Below is a description of Staceon's wonderful 54 gallon reef tank.

Whew. What a long way that tank has come. The tank was started about 4 years ago on tap water and LFS advice. It didn’t take long to see that trial and error was not a means to achieve success. About that time I started reading some books and little later stumbled upon the reef boards. The one thing that I have discovered is that you learn quickly how little you truly know. As others have mentioned before me, that tank would not be here if it weren’t for the people of Reef Central. Once again thanks everybody for being there when I had a question, needed someone to vent to, or just talk to some of the only people around that would even understand what we were talking about. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Last summer I was having troubles with most of my SPS, but my ahermtypic corals where doing well. It was at that point that I decided to dedicate the tank to ahermatypic corals. Its been a challenge ever since.

Temperature is maintained between 80 and 84 degrees. I feed a mixture of frozen Formula I and II everyday. I feed about 4 to 5 cubes of Formula daily, all food is soaked in Selcon. Two-thirds of the food is given between the hours of 5:00 and 8:00 pm. The remaining 1/3 is fed just before the last actinic goes off which is around 11:30.  I dose 10ml of Marine DT's phytoplankton almost every night with the last feeding, and sometimes another 10ml in the morning. On the weekends I try to feed the tank an additional 1/3 of frozen around noon. Calcium levels are maintained with Kalkwasser(Mrs Wages Pickling Lime). I drip in 1-2 gallons a day, once at night and the other first thing in the morning if needed. Overflow is a Amirical type hang-on. The hood is a DIY project I did. Most of the LPS and softies have been with me for a few years. The non-phyto corals since summer of 2000. The clams around spring of 2000. 10 to 20 frags of xenia are cut each month. The macros are pruned about once or twice a month.