Hi all, I have had this tank running for about 5 years, and went through many ups and downs. In the past year, I have gotten it to the point where I am happy enough with it to start a build thread on here lol.
I am still in high school, and have had saltwater tanks since I was 11, although I just started getting really good at it about a year ago. It is really hard to have all these corals and do this in high school money wise, which is why I sell a lot of corals to pay for more corals, glue, fish food, etc.
Before and after 1 year ago
As you can see, the biggest change I made was adding a LOT of zoas. I love zoas, I have over 40 types in my tank and its getting to the point to where im hard pressed to find new types that I dont have lol.
This rock in my tank in particular is my favorite area (im sure you can see which one im talking about)
Maintenance:
I do 3-4 30 gallon water changes a month. I also feed pretty heavily. I think that the water changes combined with higher nutrients is what makes the zoas grow and thrive.
Equipment: I run filter socks, protein skimmer and have a large refugium for chaeto. For lights, there are 2 kessil 360w and 2 ai prime hd. I only have one extra tunze wavemaker, as zoas do not need a TON of flow like a lot of sps.
This particular part of the tank I am still working on, it is not quite where I want it yet
I also have other stuff besides zoas, but I have been slowly selling things off to make room for more zoas
FTS
Thanks for looking!
I am still in high school, and have had saltwater tanks since I was 11, although I just started getting really good at it about a year ago. It is really hard to have all these corals and do this in high school money wise, which is why I sell a lot of corals to pay for more corals, glue, fish food, etc.
Before and after 1 year ago
As you can see, the biggest change I made was adding a LOT of zoas. I love zoas, I have over 40 types in my tank and its getting to the point to where im hard pressed to find new types that I dont have lol.
This rock in my tank in particular is my favorite area (im sure you can see which one im talking about)
Maintenance:
I do 3-4 30 gallon water changes a month. I also feed pretty heavily. I think that the water changes combined with higher nutrients is what makes the zoas grow and thrive.
Equipment: I run filter socks, protein skimmer and have a large refugium for chaeto. For lights, there are 2 kessil 360w and 2 ai prime hd. I only have one extra tunze wavemaker, as zoas do not need a TON of flow like a lot of sps.
This particular part of the tank I am still working on, it is not quite where I want it yet
I also have other stuff besides zoas, but I have been slowly selling things off to make room for more zoas
FTS
Thanks for looking!