MarcoVan Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Wow!! Speechless!! Me can decom liow.... Onz! I ready my minions to raid you Quote Happy Reefing, Marc J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siowaro Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Naughty naughty Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Siowaro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bunster Posted November 15, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 15, 2014 Your tank is truly inspiring bro... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyFawkes Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 beautiful tank! within 3 months all colour up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Heres the link for november update. Cheers guys Video taken with phone camera, s3 as usual. Can't capture crap all. Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchris Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 super nice tank Quote Zoas Garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I would like to share some of my own personal thoughts so far along my zeovit journey, and also hope those not using zeovit can have a better understanding. The core of every system is very clear and straightforward. It does not take a magical system like zeovit to get beautiful sps tanks. The core of any beautiful tanks u see anywhere boils down to simply, water parameters and lighting. Thats about it. Water Parameters: In particular u are talking about KH, CA, MG, Po4 and No3. The rest i will explain further later. How you maintain the above it really up to u. Theres nothing special in zeovit to address KH,CA and MG. So here are the available methods: Manual /automated dosing with balling light, 2 part dosing, self mix powder, Kalkwasser dosing and calcium reactors. There isnt a perfect number to any of the above. But there is however, a balanced no. U can check out this no from reef calculators. http://reef.diesyst.com/chemcalc/chemcalc.html , just input any products to display the balance no. Keep these 3 big boys stable, a range of number is usually preferred as its hard to always acheive perfection since we do water change and stuff. A range of +-1.0 is good to start with, slowly narrow it down to +-0.5. P04 and no3 is a little big harder to address: Zeovit basically controls this using their basic 4 system, zeovit/zeostart3/spongepower/zeobak. So what if u dont use zeovit? Its still exactly the same principle. On top of your skimmer, be it probiotic dosing (polylab genesis/fuel, Prodibio biodigest/biotim, FM Ultralith/Ultrabak, Redsea care program), Refugium with macroalgae, Deep Sand bed, Biopellets, algae turf scrubbers, large amount of bio media (siporax, bacteria king, eheim substrate pro, Biohome) your goal is to break down that nitrate into harmless nitrogen gas. So u dont need zeovit to do this, its just another method along with all the above mentioned. There's pros and cons to each. And than theres p04 which u run reactors with (rowaphos, ultraphos, sorb4, goodbye po4, Redsea Algae management program). All the above also work towards the same goal of phos removing. Given the choice honestly, sometimes i wished i had stick to the basic of having a good nutrient export system like a refugium system with macroalgae. The last thing i have to mention is trace elements. There are important elements in the water that determines corals growth and colouration that sometimes goes overlooked. Mainly Potassium, iodine, strontium and a few others. Triton is also big on trace elements for having a successful reef. Now that u reached a low nutrient system, u need to be able to fuel the corals with the necessary elements. The importance of potassium is often overlooked. Regular change of water will help keep this in check if u use a good salt mix. But if u really want to bring out the colours or potentials in corals. u need to supplement further. So whats the best way i learnt, is to try out some colour products commercially available. Zeovit (Xtra, Bbalance, Kbalance, Xtraspecial) FM( Colour elements), Grotech (ABCM), Red sea coral coloration program. Start off with half the dosage and monitor the coloration. ( I.e U lack red in ur corals, u can increase ur dosage of FM Red/Purple complex, or increase dosage of bbalance) You don't need to measure the element in the water, this is already done by the company manufacturing these products, all u need to do is look and understand how your corals display. This makes it 10x easier to supplement trace elements The main concept im trying to put across is that, u do not need zeovit to have a successful tank. Zeovit is amazing, but not everyone is made for it. It takes a lot of diligence and also an amount of experience to identify the dosage amounts. There are tons of successful methods used over the years that yield great results. So now all u have to do, is mix and match ur preferred method for Big 3 dosing, Nitrate removal, Po4 Removal, trace elements addition and a step closer to a beautiful successful tank Beautiful tank. Enjoyed this read in particular. Absolutely agree on simplicity and finding one method that works for you. Quote "Save a reef, grow your own" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted November 18, 2014 Author Share Posted November 18, 2014 Amazingly beautiful bro! Love that pair of clowns too! Love the sps pe so nice! Fish Recocgnition So Little Ah? Haha nice nice bro.. Awesome tank bro! Wow!! Speechless!! Me can decom liow.... Your tank is truly inspiring bro... beautiful tank! within 3 months all colour up! super nice tank Beautiful tank. Enjoyed this read in particular. Absolutely agree on simplicity and finding one method that works for you. Thank you guys for the strong encouragement and motivation. Really appreciate it! Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchris Posted November 18, 2014 Share Posted November 18, 2014 Thank you guys for the strong encouragement and motivation. Really appreciate it! Well your thread gave us strong encouragement and motivation in this hobby too Quote Zoas Garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Shadow Walker Posted November 19, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 19, 2014 Bro, thanks for penning down your experiences. It really saves us from going through the long learning curve. This is really the spirit of sharing. Quote Shadow Walkers's 4 ft Shallow Reef Chronicles 4 Ft - 120.35.35 3 Ft Sump Skimmer: Bubble Magus NAC7 Chiller: Hailea 1/4 HS66A Lights: T5 4 tubes ATI + Maxspect Glaive Led Refugium with Liverocks and Cheato and lots of pods Refugium light: Par38 Full spectrum Return pump: Hailea HX6540..stupid pump so noisy Wavemaker: Maxspect Gyre 130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Glad to see all my corals doing well with even better pe extension than before i left for my short holiday. Heres an ssc that i just got recently that i was really worried about, but glad to see it healthy when i got home. Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Evolutionz Posted November 26, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 26, 2014 Sweet holy mother of all sps, that color and pe. Amazing! Quote EvolutionZ's Floating Reef: (Decommed) EvolutionZ's 4ft shallow Mixed Reef Build : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Lee Khim Ann Posted November 26, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted November 26, 2014 Nice cardinals. Where did you buy them from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 Nice cardinals. Where did you buy them from? U can get them from ah beng Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Got a call today from my favourite guy "Your light set arrived liao"......................... OOMMMMGGGGG Waited forever. But its gonna be worth the wait. My last key piece of equipment! Will update again with pics once i have it up Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member redsuns Posted December 2, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 2, 2014 Got a call today from my favourite guy "Your light set arrived liao"......................... OOMMMMGGGGG Waited forever. But its gonna be worth the wait. My last key piece of equipment! Will update again with pics once i have it up Curious what you ordered! Haha Quote Tank Size: 3.5 ft x 2 ft x 2 ftSump: 3ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft”Return Pump: Eheim 1264Chiller Pump: H2Ocean Flow Pump 3000Skimmer: Vertex Alpha 200Wavemakers: 2 X Maxspect Gyre 130; 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP10WES, 1 x Ecotech VorTech MP40WES, 1x Jebao RW15Filtration: Schuran Multifilter 100 (Rowa Phos), Two Little Fishies Phosban 150 Fluidised Reactor (Vertex Rox 0.8 Carbon), Enductor Fluidized Reactor- FR45 (NP Biopellets & All In One Biopellets) with Eden 140 Pump, Santa Monica Hogx1 Algae Turf Scrubber, CheatoCalcium Reactor: Skimz CM152 with needle valve and Maxijet 600 feed Pump (CaribSea ARM Extra Coarse ,KZ Coral Gravel, Two Little Fishies Reborn, Grotech Magnesium Pro)Dosing: Bubble Magnus Dosing Pump BM-T01 + 2 x 4 Head Expansion Accessory BM-T02Bio Media: Marine Pure, Bacteria King, Eheim Substrat Pro, Eheim Substrat, Seachem DeNitrate, PowerHouse Hard, Polyplab Biosphere, Seachem PurigenChiller: JBJ Arctica Titanium Aquarium Chiller (1/3 Hp - DBE-150)Lighting: ATI Powermodule 6 x 39 Watt T5. Solite 4 x 39 Watt T5 (Only 2 used) (Blue+ Blue+ Coral+ Purple+ Coral+ AB Special) (Blue+ Purple+)Auto Top Up system: Tunze Osmolator Universal 3155 Auto Top OffMonitoring: 2 x Milwaukee MC 122 PH Controller (Calcium Reactor & PH Monitoring)Substrate: CaribSea Aragamax Select Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Shadow Walker Posted December 2, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 2, 2014 Must be ATI Sunpower Quote Shadow Walkers's 4 ft Shallow Reef Chronicles 4 Ft - 120.35.35 3 Ft Sump Skimmer: Bubble Magus NAC7 Chiller: Hailea 1/4 HS66A Lights: T5 4 tubes ATI + Maxspect Glaive Led Refugium with Liverocks and Cheato and lots of pods Refugium light: Par38 Full spectrum Return pump: Hailea HX6540..stupid pump so noisy Wavemaker: Maxspect Gyre 130 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hanafi_weeseng Posted December 3, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 3, 2014 ATI rocks!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icliao Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Marvelous mate. Great job for such short period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member kt611 Posted December 7, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 7, 2014 Nice ssc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted December 8, 2014 Author Share Posted December 8, 2014 Did a water change today, heres some updates of the tank. Zeovit still doing extremely well for me. Yet to get my lightset set up, lazyyyyy....Should get it up by this week....hopefully. Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 As most of you have guessed it right, I recently switched over to ATI Sunpower 8 x 54w. Well, for obvious reasons............ its cheap and it works. Let the colouring up begin! Finally the missing piece of the puzzle to my zeovit system Bulb Combination from Front to back: Blue+, Coral+, Blue+, Purple+, Abspecial, Blue+, Coral+, Blue+ Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member hanafi_weeseng Posted December 14, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted December 14, 2014 Swee,ati rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Close up shot of the hanging bracket. I had it made at Prestech with couple of modifications. Fellow friend of mine actually gave me this idea with the mods required to hang the lightset. It is very sturdy and strong, very impressed with the overall looks, neat and tidy as well. Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Supporter SubzeroLT Posted December 15, 2014 SRC Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2014 Nice & neat brackets. Didn't get the end caps for the long profile? Quote Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mysliceofnature/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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