My 90g slice of the ocean!!!!

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Here's my 90g mixed reef that was started 7/13. I've been adding corals slowly but surely. Everything has been growing and encrusting great. Here are my specs:

PARAMETERS
Temp- display 79.4-79.8
Salinity- 1.026
Ph- 7.9-8.2
Alk- 9-9.5
Cal- 420-450
Mag- 1500+

EQUIPMENT
Tank- 90g corner overflow 48"x18"x24"
Lighting- 2 RB Photon 16's
Controller- Digital Aquatics Elite
Sump/fuge- Trigger Ruby36s w/mag 9.5 return pump
Skimmer- Aqua C180 w/mag 9.5
UV Sterilizer- Aqua Uv 25w w/ mag 5
2 phosban 150- 1 Gfo 1 Carbon
Powerheads- 2 Koralia Evo 1400, 1 Koralia Evo 1050
ATO- Tunze 3155
Doser- Marine Color

MAINTENANCE
20% water changes weekly
Salt- reef crystals
Skimmer cleaned every 2-3 days
Powerheads,pumps,uv checked/cleaned every month
GFO replaced monthly
Carbon replaced every 2 weeks

LIVESTOCK
2 black w/orange face clowns
1 cherub angle
1 flasher wrasse
1 multicolor lubbocks wrasse
1 tomini tang
1 pistol shrimp (PITA):tongue:
3 peppermint shrimp
2 fire shrimp
2 sand sifting starfish
Various snails
Corals are mainly SPS with a few LPS.

FOOD/DOSING
Fish are fed 1 cube of PE Mysis and 1 cube of Hikari Brine shrimp or mysis soaked with garlic and selcon daily.
Corals are broad fed a mix of Reef Chilli (5 scoops)and Coral Vibrance (half teaspoon) together, every 3 days. One cap of Oyster Magnifique once a week.
Currently dosing 2 part B-Ionic Alk-49.1ml Cal-43.7ml

FTS
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some corals
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my caps
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My starfish chillin on the zoa's :tongue:
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Great looking tank love the starfish chillin in the Zoa's.
 

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First off a BIG WELCOME to R2R and for only six months very impressive Reeftank.

Cheers, Todd
 
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Thanks everyone, everything is growing super fast. The red cap started with a 3" piece, now it's about 5"x8"(fragged a few times). The green was 2", now about 4"x5". idaho grape was 2", now about 4"x6". Here's a couple new pics:

green birdnest 9/13
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here's the caps 9/13
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red planet 10/13
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green w/purple tips stag 10/13
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Great tank. Monticello caps are one of my favorite corals. Your caps are awesome. great work
 
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Great tank looks awesome! Welcome to R2R!
 

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You have some vibrant colors going on in that tank. Dang just freaking awesome!
 

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