Chris' 50G SPS and Zoanthid Dominated Reef.. NEW PICS NOV 15th

chris88 · #1 10-11-2010, 07:59 PM

Thanks, it is not fun trying to rescape with the corals in the tank i must have knocked the corals over a hundred times.

Chaloupa · #2 10-12-2010, 02:19 AM

LOVE the new look to the tank...sometimes out of a disaster you can end up with something really nice....and you did! LOVE the colony below your acro in the "favorite part of the new scape" pic...with the yellow skirts..that looks like a nice paly?

chris88 · #3 10-12-2010, 04:33 AM

i think it's a zonthid colony and the centers are really nice which are not really shown in that pic. It almost has the ring look of a hornet zoanthid. It is just starting to spread now so in a month or two it will take over that rock.

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Originally Posted by Chaloupa

LOVE the new look to the tank...sometimes out of a disaster you can end up with something really nice....and you did! LOVE the colony below your acro in the "favorite part of the new scape" pic...with the yellow skirts..that looks like a nice paly?

chris88 · #4 10-12-2010, 04:33 AM

I have never tried this before but I was bored one night and I put the negative function on in the camera phone and tried to snap a few pictures. The pictures are not edited and I think they look really cool.

chris88 · #5 10-14-2010, 01:52 AM

I just wanted to stir the pot a bit and say that i only use tap water for my reef. Is there anyone else who does use tap water with success or has tried it and it didn't work?

marcingo · #6 10-14-2010, 01:59 AM

I just wanted to say that Chris's tank does truly look better in real life(I've seen it). It is truly the cleanest tank I have ever seen and the corals are all incredibally colored.

As for the tap water thing I have always only used tap water in Edmonton and Fort McMurray and never had problems with anything. My corals have always loved it. I vouch for tap water as well.

Then again does the ocean use RO/DI water? Just kidding

Zoaelite · #7 10-14-2010, 02:05 AM

The ocean doesn't use an RO/DI but then again its trillions of times larger than our little ecosystems. What sort of TDS do you get out of tap water from Fort Mac Chris, I say if you are having success with it keep it as it is.

That being said Calgary's TDS and ravenous appetite for chlorine means I will keep adding the RO/DI to my tank.
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kien · #8 10-14-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by chris88

I just wanted to stir the pot a bit and say that i only use tap water for my reef. Is there anyone else who does use tap water with success or has tried it and it didn't work?

Here is a Calgary tap water reef tank. It is disgusting!

Although, I think he started using RO/DI sometime this year, but up until then it was all tap water. Not sure why John decided to start using RO since he was having such great success with tap water.

chris88 · #9 10-14-2010, 09:41 PM

wow that tank is pretty nice and over time those sps corals really colored up for him.

delo978 · #10 06-22-2011, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by chris88

I just wanted to stir the pot a bit and say that i only use tap water for my reef. Is there anyone else who does use tap water with success or has tried it and it didn't work?

That's all I have ever used for the last 2 years and have never had an issue... I have 3 tanks and one is a 1.2gallon pico so that's the most finicky.