Here is my 55 gallon build that I started back in February 2020. I think I am doing pretty well. Sorry for the three pics sewn together...
Tank Information
Tank Information
- Age of aquarium – 9 months
- Type of aquarium – Mixed Reef
- Actual volume of water in aquarium system – 50 gallons
- Number of Fish/Inches of fish – 11/30 inches = One inch per 1 2/3 gallons
- Number of Corals – 95
- Number of Inverts – probably 100 or more not counting pods.
- Equipment
- Lighting – 2x Mars Aqua 165W LED on left and right, 1 full spectrum Luxbird floodlight and one actinic Luxbird floodlight in center.
- Main Filtration – Marineland CF 100 Canister filter
- Media – 2x polishing filters, 1 large bioball, 1 small ceramic bio ball, 1 course plastic filter, and two Clearmax media bags.
- Powerheads – 1 800GPH on front right pointing toward rear left, 1 1056 GPH on left-center pointing 20 degrees to forward right on 5 second alternating pulse with 480 GPH on rear left pointing to forward left, and one 1600 GPH mini-size 360 degree pump on 1 second pulse. TOTAL FLOW = 2,300GPH = 50X volume of tank cycled per hour.
- Cylinder hang on back reactor with carbon and phosphate reducer.
- Copepod refugium hang on back with Chaeto and Pod breeding bottle.
- Hang on back cylinder scrubber.
- In – tank 25g (undersized) Green Machine UV filter
- 200W Aqueon in – tank heater.
- Digital Thermometer
- Ammonia Indicator
- 2x Digital Thermometers on each side of tank