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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ธ.ค. 2022
- Coral placement in a saltwater reef tank, spacing, flow, lighting and other considerations for long-term success.
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Nice! Thanks for showing what they look like grown out.
Every time I see your tank it makes me grin like a kid on Christmas morning. Absolutely beautiful, friend.
Thank you so much Eric!! Appreciated!!
The growth of your corals looks great. The coloration is equally as good Deven! Tank looks amazing..
Thank you fine sir!
Looking amazing!
Great update! Tank looks amazing. 👌🏻
U really are the man bro ! I’ve watched this tank from the very beginning and yea it’s really great ! Great job & thank u !
Happy to help!
Stunning, something to strive for
Thanks for the video!
Amazing
Great Video! And can I say, I'm jealous of that blue Tort color! Mine is a bit brown still. I'm raising my par weekly, looking for that nice color.
Tank is really looking great Deven! I love the red branching acro opposite the hammers - very dramatic.
Thank you! I’m really happy with how it’s filling in. Only problem is now it’s going to turn I to a bonsai game to keep stuff form growing into the glass!
@@ReefDudes Good problem to have : )
I want a piece of that blue stag to lol
Hehe it grows well for me! Have had it for ages. One day we will have to do some trades :)
Great video, saw you on Marc's live video Saturday and thought I would check out your videos too
Thanks John! Welcome :)
My pink gorgonian from Biota likes a ton of flow and grows significantly faster with strong flow. Better color under high light too. Survives in lower flow though…
Awesome. Your reef’s looking so great Dev!
Thanks so much!
Good video and great topic.
I'd say coral placement is the single most complicated topic in the entire hobby, given so little good information is available on it.
And what we usually lack, is knowledge on the specific coral species growth form. Take just Acropora: If I say hyacinthus, tortuosa, millepora, yungi, efflorescens, & valida...
All of those are very common Acro species in the hobby. But how many can quickly describe the growth form of each?
It's that insight which most describes where they should be placed. Then it gets way more complicated when we bring in other coral families. Montipora, Goniopora, Seriatopora... It just goes, and goes as a pit of unknowns for new reefers.
This would also prevent (me) buying acro corals what end up in the tank coloring up the same haha.
This looks beautiful. About how much space do you have between the side glass panels and the original rock? I am considering setting up flow with two lower powered powerheads placed like you have your mp60s here for my 3 ft peninsula tank.
The coral is eating up most of the space on the stair side! More space the better for future growth
Tank looks great. What camera/filter are you using to record the tank?
Sony a5100 is what i use most of the time. No filter Just white balance
I also have a peninsula tank and I struggle with finding the right balance of flow and not enough flow to keep the sand detris free. I have a lps tank so the dfkow can’t be to heavy.
I noticed in your tank the sand is a bit dirty in spots, do you also have an issue with flow over the sand bed not being enough?
You can 3d print a 3 inch strip, that wraps around your overflow to clip or lightly glue whenever the rainbow grows on it heavily remove it , throw on another, then you can break the old one up into frags
Clever’ I like it!
I wish was a way to measure flow 😔, I don't know how much flow is enough flow.
awesome tank how long has it been since you started this up?
2.5 years ish
I just want to know how high are you running your pH
Highest it had been was 8.35-8.4. At moment much lower. 7.85-8.1
Can I buy some of those blue zoas
If your in Canada maybe :)
What are your parameters in your tank?
Which do you want to know :)
Looks like u lowered your light rack since the lighting change.
I did lower it an inch or so. Plus prototyping some light shades. Main goal was killing any spill light for my tiny human. :)
are those 3d printed light blocks to help room spill? just added 6 XR30 G6, Wifey not happy at the light spill at 8" above tank. Not a penninsula like your tank, but an Island tank.
Should I lower or block room spill ?
If those are light spill shades, are they something I could purchase from you
They sure are. I have been prototyping different designs. Almsot there! Lowering the lights is an easy fix if you can. Otherwise shades are a good way to go. Mine are hopefully almsot ready for prime time
@@ReefDudes What is the lowest you'd go to shade the light spill ? Im running your AB+ special modified and looks like the schedule max's out at 50% intensity, is that correct ? Thoughts on the lowest you'd go ? my tank is custom 28" deep.
I got one question to ask you it's about SPS corals say your tank is running perfect all the chemistry is right on target have you ever got corals from a friend and no matter how perfect is your tank is and all your corals are doing fine but the ones you get from your friend keep dying what do you think could be the issue but you can get corals from anybody else and they'll do just fine only his are dying in your tank and yet his tank is perfect too these are not bad or sick out of this tank
I must be the only person who doesn't like Zoa's.
Probably
I absolutely hate them tbh. Beyond disliking the coral itself I also dislike that there are people that pay absolutely absurd prices for them
Agreed. In person they’re soooo small.
You’re not alone
Nah. There's a few of us that despise them