Pinoy's reefs converted to an sps

[pinoyreef]

I have been dreaming about having an sps tank and I was never succesful of growing it. Couple months ago when I started learning how to grow them using my ai sol blue. And now my dream just answered and come true. "I finally have an sps tank". And to all experts and masters I will definetely need your advice and help naming all my colonies.
Thanks in advance,
John

[SDguy]

SPS are pretty easy...stable clean water, with appropriate lighting, and you are set.

[pinoyreef]

SPS are pretty easy...stable clean water, with appropriate lighting, and you are set.
Thanks for the advice. I hope you can help me name some of my sps once I post the pictures.
Thanks again
John

[HBOMB1]

Your going to be an SPS "GURU"

[bradreef]

You have the skimmer,lights, Just make sure the flow is good in your tank. extra flow for any tabling colonies. if waste gets trapped in between the branches you can have tissue loss which can spread. in your 120 gallon tank a good goal for flow is 6000 gallons per hour of random flow. thats 50X per hour. you can get away with 30-40 some times but have to plan it well.

phosphates and nitrates need to stay really low.

[d-man]

Stability, flow, lighting. Probably in that order as well.

[pinoyreef]

Thanks guys
And here is my new tank and lmk if you recognize some of the name of the colony.
Thanks
http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37780&d=1358026213

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37781&d=1358026235

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37782&d=1358026296

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37783&d=1358026325

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37784&d=1358026370

[bradreef]

If you get close up pictures of the bigger ones you can probably get ID's. we would need to see the coralite shapes though.

[jessegarcia28]

very nice corals!
2 Mp40s & your good to go
have fun
jesse

[pinoyreef]

Thanks Jess

Here are some of nice colonies

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37786&d=1358118784

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37787&d=1358118807

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37788&d=1358118828

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37789&d=1358118907

http://www.sandiegoreefs.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=37790&d=1358118945

[pinoyreef]

I reaquaskape to make some rooms and it fit everything. So far here is my new tank. Lights are set 15%white 20%blue 20% royalblue.

[HBOMB1]

Nice tank John!

[scubasteve]

Very cool! I seem to be a master at killing SPS! Lol!

[pinoyreef]

Nice tank John!
Thanks Henry


Very cool! I seem to be a master at killing SPS! Lol!
I have killed lots of sps too, Im still learning just like the most of us. One day we will get there.

[Vince]

Great looking coral--made the pics big!!!

[pinoyreef]

Great looking coral--made the pics big!!!
Thanks Vince.
Im just wondering if there is any website for sps ID

[vlad_acosta]

That looks really great i can't believe how many different ones you've packed all in. you'll have to get a list of everything going once you start to id

[scubasteve]

Wow! I just noticed all the powerheads in the first pic! Thats some serious flow!! :p

[bradreef]

here you go
http://coral.aims.gov.au/

its more about looking at the coralite shapes . you have to figure out the general shape and then narrow down based on the coralites. but most small frags and colonies are almost inpossible to tell.

[dagat_pi]

Wow, nice looking corals. So that's what you're working on lately, thought you just rearranging rocks. LOL

[pinoyreef]

Wow! I just noticed all the powerheads in the first pic! Thats some serious flow!! :p

Oh yah. Im looking for mp40 now, so I can get rid of them all

[pinoyreef]

here you go
http://coral.aims.gov.au/

its more about looking at the coralite shapes . you have to figure out the general shape and then narrow down based on the coralites. but most small frags and colonies are almost inpossible to tell.
Thank you Brad its really helpful but Im still confuse. Im going to have to look at it more closer. Thanks again.

[pinoyreef]

Wow, nice looking corals. So that's what you're working on lately, thought you just rearranging rocks. LOL

Oh yah Bud. They looks really nice:rock:. I was mad yesterday because I broke one of the nicest colony while aquascaping:cry:. Oh well, thats part of the reefing.:lol:

[pinoyreef]

That looks really great i can't believe how many different ones you've packed all in. you'll have to get a list of everything going once you start to id
You are right about that Vlad acosta

[Octoman4]

thats a beautiful aquascape and tank... looks like you got a nice clam also

[rdetune]

Whats the max % you keep your AI sols ?

[pinoyreef]

thats a beautiful aquascape and tank... looks like you got a nice clam also
Oh yah bro. Thats ASD specialty top of the line maxima clam. Will hand pick that clam for us. I believe they still have couple avalable.


My corals are still under acclimation for about a month or so. AT this point my max is 25% 30% 30%

[Bogg]

Tank of the month!

If you post some close up shots it'll be easier to I.d them

[pinoyreef]

Thanks Ryan.
Here are some close shots

[pinoyreef]

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[Bogg]

1. Tri color valida maybe
8. Blue tortuosa maybe

[bradreef]

remember these are going to be best guesses by anyone. a dead piece of skeleton will help get closer also.

2 green front a yongei maybe, back one is too hard to see
3. gomezi
agree with tort on pic 8.
4 and 5 I think a. Nana

[pinoyreef]

1. Tri color valida maybe
8. Blue tortuosa maybe

Thank you Ryan

remember these are going to be best guesses by anyone. a dead piece of skeleton will help get closer also.

2 green front a yongei maybe, back one is too hard to see
3. gomezi
agree with tort on pic 8.
4 and 5 I think a. Nana

Thank you bradreef

[pinoyreef]

Here are my new additions.

And the captain americas and orange people eaters are one of my favorites.

[paulyboy18]

Awesome Tank! Looks like the PPE and BGM are already Happy and made it home in one piece!

[pinoyreef]

Awesome Tank! Looks like the PPE and BGM are already Happy and made it home in one piece!

Thanks Paul for that bublegum monster chalice and purple people eater. They open up right away and they looks very happy and ready to grow.

[pinoyreef]

You have the skimmer,lights, Just make sure the flow is good in your tank. extra flow for any tabling colonies. if waste gets trapped in between the branches you can have tissue loss which can spread. in your 120 gallon tank a good goal for flow is 6000 gallons per hour of random flow. thats 50X per hour. you can get away with 30-40 some times but have to plan it well.

phosphates and nitrates need to stay really low.

I minimize my powerhead by taking all the korallia1 out. I left the koralia 3 amd 2Xkoralia 2 to the left side of the tank. And I add mp40 to the other side
Lmk if that would be acceptable for now till I pickup another mp40


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[pinoyreef]

So sad that one of my healthiest favorite fish are leaving in few hours. Someone will going to give him a new home today.37892
Bye purple tang.
I just have to do it for different direction in fish. I hope I can find anotherone like him in future.

[scubasteve]

AWW man! I have always wanted one! What fish types you going with from here out?

[bradreef]

that should be fine as far as flow. placement of corals should be done partially with flow in mind. Tighter branching tables should get more flow.

[pinoyreef]

I have check my perameters earlier and this is the results.
Calcium 500
alkalinity 8.4
magnesium 1240
And Im currently checking amonia, nitrate, nitrite.
Lmk if this are too high or acceptable.

So far I have some nice opening on zoas and pallys collection. Also sps are still under acclimation from my lights.

I also want to share some random pictures of my rbta and couple of my zoas/pally collection

[HBOMB1]

Show tank! I'm jealous

[jada1]

Looking good pare..nice display to look at when drinking when is the inuman..I think I said that right..

[pinoyreef]

Looking good pare..nice display to look at when drinking when is the inuman..I think I said that right..

lol. Lets have couple of san miguel with chrispy pata.
Thanks bud

[jason142]

Mag is a little low and ca is on the higher side which is weird because mag directly effects ca and low mag usually means low ca. I will say that your tank is awesome, wish I had more time the other day to really look at it. Looking forward to seeing the fish that is taking the place of the PT. Always been one of my favorite fish just never brave enough to pull the trigger on one.

[pinoyreef]

Mag is a little low and ca is on the higher side which is weird because mag directly effects ca and low mag usually means low ca. I will say that your tank is awesome, wish I had more time the other day to really look at it. Looking forward to seeing the fish that is taking the place of the PT. Always been one of my favorite fish just never brave enough to pull the trigger on one.

Thanks Jayson. With that being said I just did my water change today and I will check the perameters tonight and see whats up.

[pinoyreef]

Show tank! I'm jealous

Henry dont be jealous, your tank is much better than mine:theman:

[pinoyreef]

AWW man! I have always wanted one! What fish types you going with from here out?


Mag is a little low and ca is on the higher side which is weird because mag directly effects ca and low mag usually means low ca. I will say that your tank is awesome, wish I had more time the other day to really look at it. Looking forward to seeing the fish that is taking the place of the PT. Always been one of my favorite fish just never brave enough to pull the trigger on one.

Here is the fish took the spot of purple tang

[scubasteve]

Nice!!!!! Achilles are awesome!!!! :rock:

[HBOMB1]

Beautiful fish John! :theman:

[jada1]

Show tank! I'm jealous
Do it bro get some sps in ur tank

[jada1]

lol. Lets have couple of san miguel with chrispy pata.
Thanks bud
Cripy pata sounds good

[pinoyreef]

My Achilles are now on her first week. Since this is my second achilles I named her Casper. So far she's doing good. She picked up some ich on the 3rd day and clearing up already. She lost her appetite and now eating like a pig.
Happy first week Casper:party:

[pinoyreef]

I finaly got my aquascape done (I think). This is my tank look like so far. Let me know what you think.

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[pinoyreef]

Happy 16th dayst to casprer *achilles". Still alive:lol:.

[pinoyreef]

I just did a major aquascape. My tank is more look like have more space. I pulled at least 80lbs of large live rocks. I also broke few pieces from aquascaping.
You can realy tell the diference. I now have more flow in the tank.

Beforehttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/21/9agemagu.jpg

Afterhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/21/4usy7a2a.jpg

[pinoyreef]

happy first month casper "achilles"
click under
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rk9-9UpLh8

[pinoyreef]

another video for my latest addition
click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJL9Lvq-hA