Octo High End SPS Skip Cycle Build....

[Skynyrd Fish]

Great job and the sps are killer. I’m looking into easy reefs now. I currently use ati essential and their n and p. I also will look into some of the kz products. My colors are pale, but growth is good. thnx for the ideas.

 

[SoAg Reefer]

Great job and the sps are killer. I’m looking into easy reefs now. I currently use ati essential and their n and p. I also will look into some of the kz products. My colors are pale, but growth is good. thnx for the ideas.

Thanks! I use a lot of products and my last water test came back perfect from triton. I dont buy into hype at all but easy reefs has a great product. KZ products arent cheap and i dont know if they work but i know they dont hurt so i maintain my dosage with them. I know that easysps and easybooster work. I still dose acropower at just 2ml a day now for extra aminos but the easy reefs stuff when introduced was the catalyst to my growth and color. Right now my back wall only has corraline and wehn im gone for a week i have to scrape hard at the front and sides to get it off the glass. Im having to frag a lot as i figured i would to keep stuff from hitting the glass or powerheads or other corals to redirect the growth

 

[Pkunk35]

@Pkunk35 looks good! Im regretting the zoas big time lol. My sps is growing off the charts, its crazy. I didnt anticipate the base growth. I'll do a FTS next week as an update, I'm leaving my office in a few and wont be back around the tank until Monday. That leads into your question. I am not with this tank for 3 days every week and sometimes 10 days at a time. SO i had to get my automation down pat for food, coral food, phyto, additives. Everything was easy except the food. The Neptune AFS sucked and would dump too much or too little. My PO4 would jump if i was gone for a week. Since Ive had the plank ive had zero issues. In fact im struggling with 0 Nitrate so had to adjust the light time of the fuge. Phospate stays steady around .04 when I was running .1-.15 for a few months before the plank. It is very easy to work, bit of an eyesore but whatever. I can even sprinkle in some reef roids but using the freeze dried mysis and calanus and brine has been awesome. I highly recommend the Plank

Thanks that was what I was hoping to hear! Think I’ll grab one, do you mix the mysid and Calanus together or just one or the other?

 

[Nelsons_reef]

Ordered some easyreefs to give it a shot

 

[PegasisR]

Whats your lighting schedule?

 

[brandon429]

On page seven after reading the fruity pebbles monti has taken over...wow this system grows sps! I’m jealz

 

[SoAg Reefer]

Red Dragon is the fastest grower still. Above it is TGC Cherry Bomb and below it is Pink Panther Tenuis. In the back to the left of the large miyagi tort and above Kung pao is Vivids Crown Royal. That thing has taken off lately.

 

[SoAg Reefer]

Center of this pic is one of my favorites. BC Happy Glamper that I grew from a nub. Hell everything in this tank was a tiny frag

 

[SoAg Reefer]

@brandon429 bottom right of this pic you can see fruity pebbles almost completely taking over the digitata

 

[SoAg Reefer]

this is the fast growing section. Everything on this side of the tank grows too fast. I’ve had to drag to redirect growth and separate coral whose bases grew together. Good problems to have though

 

[brandon429]

all bases plated into position that's just perfect

 

[brandon429]

screen saver time

 

[SoAg Reefer]

CC Voodoo Magic growing so fast I had to remove the arc fireworks next to it. It was starting to grow over the base of the ARC lol

 

[SoAg Reefer]

Random shots from water change time

 

[SoAg Reefer]

This photo is cool with the reflection off the top like a mirror

 

[SoAg Reefer]

Whats your lighting schedule?

ramp up starts at 0800 and ramp down starts at 1800. Full intensity at the %’s you see in the pic from 9-6 so 9 hours

 

[SoAg Reefer]

all bases plated into position that's just perfect

The bases are now acting as epoxy growing between rocks in the Aqua scape molding them together. It’s pretty cool actually

 

[driftin]

Center of this pic is one of my favorites. BC Happy Glamper that I grew from a nub. Hell everything in this tank was a tiny frag

Wow, you have a lot more color in that piece than Adam's photos. I don't see any hint of deep blue or green. It looks awesome.

In the photo above it, what's the red/green/blue piece to the bottom right of the red dragon?

 

[SoAg Reefer]

Wow, you have a lot more color in that piece than Adam's photos. I don't see any hint of deep blue or green. It looks awesome.

In the photo above it, what's the red/green/blue piece to the bottom right of the red dragon?

Thanks! It defintely has colored surprisingly nice from what I thought it would based on Adam's pics.

That is BC Cricket Spine. Came in the same pack as the Glamper but was unhappy for a few months so I moved it to that spot 6 weeks ago which is less light and its starting to encrust finally

 

[PegasisR]

ramp up starts at 0800 and ramp down starts at 1800. Full intensity at the %’s you see in the pic from 9-6 so 9 hours

Would you be able to send me the file? I'll dm you my email?