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Started just before 2023 new year.
Goals:
• montiporas on left hand side
• euphillia on right hand side
• fill in the rest with zoas and mushrooms
• have some colorful inverts
• manageble fish aggression
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 105
- When did you start this tank?
- Dec 25, 2022
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 47
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 23
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 20
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- External Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Aquarium Stand
- Thick metal 5 * 5 cm
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- ATB with 4000 Jebao skimmer pump
- Aquarium Reactors
- Other
- Return Pump
- Jebao DCP 8000
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Other
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- 2 * Maxpect XF330
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- T5 Fluorescent
- Lighting Equipment List
- ATI Sunpower 120cm:
2 * Ati Coral+
2 * Ati Blue+
2 * Ati Purple+
1 * Reeffactory LedBar 120cm
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- Not measured.
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Magnesium
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Manual. I have Jebao DP4 dosing unit, but it will be hard the access the controll panel if mounted. Waiting on delivery of Jebao MD4.4
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- I am using a chiller
- Water Temperature
- 77
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- 2 * SunSun 200W heaters
3 cooling fans rack from Aliexpress
- Additional Equipment Detail
- DIY ATO
https://github.com/xhuli/aquarium-controller/blob/master/examples/Arduino/AtoStation/README.md
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8
- Specific Gravity
- 1.024
- Nitrate or NO3
- 3
- Calcium
- 420
- Alkalinity
- 8.4
- Magnesium
- 1240
- Salt Brand
- RedSea Pro
- Trace Element Dosing
- Ocasionally a few drops of betadine
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Bare Bottom (BB)
- Substrate Level
- No Substrate
- Live Rock
- 36
- Live Rock Type
- Pukani, sliced by handsaw into sheets, than drilled and fixed with plastic rods and some are cemeted with Aquaforest.
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Macro Algae
- Protein Skimmer
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 30 liters (8usg) weekly with RedSea Pro
- Nutrient Export Details
- Skimming, macro algae refugium with deepsand, and cryptic compartpment with 40 liters clay balls
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Blenny
- Butterflyfish
- Cardinalfish
- Clownfish
- Dragonet
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 15
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 30
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Clams
- Total Inverts
- 10
- Livestock Detail
- 1 * powder blue tang
1 * purple tang
1 * sailfin tang
1 * copperband butterfly
1 * bicolor blenny
1 * star blenny
2 * benggai cardinals (paired)
2 * snowflake clownfish
2 * regular clownfish
1 * royal gramma
1 * naokoae wrasse
1 * sixline wrasse
1 * red mandarin
1 * lysmata amboinensis
2 * lysmata debelius
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Algae Strips
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Good filtration with skimming, macroalgae refuge, cryptic, ample light, maintenance, research, money
