My Mixed Reef Tank

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Hey Everyone, my tank has finally came to be. A lot of trial and error. A lot of $$$$ thrown away and a lot of dead fish and coral. I have had this tank for about a year and it is finally doing great with all parameters in the desired numbers. Corals are doing great. Recently lost Bristletooth Tang that broke my heart and my Watchman Goby committed suicide. I seriously think gobies can teleport themselves to really odd places. Anyway, I just wanted to share a few pics and details. Thanks to everyone who assisted me with my dumb questions.

Type of saltwater aquarium - Mixed Reef
Brand - Red Sea Reefer 425
Total Water Volume 91Aquarium 24 ga sump
Age About 1 year
Material Glass Aquarium Length 48" Width 18" Height 22"
Protein Skimmer - Yes Red Sea PSK DC-1200 with Sicce Pump, Reef Run DC Pump, Reef LED 90 lights, Reef Wave 45's (2), Reef Run Dual Controller, Reef ATO+ with 10 gal tank, Reef Mat 500.

Dosing Equipment - Red Sea 4 head doses and Neptune DOS QD doses


Water Temperature - 77 -78
pH Level - 7.98-8.1
Specific Gravity 1.024 - 1.026.
Calcium - 380 to 420
Alkalinity - 8.5 to 8.9
Magnesium - 1325

Substrate Sand Substrate and crushed coral
Live Rock Marco

Water Changes- YES every 2-4 weeks as needed 15-25%

Food
  1. Pellet
  2. Frozen
  3. Algae Strips
  4. Reef Nutrition Arcti Pods
  5. Red Sea Coral Nutrition
Auto Feeder YES for pellets
  1. Red Fairy Wrasse
  2. Coral Beauty
  3. 2 Pajama Cardinals
  4. Brittle Star
Coral List
  1. SPS Coral
  2. LPS Coral
  3. Zoanthids
  4. Mushroom Coral
  5. Bleeding Apple Scoly
Invert List
  1. Crabs 2 Emerald, 20 red and blue legged hermits,
  2. Snails - Astrea, Nasarrious, Turbo, Cerith
Also use Neptune Apex for controls and Neptune Trident for parameter testing in addition to Red Sea Reef Beat App

Bleeding Apple Scoly.jpg Clammy.jpg My Reef Tank.jpg Zoa Colonies.jpg
 

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