Hey guys, this build thread is kinda late as the tank is 8 months old, but here it is, my 40 gallon breeder mixed reef!
Updated fish stocking:
-royal gramma
-spotted mandarin dragonet
-springers damsel
-bangaii cardinal
-six line wrasse
-2 percula clowns
Updated Inverts list:
- blue leg hermits
-red leg hermits
-common hermits
- coral banded shrimp
- tiger sand conch
- 2 hawaiian feather dusters
-peppermint shrimp
- heart urchin (rare)
- tuxedo urchin
Corals:
-gorgonians
-hammers (gold, bi - color, etc)
-various monti caps
-various encrusting montis
-various favias (poseidon, christmas, dragon soul, etc)
-duncan colony
-rare fuzzy lobophyllia
-various scolymia (ultra bleeding apple, ultra war paint, etc)
-GSP
- various zoas (blue eyed blonde B*tches, rasta, LA Lakers, fire and ice, etc)
-various palythoas (utter caos, nuclear toxic, sunny D, etc)
-many more coming soon!
Equipment:
-40 gallon breeder tank
-homemade magnetic glass & eggcrate lid
- Current Orbit IC Pro dual LED with LOOP
- seachem tidal 55 hob filter
- 2 528gph power heads
- 150 watt heater
- 60lbs live sand
- 40lbs caribsea life rock
- Seachem matrix biomedia
- purigen
- phosguard
Maintenance:
- weekly 10% water change with reef crystals
- weekly filter clean
- weekly algae scrape
- weekly parameter testing
- Ca, Kh, Mg, dosing when needed (not often)
- bi weekly trace elements dosing
-cleanup crew replenishing when needed
- chemical media change out when needed
Average tank parameters:
-Ammonia 0
-Nitrite 0
-Nitrate 15 to 25
-phosphate 0.1
-Calcium 490
-Magnesium 1460
-Alkalinity 10.6
Updated fish stocking:
-royal gramma
-spotted mandarin dragonet
-springers damsel
-bangaii cardinal
-six line wrasse
-2 percula clowns
Updated Inverts list:
- blue leg hermits
-red leg hermits
-common hermits
- coral banded shrimp
- tiger sand conch
- 2 hawaiian feather dusters
-peppermint shrimp
- heart urchin (rare)
- tuxedo urchin
Corals:
-gorgonians
-hammers (gold, bi - color, etc)
-various monti caps
-various encrusting montis
-various favias (poseidon, christmas, dragon soul, etc)
-duncan colony
-rare fuzzy lobophyllia
-various scolymia (ultra bleeding apple, ultra war paint, etc)
-GSP
- various zoas (blue eyed blonde B*tches, rasta, LA Lakers, fire and ice, etc)
-various palythoas (utter caos, nuclear toxic, sunny D, etc)
-many more coming soon!
Equipment:
-40 gallon breeder tank
-homemade magnetic glass & eggcrate lid
- Current Orbit IC Pro dual LED with LOOP
- seachem tidal 55 hob filter
- 2 528gph power heads
- 150 watt heater
- 60lbs live sand
- 40lbs caribsea life rock
- Seachem matrix biomedia
- purigen
- phosguard
Maintenance:
- weekly 10% water change with reef crystals
- weekly filter clean
- weekly algae scrape
- weekly parameter testing
- Ca, Kh, Mg, dosing when needed (not often)
- bi weekly trace elements dosing
-cleanup crew replenishing when needed
- chemical media change out when needed
Average tank parameters:
-Ammonia 0
-Nitrite 0
-Nitrate 15 to 25
-phosphate 0.1
-Calcium 490
-Magnesium 1460
-Alkalinity 10.6
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