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February
2001 Reef Tank of the Month
Reefmann's
Reef Tank
Below is
a description of Reefmann's awesome 55 gallon reef tank.
Tank:
The tank is a 55 gallon TruVu acrylic Plexiglas 48x13x20 and it has been
setup since June 4, 1999.
Lighting:
Icecap 660 Electronic Ballast running four VHO's 46.5" URI bulbs.
Two Actinic 03's and two Actinic Whites 50/50. Total output of 440 watts.
Bulbs are installed on the canopy hood 6 inches above the water. Lights
come on at 9am-9pm. Total of 12 hours.
Filtration:
Amiracle SL-150 Wet Dry with external overflow.
Sump is about 15 gallons with the Bio-Balls removed.
Reef-Devil 40 skimmer running a Rio 2500.
90 pounds of Fiji Live Rock.
3.5 inches of Live Sand.
Circulation:
Four Maxi-Jet powerheads and one Powersweep 228. Three Maxi-jet 900s and one 750 . The 900 is rated at 230gph and the 750 at 170gph. Two of the 900s are located on the
back facing each other. Other 900 is on the
upper left hand corner facing the front. The
750 is on the upper right hand corner facing the front.
Powersweep 228 is located on left side back towards the middle.
Cooling:
Two 3 inch Radio Shack fans mounted on both ends
of the canopy. One fan is blowing in cool air while the other blows out the heated
air.
Water
Parameters:
Ammonia |
Zero |
| Nitrates |
Undetectable |
| Phosphates |
Undetectable |
| Calcium |
400
ppm |
| Alkalinity |
11-12
Dkh |
| pH |
8.2-8.5
(Using PinPoint pH meter) |
| SG |
1.025 |
| Temperature |
Summer
78 to 80
Winter it is a constant 76 Degrees. |
Maintenance:
I
change 5 gallons every two weeks with RO/DI. Clean the front glass
every two days using an old credit card. I found this works the
best!!
Feeding:
I use Ocean Nutrition cubes. Formula 1 and 2, VHP formula, Angel formula, and Frozen Plankton.
Fresh Live Brine Shrimp rinsed first with RO/DI water
before feeding.
I
also use Dr. Sanjay Yoshi food recipe.
It is a mixture of seafood (i.e. shrimp, clams, scallops, squid,
fish, crab, lobster) blended together with Nori and Tang Heaven.
Top it off with a couple of drops of Selcon.
In addition, I use the new concentrated formula of DT’s live
phytoplankton and Tahitian Blend once or twice a week.
Corals love it!! I feed my bubble anemones twice a week with
a big chunk of scallop or shrimp.
Fish:
| Red
Sea Purple Tang |
Zebrasoma
xanthurum |
| Banggai
Cardinal |
Pterapogon
kauderni |
| Flame
Hawkfish |
Neocirrhitus
armatus |
| Six
Line Wrasse |
Pseudocheilinus
hexataenia |
| Yellow
Coris Wrasse |
Halichoeres
trispilus |
| Yellow
Stripe Maroon Clownfish |
Premnas
biaculeatus |
Cleaner
Crew:
A mixture of snails (i.e. margaritas, nassarius, trochus, bumble bee,
cerith, Hawaiian turbo, and
strombus). Hermit crabs consists
of red scarlets, black and white Hawaiian, Staghorn hermit crabs.
Four Queen Conch, one lettuce nudibranch, two tiger tail cucumbers.
I started with one tiger tail and within a couple of months it
split into two! That was
awesome!!
I
also added the 9 for $99 kit from IPSF.
The mama mia worms plus the strumbus snails are my favorites.
Gerald is a great guy. I
highly recommend them.
Corals:
| Pearl
Bubble |
| Pin
leather toadstool |
| Red
Brain |
| Assorted
Mushrooms |
| Cup
Coral |
| Green
Star Polyps |
| Yellow
Polyps |
| Green
Button Polyps |
| Red
Sea Pink Xenia |
| Tree
Xenia |
| Silver
Tip Xenia |
| Trumpet,
Frogspawn |
| SPS
- Tricolor Acropora |
| Fluorescent
Green Tip Acropora |
| Green
Slimmer Acropora |
Other
Inhabitants:
| Bubble Anemones (Rose Anemones) split into two |
| 2 Tridacna Maxima Clams |
| Crocea Clam |
| Deresa
Clam |
| Two Feather Duster Worms |
| Two Cleaner Shrimps |
| Peppermint
Shrimp |
| Fire Shrimp |
| Orange Starfish |
| Three Sally Lightfoot Crabs |
| Two Emerald Crabs |
Additives:
Kent Liquid Calcium, Strontium & Molybdenum, Tech-I,
Essential Elements, Kent Kalk powder and Superbuffer Dkh.
I dose one capful of liquid calcium everyday.
Strontium & Molybdenum once a week.
Tech-I twice a week.
Essential Elements once a week.
Kalk is mixed once a week using a 6 gallon Rubbermaid container with RO/DI
water and fed using a Kent gravity Float valve.
Superbuffer Dkh once a week using RO/DI water.
If
you would like to see more information about my reef tank please visit
my website.
Reefmann's
Ocean | 
