Looking for some suggestions on my tank. 100g Innovative Marine Internal Overflow. Going for a mixed reef with various types of fish and inverts. So far here is the equipment I have:
2x AI Hydra 32s
Eheim Jager Heater
Mighty Jet return pump that came with tank.
Fluval CP3 Circulation Pump
Stock Filter Balls/Sponge that came with tank.
I used caribsea live sand Bahamas oolite and aragalive aragonite caribsea sand. I have about 20lbs of TBS live rock, 50-60lb of live rock from LFS, and the rock on the far right with all the algae is from a different LFS.
Currently for livestock I have two snowflake clowns, a cleaner shrimp, and assorted hitchhikers that came with the TBS live rock, like micro brittle stars, a potential jujube snail, and two red Mithrax crabs.
For corals I have the GSP frag glued to the back wall, the purple tipped frogspawn on the rock to the lower right, and a small palythoa frag that accidentally came with the GSP that I separated. The photos are after I just turned on the lights for a few seconds so they all aren’t fully extended. I’ve had all the corals for a few weeks now and the tank has been up and running for about 3 months.
Looking for suggestions on how to get the rid of that algae on the rock without spreading it.
But more importantly, how are my parameters, what equipment should be my next purchase, and what coral or fish should I add next?
The final fish I want to add last would be a tang, either yellow tang or bristletooth tang. But that’s a ways away.
Here are my parameters from a few days ago.
10/3/2024
Salinity - 1.025
Phosphate - 0ppm
Alkalinity- 7.3 dKH
Magnesium - 1155ppm
PH - 8
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 5ppm
Calcium - 380/400ppm
KH - 8dKH
2x AI Hydra 32s
Eheim Jager Heater
Mighty Jet return pump that came with tank.
Fluval CP3 Circulation Pump
Stock Filter Balls/Sponge that came with tank.
I used caribsea live sand Bahamas oolite and aragalive aragonite caribsea sand. I have about 20lbs of TBS live rock, 50-60lb of live rock from LFS, and the rock on the far right with all the algae is from a different LFS.
Currently for livestock I have two snowflake clowns, a cleaner shrimp, and assorted hitchhikers that came with the TBS live rock, like micro brittle stars, a potential jujube snail, and two red Mithrax crabs.
For corals I have the GSP frag glued to the back wall, the purple tipped frogspawn on the rock to the lower right, and a small palythoa frag that accidentally came with the GSP that I separated. The photos are after I just turned on the lights for a few seconds so they all aren’t fully extended. I’ve had all the corals for a few weeks now and the tank has been up and running for about 3 months.
Looking for suggestions on how to get the rid of that algae on the rock without spreading it.
But more importantly, how are my parameters, what equipment should be my next purchase, and what coral or fish should I add next?
The final fish I want to add last would be a tang, either yellow tang or bristletooth tang. But that’s a ways away.
Here are my parameters from a few days ago.
10/3/2024
Salinity - 1.025
Phosphate - 0ppm
Alkalinity- 7.3 dKH
Magnesium - 1155ppm
PH - 8
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 5ppm
Calcium - 380/400ppm
KH - 8dKH
