Zachtos' 240G SPS reef

I'm running the halides on the main tank, and the LED on the anemone tank. The colors are too far off to mix it in with my halides. I think I may use the LED light for a frag tank light, or a desktop office tank (15G with SPS frags from my main tank). There are so many variables to growing coral. It's easy to blame your lighting, but 9/10 times is your water quality. If you have around 300-500 PAR you should be able to grow just about anything.

Very good point!

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full tank shot

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middle

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left

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right

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emperor angel

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sailfin, purple, achilles tangs

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new feeding stick trick

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hippo tang

Watchmen goby
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back to growing macro algae again, removed the zeovit reactor, skimmer still running great

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full sump shot

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Rose Milli

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/P1150453.jpg
Palmer Blue Milli

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Dark Red Milli

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Red Planet - ORA- (similar to a milli)

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Cactus

Everything still going fine. I'm still recovering from a nitrate/phosphate issue after nuking the flatworms 4 months ago. I removed the zeovit crap because it did

nothing over a year except waste time/money. Water changes, skimming, macro algae growing and careful feeding is the real key to water quality control. I'm running

granular ferric oxide 1/2lb per 2 weeks to assist with phosphate removal for a few months. Still doing 6 cups carbon / 2 weeks and filter socks. Also up to 8ml

vodka/sugar/vinegar each day. XM10K bulbs at 1.5 years old and going strong.

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http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8431.jpg
full tank shot

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8427.jpg
middle

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8428.jpg
left

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8427.jpg
right

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8475.jpg
emperor angel

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8437.jpg
sailfin, purple, achilles tangs

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8462.jpg
new feeding stick trick

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8429.jpg
hippo tang

Watchmen goby
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8459.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8485.jpg
back to growing macro algae again, removed the zeovit reactor, skimmer still running great

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/IMG_8484.jpg
full sump shot

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/P1150455.jpg
Rose Milli

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/P1150453.jpg
Palmer Blue Milli

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/P1150452.jpg
Dark Red Milli

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/P1150444.jpg
Red Planet - ORA- (similar to a milli)

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...d/P1150425.jpg
Cactus

Everything still going fine. I'm still recovering from a nitrate/phosphate issue after nuking the flatworms 4 months ago. I removed the zeovit crap because it did nothing over a year except waste time/money. Water changes, skimming, macro algae growing and careful feeding is the real key to water quality control. I'm running granular ferric oxide 1/2lb per 2 weeks to assist with phosphate removal for a few months. Still doing 6 cups carbon / 2 weeks and filter socks. Also up to 8ml vodka/sugar/vinegar each day. XM10K bulbs at 1.5 years old and going strong.

you have the NICEST tank ive seen in a long time!

For sure! Tank is still looking sweet. :)

I like Taaaank! Is #1 fish house in all of Kazakhstan. VEERRY NIIIIICCCE!

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I like Taaaank! Is #1 fish house in all of Kazakhstan. VEERRY NIIIIICCCE!

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Lol you and I have very similar sick senses of humor :)

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right - I re-arranged a lot of these corals to hide the dead undergrowth. My DIY LED fixture is illuminating about 2 feet of the far right, and 400W MH is covering the rest of the tank.

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center - I have a hard time keeping the montipora zone happy. I think the light/flow is too high

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left - something about corals on the left side of the tank... they tend to die on the top side... I think it's a low flow issue, hoping that changes now that I re-arranged a bit. I put a bunch of palmer blue milli in place of the now dead green ORA milli.

If I had to pick 3 corals for my next tank, they would be the Red planet, peach/green milli and palmer blue milli. They are true red/green/blue. They hold color well and are fairly fast growers. A few orange/purple montis would round out the color wheel. True yellows are still non existent.

I'm very burnt out on the hobby as you can see. Nowadays I just do water changes and try to keep the tank alive. I got rid of my office tank and anemone tank to help curb the cost/maintenance. I still don't know if I want to have a tank at my next home. A lot of the 'magic' is gone. I rarely learn anything new about the hobby anymore, or meet others that are advanced enough to share knowledge with. The money and time investment is too great now. I do have a daughter on the way, so maybe that will renew interest as she grows up.

I'm extremely bored with the tank nowadays and do not do a whole lot with it.

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palmer blue milli

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cactus

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palmer blue

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red planet

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where all my time has been going as of late

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right side

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center

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left side

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full tank shot as of 3/18/13. Still running reeflux12k 400w mh x 3 and a LED fixture on the far right side (cree 36 leds). Doing carbon dosing (vodka), small refugium, live rock, calcium reactor, skimmer w/ bubble blaster 4000?, GACarbon, 1.5 WC per month at 60G each, running about 400g water after displacement. Not much else going on. Very finicky fish still, but mostly just on cruise control for years now.

What's keeping your feeding stick there?