Full tank pic above - I have copped the xenia corals so they might not look as full in the whole tank picture ..
Pulse coral below
so here are a few pictues of my 3 foot after the addition of a few corals etc. I have added a fungi, pulse coral, Kenya tree coral, a blue tang plus some extra live rock in the sump. I am really happy with the way this tank is turning out :> the corals are all opening up very nicely, the fish are all getting along very well and algae is down to a minimum and, this is mostly due to the fact that this tank is now cycled + purigen did help. The Acropora unfortunately isn't doing to well - I have cut off all the dead bits and, just kept the good parts and glued it to a piece of rock however, I don't have much hope for that coral. this tank is predominantly soft corals + LPS's so not sure if the acro is suited for this environment. I do hope to change the freshwater to a SPS tank in time .... but one thing at a time.
so here are a few pictues of my 3 foot after the addition of a few corals etc. I have added a fungi, pulse coral, Kenya tree coral, a blue tang plus some extra live rock in the sump. I am really happy with the way this tank is turning out :> the corals are all opening up very nicely, the fish are all getting along very well and algae is down to a minimum and, this is mostly due to the fact that this tank is now cycled + purigen did help. The Acropora unfortunately isn't doing to well - I have cut off all the dead bits and, just kept the good parts and glued it to a piece of rock however, I don't have much hope for that coral. this tank is predominantly soft corals + LPS's so not sure if the acro is suited for this environment. I do hope to change the freshwater to a SPS tank in time .... but one thing at a time.
I haven't used my protein skimmer in ages however, I have added some additional live rock to the sump + some caulerpa to absorb the nitrate (not that there was much at all- last time i measured it was below 10 ppm). The live rock will also help with the regeneration of the macro algae which the tangs will definitely devour from the tank. Next thing would be add a chiller to keep the tank temperature stable as I do think that the temp. fluctuations have contributed to the acro's demise however, the other corals + fish seems to fine with this fluctuation.
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