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13.5 Evo

Reef by Steele, Pods Starting @ $19
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Aquarium Profile and Equipment

What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
Mixed Reef
Total Water Volume
12
When did you start this tank?
Oct 29, 2023
What is your aquarium made of?
Glass
Aquarium Length (inches)
20
Aquarium Width (inches)
10
Aquarium Height (inches)
7
Aquarium Overflow/Drain
All In One Tank
Aquarium Sump
NO Sump
Aquarium Controller
NO
Protein Skimmer
NO
Aquarium Reactors
  1. Algae
What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
  1. Powerhead
  2. Wavemaker
Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
Sump return pump 160 gph(stock), SICCE Voyager Nano 1000 Wave Maker Flow Pump 270 GPH.
Aquarium Lighting
  1. LED
Lighting Equipment List
Slock fluval evo light with a mechanical timmer.
Lighting PAR and Goals
100 on the sandbed, 300 on top of my highest point.
Auto Top Off or ATO
NO
Aquarium Heating and Cooling
  1. I am using a heater or heaters
Water Temperature
79
Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
100w fluval preset heater.

Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters

Specific Gravity
1.026

Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration

Substrate
Sand
Substrate Level
Shallow
Live Rock
10
Nutrient Export
  1. Refugium
  2. Floss
  3. GFO
  4. Carbon
Water Changes
YES
Water Change Details
1 gallon 2x a week. Wednesday and Sunday.
Nutrient Export Details
Water changes, chemipure blue, refugium.

Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)

Fish List
  1. Clownfish
  2. Goby
Total Fish
8
Coral List
  1. LPS Coral
  2. Mushroom Coral
Total Corals
4
Invert List
  1. Anemone
  2. Crabs
  3. Snails
Total Inverts
20
Livestock Detail
2 clowns. 1 lta, 1 bta, 3 ricordea mushrooms, 1 toadstool, 1 torch coral, 7
blue leg hermits, 2 nerites, 7 or so bumblebee snails, 1 orange lipped conch, 5 or less nassarius snails.
Livestock Quarantine
  1. Other
  2. No Quarantine

Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)

Fish Feeding Frequency
Multiple Daily Feedings
Coral Feeding Frequency
Do Not Feed Coral Directly
Fish and Coral Feeding
  1. Pellet
  2. Frozen
Auto Feeder
NO

Additional Aquarium Information

What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
Consistency
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Latest updates

Call it what you want to call it.

Time to watch the Nems grow out up top and diversify the macros down low. The 30w light is really nice for the price but I want to get a better ramp up/down my LTA is very particular about light settings. It seems it likes about 9hrs 100-150par. And I didn't get the refugium light in the video but I remembered a picture. It's a nice grow rated cob. Way nicer on the wallet then these $70-100 red/blue lights.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B9T3DPFG?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image

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New light, sump arrangements, LTA out on the flower pot.

I took the stock light off because it was giving my livestock a slow death. I just have a cheaper light. hygger 30 Watts Aquarium LED Reef Light, Dimmable Full Spectrum Marine LED Fish Tank Light Saltwater Nano Aquarium LPS SPS Lighting https://a.co/d/fANMVIXhygger 30 Watts Aquarium LED Reef Light, Dimmable Full Spectrum Marine LED Fish Tank Light Saltwater Nano Aquarium LPS SPS Lighting https://a.co/d/fANMVIX
It's a good light capable of a lot for the price. Puts out around 300 PAR 8 inches directly below it on max settings. I hope to upgrade to a light with a more controlled timer. Ramp up/down ect.
The next upgrade is a simple filter floss and chemipure blue sammiched in egg crate. Hopefully it polishes the water better.
Salinity 1.026
Nitrates 5
Phosphate 3 ( yesterday)
I did a large waterchange yesterday. I'm going to do another at lights off will be 50% waterchange with 100% removed and ran through a filter sock after I blew off the rock and stirred everything very well. Tank is 6 months it needed the deep clean. I feel like it's in a stable spot at least.

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Aquarium Profile and Equipment Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.) Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding) Additional Aquarium Information

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