My first reef tank build and want to thank “Fish Fan”! He's helped me since day 1. Watching my tank relaxes me and I enjoy the challenge that comes along with keeping a reef tank.
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 20
- When did you start this tank?
- Jan 6, 2025
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 17.7
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 17.7
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 17.7
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- All In One Tank
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- Red Sea stand
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Hydros Launch, Hydros Sole, Hydros 2ML dosing pump
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Was initially when I stood up the tank but no longer
- Aquarium Reactors
- Carbon
- Return Pump
- Sicce 250 GPH pump
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Nero 3
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- ReefLED 50
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- My par levels are basically broken down into 1/3 rds. The bottom part of my tank has PAR levels between 100-170 depending if it's the corners / frnt/ sides. The middle part of the sculpture has a range of 120-150. The top 1/3 of the sculpture has 170-210.
- Dosing Equipment
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Begun dosing Kalk+2 with my Hydro Sole for the last week and still dialing in AFR so I can hover around 8-8.2 ALK is my goal.
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 78
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Cobalt NeoTherm 100w heater
- Additional Equipment Detail
- Osmolator 3 Auto Top Off - Tunze, Nano Mat, and Chaeto Refugium in 2nd chamber that used to house the skimmer.
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.0
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- 10
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.05
- Calcium
- 450
- Alkalinity
- 8.1
- Magnesium
- 1350
- Salt Brand
- Two Little Fishies AccuraSea1
- Trace Element Dosing
- AFR
- Water Chemistry Detail
- Alk: 8.1-8.4
Cal:450
Mg:1350
Ph:8-8.1
Phos: 0.05
Salinity:1.025
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 20
- Live Rock Type
- CaribSea Life Rock
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Macro Algae
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 15-20% weekly
- Nutrient Export Details
- Recently installed my Chaeto refugium and it's working however it's maybe working to good. Need to get the amount of Chaeto needed so that it doesn't completely strip all of my nutrients.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Total Fish
- 2
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 23
- Invert List
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 9
- Livestock Detail
- I currently have shrooms, zoas, hammers, torches, octospawn, meat corals, micro acan, kenya tree, litho, candy canes gsp and an Acropora.
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Hippo Tang
- Favorite Coral
- OG Bounce shroom/ HG Torch
- Never Livestock
- Urchin, it moves and can become a nuisance with frags.
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Every Other Day
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Other
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Frozen
- Live Food
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Consistency and just try to stay in a good range for any given param.
