Hi! I'm Igor, an absolute beginner, and this is my tank:
Tank: Waterbox Cube 25 Peninsula
Started: March 30, 2025 (cycled with Modern Reef Nitri-Bac and AmmoMix)
Display:
Sand: 9 kg/20 lbs Caribsea Arag-Alive! Fiji Pink + 1 kg/2,2 lbs Caribsea Aragonite Special Grade
Rock: 5 kg/11 lbs Aquaforest AF rock (glued with Aquaforest Stone Fix)
Powerhead: Jebao ALW-10
Light: Noopsyche K7 Mini
Heater controller: Inkbird ITC-308-WIFI
Left filtration chamber:
Filtration media: JBL Symec Filter floss in 3D printed basket (in place of filter sock)
Middle filtration chamber:
Heater: Sicce Scuba Contactless 100 W
Filtration media: 400 ml Aquaforest Life Bio Fil in media bag
Right filtration chamber:
Return pump: AI Axis 40
ATO: Tunze Osmolator 3 Nano (sensor and return line connected to 15 l/4 G reservoir in cabinet)
Current parameters:
Salinity: 34 ppt (using Aquaforest Sea Salt, in the process of switching to Tropic Marin Classic Sea Salt)
Nitrates: 12,2 ppm
Phosphates: 0,03 ppm
pH: 8,3
Temperature: 25 deg C/77 deg F
Current stocking:
Fish: /
Corals: /
Inverts: 2 Trochus histrio, 2 Nassarius vibex, 2 Nassarius coronatus, 5 Columbella mercatoria, 2 Thor amboinensis
Plants: Codium fragile, Halymenia durvillei, Halimeda sp.
+ populations of Tisbe, Tigriopus & Apocyclops copepods
Tank: Waterbox Cube 25 Peninsula
Started: March 30, 2025 (cycled with Modern Reef Nitri-Bac and AmmoMix)
Display:
Sand: 9 kg/20 lbs Caribsea Arag-Alive! Fiji Pink + 1 kg/2,2 lbs Caribsea Aragonite Special Grade
Rock: 5 kg/11 lbs Aquaforest AF rock (glued with Aquaforest Stone Fix)
Powerhead: Jebao ALW-10
Light: Noopsyche K7 Mini
Heater controller: Inkbird ITC-308-WIFI
Left filtration chamber:
Filtration media: JBL Symec Filter floss in 3D printed basket (in place of filter sock)
Middle filtration chamber:
Heater: Sicce Scuba Contactless 100 W
Filtration media: 400 ml Aquaforest Life Bio Fil in media bag
Right filtration chamber:
Return pump: AI Axis 40
ATO: Tunze Osmolator 3 Nano (sensor and return line connected to 15 l/4 G reservoir in cabinet)
Current parameters:
Salinity: 34 ppt (using Aquaforest Sea Salt, in the process of switching to Tropic Marin Classic Sea Salt)
Nitrates: 12,2 ppm
Phosphates: 0,03 ppm
pH: 8,3
Temperature: 25 deg C/77 deg F
Current stocking:
Fish: /
Corals: /
Inverts: 2 Trochus histrio, 2 Nassarius vibex, 2 Nassarius coronatus, 5 Columbella mercatoria, 2 Thor amboinensis
Plants: Codium fragile, Halymenia durvillei, Halimeda sp.
+ populations of Tisbe, Tigriopus & Apocyclops copepods
