Thomas' CADE Reef 1500 S2

[Darkxerox]

Post swap goodies:

Cornbred Maleficent @divewsharks and a JF Fox flame @Reefinglens to the right of it:

CC Full Tilt favia from @B the Nano Reefer and JG yellow submarine favia (unknown):

Dragon soul from @FullerReef

Candy crush jawbreaker from @jcisthe1

hologram hammer purchase from Tin @coralexotic

FTS:

 

[Darkxerox]

Also sneak peak into a little sump experiment:

 

[Reefinglens]

Also sneak peak into a little sump experiment: View attachment 66551View attachment 66552

Water clarity or something else? Hmm??! lol
I’ve been considering adding a clam or 2 to my tank to see if there would be a noticeable difference in water clarity.. but my concern was if it will be worth the increased consumption of Ca and dKH lol

 

[Darkxerox]

Lights have been ramping up and I'm getting some fun green cyano, but everything seems fine, just unsightly until the sea star gets to a patch:

Colors starting to show on the SPS frags and the bleached Oregon tort (middle right) is recovering nicely. Same goes for that green with red polyped acro behind it:

Lots of mushroom action too:

Clams are doing fine so far in the sump and I do enjoy getting to look at them top down whenever I open the door:

 

[Coral reefer]

Is your drain tough to get just right?

 

[Darkxerox]

Is your drain tough to get just right?

Not really, I just adjust the gate valve and it's dead silent. "Noisiest" things by far are the Vortech pumps and the plank when it turns on, but hardly noticeable slight hums. It does need an adjustment maybe once every couple weeks with just a slight turn.