Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 120
- When did you start this tank?
- Apr 1, 2022
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 48
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 24
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 40
- Aquarium Stand
- Painted Wood
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Robo-Tank
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- IOAOI PS-160
- Aquarium Reactors
- Carbon
- GFO
- Return Pump
- Orlushy DC 5000
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- (2) Jabao MCP-120 Smart Crossflow Wavemakers
- Return pump with RFG nozzles
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- (3) Reefi Uno 2.x lights
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- Light are not running at full power. I am running them at about 30% and get 240par at the top of my tank and about 100par at the sand with the edges about 80par. With three fixtures I have edge to edge lighting, and I am able to ramp up as needed. I have yet to move to Acros which I hope to soon.
- Dosing Equipment
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Dosing pump running of my Robo-Tank setup. I am dosing 30ml or All for Reef per day.
- 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
- Inkbird heat controller
- (2) Finnex Deluxe Titanium 300W heaters
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.2
- Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Nitrate or NO3
- 5 ppm
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.02
- Calcium
- 400
- Alkalinity
- 9.5
- Magnesium
- 1400
- Salt Brand
- Aquaforest Reef Salt
- Trace Element Dosing
- All for Reef
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 50
- Live Rock Type
- MacroRock
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Macro Algae
- Protein Skimmer
- Filter Sock
- GFO
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 30% once per month
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Blenny
- Cardinalfish
- Chromis
- Clownfish
- Dottyback
- Foxface
- Goby
- Surgeonfish Tang
- Total Fish
- 16
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 15
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 25
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Dimond Watchman Goby
- Favorite Coral
- Space Invader Pectinia
- Favorite Invert
- Tiger Pistol Shrimp
- Never Livestock
- Any urchin, I have had two a Black longspine and a Purple Pincushion. Both ate chunks of my Space Invader Pectinia.
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Once weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- Pellet
- Frozen
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- Benepets Benereef
- LRS Reef Frenzy
- Auto Feeder
- Trips Only
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Patience and Consistency
