Hi guys, this is my little reef, only 30 gallons!!! I like to breed everything, it's not easy in this small space, but I try to do my best! Follow me on Instagram "faco_reef"
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 30
- When did you start this tank?
- Nov 29, 2019
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 23.5
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 15.7
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 21.6
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 5.2
- Aquarium Stand
- As you can see, my tank develops in the lower-middle part with LPS corals and churns up with various SPSs depending on the lighting requirements. I'm quite fixated on colour matching, I like to look after the layout a lot!
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Ghl profilux 4 with powerbar
Ghl Kh director
Ghl propeller breeze 3
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Skimz Sn127
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Sicce syncra silent 2.0
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Other
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- 2 Vortech mp10 by Ecotech Marine
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Radion xr30 G5 blue by Ecotech Marine
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- Starting from the sandy bottom, I have about 270-300 PAR up to about 370-400 PAR in the middle of the tank and 680-700 at the highest point!
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Magnesium
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- I am using a chiller
- Water Temperature
- 77
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Heating by Newa 300W and Cooling by Ghl propeller breeze 3 (x5 fans)
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.45
- Specific Gravity
- 1026
- Nitrate or NO3
- 7-8
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.04
- Calcium
- 470
- Alkalinity
- 8.3
- Magnesium
- 1380
- Salt Brand
- Modern Reef
- Trace Element Dosing
- One liquid solution by Modern Reef after the ICP test
- Water Chemistry Detail
- For my tank, depending on what I breed I often keep fluoride, bromine, iodine, potassium and iron in check. By keeping these values optimal I can colour the acropora as I would like, vice versa I lose several shades
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Other
- Live Rock
- 23
- Live Rock Type
- Real Reef Rock
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Macro Algae
- Protein Skimmer
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- I change 20% of the water every 20 days, usually
- Nutrient Export Details
- Generally dosing little food and not overpopulating with too many fish.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Anthias
- Blenny
- Chromis
- Clownfish
- Goby
- Pipefish
- Seahorse
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 10
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- NPS Coral
- Total Corals
- 90
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 6
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- A Few Times Weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Live Food
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Passion, so much passion and so much time to devote!!!
