Thought it was time to update this thread
Specs: Acrylic 375 Reef Ready 96x30x30 – Set-up on
February 25, 2007
Lighting: 120 3w LEDs, I am using Cree XP-G R5 Cool White LEDs and XR-E Royal Blue LEDs. 2 BoostLED Par 30 s with 3 red and 2 white LEDs.
Circulation:
I have two 6100 Tunze Stream Pumps, one on each side of the overflow connected to a controller. A Tunze WaveBox was purchased 12-25-2005 and used on my old system. My Return was an Iwaki 40RLXT but was replaced 10-6-2011 with a Panworld 50PX-X because the iwaki was 12 years old. A second wavebox was added to the tank on June 25 2007 to help with water movement.
Filtration:
The overflow goes to a series of 3 24 gallon sumps. The first one contains Cheato, another one is full of live rock. the last of the tanks contains baffles, auto topoff controller and the return area. Two of these tank has 2 500w heaters in it controlled by a Ranco Temp Controller. I have a fourth 24 gallon tank that has live rock and 2 starfish ( my daughter wanted) it is feed off the return line. I have about over 1000LBS of Live Rock and 2″ of Live Sand in the 375. The LS and LR have been in different tanks since 1995 so they are well matured. I have mixed sand, Some live and some not, all fine grain sand. I also used Nature’s Ocean Bio-Activ Live Reef Sand from Advance Aqua Tanks, This stuff works great. It makes up 50% or more of the sand in my tanks. It is cheaper than most Live Sand. My Live Rock is a mix of Premium Fiji, Pohnpei, Marshall Island, Caribbean, and Kaelini Tonga Ultra. I added a 10 gallon over the top refugium for pods. Its feed from the return and gravity feed it directly to the main tank. I added a Tunze 9430 Skimmer in November 2013. Lanthanium Chloride is used to keep Phosphates in check.
Extras: PRECISION MARINE 6 X 24 CALCIUM REACTOR W/EHIM PUMP. This is used to keep my CA, Mag, and ALK up.
Additives:
I use a CA Reactor for Calcium and Alkalinity. I feed two cubes of Mysis Shrimp once a day. I also have Cyclop-eeze that I feed a few times a month is I remember along with Nori Seaweed. I soak all the food in Selcon by American Marine Inc and Angelixir by Brightwell Aquatics. I also feed two sizes of Spectrum Thera+A Pellets. I used E.S.V Salt for my mix. Just changed back to Instant Ocean that I used for 11 years on my old 180 gallon tank. I try and I say try to change 90-100 gallons a month.
Critters:
Hippo Tang (donated to me by a friend in 2005)
Hippo Tang (purchased 1995) – passed away Feb 2012
Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (added March 2008)
3 Orange Clown Gobies (11-16-2012)
Regal Angel (added March/2008)
Hoeven’s Wrasse (9/21/2011)
Red Sea Emperor Angel (June/14/2007)
Yellow Tailed Angel (April/19/2008)
Flame Fin Tomini Tang (May/2007)
Coral Beauty (May/2007)
Male Orange Anthias (Lyretail) (added Feb/2008)
female Mandarin (Jan 7 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (Dec 20 2010)
1 Female Unknown Lyretail Anthia (April/2008)
1 Female Square Spot Anthia (June 2010)
1 White-faced Tang (8-26-2012)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (8-26-2012)
1 Yellow Coris Wrasse Butterfly (12-13-2013)
1 Ruby Red Dragonet (12-13-2013)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (2-21-2012)
1 Black Pyramid Butterfly (May 14 2010)
Maintenance: Clean the front and side panel every week. Water change
on the 15th of the month and on the last day of the
month. Clean the outside of the panels with Novus 1 Plastic
Clean & Shine
Other info: The tank was purchased with several
scratches but I used an underwater sander kit and
cleaned it right up. I still need to run the kit one
more time.
full tank shot
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