My $50 Facebook marketplace build.
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Soft Coral Dominated
- Total Water Volume
- 40
- When did you start this tank?
- Jun 28, 2024
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 36
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 18
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 16
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- All In One Tank
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- Plywood and 2x4.
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- I use a programmable smart power strip by greeni.
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Jajale 530 gph x2
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Surge Device
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Jajale 530 GPM pumps, one on 24/7 and throttled with a valve. The other is at full power and in 5 minute increments several times a day utilizing the greeni powerstrip.
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Wills 165w led
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 77
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Hitauing 300w heater with temp probe and digital read outs. (Does vary +/- 1.5°) The temp probe is accurate within .3 degrees
- Frag Tank Details
- Only glass mounted frag racks currently.
- Additional Equipment Detail
- For plumbing I am using two knock off linelocs with flat nozzles.
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Salt Brand
- I mostly use instant ocean or red sea.
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Live Rock
- 55
- Live Rock Type
- All started as dry rock of various makes.
- Nutrient Export
- GFO
- Carbon
- Other Chemical
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 10% weekly or most weeks.
- Nutrient Export Details
- I have 2 liters of seachem matrix, a carbon sponge at the overflow, and 100 ml of hypersorb.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Blenny
- Cardinalfish
- Clownfish
- Total Fish
- 4
- Coral List
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Total Corals
- 12
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 8
- Livestock Detail
- Current list:
Clownfish pair
Lawnmower Blenny
Bangai Cardinal
Peppermint shrimp
Several various snail
Rainbow BTA
Dragon soul favia frag
Zoas: Sidewinder?, bam bam, rasta, misc purple with red or orange skirt, Pandora
Palythoas: toxic green, Capt Jerk
- Livestock Quarantine
- Other
- Favorite Fish
- Pigmy Lionfish, it is what I started my first tank for.
- Favorite Coral
- Zoas and palys
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
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Algae Strips
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- Full spectrum pellets, frozen shrimp cubes, and nori or algae wafers.
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Take your time, listen to what everyone says, so you can make a decision on how you want to proceed.
