8ft 300 display tank, this really is not so much my hobby as a passion, or maybe addiction even.
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Soft Coral Dominated
- Total Water Volume
- 450
- When did you start this tank?
- Jan 10, 2023
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 96
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 31
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 60
- Aquarium Stand
- wood 2x4 with a wall built around using the Tank as as Window
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Neptune Apex A3 Pro
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- MTC Power Pro Model# PP3MDQ/Home Built
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- E-Flux Current USA
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- 2x XF350 MaxSpect Gyre, 3x EcoTech MP40
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Reefi Lab uno 2.1 x4 + Orphek Or4 ICon Blue Sky 48" bars
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- between 50 and 100 on sand, 150-175 middle of tank, 250ish top shelf. Added the Orphek's for the color pop.
- Dosing Equipment
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Kalkwasser 1.2gal a day, 4g a day NSW, 25ml Lanthum Chloride.
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 79
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- 600watt titanium heaters x2 controlled by Apex. heaters in sump, Temp probe in Display tank.
- Additional Equipment Detail
- Heavy in budget DIY, and I really like creating my own stuff.
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- 40
- Phosphate or PO4
- 2
- Calcium
- 495
- Alkalinity
- 8.6
- Magnesium
- 1400
- Salt Brand
- Fritz RPM Reef Pro Mix
- Trace Element Dosing
- Triton Method, test every other month.
- Water Chemistry Detail
- I do have to trace element dose Vanadium, Fluoride, iodine, and Manganese weekly.
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Live Rock
- 280
- Live Rock Type
- marco rock
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Protein Skimmer
- Floss
- Carbon
- Other Chemical
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- Automated 4gal a day by Neptune.
- Nutrient Export Details
- Skimmer, Fuge with Chaeto, and some floss for a little mechanical, I like the tank a littler dirty and so do my zoas it seems.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Angelfish
- Butterflyfish
- Chromis
- Clownfish
- Goby
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 30
- Coral List
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 100
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Crabs
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 1000
- Livestock Detail
- Corals is Thousands if you count each zoa polyp, if you count each frag it is still near 100 I think, I have 30 different types of zoa's, and literally thousands of inverts, pods, I put over 400 dwarf cerith snails in there.
- Livestock Quarantine
- Other
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Do Not Feed Coral Directly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Frozen
- Live Food
- Algae Strips
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Luck, and leaving it alone except for maintaining the equipment.
