So, I thought I would finally post a tank thread. I have been in the hobby for about 13 years and always had larger tanks. After an 18 month break, a sadistic reefing friend gave me a 12nc. Within 30 days, that turned into my current tank; an NC 28 which has been running for about a year.
Recently had a bubble algae outbreak, and successfully eradicated it by removing and treating for 3 minutes with peroxide. pretty amazing and no return so far. I had made some changes and added a lot of rock and had a mini cycle.
Equipment:
Stock tank and stand.
Lights are from Nanotuners (30 3w LEDs. 20RB and 10 CW on 3 dimmable drivers)
Left Chamber:
Heater
Pump
Center Chamber:
Tunze 9002 skimmer
Right Chamber:
ATO level
Pump
Refugim pump
CPR Medium hang-on fuge with Miracle Mud, LR, and chaeto and nano-glow light.
I run Chemipure elite in the fuge in a bag (no reactor)
Reefkeeper Elite with
3 PC 4s
Sl-2
Akl
NET (Not set up yet)
1-2 inches of sand
20-25lbs LR (Between the tank and fuge)
Vortec Mp 10-es
Maintenance:
5 gallons a week water change with Salinity salt. Tank stays at 1.026 and 77-79 temp.
Target feed lps once a week and feed fish another 1 or 2 times. Maybe coral frenzy once a week.
Just began dosing 2 part
Fish:
1 Rainford goby
1 geometric hawkfish
1 purple firefish
2 ora clowns
1 candycane pistol shrimp
1 randalls goby
Corals:
Watermelon Chalice
1 Mummy eye chalice
2 no name cool chalices
1 torch
1 baby's breath favia
1 blasto
Zoos "“ (red , blue, purple hornets, rastas)
Palys "“ (Captain Americas, Candy apple reds, cool no name's, paly grandis)
2 headed red lobo
1 double headed orange and green scoly (insane)
Sps
Psammacora
Icefire echinata
Blue torte
Blue tenius
Pink lemonade acro
A couple other acro's
Blue milli
Candlelight and neon green acro's
And my absolute favorite coral"¦.. ACANS. Many of them. About 30 different types.
Yes, I know that this is a lot of corals but that is why I love this hobby. Fish. Etc take a backseat to watching corals eat and grow for me.
Fts (older. Frag rack is gone. Just had to make room for a few days)
acans
My friend Felicia stopped by this week and took some pics of my tank
She did not have a flash cord so the pics are a bit bluish but still cool!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/feliciamccaulley/sets/72157629471645045/with/6798109932/
Thanks for looking
Mitch
Recently had a bubble algae outbreak, and successfully eradicated it by removing and treating for 3 minutes with peroxide. pretty amazing and no return so far. I had made some changes and added a lot of rock and had a mini cycle.
Equipment:
Stock tank and stand.
Lights are from Nanotuners (30 3w LEDs. 20RB and 10 CW on 3 dimmable drivers)
Left Chamber:
Heater
Pump
Center Chamber:
Tunze 9002 skimmer
Right Chamber:
ATO level
Pump
Refugim pump
CPR Medium hang-on fuge with Miracle Mud, LR, and chaeto and nano-glow light.
I run Chemipure elite in the fuge in a bag (no reactor)
Reefkeeper Elite with
3 PC 4s
Sl-2
Akl
NET (Not set up yet)
1-2 inches of sand
20-25lbs LR (Between the tank and fuge)
Vortec Mp 10-es
Maintenance:
5 gallons a week water change with Salinity salt. Tank stays at 1.026 and 77-79 temp.
Target feed lps once a week and feed fish another 1 or 2 times. Maybe coral frenzy once a week.
Just began dosing 2 part
Fish:
1 Rainford goby
1 geometric hawkfish
1 purple firefish
2 ora clowns
1 candycane pistol shrimp
1 randalls goby
Corals:
Watermelon Chalice
1 Mummy eye chalice
2 no name cool chalices
1 torch
1 baby's breath favia
1 blasto
Zoos "“ (red , blue, purple hornets, rastas)
Palys "“ (Captain Americas, Candy apple reds, cool no name's, paly grandis)
2 headed red lobo
1 double headed orange and green scoly (insane)
Sps
Psammacora
Icefire echinata
Blue torte
Blue tenius
Pink lemonade acro
A couple other acro's
Blue milli
Candlelight and neon green acro's
And my absolute favorite coral"¦.. ACANS. Many of them. About 30 different types.
Yes, I know that this is a lot of corals but that is why I love this hobby. Fish. Etc take a backseat to watching corals eat and grow for me.
Fts (older. Frag rack is gone. Just had to make room for a few days)
acans
My friend Felicia stopped by this week and took some pics of my tank
She did not have a flash cord so the pics are a bit bluish but still cool!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/feliciamccaulley/sets/72157629471645045/with/6798109932/
Thanks for looking
Mitch
