kseaquatics
New Member
Started reef keeping about 4 years ago with an IM 20 Abyss AIO and switched over to a IM 75 EXT which has been running for about 8 months or so now.
Plan for this tank is to be a mostly SPS mixed reef...
I look forward to seeing how this tank evolves, my previous 20 Abyss was SUCKING down Kalk and had some MASSIVE corals in it for the size of the tank. Really hoping to replicate that in this tank. Unfortunately a powerhead dying nuked that tank while I was out of town for a few hours (I came back to a milky tank) but I was able to save a couple of the corals. The brown Monti you see below was a test piece that has been in the tank since it was set up (and I nearly lost it to dinos).
Equipment:
Trigger Systems Sapphire 20
Filter Cups (with filter floss)
Maxspect SK200 Skimmer
2x MP40's
2x XR-30's
Jebao DP-4 dosing pump (dosing for alk, cal, Red Sea AB+)
Jebao DCP 6500 Return Pump
Small fuge with pom-pom algae lit by a Kessil light from my IM 20 Abyss
5 gallon Trigger Systems ATO tank with Ice cap ATO (and Kalk)
Fish:
Whitetail Bristletooth
YWG
Royal Gramma
Midas Blenny
Flame Hawk
Yellow Wrasse (Halichoeres)
Solon Wrasse
Lawnmower Blenny
Purple Firefish
Current Corals:
Hammer Colony (from previous tank)
Candy Cane Colony (from previous tank)
Micro Lord Colony (from previous tank)
Various Zoas (from previous tank)
Ricordia Florida (from previous tank)
Green Kenya Tree
GSP
Green Plate Coral
Watermelon psammocora
Green Monti (from previous tank)
Red Setosa
Tri color valida acropora
Bali Green Slimer acropora
Dragon Soul Favia (from previous tank)
Northern Lights Leptoseris (from previous tank)
Inverts:
Skunk Cleaner
Tuxedo Urchin
Tons of snails & limpets
Parameters:
79*F
Salinity: 1.025
Alk: 8.7
Cal: 420
Mag: 1351
Recent Successes:
Looks like I've successfully killed off the Ostreopsis in my tank with a Jebao UV setup and dosing pods / phyto
Struggles:
Some hair algae popping up on the sand bed. Much rather deal with this than the Dino's.
Also got my ICP back and found out I was deficient in Potassium so I'm currently dosing that to get it back in check (from 338 mg/l to 400)
Plan for this tank is to be a mostly SPS mixed reef...
I look forward to seeing how this tank evolves, my previous 20 Abyss was SUCKING down Kalk and had some MASSIVE corals in it for the size of the tank. Really hoping to replicate that in this tank. Unfortunately a powerhead dying nuked that tank while I was out of town for a few hours (I came back to a milky tank) but I was able to save a couple of the corals. The brown Monti you see below was a test piece that has been in the tank since it was set up (and I nearly lost it to dinos).
Equipment:
Trigger Systems Sapphire 20
Filter Cups (with filter floss)
Maxspect SK200 Skimmer
2x MP40's
2x XR-30's
Jebao DP-4 dosing pump (dosing for alk, cal, Red Sea AB+)
Jebao DCP 6500 Return Pump
Small fuge with pom-pom algae lit by a Kessil light from my IM 20 Abyss
5 gallon Trigger Systems ATO tank with Ice cap ATO (and Kalk)
Fish:
Whitetail Bristletooth
YWG
Royal Gramma
Midas Blenny
Flame Hawk
Yellow Wrasse (Halichoeres)
Solon Wrasse
Lawnmower Blenny
Purple Firefish
Current Corals:
Hammer Colony (from previous tank)
Candy Cane Colony (from previous tank)
Micro Lord Colony (from previous tank)
Various Zoas (from previous tank)
Ricordia Florida (from previous tank)
Green Kenya Tree
GSP
Green Plate Coral
Watermelon psammocora
Green Monti (from previous tank)
Red Setosa
Tri color valida acropora
Bali Green Slimer acropora
Dragon Soul Favia (from previous tank)
Northern Lights Leptoseris (from previous tank)
Inverts:
Skunk Cleaner
Tuxedo Urchin
Tons of snails & limpets
Parameters:
79*F
Salinity: 1.025
Alk: 8.7
Cal: 420
Mag: 1351
Recent Successes:
Looks like I've successfully killed off the Ostreopsis in my tank with a Jebao UV setup and dosing pods / phyto
Struggles:
Some hair algae popping up on the sand bed. Much rather deal with this than the Dino's.
Also got my ICP back and found out I was deficient in Potassium so I'm currently dosing that to get it back in check (from 338 mg/l to 400)
