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[Nano Rob]

 I just want to say hello to the whole forum,  this is my first post.  I’ve been in the hobby for about six months, actually my father-in-law was the one who introduced me to it. I’ll never forget the first time I saw his aquarium, and I thought to myself this is what I want to do. It has been a very enjoyable  and sometimes frustrating  journey.  I love a hobby that requires patience and constant learning  so I am looking forward to learning something from everyone here. 

 

 This was when I first added water to the aquarium on October 8, 2018  and this is the most recent pictures of the aquarium. I have a mixture of SPS, LPS, and soft corals everything is growing very well, I wish I could improve the coloration. I do apologize for the tank looking  overcrowded, i’m in the process of building a much larger aquarium. In the beginning I thought this was the only tank I was ever going to need, I thought wrong. 🤣

 

[WV Reefer]

48 minutes ago, Nano Rob said:

 I just want to say hello to the whole forum,  this is my first post.  I’ve been in the hobby for about six months, actually my father-in-law was the one who introduced me to it. I’ll never forget the first time I saw his aquarium, and I thought to myself this is what I want to do. It has been a very enjoyable  and sometimes frustrating  journey.  I love a hobby that requires patience and constant learning  so I am looking forward to learning something from everyone here. 

 

 This was when I first added water to the aquarium on October 8, 2018  and this is the most recent pictures of the aquarium.  I do apologize for the tank looking  overcrowded, i’m in the process of building a much larger aquarium. In the beginning I thought this was the only tank I was ever going to need, I thought wrong. 🤣

 

 

Welcome to NR! 😊

 

The tank looks nice. 

[Christopher Marks]

Welcome to the community @Nano Rob, your nano reef is coming along nicely 7 months in! How long have you had your SPS collection going?

[Nano Rob]

Thanks, My first piece of SPS went in the tank November 2018  here’s a few progress  pictures of some of them.

[Nano Rob]

 I purchased this frag in January from the Lancaster PA frag swap 

[Clown79]

Welcome to nano! 

 

The tank looks great.

 

Colouration might be due to the lighting. You can't customize the spectrum with the stock light, that's all it might be,  the corals look healthy otherwise.

 

 

I think we all think we will do 1 small tank....I have 3 currently and a qt(its an addictive hobby😁)

[Nano Rob]

 Thanks @Clown79 I removed the stock lighting four months ago , and put two current orbit marine pros on it. They seem to do a great job at growing coral, it’s the coloring up aspect that I am a little disappointed with. I do plan on changing the lights again to a hydra 26 HD in the coming months. 

[Clown79]

8 hours ago, Nano Rob said:

 Thanks @Clown79 I removed the stock lighting four months ago , and put two current orbit marine pros on it. They seem to do a great job at growing coral, it’s the coloring up aspect that I am a little disappointed with. I do plan on changing the lights again to a hydra 26 HD in the coming months. 

It could be the spectrum. Are you running high whites? 

 

What are your phos and nitrate levels at?

[Nano Rob]

@Clown79 I’m running my whites at 40% also the lights are 3 inches above the water. My phosphate and nitrates are undetectable on the API test kit.

[Snow_Phoenix]

35 minutes ago, Nano Rob said:

@Clown79 I’m running my whites at 40% also the lights are 3 inches above the water. My phosphate and nitrates are undetectable on the API test kit.

API test kit is not very reliable for checking PO4 or NO3. 

 

I think Hanna Checker and Salifert are better for SW. Red Sea seems to be okay too. 

 

Can't wait to see your tank when it grows out a bit more. You look like you're off to a good start. 🙂

 

Welcome to NR, btw. 

[Clown79]

40% white is pretty high. The more blue, the more colour pop.

 

0 nutrients is another issue.

 

I find api nitrate equivalent to salifert, I use both and my results have been the same.

 

Api phos on the other hand is a high range test kit, it's useless for reef set ups.

 

The Hanna ULR is all I'll use for phos. I never got readings with salifert.

[Nano Rob]

Thanks, I will work on slowly turning the whites down and looking closer at my  phosphates and nitrates. That totally explains a lot, I am running a bag of  chemi pure elite in the back sump and growing a ball of chaetomorpha.

[Clown79]

3 hours ago, Nano Rob said:

Thanks, I will work on slowly turning the whites down and looking closer at my  phosphates and nitrates. That totally explains a lot, I am running a bag of  chemi pure elite in the back sump and growing a ball of chaetomorpha.

Ya, phos and nitrates is important to coral health.

 

It also prevents other nasty things like dino's. 

 

I always ran low on nutrients in my 25g and since getting my nutrients up, my corals have been so much better.

 

As the hobby advances so does the research and knowledge. Lots of info online reporting better results with moderate to higher nutrients than with low or none existant.