70 gallon Artisan Cad Lights Rimless Mixed Reef !
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 90
- When did you start this tank?
- Apr 13, 2018
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 36
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 23.5
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 22
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 29
- Aquarium Stand
- Custom Made
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Apex EL
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Bubble Magus Nac 6
- Aquarium Reactors
- Carbon
- GFO
- Return Pump
- Danner Mag Drive 7
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- 2 Ecotech MP40’s and 1 Tunze 6105
- Aquarium Lighting
- T5 Fluorescent
- Lighting Equipment List
- Teklite 6 Bulb T5 fixture running 1 ATI Atcinic, 4 ATI Blue plus and 1 KZ Superblue
- Dosing Equipment
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Using a Kamoer Doser dosing 100 mls of Kalkwasser throughout the day
- 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
- Fluval titanium 300 watt heater
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.2
- Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Nitrate or NO3
- 7
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.04
- Calcium
- 440
- Alkalinity
- 8.5
- Magnesium
- 1400
- Salt Brand
- Reef Crystals
- Trace Element Dosing
- Brightwell Aquatics Replenish trace elements 5 ml every other day, Brightwell Aquatics Chaetogro 1 capful per week , Lugols iodine 1 cap per week , B-Ionic A and B for adjustments
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Bare Bottom (BB)
- Substrate Level
- No Substrate
- Live Rock
- 200
- Live Rock Type
- Mix live rock. Never dry
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Protein Skimmer
- Floss
- GFO
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 15 gallons once per month
- Nutrient Export Details
- Primarily Chaeto and Skimmer
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Anthias
- Blenny
- Chromis
- Clownfish
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 7
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Total Corals
- 60
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Shrimp
- Urchin
- Total Inverts
- 25
- Livestock Quarantine
- Fish
- Coral
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Once weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Algae Strips
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Going bare bottom really helped me keep a cleaner tank. By removing detritus weekly i stay away from old tank syndrome and an accumulation of nutrients. Good maintenance routines and my fuge help with nutrient level control. By automating with an apex, kalkwasser addition on an doser and adding a tunze ATO helps also helps keep my parameters stable. Watching fish and coral daily for signs of stress help
Me manage and diagnose issues before they get out of hand
