dkline
Community Member
I am in the Philly area and have had my reef tank for about 3 years. It is a 55 gallon tank that is perhaps just starting to get on the right track
Filtration is a hang on back and a canister filter. No sump.
Lights are two current marine ic pro with blues at 100% and white at 10%.
Have an apex controller with Trident for daily visibility into the tank. Use Hanna for alk, nitrates, phosphates and salifert for CA and Mag.
Was dosing BRS two part but have recently started dosing kalkwasser with BRS 50ml dosing pump. My PH always rides at 7.6 range so started Kalk to handle all and CA whole Getting a PH boost. This has boosted PH To 7.9 to 8.0. Also added an air stone to also try to boost PH. Not pulling from outside air but hoping it provides a little more help.
Have a Jaebo wave pump set on low that periodically increases flow throughout the day.
I don’t have a big fish and coral load. I want to focus on stability and keeping what I have happy before doing more.
8 Fish
Coral are softy and LPS. leather, toadstool, acans, cloves, pipe organ, mushrooms, Zoas and Kenya tree. All doing well at this time. Also have a Duncan coral for 3 months that will just not open. Each day it starts to peak out but just won’t open. I have had it high in the tank and low. Under low light and higher light (140 par). But no success. I love Duncan’s so I would love to figure it out.
Hoping to upgrade to a bigger tank in the near future. I feel like I am dangerous enough now to try bigger. With better equipment. Better lights and a sump with skimmer.
I really enjoy the forum. Good to be part of the community.
Filtration is a hang on back and a canister filter. No sump.
Lights are two current marine ic pro with blues at 100% and white at 10%.
Have an apex controller with Trident for daily visibility into the tank. Use Hanna for alk, nitrates, phosphates and salifert for CA and Mag.
Was dosing BRS two part but have recently started dosing kalkwasser with BRS 50ml dosing pump. My PH always rides at 7.6 range so started Kalk to handle all and CA whole Getting a PH boost. This has boosted PH To 7.9 to 8.0. Also added an air stone to also try to boost PH. Not pulling from outside air but hoping it provides a little more help.
Have a Jaebo wave pump set on low that periodically increases flow throughout the day.
I don’t have a big fish and coral load. I want to focus on stability and keeping what I have happy before doing more.
8 Fish
Coral are softy and LPS. leather, toadstool, acans, cloves, pipe organ, mushrooms, Zoas and Kenya tree. All doing well at this time. Also have a Duncan coral for 3 months that will just not open. Each day it starts to peak out but just won’t open. I have had it high in the tank and low. Under low light and higher light (140 par). But no success. I love Duncan’s so I would love to figure it out.
Hoping to upgrade to a bigger tank in the near future. I feel like I am dangerous enough now to try bigger. With better equipment. Better lights and a sump with skimmer.
I really enjoy the forum. Good to be part of the community.
