This is my first real tank thread over here, though I have been on my local boards since 2005 and reefing on and off since 1998.
I am currently running a 40 breeder that was set up in January. My goal is to have a nice grown in SPS reef.
Equipment List:
40 Breeder Reef ready
20 Long homemade sump
maxspect razor 120w 16k LED fixture
2x vortech mp10wes 90% power nutrient transport mode antisync with wave
Eshopps S-120 cone skimmer
nextreef MR-1 media reactor with brs ROX carbon
Finnex 300w heating element
Reefkeeper lite w/ ph probe
autotopoff.com ATO
Bacterial filtration via prodibio method.
Livestock:
Yellow tang
Firefish
Purple Firefish
Longnose hawkfish
Mcoskers flasher wrasse
2 fire shrimp
Cleaner shrimp
Corals:
Ice blue tort
Strawberry shortcake
Pink lemonade
Orange setosa
Hawkins echinata
Blue tenuis
Highlighter acro
Pearlberry
Garf bonsai (unsure of actual lineage to garf)
red planet
Unknown birdsnest
ORA mint green pavona
light green cap with purple rim and polyps
Future equipment:
Auto dosing pumps (probably bubble magus)
Santa Monica HOG.5 upflow algae scrubber
Neptune Apex
Dosing/feeding Regimen:
While I am seeing good encrusting and growth, currently my water changes are enough to handle calcium, alk, and mag consumption with weekly 5 gallon water changes with ESV salt.
Prodibio biodigest every 2 weeks
Prodibio bioptim every 2 weeks
Prodibio reef booster ever 2 weeks
Aquavitro Fuel ever other day (7 ml)
Target feed all sps weekly with reef chili (thinking about trying reef roids)
Feed unwashed mysis daily
Feed 1/4 sheet of nori on a clip every day/other day
Target Parameters:
Calc - 410ppm
Alk - 7.2-7.6 dkh
mag - 1320ppm
Nitrate - 1ppm
Phosphate - .01-.02ppm
Temp - 78.0 +/- .1 degree
Ph - 8.0-8.3
Current Parameters:
Calc - 410ppm red sea pro
Alk - 8.4dkh red sea pro
Mag - 1320-1340 dkh red sea pro
Nitrate - undetectable salifert
Phosphate - undetectable hannah
Temp 78.0 +/- .1 reefkeeper
PH - 8.0-8.3 Pinpoint lab grade probe
This tank has been a lot of trial and error (emphasis on the error). I have had problems that I have never experienced before, nutrients being too low. It took a lot of time and ignoring obvious clues to the point where I nearly gave up, but since discovering the low nutrient problem and constantly working at it, this tank is showing great signs of success. I still have a hard time keeping corals other than sps alive due to high lighting, high flow, and relatively low nutrients, but as long as the sticks are thriving that's all that really matters to me! On to the pictures!
Day 1
RIP, favorite fish. Lost him in an ich outbreak
FTS the day I added the Razor
Sump shot before prodibio and before discovering the RO skimmer was too oversized for the system.
FTS after the rescape when I had to tear apart the rockwork to remove an evil pygmy angel. Lost the midas, gramma, and flame angel to ich. The mcoskers survived somehow though he spent a week laying on his side. This was also at one of my most frustrated points as I kept bleaching/killing corals. That frogspawn didnt look like that for long and eventually shriveled up and bleached. It is now doing great in my office nano, along with a frag of the hammer, and the neon green toadstool from previous pictures.
Current FTS now the tank is doing well
IMG_9652 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
Some Inhabitants:
IMG_9641 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9666 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9640 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9679 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9678 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9677 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9675 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9671 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9689 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9688 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9635 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
DPP_0001 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
FTS with new phone (galaxsy s4)
40 breeder gs4 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
Video with new phone
[video=youtube_share;9nlCV2fPY1s]http://youtu.be/9nlCV2fPY1s[/video]
Thanks for looking, any comments or suggestions are welcome!
I am currently running a 40 breeder that was set up in January. My goal is to have a nice grown in SPS reef.
Equipment List:
40 Breeder Reef ready
20 Long homemade sump
maxspect razor 120w 16k LED fixture
2x vortech mp10wes 90% power nutrient transport mode antisync with wave
Eshopps S-120 cone skimmer
nextreef MR-1 media reactor with brs ROX carbon
Finnex 300w heating element
Reefkeeper lite w/ ph probe
autotopoff.com ATO
Bacterial filtration via prodibio method.
Livestock:
Yellow tang
Firefish
Purple Firefish
Longnose hawkfish
Mcoskers flasher wrasse
2 fire shrimp
Cleaner shrimp
Corals:
Ice blue tort
Strawberry shortcake
Pink lemonade
Orange setosa
Hawkins echinata
Blue tenuis
Highlighter acro
Pearlberry
Garf bonsai (unsure of actual lineage to garf)
red planet
Unknown birdsnest
ORA mint green pavona
light green cap with purple rim and polyps
Future equipment:
Auto dosing pumps (probably bubble magus)
Santa Monica HOG.5 upflow algae scrubber
Neptune Apex
Dosing/feeding Regimen:
While I am seeing good encrusting and growth, currently my water changes are enough to handle calcium, alk, and mag consumption with weekly 5 gallon water changes with ESV salt.
Prodibio biodigest every 2 weeks
Prodibio bioptim every 2 weeks
Prodibio reef booster ever 2 weeks
Aquavitro Fuel ever other day (7 ml)
Target feed all sps weekly with reef chili (thinking about trying reef roids)
Feed unwashed mysis daily
Feed 1/4 sheet of nori on a clip every day/other day
Target Parameters:
Calc - 410ppm
Alk - 7.2-7.6 dkh
mag - 1320ppm
Nitrate - 1ppm
Phosphate - .01-.02ppm
Temp - 78.0 +/- .1 degree
Ph - 8.0-8.3
Current Parameters:
Calc - 410ppm red sea pro
Alk - 8.4dkh red sea pro
Mag - 1320-1340 dkh red sea pro
Nitrate - undetectable salifert
Phosphate - undetectable hannah
Temp 78.0 +/- .1 reefkeeper
PH - 8.0-8.3 Pinpoint lab grade probe
This tank has been a lot of trial and error (emphasis on the error). I have had problems that I have never experienced before, nutrients being too low. It took a lot of time and ignoring obvious clues to the point where I nearly gave up, but since discovering the low nutrient problem and constantly working at it, this tank is showing great signs of success. I still have a hard time keeping corals other than sps alive due to high lighting, high flow, and relatively low nutrients, but as long as the sticks are thriving that's all that really matters to me! On to the pictures!
Day 1
RIP, favorite fish. Lost him in an ich outbreak
FTS the day I added the Razor
Sump shot before prodibio and before discovering the RO skimmer was too oversized for the system.
FTS after the rescape when I had to tear apart the rockwork to remove an evil pygmy angel. Lost the midas, gramma, and flame angel to ich. The mcoskers survived somehow though he spent a week laying on his side. This was also at one of my most frustrated points as I kept bleaching/killing corals. That frogspawn didnt look like that for long and eventually shriveled up and bleached. It is now doing great in my office nano, along with a frag of the hammer, and the neon green toadstool from previous pictures.
Current FTS now the tank is doing well
IMG_9652 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
Some Inhabitants:
IMG_9641 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9666 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9640 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9679 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9678 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9677 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9675 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9671 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9689 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9688 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
IMG_9635 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
DPP_0001 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
FTS with new phone (galaxsy s4)
40 breeder gs4 by jeffstanley1, on Flickr
Video with new phone
[video=youtube_share;9nlCV2fPY1s]http://youtu.be/9nlCV2fPY1s[/video]
Thanks for looking, any comments or suggestions are welcome!