Steve Wright's SPS takeover

Thanks Yamaharider

I have now changed my avatar to remind me of my eventual target
I want to focus on SPS again but its probably be going to be 12 months or so before I get even close to where I was previously in terms of numbers and development

Steve

 

Good to have a plan and a goal to work too. I bet it will turn out great!

 

Sorry to hear you had to tear down but the rebuilding part is always great. I like what you have going on with the flow too.

 

thanks Mainstream Aqua
Yes, I have 4 twin wavermakers, 2 on either side and they each do 1500 GPH so a total of 60,000 GPH but spread reasonably well in the 80+ gallons of water



Steve

 

hey steve , sorry to hear about your life being turned u[pside down like that for the short period. but glad that youve "wrighted" your ship. tanks looking good, scaping is interesting. lotso nooms and crannys for fish and corals. best of luck with it all, and i know it will come out smashing.

guy

 

Thanks Guy


I have gone for the tiered set up, so there are overhangs on 3 levels - the rocks at the bottom are largest and then they get smaller and narrower as the height increases
I need to get a top view image taken

it means I have lots of horizontal shelf for coral placement and also early days, 3 stages for new SPS frags to light acclimatise

Steve

 

6 weeks now, and thus far all I have is Astra Tecta snails

diatoms have been and gone now - another quick episode , arrived at week 3 , only a minor cocoa storm and where gone by end of week 5

Im running the lighting now for 6 hours per day ( now the diatoms are gone, I want to ensure the snails do have something to consume and Ill cut back on lighting or increase CUC depending on the rockwork condition)

I have access now to mail order SPS - one of the shops I traded regularly with as a Tao Bao site (Chinese e bay) and for 3 bucks USD I can have corals, CUC, and equipment delivered to my door ( 2 hour journey by car)

I got majority of my SPS frags from them - the ones that looked like they where on cake shaped frag mounts

my target now is to get the tank stocked with the 3 fish I want (Kole Tang, Radient wrasse and Christmas Wrasse ) over the next 6 weeks and then wait until December before introducing my 1st SPS frags

Steve

 

Nice rockwork, sorry to hear about the upheaval, Like the firing squad circulation pump set up.

 

Hey steve, glad to hear your plans for your tank man! Those three fish are very very nice choices!!!

 

Thanks 2 in 10 - yes I experimented with a number of different sized/ brand wavemakers ( the cabinet under the tank proves this LOL) and found that the 4 x twin 1500 GPH models gave me the best possible spread and gives me the choice of having some LPS corals on the lower level, whilst making the top half , really good for the SPS I will be focusing on.

Thanks Dasco - yes this is the 1st time I have set a reef tank up with a list for the fish, I normally take each introduction as it comes, bearing in mind what was already in there

Steve