Spec 3 Pico Reef

[Lypto]

As a fellow spec 3 owner I'm super interested in what you do with this!

[debbeach13]

I often buy from reefcleaners. John is great I am sure you will be happy with your order.

[tanacharison]

Coral and CUC Updated Photos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[tanacharison]

[tanacharison]

Tank is doing really well.. Seeing a few new zoa heads a week and some growth on the favia, monti and chalice. I've only done 2-3 water changes so far and I'm thinking once a month will be fine. I have some coralline algae growing on mangroves inside the display as well. The best part so far is my natural refugium in the back. I added a custom egg crate basket to let the mangroves grow on with a small powerhead under it to prevent anything from settling. I can pull out the basket and remove any algae growth as needed. 

I've dosed .01ml of redsea AB+ everyday and brightwells phyto red, green and coral snow once a week target feeding. Tested nitrates today after 3 weeks no water changes and it's almost unmeasurable. 

 

 

[tanacharison]

Seeing a tank with sunlight and leds mixed is one of my new favorite ways to view coral. 

 

[tanacharison]

Growing some fun things here...

[tanacharison]

I need to find some more corals for this thing.. 

[debbeach13]

I hope you can find what your looking for. Are you thinking LFS or online?

[tanacharison]

20 hours ago, debbeach13 said:

I hope you can find what your looking for. Are you thinking LFS or online?

Not sure. I did find one new favia for the tank last time I was at the LFS for food. Seems lilke they didnt have much. 

[debbeach13]

I think livestock shipments are very iffy right now. I am lucky there is a LFS and an on line vender near me that aquaculture corals. But I still suffer from sticker shock on some pieces.

[tanacharison]

On 8/5/2020 at 3:03 PM, debbeach13 said:

I think livestock shipments are very iffy right now. I am lucky there is a LFS and an on line vender near me that aquaculture corals. But I still suffer from sticker shock on some pieces.

Yeah I'm mad because this is turning into one of my favorite tanks I kept but I'm too cheap to spend a ton a frags. 

[tanacharison]

I'll update my Aug photo tonight but I finally got some🔥for this tank during this weekends @Legendary Corals update. 

 

[Legendary Corals]

On 8/31/2020 at 1:23 PM, tanacharison said:

I'll update my Aug photo tonight but I finally got some🔥for this tank during this weekends @Legendary Corals update. 

 

Thanks for the support Al! Let me know how they all come in tomorrow. 🙂

[tanacharison]

 

 

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[tanacharison]

I'm thinking about digging out my nanobox beam to support the mangroves growth. It's going to take some magic getting it programed. 

[debbeach13]

The mangrove’s look like they are doing good. Good luck with the programming. 

[Tamberav]

Looks good! I like the scape 🙂

[tanacharison]

 

 

[tanacharison]

Took a small vacation and came back to a hot mess.. might pull sand bed and add another powerhead. Did a 100% water change last night.

[debbeach13]

I hope the vacation was fun. Does the livestock look OK?

[tanacharison]

2 hours ago, debbeach13 said:

I hope the vacation was fun. Does the livestock look OK?

One of the 4 favias lost all the tissue.

[tanacharison]

[nolongerusing]

Beautiful tank! How did you get the rock attached to the back to create the floating effect?