OFFICIAL - Coral Obsessions 2014 grow-out competition!!
- Thread starter Six2seven
- Start date
I'll be the first to follow the rules 
Tank shot
Coral shot
System setup
-Lighting: Hamilton Cebu Sun 2x250 Metal Halide fixture ( 2 x Hamilton 14k / 4 x T5 Blue+)
-Filtration: Reef Octopus Extreme 160 Protein Skimmer / Rock / Sand / Lots of Bacteria (No GFO!!!)
-Gallons: 90 Gallon Starphire Rimless Cube & 50 gallon sump
-Feeding habits + Livestock: (2 feedings) Two cubes of frozen and flake and pellets
- 1 Yellow Tang
- 1 Tomini Tang
- 5 Chromis
- 3 Lyretail Anthias
- 2 Clown
- 1 Six Line Wrasse
- 1 Yellow Wrasse
- 1 Banggai Cardinalfish
- 2 Spotted Cardinalfish
- 3 Yellowtail Damselfish
- 1 Cleaner Shrimp
- 2 Star Fish
- 1 Blue Tuxedo Urchin
-What you dose: BRS 2 part and Microbacter7 Bacteria
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Tank shot
Coral shot
System setup
-Lighting: Hamilton Cebu Sun 2x250 Metal Halide fixture ( 2 x Hamilton 14k / 4 x T5 Blue+)
-Filtration: Reef Octopus Extreme 160 Protein Skimmer / Rock / Sand / Lots of Bacteria (No GFO!!!)
-Gallons: 90 Gallon Starphire Rimless Cube & 50 gallon sump
-Feeding habits + Livestock: (2 feedings) Two cubes of frozen and flake and pellets
- 1 Yellow Tang
- 1 Tomini Tang
- 5 Chromis
- 3 Lyretail Anthias
- 2 Clown
- 1 Six Line Wrasse
- 1 Yellow Wrasse
- 1 Banggai Cardinalfish
- 2 Spotted Cardinalfish
- 3 Yellowtail Damselfish
- 1 Cleaner Shrimp
- 2 Star Fish
- 1 Blue Tuxedo Urchin
-What you dose: BRS 2 part and Microbacter7 Bacteria
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Tank Shothone
Coral Shot, DSLR with Gray card
System setup
-Lighting: SLS maristar 2, 4 bulb t5 (2bp, 1pp, 1 atinic), DIY 63 x 3w leds, (2) 250 HQI (not running)
-Filtration: Bubble Mag Nac 8, Ceramco Detox blox's, sand and live base rock
-Gallons: 100g Display, 30g? 3 chamber sump w/Fuge
-Feeding habits + Livestock: Feed twice a day, pellets and frozen
- 1 Yellow Tank
- 1 Tomini Tang
- 3 Lyretail Anthias
- 2 Clown
- 1 Red Headed salon fairy wrasse
-What you dose: Nothing yet, need to move doser over... BRS 2 part with fauna Marin Ultra Balling system.
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Coral Shot, DSLR with Gray card
System setup
-Lighting: SLS maristar 2, 4 bulb t5 (2bp, 1pp, 1 atinic), DIY 63 x 3w leds, (2) 250 HQI (not running)
-Filtration: Bubble Mag Nac 8, Ceramco Detox blox's, sand and live base rock
-Gallons: 100g Display, 30g? 3 chamber sump w/Fuge
-Feeding habits + Livestock: Feed twice a day, pellets and frozen
- 1 Yellow Tank
- 1 Tomini Tang
- 3 Lyretail Anthias
- 2 Clown
- 1 Red Headed salon fairy wrasse
-What you dose: Nothing yet, need to move doser over... BRS 2 part with fauna Marin Ultra Balling system.
Computer wont load my new pictures of FTS. this is @ Christmas when I was repainting it.... Also no more messy pumps just the WP40.. return line is on the left now...
Lighting - 42" EverGrow NOVA Flare LED
•144- 3w LED
•90 Degree Optics
Filtration - 30 G Sump/ refugium. Filter sock. Big *** skimmer idk,the name of. Cheato/live rock/ sandbed. Grow light. Return pump with Carbon media bag.
Gallons - 80 Gallon TALL. With WP40.
Feeding Habits - New life Thera pellets. New Era Marine Grazer circles. Cubes of mysis and cubes of coral frenzy all randomly when I feel like it. daily or every other day.
- 1 Purple Tang
- 1 Desjardin's Sailfin Tang
- 1 Blue hippo tang
- 1 Fox Face rabbit fish
- 1 Melanurus wrasse
- Pair of Maroon clowns
- Pair of Four-striped Damsels
- Lawnmower Benny
Dosing - Nothing.
lighting:
4 -48" ATI T5 bulbs with 6 - Panorama pro modules (3 on each side of the T5s)
Filtration: 55 gallon DIY sump, reef octopus nw-200, 2 filter socks, refuge, chaeto, grow light, hydra aquatics FR-45 bio pellet reactor
Gallons: 135 long
Feeding and livestock:
Feed twice a day frozen in the morning pellets in the afternoon + seaweed
1 purple tang
1 yellow tang
1 powder blue tang
1 blonde naso tang
1 desjardini sailfin tang
1 regal hippo tang
1 one spot rabbit fish
1 dwarf fuzzy lion fish
1 green mandarin
1 diamond goby
2 snowflake clowns
1 zebra eel
Dosing: nothing at the moment
3 250 watt 20k Radiums, Lumatek Elite Reflectors, Lumatek Dimmable Ballasts
Lee Mar 225
98 gallon sump
SRO 5000 int
Bubble Magus Doser
Aqua UV 40 watt
2x MP 40's
Hammerhead/barracuda hybrid return.
Dose ESV alk & cal, mag
2 black saddle clowns, 5 PJ cardinals, yellow coris wrasse, Lubbock's wrasse, neon goby. 2 skunk cleaner shrimp. Fed frozen 2x' daily and pellet/ flake 1 x daily.
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Everyone please remember to post your pre-requisite
1. Nik (ep3n3wp)
2. Ryan (Barbazoid)
3. Steve (six2seven)
4. Troy (Brizhound)-------------------posted
5. Vu (vuqchu)
6. Miguel (greaser9999)
7. Mike (sakul2agi)
8. Jesus(es)
9. Crystal(bvysochin)
10. Jacob (jlooney4)
11. Kyle (h0ndap0w3r)---------------posted
12. Jeff (ordith)
13. Nick (schnitzelreef)---------------posted
14. Peter (peter)
15. Eric (SanClementeEric)
16. Roy (Deadcalm)------------------posted
17. Damien (demonkegman)--------posted
18. Will (bustayanky)
19. Robert (Robert_ellis)
20 .Johnny (wiz careefa)
21 .Nick (nl5882)
22. Justin (kyroshi)------------------posted
23. Darren (never let die aquatics)
24. Mike (InnerSpark)
25. Andy (mark.a.smith)
26. Omar (Reefomeez)
27. Lance (Classictint)
28. Bryan (Sandstorm)
29. Jeffrey (Jeffreylam1132)
30. Patrick (Patrickf)
1. Nik (ep3n3wp)
2. Ryan (Barbazoid)
3. Steve (six2seven)
4. Troy (Brizhound)-------------------posted
5. Vu (vuqchu)
6. Miguel (greaser9999)
7. Mike (sakul2agi)
8. Jesus(es)
9. Crystal(bvysochin)
10. Jacob (jlooney4)
11. Kyle (h0ndap0w3r)---------------posted
12. Jeff (ordith)
13. Nick (schnitzelreef)---------------posted
14. Peter (peter)
15. Eric (SanClementeEric)
16. Roy (Deadcalm)------------------posted
17. Damien (demonkegman)--------posted
18. Will (bustayanky)
19. Robert (Robert_ellis)
20 .Johnny (wiz careefa)
21 .Nick (nl5882)
22. Justin (kyroshi)------------------posted
23. Darren (never let die aquatics)
24. Mike (InnerSpark)
25. Andy (mark.a.smith)
26. Omar (Reefomeez)
27. Lance (Classictint)
28. Bryan (Sandstorm)
29. Jeffrey (Jeffreylam1132)
30. Patrick (Patrickf)
Lighting
DIY 30x 3w bulb LED fixture
- RapidLED 20x6 heatsink
- 20x Ryal Blue 3w
- 4x Cool Blue 3w
- 3x True Violet
- 3x Natural White 3w
- LDD1000 Drivers
Filtration
40 Gallon Breeder DIY sump/refuge
- SCR Mini S Skimmer
- Filter Sock
- Chaeto
- Par28 Bulb
- AquaMax Media Reactor with GFO and Carbon
- Deep Sand Bed and Rock Rubble Refuge
Gallons
75 Gallon 36x24x20
Feeding Habits
- Auto Feed Pellets - Every Day
- WickedFeast - Every Day
- Nori - 2-3x a Week
Livestock
- Clown Tang
- Firefish
- Mandarin Goby
- Melanurus Wrasse
- 2x Ocellaris Clownfish
- Powder Brown Tang
- Royal Gramma Basslet
- Six Line Wrasse
- Starry Blenny
- Yellow Tang
Dosing
BRS 2 Part + Red Sea Coral Colors ABCD
And just for the hell of it.
Water Parameters
- 0.04 - Phosphate
- 450 - Calcium
- 10.4 - Alkalinity
- 77 - Temperature
- 8.36 - pH
- 1400 - Magnesium
- 1.027 - Salinity
- 0 - Nitrate
My AquaLog
New Frag (Minutes after putting in the tank)
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I like Mike’s formatting, so copying it:
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Lighting
Chinese knockoff full spectrum LED
Filtration
40 Gallon sump/refuge
Gallons
100 Gallon 60x20x18
Feeding Habits
Livestock
Dosing
Korallin Calcium Reactor
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Lighting
Chinese knockoff full spectrum LED
- (2) 165w fixtures (55x3w)
- blues ~95%
- whites & other ~30%
- (2) T5 bulbs (to be added soon) – (1) Coral+, (1) Blue+
Filtration
40 Gallon sump/refuge
- 7” -> 4” sequential sock filter
- Reef Octopus skimmer (can’t remember model, rated for 135gal)
- Chaeto
- Par28 Bulb
- Deep Sand Bed and Rock Rubble Refuge
- Reef Octopus pellet reactor
- Reef Octopus media reactor w/ AquaMaxx GFO
Gallons
100 Gallon 60x20x18
Feeding Habits
- WickedFeast Every Day
- Mysis every other day
- Pellets every day
- Nori 2x a week
- 1 silverside / week for anemones
Livestock
- Naso Tang
- Yellow Tang
- Blue Hippo Tang
- Melanurus Wrasse
- Yellow Canary Wrasse
- 2x Ocellaris Clownfish
- Firefish
- Pajama Cardinal
- Bangaii Cardinal
- Lawnmower Blenny
- 2x Engineer Goby
- Cleaner Shrimp
- RBTA
- GBTA
Dosing
Korallin Calcium Reactor
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1.Tank and Coral pics
2. Overview of setup.
My setup is a mixed old-school setup with a hodgepodge of stuff. A planted reef tank, fairly new in age but running old school technologies and constantly evolving, as I learn or am able to add.
Lighting: (2) PC fixture + LEDs strip
Filtration: Built-in W/D and Refugium conversion aspects.
Gallons: 100G Corner Pentagon Tank
Feeding habits + Livestock: various cubed foods and coral frenzy for various corals and four fish. Hoping to add fish and other corals and various things during the competition time frame.
No dosing but I might add additives if I find they might be needed.
2. Overview of setup.
My setup is a mixed old-school setup with a hodgepodge of stuff. A planted reef tank, fairly new in age but running old school technologies and constantly evolving, as I learn or am able to add.
Lighting: (2) PC fixture + LEDs strip
Filtration: Built-in W/D and Refugium conversion aspects.
Gallons: 100G Corner Pentagon Tank
Feeding habits + Livestock: various cubed foods and coral frenzy for various corals and four fish. Hoping to add fish and other corals and various things during the competition time frame.
No dosing but I might add additives if I find they might be needed.
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Lighting
Current USA Nova 6 Bulb T5
- 5 Blue+
- 1 Coral+
Filtration
CPR AquaFuge Pro
- AquaMaxx ConeS Co-1
- Chaeto
- Par38 19.5 Watt Led Bulb For Fuge
Gallons
70 Gal 36*18*25
Feeding Habits
- WickedFeast Every Other Day
- Neptune Crossover Diet Pellets 3x a day from Apex Auto Feeder
- Secret Weapon Every Other Day
Livestock
- Purple Tang
- Vlamingi Tang
- Six Line Wrasse
- 2 Breeding Clownfish
- Chromi
- Peppermint Shrimp
Dosing
AquaMaxx Synergy+ 2 Part
Here's my Frag Now Officially in My Tank
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