My 219G reef tank

[phlounder]

Originally Posted by watter

Thanks man, I started it for about 4-5 month ago, so I don`t have very much corals yet. But I´m working on it

That tank is only 4-5 months old?

That's it, I give up....

[Swedish viking]

Originally Posted by jtmac

wonderfull job there SV!!!! If you can post some pix of your filtration and description so everyone can see how important it is to buy the proper equipment instead of "affordable" to reach tthese same results.

Watter dont worry my friend everything in this hobby takes time. You must have patience young grasshopper

John

it's the same over the world. You said it all jtmac. Here in Sweden many think that they can have a tank like mine and my friends without spending time and money. I proper equipment is important, it's not necessary to buy new stuff but right stuff. I have choose to buy a big skimmer and i love it! I tryed a smaler one and many of my corals lost there colors. it's now on the right way again but long from good. The light is important to and there is better with mixed lamps with different kelvin than only 20000K lights. I think now after have see many T5 tanks that T5 is a better light than MH.

This is a tank with only T5 bulbs from ATI. Iwan Lässer Switzwerland

[phlounder]

I have seen that T5 tank on the net before. That is really amazing that he had that kind of results from only T5s. Very natural looking tank though.

I was feeling pretty good about my nano this morning. Now I am depressed after looking at all these beautiful tanks.

[Swedish viking]

Originally Posted by phlounder

I have seen that T5 tank on the net before. That is really amazing that he had that kind of results from only T5s. Very natural looking tank though.

I was feeling pretty good about my nano this morning. Now I am depressed after looking at all these beautiful tanks.

Don't be depressed! You are at least a coral banded shrimp. I'm only a what! codium! ahh! better just now i was a bacteria. I am on the move.

[phlounder]

Originally Posted by Swedish viking

Don't be depressed! You are at least a coral banded shrimp. I'm only a what! codium! ahh! better just now i was a bacteria. I am on the move.

Just means I have a big "mouth" and spend too much of my life at this computer!

That last tank you showed, is that the guy that uses the Prodibio supplements also? Do you guys use those supplements too? We have a local reefer that has just started using them. He is our gunea pig

[Swedish viking]

He use the zeovit system http://www.korallen-zucht.de/Englisch.21.0.html I sometimes use aminoacid but not so often. I just make waterchanges and keep the nutrition level to a minimum. I dose potassium chloride sometimes but very carefully and potassium iodide. The calcium reactor keep the calcium & magnesium + kh on a good level.

Ca = 400
mg = 1320
Kh= 8,5
NO3= 0
P04= 0
si =0
N04= 0

[Swedish viking]

If you want this bright pink color on the seriatopora hystrix it's necessary with low nutrition levels



And the same to pocillopora

[Swedish viking]

When i buy this acropora it was complete brown, now it have light blue tops and a green/blue shimmer. I will take some photos from the top another day.

[Swedish viking]

when i think about it, i have pics from the top somewhere. You said that RAG likes photos. If so! i will give you many more.

[davidh202]

Why would you want to make the tank FOWLR? Is the Vodka costing too much?
(Big Grin)