75 gallon mixed reef
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Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 75
- When did you start this tank?
- Mar 2, 2024
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 48
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 18
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 21
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- No Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- Standard
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Tunze Doc 9004
- Aquarium Reactors
- Phosphate
- Return Pump
- Fluval Fx4
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Fluval fx4
2 standard power heads
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- 2 AI Hydra 32s on the single hms for each
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- Using Saxby series turned down slightly with lights ten inches off the water and perfectly centered front, back and side
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Either AFR
Or two part calcium alkalinity,
Was using reef fusion and dosing just alkalinity
Now alkalinity is at 9.2 and I'm using a Hanna tester so would like to switch back to
AFR now that I have a decent coral load and alkalinity up.
Calcium is staying close to 500
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- NO
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 75
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- One 300w fluval
Have a wifi inkbird I plan on installing soon as I have had a heater stick on twice
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.0
- Specific Gravity
- 1.024
- Nitrate or NO3
- 10-15
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.08
- Calcium
- 480
- Alkalinity
- 9.2
- Trace Element Dosing
- Occasionally
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Live Rock
- 70
- Nutrient Export
- Protein Skimmer
- Other Chemical
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- Try for 15 gallons every two weeks and occasionally a 20 gallon
- Nutrient Export Details
- Fluval Fx4
Fluval pellets
Carbon pad
Phosguard(aqua forest)
1/2 to 3/4 of a cup
Blue pad
Floss pad
The side filters
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Dragonet
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Other Predatory
- Total Fish
- 7
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 20
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Snails
- Urchin
- Total Inverts
- 10
- Livestock Detail
- Listed in original post
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- NeMoo
- Favorite Coral
- Changes
- Favorite Invert
- Long spine urchin
- Never Livestock
- Would like to remove emerald crabs due to disturbing if not eating my sticks
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Other
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Frozen
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- House blend from LFS that just closed
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Good advice and close attention almost daily testing
