Current system:
65 gallon wide - drilled with corner overflow - tank is a deep blue
20 gallon (I think) sump
Skimmer is built-in to sump made by a friend of ours
Refugium in middle with 4 inches sand bed and cheato - small T5 as light
4 bulb T5 lighting with ATI bulbs
Approximately 60 lbs. live rock - this is a total guess - I've had the rock for approximately 20 years
2 inch sand bed - medium aragonite
Waverunner return pump
WP-25 and korallia powerhead - I keep the wp on else at the lowest speed
Corals
ricordea
red mushrooms
a few zoas and palys - nothing super special
green hairy mushrooms
xenia
gsp
a small piece of devils' hand
long tentacle toadstool frag
toadstool
red gonipora (sp) - just got this past weekend
blasto
RBTA
one head frogspawn
one head hammer coral
(just ordered three different macro algaes - should be here tomorrow)
Fish (this and inverts are my real passion)
flamehawk
black and white occy pair
green chromis (just one, had 3 but we know how that turns out)
midas blenny
coral beauty
diamond goby/pistol
leopard wrasse
yellow tailed damsel (added last and is model citizen)
hector's goby
2 dragon-head pipefish
Inverts
2 sexy shrimp
anemone crab
several assorted types of snails and hermits including two fighting conches
am going to get at least one harlequin shrimp - have many, many asterinas in the tank - need them to be gone
I have a red spiny star in the sump at the moment
I feed A LOT lol - I feed cyclops and roe daily in addition to some frozen cubes that is a variety of meaty (pro variety mix) and baby mysis. I also give pellets and freeze dried shrimp - I kind of mix it up. I feed about 3 times per day. I feed my anemone about once every two weeks - a bit of mysis. Every now and then I'll feed my corals reef chili.
In terms of maintenance, I only change water about every month and it's usually about 15%. I don't dose but I do drip kalk with some vinegar almost daily. I use salinity salt. I use GAC and phosguard in media bags in my sump. My tank drains into the sump and I keep a sheet or two of floss at this juncture - it kind of acts like a sock. I try to clean the skimmer and floss at least weekly to biweekly.
well, that's my system - I've been in this hobby a very long time. I've had a reef now for almost two years. Prior to that, I had a FOWLR for about 15 years and prior to that, I had a 75 gallon reef tank that I kept for about 2 years. I started that tank with all uncured Marshall Island rock that I still have in my tank today.
So, I'm going to take some pictures - my tank is not in great shape at the moment - nutrients are a bit high. I know this by looking at it. I will admit this, I rarely test my water. Hopefully, these pictures will make everyone appreciate their own tank much more
65 gallon wide - drilled with corner overflow - tank is a deep blue
20 gallon (I think) sump
Skimmer is built-in to sump made by a friend of ours
Refugium in middle with 4 inches sand bed and cheato - small T5 as light
4 bulb T5 lighting with ATI bulbs
Approximately 60 lbs. live rock - this is a total guess - I've had the rock for approximately 20 years
2 inch sand bed - medium aragonite
Waverunner return pump
WP-25 and korallia powerhead - I keep the wp on else at the lowest speed
Corals
ricordea
red mushrooms
a few zoas and palys - nothing super special
green hairy mushrooms
xenia
gsp
a small piece of devils' hand
long tentacle toadstool frag
toadstool
red gonipora (sp) - just got this past weekend
blasto
RBTA
one head frogspawn
one head hammer coral
(just ordered three different macro algaes - should be here tomorrow)
Fish (this and inverts are my real passion)
flamehawk
black and white occy pair
green chromis (just one, had 3 but we know how that turns out)
midas blenny
coral beauty
diamond goby/pistol
leopard wrasse
yellow tailed damsel (added last and is model citizen)
hector's goby
2 dragon-head pipefish
Inverts
2 sexy shrimp
anemone crab
several assorted types of snails and hermits including two fighting conches
am going to get at least one harlequin shrimp - have many, many asterinas in the tank - need them to be gone
I have a red spiny star in the sump at the moment
I feed A LOT lol - I feed cyclops and roe daily in addition to some frozen cubes that is a variety of meaty (pro variety mix) and baby mysis. I also give pellets and freeze dried shrimp - I kind of mix it up. I feed about 3 times per day. I feed my anemone about once every two weeks - a bit of mysis. Every now and then I'll feed my corals reef chili.
In terms of maintenance, I only change water about every month and it's usually about 15%. I don't dose but I do drip kalk with some vinegar almost daily. I use salinity salt. I use GAC and phosguard in media bags in my sump. My tank drains into the sump and I keep a sheet or two of floss at this juncture - it kind of acts like a sock. I try to clean the skimmer and floss at least weekly to biweekly.
well, that's my system - I've been in this hobby a very long time. I've had a reef now for almost two years. Prior to that, I had a FOWLR for about 15 years and prior to that, I had a 75 gallon reef tank that I kept for about 2 years. I started that tank with all uncured Marshall Island rock that I still have in my tank today.
So, I'm going to take some pictures - my tank is not in great shape at the moment - nutrients are a bit high. I know this by looking at it. I will admit this, I rarely test my water. Hopefully, these pictures will make everyone appreciate their own tank much more
