Mixed reef
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 30
- When did you start this tank?
- Jul 18, 2024
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 20
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 18
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- External Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 5
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Icecap
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Hydor seltz
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- 2 Mp 10’s running at 90% on lagoon mode
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- AI Hydra 32
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- I’m hoping to be between 250 and 400
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Magnesium
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- BRS dosers on timers
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 77
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8
- Specific Gravity
- 35
- Nitrate or NO3
- 3.9
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.04
- Calcium
- 440
- Alkalinity
- 8.5
- Magnesium
- 1340
- Salt Brand
- Tropic Marin pro
- Trace Element Dosing
- All for reef, potassium
- Water Chemistry Detail
- I dose 6.5 ml of soda ash in my fresh salt mix plus 3 ml daily of all for reef. Started 5ml of potassium a week after ice’s showed it was always on the low side. Since I started potassium dosing it has stayed steady at 400
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 30
- Live Rock Type
- Real reef
- Nutrient Export
- Protein Skimmer
- Filter Sock
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- I try to do a 10% water change every 6 to 8 days… I’m old school lol
- Nutrient Export Details
- Skimming and water changes
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Blenny
- Cardinalfish
- Chromis
- Clownfish
- Dottyback
- Hawkfish
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 12
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Soft Coral
- Total Corals
- 12
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Snails
- Urchin
- Total Inverts
- 21
- Livestock Detail
- 2 bangay cardinals, 2 pajama cardinals, pair of Mocha oscellaris clowns, 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 blue chromes, 1 royal gramma, 1 Pygmy hawk, 1 white belly , 1 neon blue goby
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Black tang
- Favorite Coral
- Acropora
- Favorite Invert
- Peppermint shrimp
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Do Not Feed Coral Directly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Frozen
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- Frozen brine and mysis shrimp in the mornings
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Being patient and definitely listening to others on this page and podcasts. Its truly amazing how far this hobby has gone.
