SPS dominated reef tank
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- SPS Dominated
- Total Water Volume
- 110
- When did you start this tank?
- Feb 19, 2019
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 70
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 20
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- External Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 10
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- - Seneye Reef
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Royal Exklusive Bubble King Double Cone 200
- Aquarium Reactors
- Carbon
- Zeovit
- Return Pump
- Eheim compactON 5000
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Maxspect Gyre 350
- Aquarium Lighting
- Hybrid Fixture
- Lighting Equipment List
- ATI Hybrid, 8 x 80 w T5 & 4 x 75 w LED
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- PAR reading on water surface above 900 PAR. PAR readings in the tank around 400 to 800 PAR.
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- D-D H2Ocean P4 Pro
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 77
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Schego titanium heater and thermostat
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.1
- Specific Gravity
- 1.0235
- Nitrate or NO3
- 0.1
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.02
- Calcium
- 430
- Alkalinity
- 7 dKH
- Magnesium
- 1300
- Salt Brand
- Fauna Marin Professional Sea Salt
- Trace Element Dosing
- Fauna Marin Balling Light automatically, Fauna Marin Coral Vitality manually
- Water Chemistry Detail
- The goal is to get as close as possible to the recommended Fauna Marin ICP levels with the most important elements and to keep them stable.
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 40
- Live Rock Type
- Indonesia
- Nutrient Export
- Protein Skimmer
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 14% water change every Sunday. I do not change water only. With it, I clean parts of the sandbed or parts of the Dreambox.
- Nutrient Export Details
- I use FM Zeolithes in a reactor, change it monthly as recommended. The bacteria are fed by FM carbon source "Bacto Energy".
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Cardinalfish
- Chromis
- Clownfish
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 20
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 70
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Clams
- Urchin
- Total Inverts
- 300
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- A Few Times Weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Algae Strips
- Auto Feeder
- YES
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- I tried various of the available supplement systems over the last 28 years and never found the same success as with the Fauna Marin products. The guidance from Claude Schuhmacher, FM CEO, their how-to-use manuals and other publications improved significantly my tank in the last 10 years of using these products.
