I have started a new tank a month ago. Migrated fish and corals from a small 180 l one.
Everything is good for now. I am keeping up with water changes, tests etc.
Corals are filling up and I intend to add more fish in September.
The tank is Red Sea XL 525 with three hydra 26 HD. I run Saxby mode and it seems good for now. Will know more in few months
Equipment:
2 * Coral Box QP9
2 * Coral Boc QP5 (turned off as there is too much flow and corals are closing)
Red Sea Skimmer 600
Jebao DCP-8000 return pump
Hydra Stream 3
Refugium Tunze led light
I have setup small refugium area with cheato in the sump. Happy to see macro but also green hair algae growing down there and not in the DT
Running Rowa active carbon and Rowaphos in the cups. In the cups I also have 1 kg of Seachem Matrix which was transfered from old external filter I was running on the small tank.
Few days ago I have added Maxspect Nano Tech Biosphere to help with the area for bacterial population.
Started the tank with real reef rock which I love the look of it and with Red Sea pink live sand.
Salt is Aquaforest Reef Salt but I am transfering to Fauna Marin.
I have prepared Fauna Marin light balling liquids and my doser is waiting for it to be connected
Adding Fauna Marin Organic and Min S per schedule - still half of the dose.
The parameters are:
KH - 7.5
Ca - 420
Mg - 1500 - coming from salt. Skyrocketing, I know :-(
Nitrates - 1
PO4 - 0.006
Salinity - 1.024
Ph - 8.3
No ammonia and nitrites.
Here are few pictures of the setup:
Everything is good for now. I am keeping up with water changes, tests etc.
Corals are filling up and I intend to add more fish in September.
The tank is Red Sea XL 525 with three hydra 26 HD. I run Saxby mode and it seems good for now. Will know more in few months
Equipment:
2 * Coral Box QP9
2 * Coral Boc QP5 (turned off as there is too much flow and corals are closing)
Red Sea Skimmer 600
Jebao DCP-8000 return pump
Hydra Stream 3
Refugium Tunze led light
I have setup small refugium area with cheato in the sump. Happy to see macro but also green hair algae growing down there and not in the DT
Running Rowa active carbon and Rowaphos in the cups. In the cups I also have 1 kg of Seachem Matrix which was transfered from old external filter I was running on the small tank.
Few days ago I have added Maxspect Nano Tech Biosphere to help with the area for bacterial population.
Started the tank with real reef rock which I love the look of it
and with Red Sea pink live sand. Salt is Aquaforest Reef Salt but I am transfering to Fauna Marin.
I have prepared Fauna Marin light balling liquids and my doser is waiting for it to be connected
Adding Fauna Marin Organic and Min S per schedule - still half of the dose.
The parameters are:
KH - 7.5
Ca - 420
Mg - 1500 - coming from salt. Skyrocketing, I know :-(
Nitrates - 1
PO4 - 0.006
Salinity - 1.024
Ph - 8.3
No ammonia and nitrites.
Here are few pictures of the setup:
