Zack's 55 Gallon Reef Tank 1 Year

[S3Reefer]

I will be showcasing my year old 55 gallon reef tank!

I had a few requests from people on here for an update of my tank soooo here it is..

THE BASICS:

55 gallon tank 4ftx13inx19in
2in Live Sand Bed
AquaticLife 6 Bulb T5HO with 20 blue lunar LED lights and built in Back lit timer
Fabric canopy (I will discuss that later)
85lbs of Premium Fiji 90% Coralline encrusted live rock
2 softball sized Chaeto algae balls in strawberry cartons behind the live rock
Octopus BH100 Protein Skimmer
Coralife 3W Turbo twist UV Sterilizer
Koralia 1400, 1050, and 425gph Evo Power heads
5in. Adjustable speed fan for cooling lights down
200 watt Aqueon heater
Marine land 350 filter with Carbon


STOCK LIST:

Fish:

2 Clown fish

Blue Tang

Flame Angel

Four Stripe Damsel

FireFish Goby


Janitor List:

30 Blue Legs

15 Red Leg Cortez

1 Scarlet Reef Hermit

2 Emerald Crabs


5 Turbo snails

40 nassarius

6 Astrea

1 Margarita

Coral List:

Green pink tip Hammer Coral

Green purple tip Frog spawn

2 green Stripe Mushrooms

1 Gigantic Red Mushroom

Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoanthid Colony

Devils Hand Leather coral that is multiplying

Metallic Green Star Polyps

Green Sea Polyps Mat

Green Bubble Tip Anemone

Purple and green Acan

Galaxea Tooth Coral

Metallic Green trumpet coral

Pink Pulsing Xenia


So that completes the stocking list.
Food:

I am currently spot feeding some of the corals with a mix of oyster feast and reef oceanic eggs by reef nutrition

The fish are being fed frozen brine shrimp and ocean nutrition herbivore and carnivore flake and pellet along with hikari and new spectrum pellets occasionally.


The hammer coral started with 2 heads and has 6 now.

Trumpets heads have grown really large and fluffy

Zoanthids are multiplying

Xenia has grown

Frog spawn has grown

Everything has grown but the corals listed above have shown the most improvement

The Blue tang has grown half an inch in the 6 months I have had him but he has really thickened up.

Damsel has grown too.


Well.. I guess all that is left to do is post pictures of the tank'' I'll have some up by to morrow afternoon..

Feel free to comment and ask questions.

Any suggestion on coral or food to feed?

NOTE: I am upgrading to my 120 gallon tank once the Arowanas occupying it sell.. From a Reefer to a fellow Reefer.......
PLEASE BUY AN AROWANA!!!!!!!

haha

 

[S3Reefer]

testing ho to post pics from new laptop.. bare with me

 

[S3Reefer]

idk which ones its putting on here lol

 

[S3Reefer]

lol woops nascar.. lol

 

[Scottyhorse]

I will be waiting for pictures

 

[S3Reefer]

All right guys I am uploading a video of my tank to YouTube it will be on there in 94 more percents.. HaHa

I will put the link to it on here

 

[S3Reefer]

Next Sunday is my Birthday!

So I am goin to go to a big fish store with tons of saltwater fish and corals.

I am deffinitly going to pick up a blue and magenta ecoxotic stunner.

Maybe an Acan and a short tentacle plate too..

Please give me ideas of what to look for and what is envied
By the Reef aquarist!

 

[Sniperhank]

That really depends on the reefer lol. I am personally a big fan of sandbed corals and inverts with sps dominating the top of my tank, but lean more towards a full sandbed. I really like clams, brains, and now plates. 6 months ago it was anemones. Before that sps. I have a problem lol.

 

[S3Reefer]

Lol thank you. Im hoping to stay with lps.

 

[Sniperhank]

Then get a plate!

 

[S3Reefer]

Allright thank you!.

 

[S3Reefer]

55 Gallon Reef Before 120 Upgrade - YouTube

Enjoy the Video!

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND ILL GLADLY TAKE A VIDEO OF IT!
Thanks.

 

[S3Reefer]

After a 10% PWC

 

[S3Reefer]

Might be making the trip to fintastic tomorrow guys! Its like the only time that fits my schedule

 

[S3Reefer]

I picked up an acan coral as an early birthday present. I will try to post pics or St least upload a video of it! He is REALLY COOL!

He has 9 heads and baby blue on the outside rim, with red on the inside..

I have his plug pushed into the sand for now..

Any better ideas on placement?