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Hello all, Im always happy to find a new board. I can read italian but surprisingly well without google translator it's likely you may be reading my sentences backwards ~

I wanted to introduce my reef aquariums its nice to meet you all.

These are 1 gallon and below systems, 2 to 5 years old. They are vases, betta tanks converted into high-powered tanks and evaporation SPS management is my key niche in the hobby. The Tanks are either sealed, and do not evaporate at all, or are only partially sealed needing topoff ounces or twice a week yet they can fit in the palm of your hand, or leave only the footprint of a coffee cup. Just a strange science, hope you enjoy its always fun meeting new board communities.

Brandon
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hello brandon and welcome here...
it seems your tanks might become a topic of huge interest for us all to discuss, can you post some more pics and infos on how you actually set them up and mantain them? thx in advance!
by the way... very nice setups from what can be seen!

Thank you very much for stopping by!

May I post an article I wrote on The Invention of pico reefs? That will explain and I will gladly stay around for follow up ideas or to see the work of others, its very interesting to take part in these discussions
thank you nice to meet you
Brandon from tx

http://www.nanoreefblog.com/features...o-reef-biology


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thank you very much!
Your avatar is my favorite coral I feed it mysis cyclopeeze and to maintain the color and I like to keep them away from really bright spots in the tank. Better yours have blue centers ~ mine are very small and may change as they age

here are some macro shots of a small rack aquaculture in the bowl. Each frag can be removed for sale and has room to double in size, the bowl produces coral steadily Because it is additive Dosed with C Balance 1 mL per alternating days morning ... like 1 / 4 capfull part in on Monday, 1 / 4 of part b capfull tuesday etc




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thank you friends UC and Abra here are a couple more to show something I call exoscaping.

It's where you make it seem the coral is shooting through the glass, by affixing the skeleton of the genus that matches the inside, to the outside of the bowl so people can touch the reef skeleton when its on display


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wow! your work is amazing! I was thinking of giving up with my nanoreef tank, 'cause it's really hard to obtain bright colors from sps corals into a small system like that... But now that I've seen your tanks i'm changing idea XD... I'll follow the topic... tell us some details on how you set them up...

Marco.

Hi Mark!

I have not been Able to keep reds or blue colors as well in the SPS, they tend to develop a brownish hue likely due to zooxanthellae multiplication Which is common in smaller systems / unskimmed of higher nitrogen tanks

But, alveopora and Goniopora, both of which are notoriously hard to do well to keep the systems and I think both the SPS and the LPS benefit from my feeding schedule.

I never feed in between water changes, only just before a 100% water change. So if I feed once a week, the water is changed once a week. I may feed twice in a week and change the water twice when the bowl is this aged, and packed with over 100 frags of coral in one gallon.

Most systems are fed in between water changes, Which can increase the nutrient load. By feeding a large amount, and then changing it out an hour or two later, I can support more bioload do with less waste, the timing of events is where the luck and patience paid off.

a water change is only 3 minutes long, so even at twice per week it's still less work than most nanos Because of the evaporation control

The dosing system of adding c-balance only in the mornings, before lights on, I feel is also critical. Any tank that can grow coralline algae should be Able to produce SPS

id check on your coralline algae levels first if you are having trouble keeping good coloration, they will almost always retain color in low N water, with good micro feeding support and strong Calcium/Alk levels which the C balance handles in these pico reefs very well

Thanks for stopping by!