Coral Farm After Hours Part II - The SPS Show Tank Update

Finally we have an update to the SPS Show Tank here at Tidal Gardens. It has been a bumpy road for the past couple of years for this tank BUT it is probably the best it has ever looked right now. This is due in part to overcoming 3 major issues and 1 minor one.
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0:00 Intro
0:25 Heavy Metal!
2:16 Don’t Chlorinate Your Tank
5:50 Trace Elements Work
9:02 Herbivore Problem
11:31 Snapshot in Time

[@jamesbryan1285]

It only makes sense that the best dressed reefer would have “Tuxedo Urchins. 😂

[@tidalgardens]

big facts

[@JaYoeNation]

I would have never thought pollen would be a factor but makes sense.

[@Colorado392family]

I really enjoyed this update. Thank you for taking the time to film this and share your experience and lessons you've learned along the way.

[@tidalgardens]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@maxthemaenad4930]

Looooove these after hours videos

[@tcmarineaddiction6609]

Your camera work is top notch. I love the presentation

[@tidalgardens]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@ArrickthaRed]

Love the update videos. This tank has really progressed

[@jeffnc]

I had no idea you, or anyone for that matter, were using harvested rain water for a saltwater setup. Very cool and glad to hear you got the issues resolved. Tank is looking great, looking forward to seeing it more grown in!

[@tidalgardens]

I don't know of anyone else that does. I just wanted to do it.

[@jeffnc]

@@tidalgardens It's a great idea, though clearly not without it's pitfalls. Good of you for doing it!

[@tylerclontz]

you da man, Than!

[@robotba89]

WOW I have been out of the game for a couple years, but I bought some corals from you a long time ago. It's awesome to see this tank today! I had my reef tank around the time you just started building the skeleton for this thing. Congratulations on overcoming all that adversity!

[@tidalgardens]

Welcome back!

[@WilliamJohnson-me4sh]

haha been waiting for a over year for an update on the tank

[@ou812reefing]

Great information and great job

[@BryznsReef]

Looking forward to the next after hours! Looking to color up my sps with some traces too

[@_JCBSLMN]

those t slot stands with castors are such a vibe, i've stolen your idea for my next tank. p.s love the suit!

[@LeeGrill]

I added leveling casters to my stand because of his videos.

[@tidalgardens]

Leveling casters are so nice. I put them on almost everything now.

[@EIY_Kumar]

can you do a detailed video of the trace elements , which things were consumed the most ?

[@TheTrevor40]

Acros need Iodine and many other to do well. My tank grows acros like weeds now that I follow the ICP test and make corrections to trace elements. Bacteria dosing with very low PO4 and Nitrates help acros a lot, IMO.

[@jackson6745]

Funny you say kung pao and JF vino montis. I have both next to each other on tiles and they looked like crap for a while. After an ICP i saw that I had low potassium 340ppm. I bumped it up to 400 with no other changes and they looked beautiful again in only like 2 weeks or so. I confirmed these ICP readings with the Salifert potassium kit. Easy enough to maintain without going down the wormhole.

[@cut419ram]

Amazing strides! Great to hear! And interesting info on the rain water treatment. Sounds like it invovles same things that big water treatment plants do. I assume this is to be self sufficient, versus relying on the tap water RO/DI filtered water.

[@tidalgardens]

The company that designed and installed the unit does municipal waste water treatment systems in addition to other offerings.

[@traianboala3798]

Recently I was wondering when you’ll do a SPS show tank update. I was curious how are the things doing in there. Thanks

[@bioaquarium3683]

great video Than, thanks for sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly too. What is the nutrient level in that tank? thank you

[@tidalgardens]

This tank is low nutrient. 10ppm nitrate and .02 phosphate.

[@VinZClan]

Does Carbon and Zeolites help for copper removal ? I'm going through a Copper / heavy metal issue...

[@tidalgardens]

Don't know about that. We used polyfilter, metasorb, and cuprisorb.

[@gb3496]

Who made those tanks...?

[@tidalgardens]

We have custom tanks from 4 manufacturers, Reef Savvy, Miracles Aquarium, Exotic Aquariums, and Ocean Life Aquariums.

[@frankrizzo4701]

What trace do you use

[@tidalgardens]

Right this second we are using Captiv8 and Aquavitro Fuel

[@loumarks1]

Water parameters?

[@richardmayonz]

How big is this tank? What are the dimensions?

[@tidalgardens]

600g. 126" x 48" x 24"

[@gufron4011]

can u spoil what u give to ur fish sir ? it was so fattt

[@tidalgardens]

Mainly mysis shrimp and nori, but that tank also has a lot of algae growing that they pick at all day.

[@gufron4011]

@@tidalgardens oh thanks for sharing. In my tank, i have pellet based on shrimp.. For 4 months, my tang so skinny, i see his pup is so big, its not his diet, its 180° from my chromis .