My first reef tank
Aquarium Profile and Equipment
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- LPS Dominated
- Total Water Volume
- 30
- When did you start this tank?
- Aug 20, 2024
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 30
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 14
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 18
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- External Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- Wooden stand
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Controller for lighting day: 10:00 am to 6 PM . Moonlight : 6pm - 11:00pm.
Neo Helios Aquanice Deebow DEE-H3-2 Neo-Helios PRO Sea water (60W)(40cm-60cm)
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Bubble Magus QQ1 External Skimmer
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Eheim Classic 350
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Wavemaker
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- eheim Classic 350 and sunsun Jp 130
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Neo Helios Aquanice Deebow DEE-H3-2 Neo-Helios PRO Sea water (60W)(40cm-60cm)
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- Even lighting distribution through out rock work
- Dosing Equipment
- Magnesium
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Therap fish care Microbelift
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- NO
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a chiller
- Water Temperature
- 82
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Cooling fan and cold water top offs and ice bottles
- Additional Equipment Detail
- Pump for salt mixing and water distribution
Aquarium Water Chemistry and Parameters
- pH Level
- 8.0
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- 10ppm
- Calcium
- 490
- Alkalinity
- 8
- Magnesium
- 1500
- Salt Brand
- IO Regular marine salt and Aqua forest reef salt (I use them interchangeably)
- Trace Element Dosing
- Not dosing trace elements
Aquarium Natural and Mechanical Filtration
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Other
- Live Rock
- 20
- Live Rock Type
- Live base rock
- Nutrient Export
- Algae Scrubber
- Protein Skimmer
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 20% weekly water changes and glass cleaning. Mix salt the night before and store water over night. Weekly bacteria dosing during water change: Microbe lift special blend and Microbe Lift therap fish care
- Nutrient Export Details
- Frequent water changes until stability is achieved. Regular protein skimmer cleaning and filter floss.
Aquarium Tank Inhabitants (fish, coral, invert etc.)
- Fish List
- Blenny
- Cardinalfish
- Clownfish
- Damselfish
- Goby
- Total Fish
- 6
- Coral List
- LPS Coral
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 17
- Invert List
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 12
- Livestock Detail
- 6 fish in display tank. ( used BRS stocking guide as a reference but changed it slightly). ( Fully stocked over the course of several months) Stocking includes: Pair of Ocellaris Clowns, Azure Damsel, Sand sifting goby, Tailspot blenny and Pajama Cardinel. 2 Trochus snails and 1 star astrea and Stomatella snails. Corals: Green Clove polyp colony, Gsp Frag, Finger leather, Red Rodactus mushroom colony, Toadstool Leather colony,Kenya tree, duncan and another random lps idk the name of but it looked cool, Acan colony, torch
Aquarium Nutrition (fish, coral, invert etc. feeding)
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Auto Feeder
- NO
Additional Aquarium Information
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Maintaing Stability instead of chasing parameters. Wouldn't say It is a success just yet as it still is only a few months old (:
