Johnnynle
Active Member
I have a 75 gal 4 foot long tank that I started with not knowing a thing really. I did my research (YouTube for hours lol), so I’ve got plenty of mistakes built into it now. It’s still a beautiful reef tank though. To me and the family anyhow. I am most definitely looking to upgrade as soon as possible to a slightly larger tank using all the knowledge I now have.
Anyhow, I have a 20 gal long dyi sump I built, asm-4 skimmer I bought used of FB, a 600 gph return pump from harbor freight, 2 wattshine black boxes supplemented with a 2 bulb coralife t5 fixture. I also dyi’ed an ato using a relay and float switch. There’s SO much that’s gonna change with the upgrade lol.
For live stock, I have a yellow tang, tomini tang, 2 blue damsels, 1 green chromis, green mandarin, a bengai cardinal, 2 clown fish (forgot what kind), pincushion urchin, condy nem, 3 rock flowers, coral banded shrimp, porcelain crab, and corals.
Water tested today... numbers surprised me, alk was at 11... cal at 500, nitrate 40 ppm, phos .42, mag was good at 1350. I fell off testing for a bit. Shame on me. Big water change tomorrow and testing again a few hours after and again day later and so on and so forth lol.
I also set up a 10 gal nano in the bedroom, light stocking there. Just a pair of clowns, a black ice and frostbite. And a few corals of course. The nano actually looks better than the 75 lol. The few frags seem to fill it more. All I have on the nano is a HOB filter, a dyi led light and an e27 bulb fixture for lighting. Everything is growing well in it though. I truthfully don’t do water testing for it. Never. I do 50% water changes weekly though. It seems to keep everything in good order.
Anyhow, I have a 20 gal long dyi sump I built, asm-4 skimmer I bought used of FB, a 600 gph return pump from harbor freight, 2 wattshine black boxes supplemented with a 2 bulb coralife t5 fixture. I also dyi’ed an ato using a relay and float switch. There’s SO much that’s gonna change with the upgrade lol.
For live stock, I have a yellow tang, tomini tang, 2 blue damsels, 1 green chromis, green mandarin, a bengai cardinal, 2 clown fish (forgot what kind), pincushion urchin, condy nem, 3 rock flowers, coral banded shrimp, porcelain crab, and corals.
Water tested today... numbers surprised me, alk was at 11... cal at 500, nitrate 40 ppm, phos .42, mag was good at 1350. I fell off testing for a bit. Shame on me. Big water change tomorrow and testing again a few hours after and again day later and so on and so forth lol.
I also set up a 10 gal nano in the bedroom, light stocking there. Just a pair of clowns, a black ice and frostbite. And a few corals of course. The nano actually looks better than the 75 lol. The few frags seem to fill it more. All I have on the nano is a HOB filter, a dyi led light and an e27 bulb fixture for lighting. Everything is growing well in it though. I truthfully don’t do water testing for it. Never. I do 50% water changes weekly though. It seems to keep everything in good order.
