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Red Sea 350
- Introduction
- Coming soon! Yes I made sure I’m covered if it does fail….
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 90
- When did you start this tank?
- Aug 12, 2026
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 47
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 19
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 20
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 28
- Aquarium Stand
- Red Sea
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- Plan on getting one eventually
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- TBD
- Aquarium Reactors
- Other
- Return Pump
- TBD
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Wavemaker
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Will be my two hydra 32s
- Lighting PAR and Goals
- Plan on running blues 70-90% whites and violets in the 30-50%
Very light red and green probably well below 10%
Slightly modified Saxby signature series from AIs website.
- Dosing Equipment
- Calcium
- Alkalinity
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- Four head Red Sea doser, tbd what two of the heads will be, currently seachems two part dosing heavier on alk than cal in current set up
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 74
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Ink bird WiFi temp controller.
- Frag Tank Details
- Will probably turn the 25aios into frag tanks.
- Specific Gravity
- 35
- Nitrate or NO3
- Low
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.03
- Calcium
- 480
- Alkalinity
- 9.5
- Salt Brand
- RPM high alk salt
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Live Rock
- 80
- Live Rock Type
- Mixed
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Protein Skimmer
- Filter Sock
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- Will probably do 25 gallons a month?
- Nutrient Export Details
- Water change, live rock
- Additional Maintenance Details
- Clean glass regularly on display
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Goby
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 4
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 1
- Invert List
- Anemone
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Total Inverts
- 1
- Livestock Quarantine
- Other
- Favorite Fish
- NeMoo
- Favorite Coral
- Allofem’
- Favorite Invert
- Cleaner shrimp or Red star/hope to add a blue
- Never Livestock
- Emerald crab in display
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Other
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Frozen
- Live Food
- Algae Strips
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- Frozen house brand from LFS, keep others on hand and occasionally drop a couple pellets or flakes but mainly frozen house blend.
- Auto Feeder
- NO
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Don’t give up, had some bumpy days but keep going, change your water, and try again!
I use TurboStart900 to cycle 5/8/26-5/19
Biotope: North Sentinel 🏝️ using W. Andamans as reference as tribe there hates outsiders, Raja Ampat...
- Introduction
- Only got in late April after finishing my 11g freshwater tank next to it. Apologies for any spelling mistakes as I had to truncate text to fit below 255 word limit and also I tend to mispell things on mobile
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 11
- When did you start this tank?
- May 19, 2026
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 20.1
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 10.2
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 12.8
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- Walmart Heavy Duty Shelf
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- I don’t as I plan to get a sea sponge or tunicate which would suck away their food
- Aquarium Reactors
- Carbon
- Other
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Other
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- 14w LED gooseneck
- 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
- 25w heater
- pH Level
- 8.2
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- Roughly 8-20 ppm
- Alkalinity
- 10 dKH
- Salt Brand
- Instant Ocean Sea Salt
- Water Chemistry Detail
- Tank had bad start (minicycle leading to ammonia spike led to my black clown goby dying & amm. burned my default clownfish, I managed to save clownfish & now he is normal, as if never happened
Also bc me dosing over the course of a week, ~50 ml of Microbe Lift Special Blend
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock Type
- CaribSea dry rock
- Nutrient Export
- Macro Algae
- Floss
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 10 percent once every Friday
- Nutrient Export Details
- Chaeto, Gracilaria and mangroves
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Goby
- Total Fish
- 3
2x ocelladis clownfish in a pair
(1 default male 1 platinum female)
1x yellow clown goby
- Coral List
- LPS Coral
- Soft Coral
- Total Corals
- 6
- Invert List
- Shrimp
- Total Inverts
- 4
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Favorite Fish
- Ocellaris and Percula clownfish
- Favorite Coral
- candy cane, duncan and daisy
- Favorite Invert
- Sponges esp Haliclona sp. and tunicates esp Pycnoclavella and Clavelina sp. (which I plan to get) and cleaner shrimp
- Never Livestock
- Mollusks of any kind, almost all echinoderms except for sea urchins and sea anemones as I have a phobia of them
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Other
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Other
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Flake
- What brands of foods are you feeding?
- Hikari, Aqueon and Imaginaturium
- Auto Feeder
- NO
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Stuff a lot of sponges in the filter to maximize as much benefixial bacteria surface area so it can process nutrients better
Fish-only Innovative Marine Nuvo 15
- Introduction
- I have been in the hobby since June 2026. This is my first saltwater tank!
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Fish Only
- Total Water Volume
- 15
- When did you start this tank?
- Jun 26, 2026
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Acrylic
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 15
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 15
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 15
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- All In One Tank
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- HelloReef 15 gallon cube stand- wooden
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- Return Pump
- Innovative Marine
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- Innovative Marine
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- CoralLife Clip-On LEDs
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- NO
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- I am using a heater or heaters
- Water Temperature
- 77
- Heating and Cooling Equipment Detail
- Eheim Jager 50W
- pH Level
- 7.8
- Specific Gravity
- 1.026
- Nitrate or NO3
- 2 ppm
- Salt Brand
- Imaginarium Pacific Ocean water
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Live Rock Type
- Dry rock
- Nutrient Export
- Filter Sock
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 20% bi-weekly
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Total Fish
- 2 ocellaris
- Coral List
- Other
- Total Corals
- 0
- Invert List
- None
- Livestock Quarantine
- Fish
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Other
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Frozen
- Auto Feeder
- NO
- Introduction
- Finally getting back into the hobby after taking a break for a few years due to moving around too much.
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 60
- When did you start this tank?
- Jun 20, 2026
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 36
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 20
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 22
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- Internal Overflow
- Aquarium Sump
- YES
- Sump Water Volume
- 30
- Aquarium Controller
- NO
- Protein Skimmer
- YES
- Protein Skimmer Make and Model
- Deltec 600i
- Aquarium Reactors
- None
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Auto Top Off or ATO
- YES
- Aquarium Heating and Cooling
- Neither
- Water Temperature
- 78
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Deep
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Water Changes
- YES
- Fish List
- Wrasse
- Coral List
- Mushroom Coral
- Invert List
- Snails
- Livestock Quarantine
- No Quarantine
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- Multiple Daily Feedings
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Once weekly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Frozen
- Auto Feeder
- Trips Only
- What type of saltwater aquarium is this?
- Mixed Reef
- Total Water Volume
- 20
- When did you start this tank?
- Jun 17, 2025
- What is your aquarium made of?
- Glass
- Aquarium Length (inches)
- 17.7
- Aquarium Width (inches)
- 17.7
- Aquarium Height (inches)
- 17.7
- Aquarium Overflow/Drain
- All In One Tank
- Aquarium Sump
- NO Sump
- Aquarium Stand
- MAX NANO G2 Cube Aquarium with Black Cabinet
- Aquarium Controller
- YES
- Aquarium Controller Make and Model
- A3 Apex Aquarium Controller System - Neptune Systems
- Protein Skimmer
- NO
- Aquarium Reactors
- Carbon
- GFO
- Return Pump
- Red Sea Pump With AIO system
- What types of equipment are you using for water flow and circulation?
- Powerhead
- Water Flow and Circulation Equipment List
- VorTech MP10mQD - Mobius Ready QuietDrive Propeller Pump - EcoTech Marine
- Aquarium Lighting
- LED
- Lighting Equipment List
- Radion XR15 G6 Blue LED Light Fixture - EcoTech Marine
- Dosing Equipment
- Other
- Dosing Equipment Detail
- BRS 2 Part Doser - 1.1 mL per minute
- 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
- 75W Eheim JAGER Aquarium Heater
- Additional Equipment Detail
- Osmolator 3 Auto Top Off - Tunze
- pH Level
- 8.25
- Specific Gravity
- 1.025
- Nitrate or NO3
- 0
- Phosphate or PO4
- 0.05
- Calcium
- 450
- Alkalinity
- 8.2
- Magnesium
- 1390
- Salt Brand
- Tropic Marin
- Trace Element Dosing
- All For Reef at 2.8 ml per day split up over 8 periods on the 24 hour cycle.
- Substrate
- Sand
- Substrate Level
- Shallow
- Live Rock
- 30
- Live Rock Type
- TBS
- Nutrient Export
- Refugium
- Macro Algae
- Floss
- Carbon
- Water Changes
- YES
- Water Change Details
- 5 Gallons Per Week
- Fish List
- Clownfish
- Goby
- Wrasse
- Total Fish
- 5
- Coral List
- SPS Coral
- LPS Coral
- Zoanthids
- Soft Coral
- Mushroom Coral
- Total Corals
- 20
- Invert List
- Crabs
- Starfish
- Shrimp
- Snails
- Clams
- Urchin
- Total Inverts
- 20
- Livestock Quarantine
- Fish
- Favorite Fish
- Firefish
- Favorite Coral
- Hollywood Nights Goni
- Favorite Invert
- Porcelain Crab
- Fish Feeding Frequency
- One Daily Feeding
- Coral Feeding Frequency
- Do Not Feed Coral Directly
- Fish and Coral Feeding
- Pellet
- Frozen
- Auto Feeder
- Trips Only
- What do you think are the keys to your success in reefing?
- Don't know that I've achieved success yet! But if I ever do I'll be sure to let you all know!
