How to make coral thrieve.

[mathewkofalk]

So I am ready to really step it up in my tank but not sure where to go. I currently feed pe mysis and cyclopeeze combo pack everyother day and rotate between mysis and cyclopeeze. For my other feeds I do new life spectum thera plus A sinking pellets mixed with a little hikari extreme seaweed pellets. Once kr twice a week I do dried sea weed for my tang. Also when I feed frozen I throw in a lil coral frenzy but I do not target feed. The tank is a 75 g with a 29 g sump and I do roughtly 15 gallon watter change a week with rodi ant kent reef salt the tank is a mix reef with t5 lighting protein skimmer and a standard fuge ....tank has a 5 inch deep sand bed and prob 150 to 160 pounds of live rock. So first off what supplements and foods should I add also just wanting info on how to properley care for a maturing reef I'm open to lots of ideas just wanted to see what others in the area do to maintain their awesome reefs. Also ths tank was started in late March.
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[sethsolomon]

There are tons of ways to go. I am personally a fan of automation of your aquarium. Starting with automatically topping off your tank with ro water to account for evaporation. Then setting up automatic dosing nutrients for your coral via a dosing pump. Then setting up food dosing and such. This can get expensive though buying all the perlitic pumps and the initial controller.

 

[jda123]

Go basic. There were awesome tanks before all of the new-found gadgetry and additives and there are still awesome tanks now that are very simple.

My recipe is pretty simple:
Have Aragonite Sand
Keep it Clean
Let the bacteria in the sandbed cycle (can take 4-9 months to completely happen) and do their jobs - they can do it better than you can
Big Skimmer
Water Changes
Good Lights
Calcium Reactors for high true-coral demanding tanks
No risks - for me, this means no ATO, dosing pumps, etc.
Dip/QT your stock
Have a friend to cover when on Vacation
Buy quality stuff - you cannot afford to go cheap

 

[aztecdreams]

STABILITY! We don't have perfect water chemistry, but if its stable you corals will take off

 

[Shaunv]

Let's see some photos

 

[SkyDiv3r17]

Let the bacteria in the sandbed cycle (can take 4-9 months to completely happen) and do their jobs - they can do it better than you can

If I added a diamond goby at 2 1/2 months after the tank was set up (he obviously eats whats in the sand) should I get rid of him for this reason? (75 gallon)