gmneil
Active Member
well i'm not that new to this forum, i spend most of my time on some of the other sites, using the same name.
anyway i want to ge a little more active here on r2r.
i currently have a 125g standard dimensions with a 29gallon sump, i know the sump seems little small but it works fine in my situation, i also have 2 ten gallons plumbed into the same system all under the stand
for filtration i use filter socks from time to time, regular water changes, and an octo extreme 200 skimmer,
return pump is a mag 12, connected to a 1" sqwd, and for the 2 ten gallon tanks i am using a via aqua pump ran through my 2 2lf reactors one contaning carbon, and one contaning phos ban media.
the 2 ten gallon tanks i had set up to use for breeding purposes however one i use to for my cheto and the other i do have a pair of banggai cardinals, which the male is acctually holding eggs, finally
as for the display
lighting is 2 lumenarc minis ( due to a center brace ) lit by 2 250w reeflux 20k's, supplemented by 2 54w t-5's. and 2 powerbright actinic led strips, all on timers, the led's come on 1 hr before the t-5's, and go off 3 hours after the t-5's, the t-5's come on 2 hrs before the mh's and go off 2 hrs after them, and the mh are on for 8hrs..
the tank contains about 75 - 100 lbs of live rock mostly all drilled and stacked, this allows more room for the fish to swim and better flo for the coarls,
i currently have mostly frags in the tank due to my budget as they can get very expensive, my corals are mostly sps, acros, and monti's, i have a few lps, and some chalices which i plan on getting more of, i also have gotten into the zoo's and palys and have aquired some of the higher end ones as well..
my fish list isnt that large. i have my dream fish an achillies tang, a yellow tang, a copperband butterfly, 1 green chromis, 2 true percula misbar clowns, and 4 banggai cardinal fish,
i do plan on adding some more chromis a mandarin and a fish i cannot seem to keep a naso tang..
i also plan on adding many more corals but i really want to get more of the higher end stuff so i can get some of my money back in the future.
for top off i use a sunami ato out of a ten gallon tank filled with r/o water and i mix my kalk directly in my ato container,
my params are all within range so much so that i test alot more infrequently now.
this is getting long so if i forgot anything i will mention it later and i will be glad to post pics either later 2day or within the next day or so
thanks
neil
anyway i want to ge a little more active here on r2r.
i currently have a 125g standard dimensions with a 29gallon sump, i know the sump seems little small but it works fine in my situation, i also have 2 ten gallons plumbed into the same system all under the stand
for filtration i use filter socks from time to time, regular water changes, and an octo extreme 200 skimmer,
return pump is a mag 12, connected to a 1" sqwd, and for the 2 ten gallon tanks i am using a via aqua pump ran through my 2 2lf reactors one contaning carbon, and one contaning phos ban media.
the 2 ten gallon tanks i had set up to use for breeding purposes however one i use to for my cheto and the other i do have a pair of banggai cardinals, which the male is acctually holding eggs, finally
as for the display
lighting is 2 lumenarc minis ( due to a center brace ) lit by 2 250w reeflux 20k's, supplemented by 2 54w t-5's. and 2 powerbright actinic led strips, all on timers, the led's come on 1 hr before the t-5's, and go off 3 hours after the t-5's, the t-5's come on 2 hrs before the mh's and go off 2 hrs after them, and the mh are on for 8hrs..
the tank contains about 75 - 100 lbs of live rock mostly all drilled and stacked, this allows more room for the fish to swim and better flo for the coarls,
i currently have mostly frags in the tank due to my budget as they can get very expensive, my corals are mostly sps, acros, and monti's, i have a few lps, and some chalices which i plan on getting more of, i also have gotten into the zoo's and palys and have aquired some of the higher end ones as well..
my fish list isnt that large. i have my dream fish an achillies tang, a yellow tang, a copperband butterfly, 1 green chromis, 2 true percula misbar clowns, and 4 banggai cardinal fish,
i do plan on adding some more chromis a mandarin and a fish i cannot seem to keep a naso tang..
i also plan on adding many more corals but i really want to get more of the higher end stuff so i can get some of my money back in the future.
for top off i use a sunami ato out of a ten gallon tank filled with r/o water and i mix my kalk directly in my ato container,
my params are all within range so much so that i test alot more infrequently now.
this is getting long so if i forgot anything i will mention it later and i will be glad to post pics either later 2day or within the next day or so
thanks
neil
