High bioload, succesful SPS reefs, any one else?

jjjimmy · #1 01/27/2006, 10:49 AM

It seems as though the trend is to keep a very low bioload in SPS dominant tanks these days. Is any one else going against the grain and keeping a high bioload?

mine...

180 SPS dominant reef.

1 - Sohol tang
1 - RS sailfin tang
1 - Purple tang
1 - Sixline wrasse
1 - Yellow Coris wrasse
1 - Copperband Butterfly
2 - Black Saddleback clownfish
2 - Dispar Anthias
4 - Bartlett Anthias

So, let's have it, who has them and lets see them.

Kip · #2 01/27/2006, 11:18 AM

~200g

regal tang
tennenti tang
desj sailfin
scribbled rabbit
fem sq pink anthias
2 fem squam anthias
1 male squam anthias
3 pur firefish
2 oscellaris
1 solarensis fairy wrasse

in my opinion i have been pretty successful... but i also have about 450g of total system volume which i feel is very important.

i'll try to get an updated pic tonite

dvanacker · #3 01/27/2006, 11:42 AM

WOW...that is a HUGE carpet anemone.!!

jjjimmy · #4 01/27/2006, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by dvanacker
WOW...that is a HUGE carpet anemone.!!

Why, thank you. It has grown a bit since that pic was taken. It is about 18" in diameter now.

SPStoner · #5 01/27/2006, 12:36 PM

120 cube (36x36x24) SPS dominated

1 Red Sea Sailfin
1 True Perc
1 Yellow Candy Hog
1 Hoevan's Wrasse
1 6line Wrasse
1 Cook Islands Scott's Fairy Wrasse
1 Filemented Flasher Wrasse
1 Banded Possum Wrasse
1 Niger Trigger
1 Citron Goby
1 Banded Possum Wrasse
1 Flame Hawk
1 Blue Damsel

Scott's Wrasse
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DarkXerox · #6 01/27/2006, 01:39 PM

any problems with the carpet eating other fish?

jjjimmy · #7 01/27/2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally posted by DarkXerox
any problems with the carpet eating other fish?

Not for a while now but in the past it made meals of about a half dozen different fish.

fishgeeksrus · #8 01/27/2006, 05:13 PM

Regal Angel
Chevron tang
foxface
2 purple firefish
raifordi goby
yellow watchman goby
bartlet anthias
six line wrasse
yellow chrysis wrasse (sp)
spotted manderin
royal gramma
clown goby (green)

adding 2 4-wheel drive gobies
possibly a yasa goby/shrimp combo
wanting a radiant wrasse

all this in a 40gal cube!

Just kidding!!! they reside in our 180g inwall

cubuffs · #9 01/27/2006, 05:22 PM

Here is my 180 stock list:

5 chromis
4 disbar anthias
1 yellow tang
1 hippo tang
1 labouti wrasse
1 mandarin goby
1 yellow coris wrasse

undertai · #10 01/27/2006, 05:23 PM

55 Gallon SPS Tank
3 Blue Green Chromis
1 Ornate Wrasse
Mated Pair Clarkii clowns
pink spotted goby
1 percula clown
1 damsel -->trying to get out
1 drwarf lionfish

REEF-DADDY · #11 01/27/2006, 05:37 PM

5" powder blue tang
6 " fat foxface
2" Chevron
4" Yellow tang
3"purple tang
2 1"chromis
3" false cleaner wrasse
2.5" flame angel
4" box anthias

These are in a 280 display with a 125 sump. The tank is 2 months old and is running about 10 ppm nitrates. I think once its seasoned it will get down to 0. Most of the crew

Orochimaru · #12 01/27/2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally posted by SteveDohoney
5" powder blue tang
6 " fat foxface

nice rocks-work, can I see a full tank shot? Thanks!

gotfish8 · #13 01/27/2006, 06:41 PM

sohal
regal
yellow
naso
4 clowns
2 lawn mowers
2 panda gobies
3 chromis
3 anthias
dragonet
choris wrasse
yellow head goby
all in a 225

E-A-G-L-E-S · #14 01/27/2006, 06:56 PM

steve....full tank shot?

fishgeeksrus · #15 01/27/2006, 06:59 PM

here is a pic of ours too...

REEF-DADDY · #16 01/27/2006, 07:35 PM

full room

A few excuses:
I had a heater malfunction that browned out/killed alot of corals. I also lost some corals to excessive photo period when I went BB. I still need to paint the back!

E-A-G-L-E-S · #17 01/27/2006, 07:43 PM

what lighting are you using that your able to have that Mont. Cap.
on the bottom?

did you get a controller for those heaters?

REEF-DADDY · #18 01/27/2006, 08:34 PM

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Originally posted by E-A-G-L-E-S
what lighting are you using that your able to have that Mont. Cap.
on the bottom?

did you get a controller for those heaters?

xm 250w 10k's only on for 4 hours per day under the center brace with a piece of plexi on it. If I bump it to 5 hours it bleaches. I feel like I could keep that coral in the dark.

In the 125 DSB was was on the bottom but with a 8 hour photo period, do figure.

The controller was the issue, the old tank was 12" from the new one. When I built the stand I yanked out the probe.

E-A-G-L-E-S · #19 01/27/2006, 08:39 PM

ouch!

i've heard this alot lately with BB's

with only 4 hours do your other corals get enough light too?

what do you mean by " 4 hours a day under the center brace"?

Gobie · #20 01/27/2006, 08:44 PM

I have a 180 that has had this fish
list in it for over three years. Some
of the fish I have had over five years.
Just running a refugium no skimmer
or anything else. 15 to 20 gallon water
changes every three to four months.
I have a mixed reef with acroporas and
other sps, lps, leathers and clams,
corals are all doing great.
2 clowns
1 blond naso
1 hippo tang
1 yellow tang
3 purple tangs
1 blue throat trigger
1 coral beauty
1 fox face
1 six line wrasse
1 Bicolor Pseudochromis
1 Royal Gramma
1 canary goby
1 yellow tail damsel
4 cleaner neon gobies

REEF-DADDY · #21 01/27/2006, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by E-A-G-L-E-S
ouch!

i've heard this alot lately with BB's

with only 4 hours do your other corals get enough light too?

what do you mean by " 4 hours a day under the center brace"?

My tank has a 1" thick 3" wide center brace in the middle. Right over that coral.

The acros did seem to color up a little better with the 5 hour period, so I may get some tinted plexi for over the big monti and bump it back to 5 hours. But to tell you the thruth I am no sure if it was just me or not. A couple acros are really growing like weeds!

Rendos · #22 01/27/2006, 09:02 PM

I think mine has a high bioload.
90 gallon with the following fish:
1 - 3" Purple Tang
1 - 3" Powder Blue Tang
3 - 3" Squamipinnis anthias
1 - 2" Sixline wrasse
2 - 4" Scissortail gobies

I feed twice a day.

E-A-G-L-E-S · #23 01/27/2006, 09:06 PM

steve...those bulbs on the right ballast are insane......i'm planning on running my 12K ReefLux's on PFO HQI's for 8-9 hours a day.
-Maybe i should move my orange cap down when i get the lights monday?

REEF-DADDY · #24 01/27/2006, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by E-A-G-L-E-S
steve...those bulbs on the right ballast are insane......i'm planning on running my 12K ReefLux's on PFO HQI's for 8-9 hours a day.
-Maybe i should move my orange cap down when i get the lights monday?

Funny I've been looking at the reeflux bulbs but I have mag ballasts and the par aint so hot. As far as your monti I would move it down for a while, or start with your lights a little higher. If the corals start to brown you can alway increase intensity, but its better than bleaching or worse STN. Small changes in lighting can have big effects!

scarab65 · #25 01/28/2006, 01:56 AM

My tank 100 gal......

My fish list

Yellow tang 1 No
Blue tang 1 No
True percula clown 2 Nos
Flame angel 1 No
Flame hawk 1 No
Long nosed hawk 1 No
Orchid dottyback 1 No
Yellow wrasse 1 No
Possum wrasse 1 No
Wheeler's goby 1 No
White tiger goby 1 No
Mandarin goby 1 No
Carberryi anthias 1 No
Bartlett anthias 10 Nos
Blue green chromis 8 Nos

Total head count 32 Nos

My tank pix