Reef Tank Parameters for Good SPS Growth & Color
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- In this video I discuss accepted reef tank parameters for those looking to keep SPS! Here is where I "try" to keep my levels:
Alkalinity 8.0 dkH
Calcium 410 ppm
Magnesium 1350 ppm
Nitrate 5 ppm
Phosphate 0.03 - 0.07 ppm
Specific gravity 1.025
Temperature 79.4 - 79.8F
When I used to dose 2-part, this is the recipe I used to use with the exception of the magnesium and calcium driveway salts. I was hesitant about using those, so I purchased magnesium chloride and calcium chloride from BRS. But I did use baking soda and Epsom salts. I was never particular about using equal amounts of alk and calcium. I just adjusted each independent of one another.
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You are watching an old video.The lighting is bad in this video. This is part of the growing pains of learning to make videos, which is something that I never did before. Obviously, I'm not a natural at this. Also keep in mind that making a reef tank and a person look good in the same shot is a difficult thing to do, so I stopped trying. But let me know if you have a way and I'm all ears. I still aim for these parameters by the way.
Is there a video with your thoughts on Ph?
@brian bates I talked about pH in this video:
th-cam.com/video/avDhvMV8f_8/w-d-xo.html
Beyond this, I don't have much else to say
Ahhh...Thanks Abe.. Much appreciated.🙏😇
Abe you are truly an inspiration ❤ can’t get enough of your videos!
Hell fucking yeah! Woooooooooooo
Great information! Lost my tank (90 Gal) during hurricane Sandy and getting back into the hobby. I appreciate your passion for the hobby. Soaking it all up!
Love your video production skills bro, and your content is excellent!!! Thanks for being one of my favorite reefing mentors!!!
Great video. The fact that you are giving this info while sitting in front of a beautiful tank speaks volumes
Thank you sir
Great information Abe your corals speak for themselves stability is king
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Hands down a great video that show cases healthy specimens, advice and reassurance that stability is key. Thank you for sharing your experiences. Your tank looks awesome.
Much appreciated ✌
Awesome tank always great videos me and my son enjoyed them very much thank you for your time that you put into these videos to try to help others maintain this hobby !
Thanks so much
Informational as always. But just one chemists opinion…you should keep your test fluid bottles as perpendicular as possible. Those nozzles are calibrated to a certain drop size and you can only obtain it if the tip is perpendicular.
Absolutely. BRS says this all the time and literally never does it lol.
U obviously know what ur talking about. U have a beautiful tank to prove it
Beautiful tank and very informative video . Takeshi
Good info brother. You never made that ph video though. I would love to hear your thoughts on ph and why it would be a heavily debated topic with other sps keepers!
Your videos are always awesome and educational. And I like to drool over your Acro colonies! Keep pumping out those videos......stability is key!!
Thanks so much 👊
Great looking tank, stability is the key. 👍🏽
Yessir 👌
You're not wrong. Stability is is still king. And always will be!
Also regularly testing is of the utmost importance l!
Great video! Stability is key and it is something I've struggled with for a long time. I don't think anyone can call you dumb, your business card is right behind you! And you have 14 frag racks in the 120 THRIVING! When will the frag tank be setup?
🤪 Thanks my friend 👍👌. I've been taking my time on the 140g. I do have some equipment coming this week so I should have an update soon. 😎
Oh yeah the "dumb" comment i made at the end was related to this 7-minute rant that I went on about alk test kits. At first I was going to leave it in the end of the video but eventually decided to leave it out altogether 😄
Thank you for your videos they very helpful for us new refeers.
The Redsea magnesium test kit is the best. Salifert is fine, but red sea has a larger sample size and and awesome little holder and glass vial. Check it out if you've not seen it.
Great info man! I've been binge watching all morning 😂
Great tank. I have problems trying to get my nitrates and phosphates up, corals are pale, great video.
Nice video Abe! I like the ending!!!
Haha thanks buddy!
I like this lad knows his shit and has the tank to prove it
Great VDO indeed. Btw, how did you manage to quit rowaphos. I watched your “Low nutrient.. Heavy feeding..” still very hard for me to manage po4. Thx.
I run rowaphos 24/7. I don't see a problem with it if it's keeping your phosphates stable and at a good level.
Good video..im subscribed! I'm preparing my tank now for acros. It's more of an lps tank now. I'm running a 3 year old 65 gallon reef with older hydras. Hopefully the acros will do well with these old original first gen hydras. I haven't got a par meter but I will definitely get that done before I introduce my first acro to the tank. Right now alk is at 8.6 ph is at 7.9 phos is at .5 calcium is at 463 mag is at 1256 nitrates are at 20..I know they are high. I'm going to run a reactor with bio pellets. Hopefully that works. My goal is acros by May 2021..
Thank you sir. You teach a lot with ease.
Hello, in my aquarium, the parameters change a lot, especially magnesium and KH. Is it possible that it is due to the sand inside the aquarium?
Amazing info and such a beautiful reef aquarium!
My vote is for you to share flow methods on your tank :). I am thinking of adding a sea swirl but wonder on noise of device? My tank is in my living room and barely hear MP40 and Tunze stream is dead quiet...
Thanks for all the advice. Oh boy. I recently over the past three months got back into to hobby after being out for three years. Man I better take out my Seachem PhosG and better stop carbon dosing. My phos and Nitrates are 0. Might be why test frag "birds nest" isn't doing so well. I've noticed that I'm hearing more and more to actually have both but at a lower level. All my other parameters are the same as yours. Subbed to your channel. ;)
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Did you ever make the follow-up video on pH? I'd love to hear your thoughts...
Sup my dude. I didn't. I just said what I had to say in my Acro growth video and in my misconceptions video.
Your videos are awesome man!
Great info, Thnx! Do you correct the parameters for Alk / Ca when you mix your new saltwater for a WC to get to the paramaters you prefer, or do you just use a salt that already has the parameters you like?
I usually dont worry about potential changes in parameters due to water changes.
Thanks for sharing your experience
Youre welcome!
Hi Abe, love you videos and information. Just tried an a do frag and had an alc swing (don’t ask how) but the frag I purchased seems to be dying...but not quite dead yet. Do smallish frags bounce back or should I just consider them gone? Also, when you have die off is it recommended to dip or cut the dead part back. Does iodine dip help them at all in terms of recovery?
All those things are sometimes worth trying, but they're not really reliable. All of the different ways to deal with stn or dying corals sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. You can try cutting off the dead part. I usually don't do that though until I see that the parts that are alive look like they're bouncing back. It's not really an exact science. In my experience, just having great tank conditions is as reliable as cutting off dying Parts, using dips, Etc. It's the same thing as everything sometimes they make it, sometimes they don't.
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Again, THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO!
Sean,
What kind of salt do you use? I use regular IO and dose two part.
Red Sea Coral Pro
When you speak of stability , is your ALK kept at exact 8.0 ? is there any fluctuation at all ? and are you able to keep that number with the Cal Reactor ? Randy from BRS says .5 DKH fluctuation is acceptable in 24 hr period . Do you agree ?
Yeah i agree. I probably flucuate from 7 - 8.5. I run two-part now BTW. The key is not over reacting and correcting slowly when it deviates. Like if i check it and its too low, i just overdose by like 10ml per day until its back up where i want it. Good question.
@@CoralEuphoria Thanks for the info
thanks for the info! beautiful tank brother
Nice info man love your tank!
Thanks Damarris!
Gr8 vid as usual . However 1. Details abt Trace dosing is requested. As Cheto also consumes Traces. Besides water change and 2 parts / kalk what elae do u dose.
2. Arent mknthly water change is Insufficient to meet requirements of fast growing SPS. ?
I plan to do a dosing video soon! 👍
I recently discovered you by researching frag farmers red stag. Well I enjoy your videos and love your coral colors. I an on ordering some frags In The future. In the 90s I started saltwater the fish got me and I bought a few pieces if cor and then crashed the system when my lights crashed. Pre internet days and my lfs closed up and I was lost so I shut down my system. Ffwd to about 5 years ago I decided to start up again and corals got me this time. Acropora! I've had my issues over the past 5 years I got some black bugs I've had alk swings I lost colonies I lost frags iui ve got some frags that have seen it all. I've recently switched to 2 part I was running smoothly for a month then had a up swing to 12 I'd like to see more info on what your dosing schedule looked like. How many times a day what time of day and how you incorporated kalk with it. I tried kalk 1 time and my corals suffered dearly not sure what happened or if a combo of thing happened but I got my colors coming back again and some growth going again but I'm struggling getting a good dosing program set up and running smoothly I do have a 4 pump negative determined in 24hrs my uptake is 45.2 ml of alk
I actually don't dose lime water anymore. I mainly did it to keep the pH up. Since adding the bucket refugium , my pH stays above 8, so I stop dosing kalk, but also partly to keep things simple. As for dosing 2 part, my 120 gallon uses a little less than 300 mL of each part daily. Is divided into 24 doses every hour.
I miss my LaMotte kits 😕. Easy read and accurate. Same boat with low nitrate and phosphate, but I'm running a nano and worry about dynamic shifts if I try to dose it. Just need to feed a bit more I guess but I'm old school and it feels wrong 🤣🤣🤣
Great videos man. What is that pink acro with the green polyps at the end of your video intro? Is that the RR Firecracker?
Yup!
nice video man. I agree on everything except the Hanna Po4 checker. Everyone I know who used it got 0,00 with it, so you might wanna look into their ultra low Phosphorus checker :)
I'm definitely suspicious of the reliability of my Hanna Checker. However, since I've also had a bad experience with a Hanna Alk checker and my old Full Hanna Phosphate tester (before the "checkers" came out) went bad after a few years, I probably won't ever buy another Hanna product.
Are you still using that same Hanna checker? I've found that the ULR one has given me the most accurate results. I also have the one you have but it always gives a 0.00. Just did a test with both and the ULR gave me a reading of 0.03 and the other still showed 0.00. Great video!
Yea i should have bought that one instead. But i gave up on checking phosphate. I just run rowaphos and change it monthly. Thanks!
Just curious as to why u choose coral pro over blue bucket when the blue bucket has most paramaters closer to where u keep ur water at beiseds for MG?
Great video and information. 👊🏼👍🏼
I appreciate it!
What did you buy for your DIY calcium chloride? I've read the 2 part instructions, but we don't have dowflake in my area.
I used calcium chloride from bulk reef supply. Also used mag chloride from bulk reef supply.
Dope video, keep up the good work
Thanks Reggie!
I don't feed my tank excessively ( once per day at most) and do water changes every 7-10 days. I don't have more than 10 fish. My filter socks get dirty and skimmer works overtime. The socks are changed every 3 days and my problem is phosphates. I run a refugium and Ferrous Oxide. The tank is around 8 years old and I maybe running into old tank syndrome. A year ago I redid the rock stack and suctioned all the sand.. It would be great if I had a way to Phosphates under control.Any suggestions?
Stop feeding nori and all coral foods. Switch to Rowaphos and use more and change more often
Nice video and lovely looking reef. Subscribed to your channel :)
Hey I was just wondering what is an appropriate swing in your alkalinity right now I use the BRS two part but I’m only adjusting it every other day or every three days is that OK or should I be doing it every day I guess my question is is it OK to let your corals go that long in between adding your two-part all the corals in my system right now or just Frags
It depends how much you tank consumes. I think a daily alk swing over 0.5 is a little too much. So it sounds like you dose manually? If so try to automate somehow
You hava a beautiful tank.
My po4 is always around 0.16.
Nitrat 0
Ca 410
Kh 8.4
Mg 1120
Temp 79F
Sg 1026
But my acro very slow to growth.
Any suggest?
I think po4 is too high. Im using rowaphos but never touch 0.03. Should i use macroalga reactor?
My mag is the same. Around 1120. Is it the problem?
Thanx for answer.
I agree your phos is a little high for my taste although some people have success at that level. I would bring it down to 0.03 - 0.07. I would also bring your magnesium above natural seawater, above 1280.
I dont know if a macroalgae reactor will do the trick. Maybe. Is there a way to run RowaPhos more aggressively?
Growth is also accomplished by being able to feed more while keeping your nutrients in control. In other words, can you dump in a good amount of food while keeping your nitrates and phosphates in check and/or without having algae problems. It usually takes a mature tank to pull this off.
Thanks for sharing.
I'll try to adjust po4 n mg.
Maybe double volume of rowa.
Please, can you tell me which lights do you use and do you have a schedule?
Nice videos! When you were dosing 2 part, how did you determine what time during th e day to dose or did you dose all at one time? For example, if your tank consumes 1 Dkh per day, the the swing from 8 to 7 every day is kind of extreme right? Thanks!
I agree thats too much of a swing. My doser doses around the clock, every hour it would dose 1/24 of what I wanted each day. But if i had a doser that dosed continuously and that was determined by some kind of separate timer, I would dose late night or early morning to help counteract the pH drop that occurs overnight. I actually do this in my 20g quarantine tank with kalk, dosed with a BRS doser which turns on/off with a mechanical timer. As needed I just adjust the time it's on.
Did that answer your question?
@@CoralEuphoria Yes you answered it for the most part. I'm just trying to figure out how I should dose. Cause I loose about 1 Dkh per day and that's about 20ml. But seems like Dkh gets too high when I dose 1 ml per hour. So I was thinking most during the night and every few hours during the day.
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@@CoralEuphoria Thanks for your response!
New sub here 😁. Please post more video i enjoyed all of your video they are very informative and taught me a lot about SPS.
Also can you make a video on the diy frag plug you have please. I appreciate it 😄
Nice video...awesome corals. 👍🏾
Thanks Jeff!
What a great video thanks!
Hello Abe a video we are also looking forward to the video of the sump and filtration part of your Reef Aquarium
Great content and subscribed 👍
Great info. Enjoy your insite. Wondering about Your views on ph.
in general i like to keep it above 8
Hello, one question I see that you have the hanna Phosphorus checker with that test from wich number to what exacly number you keep your fhosphorus?? Just to give me a reference on the numbers from the test. Thank you for your response.
i like my phosphate to be below 0.03 ppm but i don't trust phosphate test kits anymore. i just run rowaphos 24/7 now
I'd love to hear your thoughts on pH, you briefly mentioned many would disagree with you.
IMO best to have your pH around 8.2 - 8.4 if you can. Probably best for growth. But mine ranges from 8 - 8.2. Above 8 is where I try to keep mine
Hi Abe when’s the ph vid coming out plz
Hi
I like you tank set up and it's simple as it should be to grow sps
Great tank
I want to know if you run UV with the main tank ?
Thank you so much. No UV on this tank.
nice video love your tank man I am going too see about doing the same thing u do I have had great things happen to my reef my sps are doing good but I want them, to do great lol keep doing videos thanks Dave
Thank you Dave and good luck!
thanks i want to ask u a ? about my phos it is 180 on the hanna so it 0.054 ppb i need it lower iam use nopox i have a nice size refug would u use gfo for a little bit thank
@@dmsreeftank242 I think its low enough. Is it parts per billion or parts per million? But either way you dont need it lower. I wouldn't use GFO it seems like your fuge and dosing is doing the job. I try to keep my phos between 0.03 to 0.07 ppm.
@@CoralEuphoria hi bro.. really nice video. Like to ask u that too adays my po4 almost 0 nothing dosing. Only filters is..cheeto..skeemer..& gfo.. do u think I stop gfo? But as I noted that my cheto growing too fast & then saw my po4 always too low even 0 .. so u think cut cheto or first stop gfo & see? Thanks in advance
Awesome sharing, thzz Btw what source(s) of food did your SPS consume? Maybe live Phytoplankton? plus live Zooplanton?
I just feed the fish heavy
Did you do the PH video? Cant seem to find it.
I didn't. I did end up saying what I had to say in my Acro growth video.
th-cam.com/video/avDhvMV8f_8/w-d-xo.html
Nice video! Nice reef! How about PH and illumination?
th-cam.com/video/NyPxtZTqqSc/w-d-xo.html and in general i like to keep my ph above 8
Hello.what temperature you advice to keep acopora corals ?
Thanks
Above 78 is fine IMO
Good shit... Thanks man
U keep that same as me. :) I cant get Nitrates to go up.. been trying neo nitro. Still cant get em up. Mite try dosing more I guess. I test for everything every 4 days. :) nice video btw. Thanks for the info.
this kid loves his acropora SPS
What’s your opinion on the triton method i’m starting a new tank and I’m still debating which way to go the tank is around 490 gallon !
Wow sounds like fun. I have never tried it but seems like people have success with it. I like to do water changes so it's not for me but maybe in the future ill try it 😀
Triton can be successful, IF you can get it in your hands for starters. Ive shocked my tank 3 times because its impossible to get product in your hands sometimes. They say its “less expensive” because your saving money on salt?
Lets do some math. A box of reef crystals for 200G is what..$50? Thats practically the same as a triton ICP test.
Then you have to worry about the sump configuration, which costs $ to upgrade or re-configure your current setup to switch chaeto and skimmer location
They want a 10x turn over rate so now we have to invest in some higher pumps for a majority of people.
4 dosing pumps, 4 containers because the boxes leak, at least 2 mini pumps to keep those containers mixing because 3a and 3b have leaked on me before. Etc, etc, etc.
Even buying 1 ICP test a month alone is the same as a box of salt for 200G.
I tried triton for a year, liked it, good results but its expensive whether people admit it or not. I ended up going zeovit and it has been the best decision of my life.
Oh and btw, triton never gave me 0 nitrates and phosphates since i like to feed heavily. I had to eventually put the filter socks back because my chaeto was turning into a nasty goo pile, so that benefit was gone. Once I put the socks back chaeto started growing but even with a 40 gallon section in my sump full of chaeto and 2 H360s spread over the chaeto didn’t give me 0 no3-po4. Zeovit was the only product that allowed me to feed as much as I wanted. After the triton failure i went old school and did 3 gallon water changes daily with the DOS. That kept everything in check but still didn’t get a ULNS. Thats when I went zeovit and it has been the best decision of my life. It took a bit to see results with triton and once I did, crash because I couldn’t get anymore. With ZeoVit and it didn’t take anytime at all. Fast and noticeable results extremely quick.
H380s, sorry. I would go with basic water changes or zeovit. I have 13 tangs in my tank and 12 other fish so its heavily stocked. Thats why I ultimately went zeovit. If it wasnt heavily stocked then I would have stayed with basic water changes.
@@Cowboy711AoZ nice
Hey there great corals, what was the first coral that was shown? Ive got the same and I have no idea what its called
I call it aquaman tenuis. It was a nonamer 🤷♂️
What kind of salt mix do you use?
Have you used the Hanna for checking your DKH?
Hey Bob, I did try it back in 2010 2011 when it first came out and I wasn't happy with it because it never return the same result if I checked the water sample two times in a row. It wasn't precise. I actually went on a 7 minute rant about this in the original footage, but I decided to leave it out.
What heater would you reccommend for a small sps tank?
I use finnex titanium heaters. I don't have heater preferences other than them being titanium
Aquarium Type
Salinity
Alkalinity (dKH)
Ca (mg/l)
Mg (mg/l)
K (mg/l)
Dose
Mixed Reef
34 ppt
11-12
435 - 465
1310 - 1390
375 - 405
37.1 g/l
SPS Frag
35 ppt
11.5-12.5
450 - 480
1350 - 1430
385 - 415
38.2 g/l
are these ok for mixed reef
What is your ideal pH level for SPS ?
I dose fritz 2 part and Mag. I wish I could talk to you about how to dose Kalkwasser too. Is there any way you can help me?
I use a Ca reactor, 2 part and kalkwasser in my ATO (controlled via PH Probe)
You can dose Kalk manually by mixing 1 tsp Kalk/ gal RO WATER. Mix to dissolve and drip in slowly, 1 drop/sec at night when pH is lowest.
How much kalk do you dose. Is it night only for ph
I don't dose kalk anymore for a couple years since my bucket fuge keeps the pH up at night. Yes, the kalk before was mainly to mitigate the nighttime pH drop.
Great info
What additives do you add to your tank
Subscribed. Good job.
So what's this last parameter you speak of that needs a whole video? :)
I forgot to say it so I put in text while I was talking. it's pH :)
When will u sell acropora packs?
Another reason why many people don’t like running zero nitrates is because you’re SBS become more susceptible to tissue necrosis from alkalinity swings.
Hi there, what is the size of your tank in centimeters please 🙏
122 x 61 x 61cm, 546 liters
New sub. Thanks for the great info 👍
Will 15 to 20 nitrate be ok for acros to survive?
Yes it should be fine
nice video! what is your into song?
Hello, can you share your led light conf please
Super fantastic saltwater aquarium
Thank you!
How is it that nitrates are 5 ppm but po4 are 0.26 high 🤔
Your tank super fantastic and Acropora corals are looking good I would love have some your corlas hihihi... I would like buy some Acropora corals from you the you website too buy from you
Hey man, would you ammend any information given here?
Nope
What test kits are you using right now
Salifert for alk, ca , and mag. I Dont bother test nitrate and pbosphate anymore. Never had a nitrate problem and i just switch out my rowaphos every month. I dont trust phosphate test kits anymore
which parameters have you at present?
about the same
Is there a cheap and beautiful coral ?
- Chuan
im trying to get my sps to polip i also have lps wat salt should i use...also i work alot i tried agasa milk to many metals stopped it...what should i add to keep phos down mag up alk cal up i have b ionic....?
I use rowaphos to keep phosphates down. for alk, ca and magnesium supplementation. generic products, like those from bulkreefsupply, do the job just fine. good luck :)