Landen 60P AIO 26g reef New Obsession

Salt_ee · Sep 15, 2024

I am obsessed with this hobby and figured this would be a great way to keep tracks of my progress as well as share all my trials and tribulations.

AIO Landen 26g 60p reef tank. 18mo into the hobby but I did move the tank into another room of my house 6 months ago...so basically started over.

Tank Setup:

Chamber Layout (Left to Right):
- Chamber 1 (Intake):
  - Egg crate media basket with three levels:
    1. Filter Floss
    2. Chemipure Elite
    3. Bio Media Balls
  - Houses the heater set at 78°F.
- Chamber 2 (Refugium):
  - Innovative Marine with copepods motel on the bottom and Chaeto above.
  - JBJ refugium light glowing through tinted glass 8pm-8am.
- Chamber 3 (Return):
  - ATO connected to a 5-gallon container mixed with kalkwasser.

Lighting & Flow:

Nicrew 100W light set 9" above the water, on a 12-hour schedule.
Two Jebao wave makers (SLW-10 & SOW-4) for optimal flow (still experimenting with placement).
Upgraded to a 235 g/h return pump for better circulation from the 185 DC pump it came with.

Feeding Routine:

Feed Rod's frozen mix every other day, dry mysis shrimp every three days, and live brine shrimp every other day. Nori every other day. Pellets

Fish & Cleanup Crew:

Mocha Clown, Cardinal, Cowfish, Yellow Watchman Goby, and a Cleaner Shrimp.
CUC includes 10 Nasarius snails and 5 Trochus snails.

Coral Situation:

I currently have 26 corals, but I’ve had a rough history with coral growth and losses. The tank has even been dubbed "Death Row" due to previous losses! LOL

With whites on 20% and blues 100%