Happy wife happy life mixed reef!
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 220
- When did you start this tank?
- Dec 13, 2024
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 72
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 25
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 50
- Aquarium Stand
- Infinia stand, aluminum, white
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Neptune Apex A2
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Aquarium Reactors
- Carbon
- GFO
- Return Pump
- Neptune Cor-20
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Two Icecap 2k gyres attached to a hydros wave engine v2.
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- ReefBreeders Meridian63
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- 125-150 on the sand, 200 or so middle, and 250-300 on top of the highest rocks.
- Dosing Equipment
- Alkalinity
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Two Neptune DOS units
KH Guardian for automated Alk testing and dosing (I dose AFR from this currently)
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 78
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Two helios controllers, two finnex titanium 800w heaters (probably should have been 500), with the apex controlling the helios outlets in case of failure.
- Additional Equipment Detail
- Santa Monica Surf4 algae turf scrubber for nutrient export
40w Pentair UV
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8
- Specific Gravity
- 1.0265
- Nitrate or NO3
- 15
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.15
- Calcium
- 450
- Alkalinity
- 9
- Magnesium
- 1300
- Salt Brand
- Tropic Marin Pro Reef
- Trace Element Dosing
- All for reef
- Water Chemistry Detail
- I primarily dose AFR. Other dosing heads are for adjustments or dealing with problems.
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Crushed Coral
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 225
- Live Rock Type
- Gulf Live Rock
- Nutrient Export
- Algae Scrubber
- Water Changes
- NO
- Water Change Details
- Only water changes are during issues.
- Nutrient Export Details
- Algae turf scrubber
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Angelfish
- Blenny
- Clownfish
- Foxface
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Total Fish
- 10
- Coral List
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 60
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Clams
- Total Inverts
- 100
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Sailfin Tang, closely followed by my lawnmower blenny
- Favorite Coral
- Acantho
- Favorite Invert
- Nasarrius Snail
- Never Livestock
- red coris wrasse
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- A Few Times Weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Algae Strips
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- TDO Chromoboost
PE Mysis
Benereef
- Auto Feeder
- YES
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Reef2reef research, Live Rock, diligence, algae turf scrubber, All for Reef, automation.
