Wondering how to get the perfect stability for sps

[Reefnoobie12]

Hey guess I'm wondering about how to have the perfect stability and what it requires additives and such
I'm fine with softies and pretty confident with lps. Just wondering what is required for growth and constant coloring of sps had a mummy eye brown out because of a rapid salinity increase when I was on vacation but all others are doing fine anything would help thanks

 

[jessesoto33]

If you got a few frags not really to much, but if you got a bunch, then very clean water, and Calcium for growth, I use a very large skimmer three times the gallon size to clean my water, but others use different methods

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Doser, calcium reactor, or kalk is really the only way to keep stable alk and calcium levels

 

[Reefnoobie12]

I have a skimmer like one of those 300 gallon massive ones on a 45 frag tank
With a 250 halide 14k aqua max bulb and 36 watt aquatic life LEDs hung a little higher up

Little crooked lol

 

[Reefnoobie12]

Been having troubles with kalk

 

[Reefnoobie12]

But I add salifert all in one and a calcium additive as well as strontonium and iodine

 

[Six2seven]

Test test test. testing will tell you where you're at, where you were and where you need to be to adjust and keep alkalinity stable. Testing is the flux capacitor of reefing lol.

Sorry I'm watching back to the future lol

 

[Emac909]

If u do water changes regularly with a good salt then there really is no need to add those additives. If u don't have a test kit for those additive then I would strongly advise u not to add them. Over iodining a tank is bad new. Also over adding any additive can cause unwanted algae or bacterias.

 

[Reefnoobie12]

Calcium test is my toughest struggle

 

[Reefnoobie12]

I have a test that states hardness is that alkalinity ?

 

[Reefnoobie12]

I think the bulb is super old think I should change it I mean the coral has grown well under the 10k but the colors are nice with the 14 k but the brightness is dull

 

[Emac909]

I think the bulb is super old think I should change it I mean the coral has grown well under the 10k but the colors are nice with the 14 k but the brightness is dull

Single end or double?

 

[Reefnoobie12]

Songle

 

[Emac909]

I have a few 175 bulbs u can have. If u had double ended I have 2 250s u can have

 

[Reefnoobie12]

I think it's a mogul basr

 

[watchguy123]

It's really straight forward conceptually, a lot harder on a practical basis.

Need good lighting for sps; metal halide, t5, LED, or a combination of any of the above.

Need stable parameters so: 1) good filtration equals,at the least high quality skimmer rated appropriately for bio load and gallons of water. 2). Nitrate and phosphate control through either carbon dosing, bio pellets, Chaeto in a refugium, algae scrubber, GFO for phosphate , plus a gazillion other products available for controlling nitrate and phosphates, 3) an ATO to maintain salinity 4) to maintain alk, ca and magnesium either a calcium reactor, kalkwasser, or doser 5) carbon for chemical warfare reduction,6) good power heads and pumps for circulation and flow 7) temp control may require chiller and/or heater 8) good observation skills. 8) testing (alk, ca, mag, nitrate, phosphate and salinity) and recording test results to document parameter stability

I'm sure I neglected a thing or two but that's seems to be the gist of it.

Oh and you can add additives but then you would want to research zeovit, balling method and fauna marin--some love those products but I don't use any of those

 

[Emac909]

I have 2 14k 175watt bulbs if u want them. U can burn them on a 250 ballast, they will just burn at 10 or 12k spectrum.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Oh and you can add additives but then you would want to research zeovit, balling method and fauna marin--some love those products but I don't use any of those

Pshh no wonder ur tank looks like shet


Lol

 

[Reefnoobie12]

Solid!
I have chaeto, gfo ad kalkwasser I think the thing I need to wrk on is the constant water temp
I have a chiller I just need to set it up.... I didn't know if constant temp was a big deal so I never messed with it but I will set it up!