! Have you considered a Ricordea florida colony or some thick and thin branching Coralline? Also, what rock did you use for the scape?

I have an area I plan to put rics/Yuma right behind where my fat purple tang is at (of course). My goal is to kind of make “areas” of different types of coral. Zoa on the bottom right, mushrooms in the middle, rics on the left, lps in the middle, euphyllia middle right, with sps on top. Most of this rock has been with me for about a decade in one capacity or another, the remainder I found some cool shelf pieces at LFS for the top parts.

thanks for the compliments, always nice hearing encouragement!

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Was given acans today by a fellow reefer. I have NEVER had luck with them, so I tossed this guy on the sand bed in the corner and it’s goin wild down there, eating, tentacles out, just lookin great. For people who are acan pros, can you show me where in my tank it should go, because down in a corner just doesn’t show it off well

scape for reference

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Was thinking maybe in this area

there’s euphyllia to the right and just a random monti frag to the left. Below are mushrooms and toadstools. Thoughts?

 

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alright, so this is what I got with the PAR meter…. Thoughts?

 

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Today’s parameters

Temp -79.8
ORP - 244
salinity - 35.1ppm
PH - 8.16
Nitrate - 9.1
Nitrite - 0.0
Ammonia - 0.0
Phos - ??? (Waiting on my new checker to come Wednesday)
Alk - 10.55
Cal - 516
Mag - 1339

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Got my Hanna testers!

Today’s parameters :
Salt 34.7
Temp 79.7
Orp 219
Nitrate 5.9
Phos .77
Ph 8.17
Alk 10.26
Cal 398
Mag 1306

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

So I went a little crazy in the last month between @WWC auction and some local raffles/auctions…

Think it’s full?

Sorry for crummy quality!

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

So I haven’t taken a close look at my fuge in a couple weeks since they’re on opposite hours (middle of the night) and I can’t believe it! Totally took off!

couple of quick videos tonight

what I did was cruise the internet for unusual or interesting macros besides chaeto, attached them to These and buried the suction cup part in the sand. Wasn’t sure if it was going to work but it looked nice. Well I guess it did! I am so happy to see an algae forest growing below.

 

[Rob K]

So I haven’t taken a close look at my fuge in a couple weeks since they’re on opposite hours (middle of the night) and I can’t believe it! Totally took off!

couple of quick videos tonight

what I did was cruise the internet for unusual or interesting macros besides chaeto, attached them to These and buried the suction cup part in the sand. Wasn’t sure if it was going to work but it looked nice. Well I guess it did! I am so happy to see an algae forest growing below.

Looks really good.

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Looks really good.

Thank you, I’m guessing I better cut it soon! I’ve never pruned saltwater stuff before ‍

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Thought y’all might like to see my oldest tank inhabitant, Ol’ Dozer the pistol shrimp. He’s been with me for almost 9 years now and is the only animal older than my Purple Tang. This is his 3rd watchman partner in his lifetime, and as you can see he loves to ruin my zoa garden area….

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

wow, I guess opening a window DOES help pH!

 

[Rob K]

wow, I guess opening a window DOES help pH!

Did you open it on the 26th?

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Did you open it on the 26th?

27th is when I opened it and got the big spike to 8.22 and it went up from there

 

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Really happy to report my levels are dialing in to exactly what I was aiming for. 8.3+ ph, 34.5-35 ppm, ORP is good, temp is bouncing between 77.5-78 correctly, alk that I aim for is 9.5, calcium at 450, aim for mag is 1325. It’s finally becoming mature!

against all logical sense in my mind, when my alk dropped to 9 but my calcium/mag were 520/1400 I continued to micro dose both parts of my B-ionic and it leveled out. All credit to @Randy Holmes-Farley for the advice there.

 

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Was able to pick up a photo box from the one and only @melev and was given a canon 100mm macro as a wedding gift. Finally got around to fooling around with it, and I’m in love.

couple quick shots for y’all

 

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BIG Imgur photo dump of my tank today. All of these photos are completely unedited. So happy with my canon 100mm