So I'm settled in permanently here in my new home of College Station, Texas. No more metal bakers racks or ghetto rigging. Time to start a fun project with that 20 long.
Four completely browned out wild colonies, otherwise beautiful.
Let's see what happens.
Current Params:
Salt: Instant Ocean
Calcium: 400 ppm
Alkalinity: 2.50 mEq/L
PO4: 0.045 ppm
Completely Manual Dosing:
- B-Ionic, each part as needed based on testing/depletion.
- 2 mL AcroPower each day.
- 5 mL 5% acidity distilled white Vinegar each day.
Feeding:
- Smallest two sizes of Reed Top Dressed Otohime, broadcast fed once a week for particulate foodstuffs aside from C-dosing bacteria.
Lighting: 400 watt Iwasaki 6500k, getting a little long in the tooth. Will either replace with another Iwasaki or another one of my favorite classic bulbs, Ushio 10,000k.
Photoperiod: 12 on, 12 off.
Filtration: 3 tablespoons Marineland Black Diamond, 1 tablespoon BRS normal version GFO, in a passive bag in the Filter box that holds the chiller (Iceprobe). Changed every two weeks.
Temp is kept at 26.0 C using a combination of heating and chiller cycling controlled by an Apex Lite.
Auto Top Off is just RO/DI on a float switch.
Skimming is wet, accomplished by a Tunze DOC 9002
Circulation is an MP10 at 100%, long pulse surge (to mimic my favorite trusty old CSD). The MP10 is at the edge of the tank so the flow turns into a nice horizontal weir.
Future additions will likely include a bonded pair of small species filefish if they become available. Maybe the odd other Acropora that strikes my fancy.
Four completely browned out wild colonies, otherwise beautiful.
Let's see what happens.
Current Params:
Salt: Instant Ocean
Calcium: 400 ppm
Alkalinity: 2.50 mEq/L
PO4: 0.045 ppm
Completely Manual Dosing:
- B-Ionic, each part as needed based on testing/depletion.
- 2 mL AcroPower each day.
- 5 mL 5% acidity distilled white Vinegar each day.
Feeding:
- Smallest two sizes of Reed Top Dressed Otohime, broadcast fed once a week for particulate foodstuffs aside from C-dosing bacteria.
Lighting: 400 watt Iwasaki 6500k, getting a little long in the tooth. Will either replace with another Iwasaki or another one of my favorite classic bulbs, Ushio 10,000k.
Photoperiod: 12 on, 12 off.
Filtration: 3 tablespoons Marineland Black Diamond, 1 tablespoon BRS normal version GFO, in a passive bag in the Filter box that holds the chiller (Iceprobe). Changed every two weeks.
Temp is kept at 26.0 C using a combination of heating and chiller cycling controlled by an Apex Lite.
Auto Top Off is just RO/DI on a float switch.
Skimming is wet, accomplished by a Tunze DOC 9002
Circulation is an MP10 at 100%, long pulse surge (to mimic my favorite trusty old CSD). The MP10 is at the edge of the tank so the flow turns into a nice horizontal weir.
Future additions will likely include a bonded pair of small species filefish if they become available. Maybe the odd other Acropora that strikes my fancy.
