Schnitzel's SPS

[SchnitzelReef]

I thought it was time I started a thread on here to post some pics of my SPS. I'm not that great with picture taking, but I do have a canon t3i and an avast camera tube. def helps take decent pics. One of these days I'll figure out how to adjust white balance and get better pics. For now, I'll show you what I got.

Tank is glass- 96x30x21". 3 side starphire. Made by Leemar. External overflow.

2-MP60s and 1 Tunze 6105. Fluval SP6 as main return pump.

Skimmer: bubble king double cone 250 rd3

Simple 3 chamber sump with refugium in the center chamber.

Geo 6x24 calcium reactor. With Matheson dual stage regulator.

Lighting: 5 Radion G3 with 6-80w t5s. I run my radions on 20k setting and I run all Blue+ bulbs.

Tanks been up and running for about 2 years. Been in the hobby for 6+. This is my 5th tank.

When everything was new








I originally had a DIY led setup, about 6-8 months ago I tore it down and added the radions. I originally started with 4, but recently added a 5th radion








My water change shed

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Ok that was the boring stuff. Now to coral pics. (Some pics were taken with my iPhone and a gel filter.)




PC superman


No name yet


Aqua SD rainbow milli




Event horizon milli


ORA Red Planet


Pink lemonade


Tierra De Fuego


Age of Aquariums Banshee


Wish I could get a better pic of this.
Jareds tri color prostrata


ORA Pearlberry

 

[rickybrooks05]

Awesome set up!

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Rommels watermelon milli


CB Maleficent





I don't have many lps. Just a few acans, and a torch. I sold all my chalices, I was tired of fighting with them. SPS only is so much easier.





Darth maul porites. Can't get them to color up like the original pic looked. Maybe not enough par


Tyree blue matrix


Greg Carrols ultimate efflo

 

[SchnitzelReef]

I sold this awhile back, but this was a BPC Flamethrower chalice I had


My one acan I always take pics of. Colors are just crazy




Orange passion.


Here's an older pic of it when it was happy. I can't get the blue to come out like it used to


An old frag tank I had. It's now gone


That's all I got for now. I have other acros that I can't take decent pics of. I'll keep this thread updated as I take new pics. Hopefully all that ^ gave you some background on the tank.

If anyone is wondering, I used to use Instant Ocean salt, I've recently switched the Red Sea blue bucket. Just wanted to try something different. I originally started the tank with bio pellets, but something wasn't right. I took them offline, because I couldn't get my acros to color up or grow at all. I realized it was a major LACK of nutrients.(I had zero nitrates for months) once I figured that out, I started dosing potassium nitrate. Since then my tank has exploded with growth. I had to make major adjustments to my calcium reactor to keep up with alk/Ca. I also dose potassium, Pohls Xtra, Elos pro skimmer, and Elos Aminos. I tried Acropower too, but I like Pohls Xtra better. Other than all that, i feed mysis and pellets regularly. Tank is setup with an auto water change system, but I rarely use it. I do water changes every 3-4 months. Since I have a hard time keeping nitrates up, I decided to put water changes on hold for now. I occasionally throw in a bag of carbon in my sump. Never run gfo. I guess that's about it

 

[Emac909]

Nick r u still running the alpha 250 on the tank?

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Nick r u still running the alpha 250 on the tank?

Alpha 250 never worked right. Sold it shortly after setting up the tank. Running a bubble King 250

 

[CoralNerd]

Nice tank! Fan of ShnitzelReef [emoji106]

 

[McMullen]

Awesome colors in your tank!!

 

[revhtree]

Nice job!

 

[monkiboy]

thanks for sharing - look forward to new updates!

 

[Salty1962]

Awesome Tank and acros. I hope my OP takes off and look like yours.

 

[dson78]

Amazing tank, cant wait to see it all grown in.

 

[las]

I sold this awhile back, but this was a BPC Flamethrower chalice I had


My one acan I always take pics of. Colors are just crazy




Orange passion.


Here's an older pic of it when it was happy. I can't get the blue to come out like it used to


An old frag tank I had. It's now gone


That's all I got for now. I have other acros that I can't take decent pics of. I'll keep this thread updated as I take new pics. Hopefully all that ^ gave you some background on the tank.

If anyone is wondering, I used to use Instant Ocean salt, I've recently switched the Red Sea blue bucket. Just wanted to try something different. I originally started the tank with bio pellets, but something wasn't right. I took them offline, because I couldn't get my acros to color up or grow at all. I realized it was a major LACK of nutrients.(I had zero nitrates for months) once I figured that out, I started dosing potassium nitrate. Since then my tank has exploded with growth. I had to make major adjustments to my calcium reactor to keep up with alk/Ca. I also dose potassium, Pohls Xtra, Elos pro skimmer, and Elos Aminos. I tried Acropower too, but I like Pohls Xtra better. Other than all that, i feed mysis and pellets regularly. Tank is setup with an auto water change system, but I rarely use it. I do water changes every 3-4 months. Since I have a hard time keeping nitrates up, I decided to put water changes on hold for now. I occasionally throw in a bag of carbon in my sump. Never run gfo. I guess that's about it

What do you do for filtration on the frag tank?

 

[SchnitzelReef]

What do you do for filtration on the frag tank?

Tank is sold awhile ago, but this was the sump and filtration.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Nice tank! Fan of ShnitzelReef [emoji106]

Awesome colors in your tank!!

Nice job!

thanks for sharing - look forward to new updates!

Awesome Tank and acros. I hope my OP takes off and look like yours.

Amazing tank, cant wait to see it all grown in.

Thanks guys. Was hoping to have things grown out by now, but starting with frags has taken much longer then I had hoped for.
Appreciate the love.

 

[DaveRaz]

I love your set up. Looks like it's going to be a winner with great grow out potential.

 

[Sahin]

Corals look great.

 

[SchnitzelReef]

Some crappy iPhone pics. After adding the 5th radion, and dosing nitrates, my tank is really doing great. Corals couldn't be happier.

 

[SchnitzelReef]