marinelife
SaltGeek
Tank Specs: Acrylic 375 Reef Ready 96x30x30 - Set-up on February 25, 2007
Lighting: 120 3w LEDs, I am using Cree XP-G R5 Cool White LEDs and XR-E Royal Blue LEDs. 2 BoostLED Par 30 s with 3 red and 2 white LEDs.
Circulation: I have two 6100 Tunze Stream Pumps, one on each side of the overflow connected to a controller. A Tunze WaveBox was purchased 12-25-2005 and used on my old system. My Return was an Iwaki 40RLXT but was replaced 10-6-2011 with a Panworld 50PX-X because the iwaki was 12 years old. A second wavebox was added to the tank on June 25 2007 to help with water movement.
Filtration: The overflow goes to a series of 3 24 gallon sumps. The first one contains Cheato, another one is full of live rock. the last of the tanks contains baffles, auto topoff controller and the return area. Two of these tank has 2 500w heaters in it controlled by a Ranco Temp Controller. I have a fourth 24 gallon tank that has live rock and 2 starfish ( my daughter wanted) it is feed off the return line that passed thru a GEO GFO reactor. I have about over 1000LBS of Live Rock and 2" of Live Sand in the 375. The LS and LR have been in different tanks since 1995 so they are well matured. I have mixed sand, Some live and some not, all fine grain sand. I also used Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Reef Sand from Advance Aqua Tanks, This stuff works great. It makes up 50% or more of the sand in my tanks. It is cheaper than most Live Sand. My Live Rock is a mix of Premium Fiji, Pohnpei, Marshall Island, Caribbean, and Kaelini Tonga Ultra. I added a 10 gallon over the top refugium for pods. Its feed from the return and gravity feed it directly to the main tank.
Extras: PRECISION MARINE 6 X 24 CALCIUM REACTOR W/EHIM PUMP. This is used to keep my CA, Mag, and ALK up.
Additives: I use a CA Reactor for Calcium and Alkalinity. I feed two cubes of Mysis Shrimp once a day. I also have Cyclop-eeze that I feed a few times a month is I remember along with Nori Seaweed. I soak all the food in Selcon by American Marine Inc and Angelixir by Brightwell Aquatics. I also feed two sizes of Spectrum Thera+A Pellets. I used E.S.V Salt for my mix. Just changed back to Instant Ocean that I used for 11 years on my old 180 gallon tank. I try and I say try to change 90-100 gallons a month. I also add FlatwormStop from Zeovit every two days.
Critters:
Hippo Tang (donated to me by a friend in 2005)
Hippo Tang (purchased 1995) - passed away Feb 2012
Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (added March 2008)
Regal Angel (added March/2008)
Orange Shoulder Tang (April/27/2007)
Hoeven's Wrasse(9/21/2011)
Red Sea Emperor Angel (June/14/2007)
Yellow Tailed Angel (April/19/2008)
Flame Fin Tomini Tang (May/2007)
Coral Beauty (May/2007)
Male and female Orange Anthias (Lyretail) (added Feb/2008)
Male and female Mandarin (Jan 7 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (Dec 20 2010)
1 Female Square Spot Anthia (June 2010)
1 Black Pyramid Butterfly (May 14 2010)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (July 6 2010)
1 unkonwn Male Anthia (June 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (8-26-2012)
White-faced Tang (8-26-2012)
2 Orange Clown Gobies
This tank has taken me years to get looking so good. I have been fighting Acro Eating Flatworms for years, a lot longer than I have had the tank. Since using FlatwormStop they have went away. I continue to dose it as a backup and because the corals reacted well to it.
Currently I do have bubble algae but have done nothing about it because I really do not care. Its not hurting anything and the Emperor seems to eat it when it gets to big.
I have dealt with other aglae in the past such as hair, bryopsis, etc. All went away over time without using chemicals or unnatural things. I always try to find something that would eat it. I try not to freak out about any issues, that usually causes more issues.
As for how the angels do in the tank. With SPS and Blue Ridge corals I have not had any issues. They leave the corals and other fish alone. My regal Angel did kill off my clams that I had from my 180 gallon days. I was given a test chalice frag just to see what would happen and the Emperor eat it within seconds of it being added to the tank. They also do no like the Red Reef Starfish I have which is why they are in a separate tank.
[video=youtube_share;LVhz9LeZqGk]http://youtu.be/LVhz9LeZqGk[/video]
Lighting: 120 3w LEDs, I am using Cree XP-G R5 Cool White LEDs and XR-E Royal Blue LEDs. 2 BoostLED Par 30 s with 3 red and 2 white LEDs.
Circulation: I have two 6100 Tunze Stream Pumps, one on each side of the overflow connected to a controller. A Tunze WaveBox was purchased 12-25-2005 and used on my old system. My Return was an Iwaki 40RLXT but was replaced 10-6-2011 with a Panworld 50PX-X because the iwaki was 12 years old. A second wavebox was added to the tank on June 25 2007 to help with water movement.
Filtration: The overflow goes to a series of 3 24 gallon sumps. The first one contains Cheato, another one is full of live rock. the last of the tanks contains baffles, auto topoff controller and the return area. Two of these tank has 2 500w heaters in it controlled by a Ranco Temp Controller. I have a fourth 24 gallon tank that has live rock and 2 starfish ( my daughter wanted) it is feed off the return line that passed thru a GEO GFO reactor. I have about over 1000LBS of Live Rock and 2" of Live Sand in the 375. The LS and LR have been in different tanks since 1995 so they are well matured. I have mixed sand, Some live and some not, all fine grain sand. I also used Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Reef Sand from Advance Aqua Tanks, This stuff works great. It makes up 50% or more of the sand in my tanks. It is cheaper than most Live Sand. My Live Rock is a mix of Premium Fiji, Pohnpei, Marshall Island, Caribbean, and Kaelini Tonga Ultra. I added a 10 gallon over the top refugium for pods. Its feed from the return and gravity feed it directly to the main tank.
Extras: PRECISION MARINE 6 X 24 CALCIUM REACTOR W/EHIM PUMP. This is used to keep my CA, Mag, and ALK up.
Additives: I use a CA Reactor for Calcium and Alkalinity. I feed two cubes of Mysis Shrimp once a day. I also have Cyclop-eeze that I feed a few times a month is I remember along with Nori Seaweed. I soak all the food in Selcon by American Marine Inc and Angelixir by Brightwell Aquatics. I also feed two sizes of Spectrum Thera+A Pellets. I used E.S.V Salt for my mix. Just changed back to Instant Ocean that I used for 11 years on my old 180 gallon tank. I try and I say try to change 90-100 gallons a month. I also add FlatwormStop from Zeovit every two days.
Critters:
Hippo Tang (donated to me by a friend in 2005)
Hippo Tang (purchased 1995) - passed away Feb 2012
Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (added March 2008)
Regal Angel (added March/2008)
Orange Shoulder Tang (April/27/2007)
Hoeven's Wrasse(9/21/2011)
Red Sea Emperor Angel (June/14/2007)
Yellow Tailed Angel (April/19/2008)
Flame Fin Tomini Tang (May/2007)
Coral Beauty (May/2007)
Male and female Orange Anthias (Lyretail) (added Feb/2008)
Male and female Mandarin (Jan 7 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (Dec 20 2010)
1 Female Square Spot Anthia (June 2010)
1 Black Pyramid Butterfly (May 14 2010)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (July 6 2010)
1 unkonwn Male Anthia (June 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (8-26-2012)
White-faced Tang (8-26-2012)
2 Orange Clown Gobies
This tank has taken me years to get looking so good. I have been fighting Acro Eating Flatworms for years, a lot longer than I have had the tank. Since using FlatwormStop they have went away. I continue to dose it as a backup and because the corals reacted well to it.
Currently I do have bubble algae but have done nothing about it because I really do not care. Its not hurting anything and the Emperor seems to eat it when it gets to big.
I have dealt with other aglae in the past such as hair, bryopsis, etc. All went away over time without using chemicals or unnatural things. I always try to find something that would eat it. I try not to freak out about any issues, that usually causes more issues.
As for how the angels do in the tank. With SPS and Blue Ridge corals I have not had any issues. They leave the corals and other fish alone. My regal Angel did kill off my clams that I had from my 180 gallon days. I was given a test chalice frag just to see what would happen and the Emperor eat it within seconds of it being added to the tank. They also do no like the Red Reef Starfish I have which is why they are in a separate tank.
[video=youtube_share;LVhz9LeZqGk]http://youtu.be/LVhz9LeZqGk[/video]
