Just set up at the beginning of 2025 this is an upgrade from my previous 65 gallon DT.
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 230
- When did you start this tank?
- Jan 25, 2025
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 60
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 30
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 22
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- External Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 45
- Aquarium Stand
- Extruded aluminum
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Apex A3
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Simplicity 540
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Jebao 4200 DC
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- (4) Jebao DMP40
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- (3) XR15 G6 Pros
(2) XR15 G6 Blue
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- 350 top to about 70 on the bottom corners.
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Magnesium
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Using a BubbleMagnus 3 head doser along with a standalone Kamoer to dose BRS2 part plus TM C solution. TM A- & K+ are mixed with the ALK & CA solutions.
- 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
- BRS Titanium
- Frag Tank Details
- I have a Fiji Cube 75 gallon frag tank plumbed in common with this system.
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.1
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- 8
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.08
- Calcium
- 420
- Alkalinity
- 7.8-8.1
- Magnesium
- 1320
- Salt Brand
- Aquaforest Reef Salt
- Trace Element Dosing
- Reef Moonshiners but am transitioning to Captiv8
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Bare Bottom (BB)
- Substrate Level
- No Substrate
- Live Rock
- 25
- Live Rock Type
- Aquaforest.
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Protein Skimmer
- Filter Sock
- Water Changes
- NO
- Nutrient Export Details
- Clean detritus and daily addition of AF NP Pro & Pro Bio. My system has more problems with low nutrients than high.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Angelfish
- Clownfish
- Foxface
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- Ten atm. I’m in the process of adding fish slowly over time.
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 35
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Snails
- Urchin
- Total Inverts
- 20
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Copperband Butterfly. I don’t have one but I’d like to.
- Favorite Coral
- Gonis and Trachys
- Favorite Invert
- Fire Shrimp
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- A Few Times Weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Algae Strips
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- Reef Nutrition, Hikari, AF
- Auto Feeder
- YES
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Patience & continuing education
