tastydog
07/21/2010, 02:10 PM
Overview:
My 90 Gallon/340 liter reef tank will be a mixed tank of LPS and soft corals. Currently I have only a few corals, a well stocked fish population, a clean up crew and a few nice other additions. I started this tank with live rock shipped in from Florida early February 2010.
Filtration:
I have 240lbs/109KG of live rock in the tank stacked as a reef wall on three sides. A 20 gallon/76 liter sump with about 10 gallons of water in it at any time. In a section of the sump is a ball of chaeto that is contstantly rolling and lit with two 13 watt household flourecents that replace standard light blubs. They put off quite a bit of lumens, I will get the exact numbers. I just started to use a carbon bag in the sump most of the time. I run a HOB Octopus BH-800s skimmer 24/7.
Water Movement:
There is a closed loop 600-900gph mag drive 9.5 pump pull water from a single inlet at the back center of the reef and single out in the front left corner. I have a few koralia water movers. There are two 240gph nano's facing each other on opposite sides in the back of the reef down low, one 850gph placed in the center of the tank down low facing up toward the front glass and one koralia 400gph facing down and left from the top right of the tank. Finally the sump return comes over the middle of the tank and is tee'd off one going left and one going right. It is probably about 400-500gph. The water movment is irradic and keeps everything looking nice. Not enough for SPS, but enough for what I want to do.
Lighting:
I am using 4 T5's, 2 actinics and 2 10k white. It is a Current sundial with 4 led blue moon lights and built in timers. I have the tank start on 1 10k and 1 actinic at 7:15AM and go full about 10AM until about 6PM and lights out about 8:15PM.
Feeding:
I am currently working out a feeding schedule. I try to feed corals about 2-3 times per week and the GBTA about the same. I feed fish daily. I am adding marine snow, kent marine phyto and zoo plankton concentrated drops. I use combos of frozen mysis, brine, mussel, squid, combo packs, rotifiers, silverside and some dried algae for the tang.
Temperature:
81.5 in sump and 79.5 in tank. Stays within 2 degrees over 79.5. Overhead celing fan for cooling and a 300w fluval heater in sump.
Some half decent pics of my first saltwater tank, 6 months old now.
FROM 7-12-10
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3658.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3662.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3664.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3665.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3672.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3674.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3675.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3676.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3677.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3680.JPG
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My 90 Gallon/340 liter reef tank will be a mixed tank of LPS and soft corals. Currently I have only a few corals, a well stocked fish population, a clean up crew and a few nice other additions. I started this tank with live rock shipped in from Florida early February 2010.
Filtration:
I have 240lbs/109KG of live rock in the tank stacked as a reef wall on three sides. A 20 gallon/76 liter sump with about 10 gallons of water in it at any time. In a section of the sump is a ball of chaeto that is contstantly rolling and lit with two 13 watt household flourecents that replace standard light blubs. They put off quite a bit of lumens, I will get the exact numbers. I just started to use a carbon bag in the sump most of the time. I run a HOB Octopus BH-800s skimmer 24/7.
Water Movement:
There is a closed loop 600-900gph mag drive 9.5 pump pull water from a single inlet at the back center of the reef and single out in the front left corner. I have a few koralia water movers. There are two 240gph nano's facing each other on opposite sides in the back of the reef down low, one 850gph placed in the center of the tank down low facing up toward the front glass and one koralia 400gph facing down and left from the top right of the tank. Finally the sump return comes over the middle of the tank and is tee'd off one going left and one going right. It is probably about 400-500gph. The water movment is irradic and keeps everything looking nice. Not enough for SPS, but enough for what I want to do.
Lighting:
I am using 4 T5's, 2 actinics and 2 10k white. It is a Current sundial with 4 led blue moon lights and built in timers. I have the tank start on 1 10k and 1 actinic at 7:15AM and go full about 10AM until about 6PM and lights out about 8:15PM.
Feeding:
I am currently working out a feeding schedule. I try to feed corals about 2-3 times per week and the GBTA about the same. I feed fish daily. I am adding marine snow, kent marine phyto and zoo plankton concentrated drops. I use combos of frozen mysis, brine, mussel, squid, combo packs, rotifiers, silverside and some dried algae for the tang.
Temperature:
81.5 in sump and 79.5 in tank. Stays within 2 degrees over 79.5. Overhead celing fan for cooling and a 300w fluval heater in sump.
Some half decent pics of my first saltwater tank, 6 months old now.
FROM 7-12-10
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3658.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3662.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3664.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3665.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3672.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3674.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3675.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3676.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3677.JPG
http://truzul.com/images/tank/7-12/100_3680.JPG
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