E
elan
Guest
i would like to thank many of you who have helped me in my trek into a reef tank.....
In the short (almost 6 months) time that i have had the tank, i have thankfully not experienced much troubles other than the normal algae blooms, an ich attach which killed off a few fish, and getting my water parameters in order. only thing lingering is my phosphates which should hopefully be reduced with the introduction of algae in my fuge.
I have acquired alot of my reef from LFS and a few nice ones from the frag trade i went too. those are actually my favorite corals since i got to see them go from babies to well on their way to becoming adult size.
My tank.
Set up on 1/15/2003
re-setup with 200lbs LR and 400lbs LS on 2/1/2002 (removed crushed coral and dead bleached corals)
135g with predrilled overflow
2 175w MH and 2 Actinic VHO’s.. VHOs go for 12 hours, MH go for 9 hours right in between
15g W/D filter and a 29g fuge (just water circulating in it right now)
Dosing B-Ionic, Coral Vital, DT’s,
Water changes 5gals bi monthy
Current water readings: taken one hour after VHOs turn on.
0(NH3/NH4)) Ammonia, (NO2) Nitrite, (NO3) Nitrate, Silicates
415(Ca) Calcium
2.9(KH) Carbonate Alk
20(Sr) Strontium
0.5(PO4) phosphate
1250magnesium
8.2pH
1.025Salinity
82temp
In the short (almost 6 months) time that i have had the tank, i have thankfully not experienced much troubles other than the normal algae blooms, an ich attach which killed off a few fish, and getting my water parameters in order. only thing lingering is my phosphates which should hopefully be reduced with the introduction of algae in my fuge.
I have acquired alot of my reef from LFS and a few nice ones from the frag trade i went too. those are actually my favorite corals since i got to see them go from babies to well on their way to becoming adult size.
My tank.
Set up on 1/15/2003
re-setup with 200lbs LR and 400lbs LS on 2/1/2002 (removed crushed coral and dead bleached corals)
135g with predrilled overflow
2 175w MH and 2 Actinic VHO’s.. VHOs go for 12 hours, MH go for 9 hours right in between
15g W/D filter and a 29g fuge (just water circulating in it right now)
Dosing B-Ionic, Coral Vital, DT’s,
Water changes 5gals bi monthy
Current water readings: taken one hour after VHOs turn on.
0(NH3/NH4)) Ammonia, (NO2) Nitrite, (NO3) Nitrate, Silicates
415(Ca) Calcium
2.9(KH) Carbonate Alk
20(Sr) Strontium
0.5(PO4) phosphate
1250magnesium
8.2pH
1.025Salinity
82temp
