Takashix2
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Could I get some thoughts on my numbers. All the fish as still small so I don't believe I am overstocked. I will be moving to a 120 or 180 in the next year. My ammonia has been elevated for a few weeks, my phos is really high (my test maxes out at 0.90) and some of my other numbers aren't looking too great either. I did do a 10% water change yesterday.
Feeding twice a day. A pinch of Thera+A Pellets (pictured) or a pinch of API Marine Flakes. Every 3rd day I will give a piece of home made frozen foods based on BRS reef chili recipe (mix of frozen shrimp, squid, clams, seaweed, selcon, aminomege, Paracoccus powder and Spirulina). I feed corals once a week with reef roids.
55 Gallon Aqueon
Aquamaxx 1.5 HOB protein skimmer - may be replaced as it seems unreliable
211 gph 9 watt in tank UV
Fiji 20 long sump (2/3 filled with water) with 1 media basked filled with foam and activated carbon and 1 sock (soon to be replaced by another media basket with foam and purigen) , chaeto (~2 weeks), activated carbon, 24 blocks of ceramic bio filter media (~2 weeks)
Considering a Tunze Macroalgae reactor for the Chaeto if it doesn't do well in my sump
DT Lights - Current USA 4227 Orbit Marine IC PRO LED Reef Aquarium Dual Light System with Wireless Loop, 48" 9AM to 7PM
Daylight Blue 100, White 20, Red 25 Green 25
Morning / Evening Blue 60,White 0, Red 10 Green 10
Night Blue 35 White 0 Red 0 Geen 0
Sump Lights - Finnex KL-C48A Planted+ 24/7 LED V2 Aquarium Light, 46.5-48", Black
I make my own RODI + Salt water. I have a BRS 5 stage RODI with very new filters and membranes and I use Instant Ocean Reef Crystals 1/2 cup / gallon of water I am making.
Stocking
2x Oscilaris Clownfish
1x Scopas Tang
1x Foxface Rabbitfish
1x Red Head Fairy Wrasse
2x Benggai Cardinalfish
1x Cleaner Shrimp
CUC of snails and blue legged hermit crabs
60+ corals including Duncans, Torches, Hammers, Trachyphyllia, Frammers, Octospawn, Frogspawn, Favites, Platygrya
3 Rainbow BTA
Api liquid
pH 8.0
Nitrite 2.0
Ammonia 0.5
Nitrate 20
Hanna HI758 Marine Calcium 492ppm
Hanna HI772 Marine Alkalinity 11.0 DKH
Hanna HI784 Ammonia NH3 0.033ppm NH4 0.57ppm
Hanna HI774 Marine Phosphate Ultra Low Range 0.9ppm
Hanna Salinity Test 1.024
Temperature 79
This tank is just over 6 months but I def need to work on these numbers. Last feeding was a pinch of pellets 6 hours ago. DT is on full lighting for pictures and sump lights are dimming as they move to night time.
Feeding twice a day. A pinch of Thera+A Pellets (pictured) or a pinch of API Marine Flakes. Every 3rd day I will give a piece of home made frozen foods based on BRS reef chili recipe (mix of frozen shrimp, squid, clams, seaweed, selcon, aminomege, Paracoccus powder and Spirulina). I feed corals once a week with reef roids.
55 Gallon Aqueon
Aquamaxx 1.5 HOB protein skimmer - may be replaced as it seems unreliable
211 gph 9 watt in tank UV
Fiji 20 long sump (2/3 filled with water) with 1 media basked filled with foam and activated carbon and 1 sock (soon to be replaced by another media basket with foam and purigen) , chaeto (~2 weeks), activated carbon, 24 blocks of ceramic bio filter media (~2 weeks)
Considering a Tunze Macroalgae reactor for the Chaeto if it doesn't do well in my sump
DT Lights - Current USA 4227 Orbit Marine IC PRO LED Reef Aquarium Dual Light System with Wireless Loop, 48" 9AM to 7PM
Daylight Blue 100, White 20, Red 25 Green 25
Morning / Evening Blue 60,White 0, Red 10 Green 10
Night Blue 35 White 0 Red 0 Geen 0
Sump Lights - Finnex KL-C48A Planted+ 24/7 LED V2 Aquarium Light, 46.5-48", Black
I make my own RODI + Salt water. I have a BRS 5 stage RODI with very new filters and membranes and I use Instant Ocean Reef Crystals 1/2 cup / gallon of water I am making.
Stocking
2x Oscilaris Clownfish
1x Scopas Tang
1x Foxface Rabbitfish
1x Red Head Fairy Wrasse
2x Benggai Cardinalfish
1x Cleaner Shrimp
CUC of snails and blue legged hermit crabs
60+ corals including Duncans, Torches, Hammers, Trachyphyllia, Frammers, Octospawn, Frogspawn, Favites, Platygrya
3 Rainbow BTA
Api liquid
pH 8.0
Nitrite 2.0
Ammonia 0.5
Nitrate 20
Hanna HI758 Marine Calcium 492ppm
Hanna HI772 Marine Alkalinity 11.0 DKH
Hanna HI784 Ammonia NH3 0.033ppm NH4 0.57ppm
Hanna HI774 Marine Phosphate Ultra Low Range 0.9ppm
Hanna Salinity Test 1.024
Temperature 79
This tank is just over 6 months but I def need to work on these numbers. Last feeding was a pinch of pellets 6 hours ago. DT is on full lighting for pictures and sump lights are dimming as they move to night time.
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