Jackson's 24gal Pod

[DrCooper]

Tank looks amazing! everything pops out

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks DrCooper!

This link sums up the life of this tank in a nutshell.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1600334&perpage=&pagenumber=1

 

[Deanos]

Congratulations!!! :party:

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks Dean.

A small update for April 6th

Everything has been going well. Growth has been good. I fragged a few corals, moved a few, and got a few new ones I am trying something a little different this month. Since I haven't been using phosban lately, I decided to fill the reactor with live sand to increase surface area for bacteria. Basically a fluidized bed. Since I have only a small amount of rock and sand I figured it wouldn't hurt. I'll report on the next update if I actually saw any difference.

I made an attempt at some top down shots but It's pretty hard on a small nano

 

[mmike1992]

rich looks great congrats. on the tank of the month

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks Mike:birthday:

 

[EvMiz]

looking good Rich, what made you decide to stop using phosban?

 

[jackson6745]

looking good Rich, what made you decide to stop using phosban?

Thanks Evan. I stopped using phosban because my corals were getting kind of light in color. With SPS this is either from too much light or too little nutrients. The phosphates remain very low without the phosban at the moment.

 

[rickytsui]

rich your tank look hot i love your pink polyp cap

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks Ricky. You still have a tank running?
The pink polyp cap is a new frag that I got from Ming. I love that one too

 

[rickytsui]

yeah i still have it and getting frag here and there i just redo everything so i can work out of state . call me up sometime dude u can come over and have a beer or 2

 

[jackson6745]

A beer or 2? U cheap dude Break out the good stuff:bablefish

 

[rickytsui]

A beer or 2? U cheap dude Break out the good stuff:bablefish

aiight come over i got some hard stuff

 

[lazibonez]

Richie Congratulations on being TOTM at RC. Representing MR!
Awesome tank you have. Keep up the good work.

 

[jackson6745]

Thanks Alan, and thanks for the nice frags.

 

[jackson6745]

pics from June 10th

I've been messing with a few new bulbs lately. Here are current pics with an XM 20k 250w DE
and the second photo is a coralvue 20k 250w de which looks more like a 12k. This bulb kind of sucks IMO:tongue1:

Otherwise, I haven't really done much to the tank. I've been too busy at work. I think I did one water change since the beginning of May and I have been dosing b-ionic cal, alk, and mg daily. It is time to increase the flow in here so I pre-ordered an MP10 Vortech. I can't wait to get it!

 

[prattreef]

Looks great as usual Rich. The 1st bulb is too blue , the second too blah :biggrin:

 

[jackson6745]

Looks great as usual Rich. The 1st bulb is too blue , the second too blah :biggrin:

I feel the same way..LOL. Thanks Randy:tongue1: I still haven't found a better looking blue bulb than the helios 20k.....but the ushio 20k is a close second.

 

[Euroreefer]

I like the 2nd pic. Very nice corals and fish.

 

[prattreef]

Ushio 14k too white for you?