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Chronicling the hopeful maintaining and not declining of my 40 breeder, now that i've got a newborn baby as well as a two year old.
As of right now, tank is doing okay, although SPS is not really doing well. Alkalinity is 6.7 and salinity is 1.026. Did a 15% water change just a few days ago.
No sump.
Started tank with live rock about 7 or 8 years ago, it's had it's ups and downs, but like the energizer bunny, still going.
Lighting: ebay box lighting, i've had it for about a few years now, and am considering replacing it with new better lighting. also, bought a 2nd hand reefbreeders box light. it's basically like an ebay box lighting with some extras like a programmable timer. it works, and i use it just for the blues on the right side of the tank, where i have my anemones. Before that the anemones were stretching too much towards the middle of the tank for my liking.
Skimmer - IceCap K1-Nano Protein Skimmer
HOB filter - aquaclear 70 (helps to keep the surface clear and a bit of physical sponge filtration)
only 3 fish, a clownfish, a coral beauty and a royal gramma (considering adding more fish, maybe a school of 3 pajamas?)
Favorite zoa: got it from the $15 dollar section at the LFS, looks like a variant of the seduction or cb zombie
Favorite SPS: by process of it being one of the only ones that's still alive, Cornbred's Sour Apple Birds Nest would probably be my favorite.
As of right now, tank is doing okay, although SPS is not really doing well. Alkalinity is 6.7 and salinity is 1.026. Did a 15% water change just a few days ago.
No sump.
Started tank with live rock about 7 or 8 years ago, it's had it's ups and downs, but like the energizer bunny, still going.
Lighting: ebay box lighting, i've had it for about a few years now, and am considering replacing it with new better lighting. also, bought a 2nd hand reefbreeders box light. it's basically like an ebay box lighting with some extras like a programmable timer. it works, and i use it just for the blues on the right side of the tank, where i have my anemones. Before that the anemones were stretching too much towards the middle of the tank for my liking.
Skimmer - IceCap K1-Nano Protein Skimmer
HOB filter - aquaclear 70 (helps to keep the surface clear and a bit of physical sponge filtration)
only 3 fish, a clownfish, a coral beauty and a royal gramma (considering adding more fish, maybe a school of 3 pajamas?)
Favorite zoa: got it from the $15 dollar section at the LFS, looks like a variant of the seduction or cb zombie
Favorite SPS: by process of it being one of the only ones that's still alive, Cornbred's Sour Apple Birds Nest would probably be my favorite.
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