500 gal sps tank

[SDguy]

Can I ask what your fish population is?

[t5Nitro]

Did you start out with a lot of 1" frags, or did you get them larger from the start, since the tank is under 2 years old? Some of my SPS corals don't seem to grow at all, and the ones that do grow slow

[acropora nut]

Let me see .

4 yellow tangs
4 purple tangs
1 Red sea blond naso 12inch
1 spot face tang (acanthurus maculiceps) 9inch
4 six line wrasses
1 hippo tang
1 tominiensis tang 5inch 2 yellow wrasse
1 radiant wasse
1 solar wrasse
1 yellow band fairy wrasse
1 mystery wrasse
1 xmas wrasse
1 possum wrasse
1 checkard board wrasse

[acropora nut]

There are other fish but I couldn't fit them in that list..

[BraenDead]

Wow, very nice tank! Just wanted to share my admiration of this tank. It's good to see some stunning tanks from the midwest!

Bob

[Hendersonracing]

that tank is great.....love it..my alk is 9dkh and calcium is 410....here is a pic...Im hoping it to look like yours one day...

I have 4 tunze as well...and 400watt 10k

[acropora nut]

Most of my frags were in the 3 to 4 inch range .I had 3 monsters from the old tank . Some of these corals grew 6 to 8 inches in a year's time .

[acropora nut]

What bulbs and skimmer are you running ? Also what media do you have in your reactor ..

[Hendersonracing]

im running 10k hamiltons...and a mrc2 skimmer....and arm media...

[Hendersonracing]

I have a 20 gallon attached nano I have a 400 watt 14k hamilton on the way.

[acropora nut]

What is your magnesium level ? Do you run any Mag chips in your cal reactor ..

[acropora nut]

A 400w is going to BOIL that water in the nano ...........................

[Hendersonracing]

its the same water as the 220...it runs through the nano at 1400 GPR? I was going to get a dual ballast and just add another reflector????also I add mag with every other wc tokeep it at 1350..

[acropora nut]

I like running Mag in my reactor because u can stay more consistant that way . U wont get the UP"S and Down swing's .

[Hendersonracing]

what kind and how do you add it to a reactor???

[JRaquatics]

I think he said he uses Zeovit Mag flakes.

[JB NY]

Originally posted by acropora nut
We put the tank togather on Nov 15 2006 and had water in it by Nov 20th . The First coral went in on Jan 1 2007 . So I I messed up a little on the time frame . So the tank isn't even 2 year's old ..

wow that's a lot of coral to add in the fist six months.

[Serioussnaps]

Originally posted by Hendersonracing
that tank is great.....love it..my alk is 9dkh and calcium is 410....here is a pic...Im hoping it to look like yours one day...

I have 4 tunze as well...and 400watt 10k

MMMMMMMMMMM....Wild Turkey...nothing does me better than a little kickin chicken.

[jay24k]

Nice tank. I don't think you guys realize thte amount of growth you can get in less then 2 years. My growth is exactly the same and I didn't have colonies to move over. I had to buy pieces each month.

I understand you on the reactor. I have mine at a full stream at 6.3 ph and I'm going to have to lower it again because my tank can't keep up. And I'm only running a 180 gallon tank.

[Hendersonracing]

I have decided to go with 250 watt 14k hamilton on a spider reflector....should really improve the nano....going to start adding sps to it soon...

[acropora nut]

Yes I am running the Zeovit Mag chip's. 3 whole can's...

[Wrassemeister]

dam that is one sexy tank! and in chicago also! You should post some pics in the cmas forum also....

[KEEPERZ]

That's alot of co2 being used up by reefers, I am running the largest deltec c.reactor on their site at a stream + kalk and I will be needing another reactor IMO, what are the dimensions of your reactors MIke?

[acropora nut]

The first chamber is 10inch x 24inch high . The second chamber is 8inch x 24inch . I will be needing a larger reactor in the near future.

[Horace]

I run a dual 6" chamber reactor on my 75g that holds 16lbs of ARM media LOL! Yeah its a bit oversized, but my load is pretty heavy too with some pretty massive SPS colonies (for a 75g anyway).