New 15g AIO Cube -- Goal: Mixed Reef
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 15
- When did you start this tank?
- Sep 1, 2025
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 15
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 15
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 15
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- All In One Tank
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- N/A
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Sicce Micra PLus
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Sicce Voyager Nano
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Red Sea LED90
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- N/A -- still determining
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a chiller
- Water Temperature
- 77
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Eheim Jager 15W
- Additional Equipment Detail
- I have the JBJ Nano ATO -- working well so far
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.0
- Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Nitrate or NO3
- 5-10ppm
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.07
- Calcium
- 400
- Salt Brand
- Red Sea
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 2
- Live Rock Type
- Gulf Live Rock..the rest of my rock is CaribSea Live Rock
- Nutrient Export
- Filter Sock
- Floss
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 20% water volume / week
- Nutrient Export Details
- Replacement of filter floss and manual extraction -- looking into small protein skimmer or roller.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Goby
- Total Fish
- 2
- Coral List
- LPS Coral
- Soft Coral
- Total Corals
- 3
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 9
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Yellow Tang
- Favorite Coral
- Leather Toadstools
- Favorite Invert
- Cleaner Shrimp
- Never Livestock
- Royal Gramma Basslet -- this is the meanest fish I have ever owned.
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Every Other Day
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Do Not Feed Coral Directly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Pellet
- Frozen
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- BRS Pellets and LFS Frozen Mysis
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Stability (no large water changes, no sand vacuuming, no excessive coral feeding)
This is the first time I have maintained a small aquarium -- and I'm prioritizing stability over everything else at least until my tank matures.
