Jono's 220 SPS Dominant Reef
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- SPS Dominated
- Total Water Volume
- 220
- When did you start this tank?
- May 16, 2021
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 72
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 28
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 75
- Aquarium Stand
- Steel Frame custom wrapped with 2 Pac Polyurethane Doors
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Great White GW-7
- Aquarium Reactors
- Phosphate
- None
- Return Pump
- 1x Neptune Cor-20 and 1x Ecotech Vectra S2
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- 4x Ecotech MP40's across rear wall
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- 5x AI Hydra 52HD's, 4x AI Hydra Blades for supplimental lighitng
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- 350+ at the top of the rocks for Acro's and around 150 on the sand bed for the LPS.
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Magnesium
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Using an Ecotech Versa 4 Head for dosing, only using this for Alk and Calcium, dosing Magnesium once a week by hand.
Alk i am using Coral Essentials Alk+Trace
Carbon dosing Vinegar to keep Nitrates down
- 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
- 2x 500 Watt Standard Heaters on an Inkbird Controller
I am running a 90 Watt UV that seems to heat the water enough for the Heaters to actually never need to turn on.
- Frag Tank Details
- Small 450mm Cube to the LHS directly plumbed into the main system (works excellent as a Stomatella snail bredding area!)
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.2
- Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Nitrate or NO3
- 20-30ppm (recently lowered to 10-20ppm)
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.1
- Calcium
- 450
- Alkalinity
- 9
- Magnesium
- 1450
- Salt Brand
- Red Sea Blue Bucket or Nyos
- Trace Element Dosing
- Coral Essentials Alk+Trace
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 65
- Live Rock Type
- Mostly live rock sourced from other reefers tanks over time.
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Protein Skimmer
- Filter Roller
- GFO
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 100L every 2 weeks at this stage
- Nutrient Export Details
- Natural exporting using my Refugium
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Anthias
- Chromis
- Clownfish
- Goby
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 22
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- NPS Coral
- Total Corals
- 75
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Starfish
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Urchin
- Livestock Detail
- Too many Turbo Snails to count!
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Thelma the Unicorn
- Favorite Coral
- Rod the Reefers Real Teal Colony
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Once weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Frozen
- Other
- Auto Feeder
- NO
