Coral Placement -Lighting, flow, Spacing., Peninsula

[@ericbowers71]

Every time I see your tank it makes me grin like a kid on Christmas morning. Absolutely beautiful, friend.

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you so much Eric!! Appreciated!!

[@RogueAquariums]

The growth of your corals looks great. The coloration is equally as good Deven! Tank looks amazing..

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you fine sir!

[@ifly65]

Nice! Thanks for showing what they look like grown out.

[@dusk1947]

Good video and great topic. I'd say coral placement is the single most complicated topic in the entire hobby, given so little good information is available on it. And what we usually lack, is knowledge on the specific coral species growth form. Take just Acropora: If I say hyacinthus, tortuosa, millepora, yungi, efflorescens, & valida... All of those are very common Acro species in the hobby. But how many can quickly describe the growth form of each? It's that insight which most describes where they should be placed. Then it gets way more complicated when we bring in other coral families. Montipora, Goniopora, Seriatopora... It just goes, and goes as a pit of unknowns for new reefers.

[@michaeljetten]

This would also prevent (me) buying acro corals what end up in the tank coloring up the same haha.

[@ReefEco]

Tank is really looking great Deven! I love the red branching acro opposite the hammers - very dramatic.

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you! I’m really happy with how it’s filling in. Only problem is now it’s going to turn I to a bonsai game to keep stuff form growing into the glass!

[@ReefEco]

@@ReefDudes Good problem to have : )

[@Theunbelievabletruth489]

U really are the man bro ! I’ve watched this tank from the very beginning and yea it’s really great ! Great job & thank u !

[@ReefDudes]

Happy to help!

[@JeepinReefer406]

Great Video! And can I say, I'm jealous of that blue Tort color! Mine is a bit brown still. I'm raising my par weekly, looking for that nice color.

[@queencityreefs]

Great update! Tank looks amazing. 👌🏻

[@niagarafirecorals]

I want a piece of that blue stag to lol

[@ReefDudes]

Hehe it grows well for me! Have had it for ages. One day we will have to do some trades :)

[@Matt-tt3jj]

Stunning, something to strive for

[@John-te3zd]

Great video, saw you on Marc's live video Saturday and thought I would check out your videos too

[@ReefDudes]

Thanks John! Welcome :)

[@sunnygoold9449]

Looking amazing!

[@harlanmichael7088]

Thanks for the video!

[@EricNoa]

Tank looks great. What camera/filter are you using to record the tank?

[@ReefDudes]

Sony a5100 is what i use most of the time. No filter Just white balance

[@kmg3144]

This looks beautiful. About how much space do you have between the side glass panels and the original rock? I am considering setting up flow with two lower powered powerheads placed like you have your mp60s here for my 3 ft peninsula tank.

[@ReefDudes]

The coral is eating up most of the space on the stair side! More space the better for future growth

[@tylerjaax4917]

My pink gorgonian from Biota likes a ton of flow and grows significantly faster with strong flow. Better color under high light too. Survives in lower flow though…

[@ozzman31982]

You can 3d print a 3 inch strip, that wraps around your overflow to clip or lightly glue whenever the rainbow grows on it heavily remove it , throw on another, then you can break the old one up into frags

[@ReefDudes]

Clever’ I like it!

[@Val_Halla777]

Awesome. Your reef’s looking so great Dev!

[@ReefDudes]

Thanks so much!

[@mteske1]

Amazing

[@TheHelicapt]

I also have a peninsula tank and I struggle with finding the right balance of flow and not enough flow to keep the sand detris free. I have a lps tank so the dfkow can’t be to heavy. I noticed in your tank the sand is a bit dirty in spots, do you also have an issue with flow over the sand bed not being enough?

[@DanGrubb1967]

I just want to know how high are you running your pH

[@ReefDudes]

Highest it had been was 8.35-8.4. At moment much lower. 7.85-8.1

[@dandegr]

I wish was a way to measure flow 😔, I don't know how much flow is enough flow.

[@dedicatedreefer9966]

Can I buy some of those blue zoas

[@ReefDudes]

If your in Canada maybe :)

[@BryznsReef]

awesome tank how long has it been since you started this up?

[@ReefDudes]

2.5 years ish

[@eddieposada7673]

What are your parameters in your tank?

[@ReefDudes]

Which do you want to know :)

[@ProducerReef]

Looks like u lowered your light rack since the lighting change.

[@ReefDudes]

I did lower it an inch or so. Plus prototyping some light shades. Main goal was killing any spill light for my tiny human. :)

[@DanGrubb1967]

I got one question to ask you it's about SPS corals say your tank is running perfect all the chemistry is right on target have you ever got corals from a friend and no matter how perfect is your tank is and all your corals are doing fine but the ones you get from your friend keep dying what do you think could be the issue but you can get corals from anybody else and they'll do just fine only his are dying in your tank and yet his tank is perfect too these are not bad or sick out of this tank

[@FragSpawnLLC]

are those 3d printed light blocks to help room spill? just added 6 XR30 G6, Wifey not happy at the light spill at 8" above tank. Not a penninsula like your tank, but an Island tank. Should I lower or block room spill ? If those are light spill shades, are they something I could purchase from you

[@ReefDudes]

They sure are. I have been prototyping different designs. Almsot there! Lowering the lights is an easy fix if you can. Otherwise shades are a good way to go. Mine are hopefully almsot ready for prime time

[@FragSpawnLLC]

@@ReefDudes What is the lowest you'd go to shade the light spill ? Im running your AB+ special modified and looks like the schedule max's out at 50% intensity, is that correct ? Thoughts on the lowest you'd go ? my tank is custom 28" deep.

[@briankavanagh7191]

I must be the only person who doesn't like Zoa's.

[@MrMacekeith]

Probably

[@matthewhayden6505]

I absolutely hate them tbh. Beyond disliking the coral itself I also dislike that there are people that pay absolutely absurd prices for them

[@mteske1]

Agreed. In person they’re soooo small.

[@KentuckyReef]

You’re not alone

[@DotRanchChurros]

Nah. There's a few of us that despise them