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January Full Shot

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Midnight
, 01-14-2013 at 07:24 PM (21392 Views)
I owe a FTS for this month so here you go. This was a quick Iphone 4s shot with some editing for flavor. In the future I am going to be adding some more blue LED's to the front of the tank to help bring out the corals in pictures.




The tank is doing well at this time. I am adding one to two corals a month as I can afford. Really need to sell our old house soon. I am finally going to be putting the Calcium Reactor online. I had to order parts for one of my MP40's, so I am running with only one pump and the return at the moment. I also ordered one MP60 and a APEX wireless module.

I found a great way to clean the glass of the aquarium. I took a piece of 1/4 inch acrylic and used the jointer to make a super clean edge. That little scraper cleans everything off the glass at once. Really if I would use the Tiger Shark Magnet daily this wouldn't be necessary But, none the less it scrapes the coraline and film algae off like a charm.

Question for you all, How often do you guys spot feed your LPS corals?

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Updated 01-16-2013 at 06:34 AM by Midnight

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  1. Articfox32's Avatar
    Tanks looking good. Is it February already lol.
    cant help much on the feeding of Lps coral, as I I only have 1 anchor hammer. I target feed him 1-2 times a week.
    What do you feed your sps corals?
  2. FlammySnake's Avatar
    Thats a pretty nice looking tank! I have a super soft spot for Hepatus tangs. No matter how common, they are just one of those fish! As for my LPS, I maybe directly feed them once a month, but I make up for that by feeding the crap out of my tank on a regular basis (two cubes of P.E. Mysis, some Reef Nutrition ROE and Oyster Feast and Coral Smoothie once a day on a 75).
  3. Midnight's Avatar
    I guess I had February on the brain when I was typing, glad you caught that. My SPS get to eat particulates and fish poop which seem to make them happy. I feed heavily too, just not usually late enough for the feeders to be out on the LPS corals.
  4. melev's Avatar
    Your tank is looking nice. How often do you view it from the garage side?

    In my reef, I don't spot feed LPS at all, but in the frag tank I do. To feed those corals in my reef, it would have to be after lights out with the pumps off to keep the fish from stealing it, since those corals are slow feeders.

    If you want a better algae scraper than what you made, use white acrylic. It's a great way to see what you missed as you scrape because the white background in your hand shows them clearly.
  5. Midnight's Avatar
    The Garage side has very few corals showing at this time. I see it daily though, when I empty the skimmer cup. We have not gotten around to the full game room conversion so that is why you can see some stuff hanging if you look closely through the glass. This is also why I have not put may corals on that side.
  6. michika's Avatar
    Can I see a photo of this fancy DIY scraper please?
  7. Midnight's Avatar
    Here you go!












  8. michika's Avatar
    Thank you!