S3Reefer
Aquarium Advice Freak
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
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