luisgo
Member
This is Alberto's SPS dominated tank. This is one of the best, if not the best SPS tank in the island of Puerto Rico. It was a little difficult to take these photos because of the color of the lights but when you stand in front of it there are no words to describe the colors of the corals and the health of the corals.
Here is a general description of the system with it's algae filter, growth out tank, parameters, equipment, etc.
Display tank 75 gallon all glass 48l x 18w x 21h external overflow
sump 30 gallon + wet and dry
grow out tank - 45 gallon 43l x 26w x 9h, acrylic
2 protein skimmers - Odysea improved with recalculation pumps
DIY carbon reactor changed monthly
return pump - magdriver md 24
water circulation - 2 koralia #4
lighting main tank - 8-54 watts, T5, kz 1 fiji purple
lighting grow out tank :2 - mh XM, 20k, 250 watts + 2 pc actinic 03 420n + 2 - T5, 39 watts : 1 coral color light, 1 fiji purple light
2 "“ 15 gallon tanks used as algae filter with chaeto, caulerpa, helimeda, sand bed 3" deep
lights for algae filters : 2 - 6400k and 2 - corallife 50/50 bulbs
calcium reactor - 2 chambers DIY "“ with Brightwell NeoMag inside
zeolites reactor DIY
auto top off manual with reverse osmosis water
cooling - 2 Current USA chillers - 1/3 and 1/4hp
Parameters:
temp - 80-82 F
ca - 460
mg - 1300
alk 7-8
salinity - 1.025
Po4 - 0.3
Fish:
1 clown fish
1 six line
1 scoopa tang
1 royal grama
3 green chromis
1 coral beauty
Inverts:
1 coral banded shrimp
1 fedder duster
40 turbo snails
50 burgaos snails
15 astrea snails
10-15 nazarius snails
Tank is dominated by SPS, all frags with more or less 4 years old.
Low nutrients system additives:
zeolites
zeoback
zeostart
amino acid - brightwell
koral color
vitamina c
lugol solution
salt reef best zeovit
Coral Food
Corals feed from the zeolite reactor, plankton, bacteria and a cube of frozen home made food.
Here is a general description of the system with it's algae filter, growth out tank, parameters, equipment, etc.
Display tank 75 gallon all glass 48l x 18w x 21h external overflow
sump 30 gallon + wet and dry
grow out tank - 45 gallon 43l x 26w x 9h, acrylic
2 protein skimmers - Odysea improved with recalculation pumps
DIY carbon reactor changed monthly
return pump - magdriver md 24
water circulation - 2 koralia #4
lighting main tank - 8-54 watts, T5, kz 1 fiji purple
lighting grow out tank :2 - mh XM, 20k, 250 watts + 2 pc actinic 03 420n + 2 - T5, 39 watts : 1 coral color light, 1 fiji purple light
2 "“ 15 gallon tanks used as algae filter with chaeto, caulerpa, helimeda, sand bed 3" deep
lights for algae filters : 2 - 6400k and 2 - corallife 50/50 bulbs
calcium reactor - 2 chambers DIY "“ with Brightwell NeoMag inside
zeolites reactor DIY
auto top off manual with reverse osmosis water
cooling - 2 Current USA chillers - 1/3 and 1/4hp
Parameters:
temp - 80-82 F
ca - 460
mg - 1300
alk 7-8
salinity - 1.025
Po4 - 0.3
Fish:
1 clown fish
1 six line
1 scoopa tang
1 royal grama
3 green chromis
1 coral beauty
Inverts:
1 coral banded shrimp
1 fedder duster
40 turbo snails
50 burgaos snails
15 astrea snails
10-15 nazarius snails
Tank is dominated by SPS, all frags with more or less 4 years old.
Low nutrients system additives:
zeolites
zeoback
zeostart
amino acid - brightwell
koral color
vitamina c
lugol solution
salt reef best zeovit
Coral Food
Corals feed from the zeolite reactor, plankton, bacteria and a cube of frozen home made food.
