Smite's 66g SPS reef

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Great choice on the Vivid Four Loco! I have to make it out there but its just a heck of a drive. Hows their show tank doing?
 

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Great choice on the Vivid Four Loco! I have to make it out there but its just a heck of a drive. Hows their show tank doing?
It was looking pretty good. Huge fish in there. Nice colonies too but with a tank that large they gotta be huge to look nice and full. It's gonna be rocking once it fills in.

The rest of the store is nice with a great variety. Brandens frag tank thats plumbed into the 800 is where the magics at though. He had a second frag tank that looks like it was just plumbed in and empty back there too. Said he's getting a big delivery soon so I'll be headed back out to see that.

I hear ya on the drive. Little over an hour there and about two hours back for me. Waze app was going crazy trying to get me around all the bs traffic.
 

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Lots of interesting colors on this piece. I'm obsessed with it :)


TGC piece getting happier with a nutrient level change. Nitrates were up to almost 20, so I've slowly cleaned my sump and overflow over the last few water changes. Now I'm <10. Alk consumption ++ GOOD!


This piece was up high and one solid color. Moved it to a lower spot that still supplies lots of flow to see if it can develop a second color? Love the polyp extension on this where it is now.


Fun shot of birdsnest. Getting bigger.



I have two frag packs coming my way that I am extremely excited about. Not looking forward to this months statement though, lol.
 

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Im interested know what is your radions settings like. Great colors on the sps!
Thanks!
I run the AB+ scheme with s few clicks down on the white red green. For no real reason other than I like the look best. Overall intensity is @ 75% and they are mounted on RMS arms so maybe 8-10" above the water line. Lit for 9 hours a day plus a hour of all blue on each end of the lighting cycle at 40% for viewing.

Looking good man! That birds nest grows super fast.

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Yeah it does! The bubble gum/forest fire Digitata are growing well too. Gonna need a bigger tank in no time ;)
 
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Unfortunately I dont. I mean I do have progress pics on my phone. But never an actual thread. Still playing around with ai hd settings and fine tuning my auto doser. Before I go t5/led hybrid I want to see what I can get out of the ai first. After my 120 crashed I wanted to take a break. This nuvo was a trade for my return pump. It was only suppose to be a pair of clowns and a bubble tip for my son. Boy did that plan change lol. Heres my old tank before the front seam came undone. Non eurobrace 120 leemar

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Ah man worst nightmare. Looked like a nicr system too
First thing I did was check my tank when I felt that little quake around noon today.
 
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For some reason thought this was the giving up thread by deefish714. Sorry Matt lol long day at work just got home sitting in front of my tank
 

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I run the AB+ scheme with s few clicks down on the white red green. For no real reason other than I like the look best. Overall intensity is @ 75% and they are mounted on RMS arms so maybe 8-10" above the water line. Lit for 9 hours a day plus a hour of all blue on each end of the lighting cycle at 40% for viewing.



Yeah it does! The bubble gum/forest fire Digitata are growing well too. Gonna need a bigger tank in no time ;)
You have the peak for 9 hrs? Im running a barebottom but I feel like.I have to lower down the intensity because it seems that the lights gets reflected back on the bottom of the glass and the sps gets really pale..
 

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You have the peak for 9 hrs? Im running a barebottom but I feel like.I have to lower down the intensity because it seems that the lights gets reflected back on the bottom of the glass and the sps gets really pale..
I believe it's closer to 8 at true peak %. I say that because apex starts to blend the % and color change to the 40% all blue around that point. I'll double check my times when I connect my apex to internet again. My wireless adapter is failing/getting blocked currently.

I do run very high flow near the surface. gyre 150 and 2 mp40s are only a few inches below. I think that really knocks down the par but i haven't checked my levels yet. Maybe you run lower nutrient levels than I do? In my experience when I get close to 0 for No3 Po4 I get pale sticks with high light levels.
 

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Got an order from a Vivid facebook auction. Couple of yumas/ricordea and rainbowish favia, zoanthids and a frag of Orange Crush. Not gonna lie I was shooting for his free $500 frag pack to the most bids won, hoping to catch everyone sleeping Easter evening but came up short on a few gems.

I'll update with a few pictures once they settle in.
 

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