This is a mixed reef I've had for 7 years. I am a 16 year old reefer trying to pursue my dream.
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 65
- When did you start this tank?
- Jan 24, 2019
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 48
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 12
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- No Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Sump Water Volume
- 0
- Aquarium Stand
- Black wood.
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- AquaMaxx 1.5 Hob
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Hygger 800GPH
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Two Hygger Gyres.
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- ReefLED 90s 2x.
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- I want to be able to keep LPS and softies comfortably together. Maybe some montipora later.
- Dosing Equipment
- Alkalinity
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- NO
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 79
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- 1x Sicce titanium heater
- Additional Equipment Detail
- N/A
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.2
- Specific Gravity
- 0.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- 15PPM
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.01
- Calcium
- 410
- Alkalinity
- 10
- Magnesium
- 1190
- Salt Brand
- Instant Ocean
- Trace Element Dosing
- none
- Water Chemistry Detail
- High nitrates constantly, low alk is common as well.
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Live Rock
- 78
- Live Rock Type
- Carib Sea Reef dry rock mixed with live rock
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Protein Skimmer
- Floss
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- Suction out 5-10% of the water from the tank.
When I can get water I always do a WC
- Nutrient Export Details
- NO-POX daily 5 ML
- Additional Maintenance Details
- I scrape the glass nearly every day
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Basslet
- Blenny
- Clownfish
- Hawkfish
- Total Fish
- 6
- Coral List
- LPS Coral
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Other
- Total Corals
- 8
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Starfish
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Urchin
- Total Inverts
- 19
- Livestock Detail
- 4 Top crown snails
1 strawberry conch
1 serpent star
10 blue legs hermits
4 nassarius snails
1 whelk
10 astrea snails
2 ninja star astrea snails
2 turbo snails
1 peppermint shrimp
2 fuzzy chitons
2 trochus snails
1 Tux urchin
1 Pincushion urchin
- Livestock Quarantine
- Other
- Favorite Fish
- Marble wrasse
- Favorite Coral
- Devils Hand
- Favorite Invert
- Serpent star
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
- Pellet
- Frozen
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- NYOS wild goji. LRS Feeding frenzy
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Patience. Finding how to do things your way instead of following all the ways of everybody else. Taking time to find what works for you, your time, budget etc. I do think that Reef2Reef however has taught me this. Members like Tbrown and KingRanch have taught me to do things my own way. I credit them for that.
Otherwise keep your head up and don't quit when times get hard. Trust me i've been there!
