Some noob's 75 gallon mixed reef

[Gribbles]

Hey hey, I setup this tank back in August 2023 and it's finally ready to show off a little. I'm still pretty new to all of this, so I encourage you to leave me some feedback to help me learn!

Waterbox Infinia Frag 125.4

Equipment thingies:
Reef Factory Smart Roller M
Nyos Quantum 160 w/ co2 scrubber and outside line
(2) ReeFi 2.0
(2) MP40
Maxspec Gyre
Nero 3
Vectra S2

Automation stuffs:
Neptune Dos #1 - AWC 2 gallons per day
Neptune Dos #2 - BactoBalance, All for Reef once necessary
Neptune AutoFeeder
Some AutoAqua ATO thinger

Current params:
Alk 10
NO3 3.5
PO4 .16
I don't routinely test anything else at home. I send an ICP test every few months

Dosing:
BactoBalance daily
Seachem Iodide every other day
Coral snow and MB7 weekly

Livestock:
Tomini Tang
Lubbock's Wrasse
Diamond Watchman Goby

 

[tzabor10]

Looks great. So much sand.

 

[Gman83]

Good looking tank

 

[kevgib67]

Well done, it looks really nice.

 

[Gribbles]

https://lab.atiaquaristik.com/share/4daf15472ac13855f1a3

ICP results came back today

Looks like I'll stop dosing iodide

Interesting that my alk always measures around 10, considering my AWC water (Nyos) is around 8 - confirmed multiple times with Hanna checker. I guess that is due to my carbon dosing.

Not worried about everything else. Any of those ICP results jump out to anyone?

 

[Gribbles]

Looks great. So much sand.

What you don't see is that the back-left corner is almost bare (down to the eggcrate) because the goby doesn't want any sand there

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Hey hey, I setup this tank back in August 2023 and it's finally ready to show off a little. I'm still pretty new to all of this, so I encourage you to leave me some feedback to help me learn!

Waterbox Infinia Frag 125.4

Equipment thingies:
Reef Factory Smart Roller M
Nyos Quantum 160 w/ co2 scrubber and outside line
(2) ReeFi 2.0
(2) MP40
Maxspec Gyre
Nero 3
Vectra S2

Automation stuffs:
Neptune Dos #1 - AWC 2 gallons per day
Neptune Dos #2 - BactoBalance, All for Reef once necessary
Neptune AutoFeeder
Some AutoAqua ATO thinger

Current params:
Alk 10
NO3 3.5
PO4 .16
I don't routinely test anything else at home. I send an ICP test every few months

Dosing:
BactoBalance daily
Seachem Iodide every other day
Coral snow and MB7 weekly

Livestock:
Tomini Tang
Lubbock's Wrasse
Diamond Watchman Goby

Great looking tank!

 

[Gribbles]

Corals are doing so much better than I've ever had. Still progress to be made but I'm quite pleased so far. Is that Duncan growing new heads/polyps?

I did add a trio of lyre tail anthias (ty Dr. Reef) and a flame hawkfish. The male anthias still has trouble feeding but it's accepting mysis regularly now.

On a sad note, the major storms that went through Houston knocked my power out for 5 days and I lost a Lubbock's Wrasse and flame hawkfish when I was having trouble getting my generator to operate.

A pair of clowns and another hawkfish coming soon courtesy of Dr. Reef again.

 

[Gribbles]

Peculiar test results today

Po4 .38, up from the usual of ~.15 to .2
No3 1.9, down from the usual of ~10 to 15

While .38 isn't urgent, I'm going to start adding a drop or two of LC when I feed.

My alk continues to naturally rise daily, I guess it's from the carbon dosing effect on nitrates. So I've been dosing a few mL's of muriatic acid each night

Any suggestions or other input would be welcome

 

[Gribbles]

Thought the tank liked pretty good tonight... Might delete later idk

Looks like the coral are really starting to grow... So cool to see after taking care of it for the past 9 months or so.

That pssamocora in the last picture (the encrusting not the branching) was one of the first SPS I put in. It went to the brink of death and is now coming back!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Thought the tank liked pretty good tonight... Might delete later idk

Looks like the coral are really starting to grow... So cool to see after taking care of it for the past 9 months or so.

That pssamocora in the last picture (the encrusting not the branching) was one of the first SPS I put in. It went to the brink of death and is now coming back!

Your coral are looking great!

 

[Gribbles]

Added a couple new friends today. Already settled in nicely. Funny little dudes

 

[ieatbugman]

I love all the sand, it feels very open

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Added a couple new friends today. Already settled in nicely. Funny little dudes

I love the new clowns!

 

[Gribbles]

Thought I'd post a few pictures I've taken recently.

Some Duncan babies

Zoas have been producing new polyps pretty well:

Could someone ID this? I thought it was a chalice but I don't remember well enough.

 

[Gribbles]

ICP test came back. Most things are fine, but looks like I need to keep an eye on a couple things.
Phosphate and nitrate. I resumed my carbon dosing (TM's Elimi-NP) to help bring those down.
I also replaced my mixed bed DI resin - that should help with the silicates and etc. I think it'll help with some of the other stuff, like tin and zinc. Correct me if I'm wrong on that please.

My calcium is no concern yet, right?

 

[Gribbles]

Thought I'd post a few pictures I've taken recently.

Some Duncan babies

Zoas have been producing new polyps pretty well:

Could someone ID this? I thought it was a chalice but I don't remember well enough.

Oh interesting! Looks like there's something on the rocks in that zoa picture. It doesn't look entirely like an aiptasia though, hmm... any idea?

 

[Gribbles]

Progressing well

 

[Gribbles]

dang near gives me a heart attack every time I see a molt. And it's in my urchin! Whose name is 'Dozer'