miasdaddy
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hey guys,my name is Zane,I'm new to this forum,and coming in from winston salem nc.I'll tell you a bit about my tank.Its a standard 55g,mixed reef,equipment is as follows
lighting:2x175w 14k mh for 7hrs daily
1x30w pure actinic for 12hrs daily
1 strip of led for 9hrs (1hr on either side of the mh for a buffer between mh,and actinic)
1 mp10,and 1 koralia wavebaox for 100% random flow
2 300w heaters run by medusa controller (2 incase 1 fails)
red sea 250 berlin skimmer (in sump)
full refugium,with all cheato,caulerpa,dragons breath,halameada,and live rock filtration,no filter sponges,or other man made media,all live
contents: 100ish lbs of live rock
50lbs of live sand
sps:
stylophora
pocillapora
hollywood stunner chalice
pink sapphire chalice
red monti
purple monti
monti spongenode
unknown acro
green ora birdsnest
neon green birds nest
lps:
green branching hammer
frogspawn
bubble
small open brain
torch
acan lord
green acan
duncan
softies:
anthelia
pulsing zenia
green star polyps
large 10" toadstool
1 large 10"+ lta
various mushrooms,palys,and zoas
fish:
mandarin goby
royal gramma
watchman goby
banghi cardinal
small yellow tang (to be removed at 4")
pair occelaris clowns
tomato head clown
inverts:
1 fire shrimp
2 coralbanded (1 in display,1 in fuge)
3 peppermint
1 large green brittel star
various snails,and hermits 30-40
I think thats all,probably leaving out someone
90% of all contents from substrate to corals has come from other hobbiest through buying selling trading,very little bought from pet stores
weekly maint includes 10% waterchanges,replaceing carbon every other,and c balance every other day
lighting:2x175w 14k mh for 7hrs daily
1x30w pure actinic for 12hrs daily
1 strip of led for 9hrs (1hr on either side of the mh for a buffer between mh,and actinic)
1 mp10,and 1 koralia wavebaox for 100% random flow
2 300w heaters run by medusa controller (2 incase 1 fails)
red sea 250 berlin skimmer (in sump)
full refugium,with all cheato,caulerpa,dragons breath,halameada,and live rock filtration,no filter sponges,or other man made media,all live
contents: 100ish lbs of live rock
50lbs of live sand
sps:
stylophora
pocillapora
hollywood stunner chalice
pink sapphire chalice
red monti
purple monti
monti spongenode
unknown acro
green ora birdsnest
neon green birds nest
lps:
green branching hammer
frogspawn
bubble
small open brain
torch
acan lord
green acan
duncan
softies:
anthelia
pulsing zenia
green star polyps
large 10" toadstool
1 large 10"+ lta
various mushrooms,palys,and zoas
fish:
mandarin goby
royal gramma
watchman goby
banghi cardinal
small yellow tang (to be removed at 4")
pair occelaris clowns
tomato head clown
inverts:
1 fire shrimp
2 coralbanded (1 in display,1 in fuge)
3 peppermint
1 large green brittel star
various snails,and hermits 30-40
I think thats all,probably leaving out someone
90% of all contents from substrate to corals has come from other hobbiest through buying selling trading,very little bought from pet stores
weekly maint includes 10% waterchanges,replaceing carbon every other,and c balance every other day