TheBoys
03/06/2015, 11:51 PM
My partner and I decided in November to take the next step in our relationship..... Which would of course be diving headfirst into a reef!!! I've had my handful of reef tanks over the years and he's had his share of freshwater angles. This however is my first time working with SPS. Without further hesitation here are the specks!
Equipement:
Marineland 27gl Cube
Custom 14gl sump
CPR overflow
600 GPH return
CoraLife BioCube skimmer
100Watt heater
Kessil A150W
TrueLumen 3 LED Moonlight
Hydor Koralia 600 X2
Hydor SmartWave
Aqueon 500 GPH circulation pump
Hydor SmartLevel
Marineland DoubleBright (fuge light)
Filtration:
3" sand bed in fuge
Chaeto
Dragon's breath
GFO
Activated Carbon
Display/Livestock:
40lbs Live sand
20lbs Live rock
5 Bumble Bee Snails
5 Mexican Turbos (soon to be traded in, to big and knocking everything over)
5 Cerith Snails
5 Nassarius Snails
9 Nerite Snails
5 Astrea Snails
5-10 Stomatellas
1 Fleshy Limpet
2~5 Limpets
1 Sandsifting star
1 Brittle Star
5-10 Micro Brittles
1 Sally Lightfoot
5 Scarlet Hermits
5 Bluelegs
2 Hitch hiking crabs (looks like porcelain crabs)
1 Red Tunicate
3 Hawaiian Feather Dusters
1 Green Florida Ric
1 Rainbow Florida Ric
1 Blue Florida Ric
1 Yellow w/ Green Polyp Bird's Nest
1 Frogskin Acro
1 Blue Tenuis Acro
1 Millepora (browned out from being knocked over so many times, did have green polyps)
1 Neon Green Candy Cane
1 Acan Lord Frag
3 Hitchhiker Mushroom Polyps
1 Unidentified LPS Hitchhiker
2 ORA Misbar Percula Clowns
1 Watchman Goby
1 Sixline Wrasse
3 Hitchhiking Urchins (they gotta GO! They're too big and I keep finding new babies popping up and the grow so dang fast!)
Chemistry:
Temp: 76
Alk: 9
Cal: ~450
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate:0
Long term plans for the tank will be to have an SPS dominated tank with Ric garden on the sand bed. Possibly add 2 LED strips, one each side of the tank to have a little fuller coverage with the Kessil a little closer to the tank.
My goal in this tank is to keep everything as low maintenance as possible. I attribute my success of low levels to what seems to me as an oversized CUC. Any input or feedback is greatly appreciated!!
Will post photos very soon!
Equipement:
Marineland 27gl Cube
Custom 14gl sump
CPR overflow
600 GPH return
CoraLife BioCube skimmer
100Watt heater
Kessil A150W
TrueLumen 3 LED Moonlight
Hydor Koralia 600 X2
Hydor SmartWave
Aqueon 500 GPH circulation pump
Hydor SmartLevel
Marineland DoubleBright (fuge light)
Filtration:
3" sand bed in fuge
Chaeto
Dragon's breath
GFO
Activated Carbon
Display/Livestock:
40lbs Live sand
20lbs Live rock
5 Bumble Bee Snails
5 Mexican Turbos (soon to be traded in, to big and knocking everything over)
5 Cerith Snails
5 Nassarius Snails
9 Nerite Snails
5 Astrea Snails
5-10 Stomatellas
1 Fleshy Limpet
2~5 Limpets
1 Sandsifting star
1 Brittle Star
5-10 Micro Brittles
1 Sally Lightfoot
5 Scarlet Hermits
5 Bluelegs
2 Hitch hiking crabs (looks like porcelain crabs)
1 Red Tunicate
3 Hawaiian Feather Dusters
1 Green Florida Ric
1 Rainbow Florida Ric
1 Blue Florida Ric
1 Yellow w/ Green Polyp Bird's Nest
1 Frogskin Acro
1 Blue Tenuis Acro
1 Millepora (browned out from being knocked over so many times, did have green polyps)
1 Neon Green Candy Cane
1 Acan Lord Frag
3 Hitchhiker Mushroom Polyps
1 Unidentified LPS Hitchhiker
2 ORA Misbar Percula Clowns
1 Watchman Goby
1 Sixline Wrasse
3 Hitchhiking Urchins (they gotta GO! They're too big and I keep finding new babies popping up and the grow so dang fast!)
Chemistry:
Temp: 76
Alk: 9
Cal: ~450
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate:0
Long term plans for the tank will be to have an SPS dominated tank with Ric garden on the sand bed. Possibly add 2 LED strips, one each side of the tank to have a little fuller coverage with the Kessil a little closer to the tank.
My goal in this tank is to keep everything as low maintenance as possible. I attribute my success of low levels to what seems to me as an oversized CUC. Any input or feedback is greatly appreciated!!
Will post photos very soon!