Tank Stats
Tank Stats
ALIFE 7 gallon tank, setup in February 2002
Two 28 watt 50/50 lights w/ ballasts mounted in the stand, 50 watt heater, and Rio 90 pump.
6 to 8 pounds of LR, a couple of pieces from Fiji, a piece from the Marshal Islands, and a couple pieces are from the Caribbean.
3" to 4" deep live sand bed w/ small plenum area at bottom.
1 - Coral Banded Shrimp
1 - Pink Skunk Clown
3 - Blue Legged Hermit Crabs
2 - small turbo snails
1 - Euphyllia hammer coral
NOTE ââ"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ Euphyllia hammer coral was purchased in March 2002. It was most likely a newly imported coral, which was most likely fraged into many smaller corals by the LFS (Aquatic Warehouse) or their supplier, judging from the amount of similar corals for sale. I fraged the coral in January 2003 by cutting off half of the heads, because it had doubled in size, was getting to large for the tank and stinging/killing other corals. The other half is in a friends 90 gallon reef tank and has grown much larger than the half that I kept, but has never shown signs of polyp extrusions, in fact it does not even have the small buds growing from the stock. The half in my friends 90 has grown several additional branches, though.
1 - Turbinaria sp.
4 varieties of Zoanthids
Encrusting Red Sea Xenias
Small water changes, four cups or so, a couple times a week with Scripps Pier (natural) sea water.
RO filtered water for freshwater make-up.
Water temp - 78
NOTE - Unfortunately I donââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢t test for water conditions at all. I rely on accessing conditions of the corals, mostly the Xenias (they stop pulsating) to let me know if I have water quality issues. I just change out a gallon or so of sea water if something looks ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œoffââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ with the tank (yea I know, not very scientific even for Biology 101)
Rick
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