Xmoji 57 Gallon Reef Tank

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ASD Rainbow Milli
I purchased the ASD Rainbow Milli about a year ago and have had a lot of success with it. It is a really fast grower and has awesome colors. I purchased this frag from another local reefer. When I purchased it was only about half an inch. You can see now how well it has grown since. I had it sitting on my frag rack for most of the year but after I changed my rock work I thought it really deserved a spot on my aquascape.

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WWC Golden Table Acro
Awesome piece! It has a nice peachy color with a blue rim. The newer polyps on the tips are orange and the older polyps are green.




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Something really excited happened! Seemingly overnight my RR Wolverine started getting color! I have had this piece for about 8 months and it never did anything. It just sat there dormant looking ugly and brown with absolutely no growth. I guess it just decided to wake up from hibernation. It’s not super great looking but for me to see some color is exciting....




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I’ve had this piece for a really long time. As a matter of fact I almost lost it. At one point it had just a few polyps left and it was a fighter and just kept encrusting. Now its branching at several areas. Only thing is I don’t remember what type of sps this is. Below are some pictures in different lighting. I have some thoughts of what it may be but want to see what you guys think. Let me know what you think it is!!







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Ok this is crazy!

I have always thought that chaeto was a great addition to my reef tank. Not just algae for it’s known benefits but an actual part of my filtration system. Chaeto helps keep water clean and removes excess nutrients from the water. It can also provide refuge for pods and brittle stars. I also keep the light on a reverse cycle to help maintain ph.

Chaeto has always been a decent grower, not particularly fast but not extremely slow either. It’s growth rate always required me to trim back once maybe twice a month.

I ended up cleaning out my sump a few weeks ago and wanted to start fresh by removing some rock I had and replace with Marinepure Blocks. I got rid of my chaeto but felt I couldn’t live without it so got a small handful from a local reefer.

Then I remembered another local reefer who recommended a cheap grow light from Amazon. This persons brother had really good results with. After looking back through my text I found the exact light bulbs and ordered it. The results have been AMAZING!!!

I have literally had the light on for 9 days and the growth has completely exploded. Check out the growth and dates in the pictures below.

February 3


February 6


February 12



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Wow thats some serious growth - which bulb is it ? My only issue with macro algae is that for some reason small pieces of it ended up shooting up my return pump and into my display tank - then I had to go looking for it and clean it out. i do see the benefits of having it in a sump though.
 
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jamo130788 said:
Wow thats some serious growth - which bulb is it ? My only issue with macro algae is that for some reason small pieces of it ended up shooting up my return pump and into my display tank - then I had to go looking for it and clean it out. i do see the benefits of having it in a sump though.
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It’s a cheap bulb off of Amazon. ABI 12W broad spectrum LED grow light.

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jamo130788 said:
Wow thats some serious growth - which bulb is it ? My only issue with macro algae is that for some reason small pieces of it ended up shooting up my return pump and into my display tank - then I had to go looking for it and clean it out. i do see the benefits of having it in a sump though.
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Use a pad of some sort that you can stuff into your sumps baffles to allow water to pass but stops larger particles.
 
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Zoas!


The acan in this pic was a freebie from TCK live sale and it was barely a frag when I got it, more like a quarter of a single head of an acan. Now it’s looking healthy.


I need to do some maintenance.



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My two echinata ended up fusing together. They were two separate corals but now they’re one. I guess I can call this a grafted echinata.



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