150 gallon build

[Khij159753]

 

[Khij159753]

 

[Khij159753]

Hope you all enjoy some pictures!

 

[bribo12]

Nice selection! Love the leopard wrasse, hope it will eat well for you. Good luck with the gorgonian, those non photosynthetic ones are tough!

 

[Khij159753]

Yeah, saw the leopard picking at a bit of mysis, don’t know if he actually ate any but he’s also still stressed. I got a pretty intense pod population since the tank was set up for 3 years prior to me moving it. Quite a bit survived. And I placed the gorgonian in a spot specifically picked because my power head blows everything through there under that over hang. I feed a little coral gumbo with my mysis or rods food. So we will see. I’ve had fairly good luck with NPS gorgs in the past.

 

[bribo12]

Awesome looks good!

 

[Khij159753]

Been a while since I updated last. I got quite a few more corals, my hair algae is long gone, I got a second leopard wrasse and they’re fat and happy and starting to nibble on a little frozen food. Also got a royal gramma, wheeler goby, tile starfish, fromia starfish, and cleaner shrimp. Tanks looking good!
Now I just need to work on getting my dosing dialed in.

 

[Sniperhank]

Can I ask why you're dosing? Things look like they are going well, but it takes a heavy SPS dominant tank to have such a draw on nutrients out of the water column that would require dosing on top of weekly water changes. It's so easy to crash a tank and I've done it with alkalinity.

 

[Khij159753]

I rarely do water changes. Usually once every month or 2 about 10% so I usually have to dose a small amount of alk and usually about half that of calc weekly to keep the levels in a good range.
I check my levels and dose a very small amount on Friday then check my levels again on Sunday and adjust if needed.

 

[Sniperhank]

I am usually behind on my water changes as well. Going over 100 gallons can make it difficult. I still don't dose. You aren't that heavily stocked yet.

 

[Khij159753]

I only dose when my levels get dangerously low. ??* they’re dropping somehow. I can only assume coral and coraline algae

 

[Sniperhank]

Yeah, there will be draw...just usually not a draw so heavy that dosing is needed to keep the levels steady from day to day.

 

[Khij159753]

Yeah usually weekly I have to dose. But I make sure to use multiple methods of dosing such as my test kits, my works test kits and usually weekly I do the fancy API spin test that way I’m not dosing on any false readings.

 

[Khij159753]

Been a while since I updated this but the tanks doing great! Got some new additions and the reef is coming along nicely

 

[bribo12]

Is that a hammer colony on the right?!?! That’s massive!

 

[Khij159753]

Hahaha yes it is massive. It’s my euphoria corner. It’s comprised of 2 bicolor hammer colonies, 1 at roughly 45 heads one at 37 last I counted. A frogspawn colony of 15 heads,
A purple tipped hammer of 5 heads, a green tipped hammer of 3 heads, a neon green torch of 3 heads, 2 indo torches. 1 has 4 heads one has 2. And an indo hammer of 2 heads.
Half of them are hidden in this picture but visible from the side. But the big one in front is all that one big hammer colony

 

[Brookster123]

Looks really really good! It's not easy to keep a reef looking that spiffy, you should be proud!

 

[bribo12]

That’s sweet! I just picked up 2 pretty nice single head hammer frags and can’t wait til they start splitting

 

[Khij159753]

Thanks guys! And it happens fast. Nothing, nothing, nothing. Then boom they explode lol. And it just keeps growing exponentially as long as they got the right parameters and mine eat when I broadcast feed.
When they start growing keep an eye on your all levels. Mine plummet fast with their growth! (And everything else’s growth)

 

[Khij159753]