Hi all,
My names Gareth and I live in the UK. I have been keeping marine for 2.5 years (I did have a small spell back when I was a teenager but technology wasn't as good).
2.5 years ago I bought a small 105 litre AIO tank which I developed into this
6 months ago I bought my first home which meant a much needed upgrade, but this time round I planned on tackling SPS. Below is the set up:
Tank: clearseal reefspace 900 (275 litres with sump)
Rock: 10kg real reef rock
Sand: 10kg reeflowers pearl white
Power heads: maxspect gyre 150 & jabeo rw4
Overflow: oceonlife
Lights: 2 X xr30 pro gen 3 (SPS AB+ at 70%)
Sump:
Filtration: 225 micro filter sock & 20 litres siporax
Skimmer: Nyos 120
Heaters: 2 X 200w tmc run by stc1000
Carbon: pharmaceutical carbon in bag
Return pump: vectra m1
Dosing: kamoer 3 way pump dosing alk (50ml/day, calc 50ml/day & mag 1ml/day)
Water: 100gpd 4 stage RO unit with backwash running constant at 0 TDS
Fish:
Hybrid scopas tang
1 X common clown & 1 X black/white clown (paired)
Banghii Cardinal
Tailspot blenny
Purple firefish
1 X male & 1 X female green mandarin
2 X Yasha gobies with 1 X pistol shrimp (not sure if the gobies are still alive)
Timor wrasse
Red lines wrasse
CUC:
2 X cleaner shrimp
6 X nassarius snails
2 X hermits
5 X other snails
1 X pin cushion urchin
2 X strawberry conch
Corals:
LPS:
Green branching hammer
Purple branching hammer
Red trachy, purple trachy & green trachy
2 X Lobos
Trumpet frag
Dragon soul favia
Blastos
War coral
Duncan's
SPS:
Ice fire echinata
Red suharsonoi Acropora
Elegans Acropora
Red planet Acropora
Strawberry shortcake Acropora
Acropora sarmentosa
Tri colour Acropora
Acropora gomezi
Acropora Valida
Acropora spathulata
Purple monster Acropora
Tierra deal fuego Acropora
4 X tenius Acropora
Golden nugget Acropora
Hurlocks Acropora
2 X Unknown Acropora
Green and silver/blue branching montipora
Forest fire montipora
Superman montipora
Mystic sunset montipora
Hirsuta montipora
Orange encrusting montipora
Red and green plating montipora
3 X millipora
Majority of the SPS are frags which are growing and basing well. Others are a mix of small to medium colonies.
FTS: (only have blue ones which are recent. Will add a day time one tomorrow)
Coral pics to follow.
Thanks for looking
Gareth