Fish1031 65g Reef Diary

[fish1031]

So I bought this tank saturday and it came with everything you see all set up now.
90 lbs of LR
70 lbs of sand
sump
coralife super skimmer
2 powerheads
coralife PC lights w/ actinics and moonlights
--Inverts--
sand shifting star
2 brittle stars
serpent star
some crabs and snails
BTA
--Fish--
green chromie
big Perc clown
sailfin tang and coris wrasse- turned in for credit--
--Corals--
some green zoos
big frogspawn
open brain
multiple green and red mushrooms
orange rics
i thinks thats it--- of course chemicals and food
$500

 

[fish1031]

6/4/07

 

[fish1031]

6/4/07

 

[crt81]

I don't know how long the tank has been set up- I know you said saturday, so I'm not sure if you know this answer yet.
You say the coralife super skimmer- it that the one rated for the 65 gallon, or is it the next one up and how is it performing? Is it a keeper?

 

[fish1031]

Parameters
USE RO/DO WATER AND OCEANIC SALT
sg- 1.025
temp- 80
ph- 8.2
ammonia- 0
nitrite-0
nitrate- 15- had a small spike after the move
cal- 420
dKH- 15- (I have the sailfert kit... and I lost the peice that goes at the end of the 1ml syringe- is this effectiing my results?) isn't this really high?!?

 

[fish1031]

Originally Posted by crt81
I don't know how long the tank has been set up- I know you said saturday, so I'm not sure if you know this answer yet.
You say the coralife super skimmer- it that the one rated for the 65 gallon, or is it the next one up and how is it performing? Is it a keeper?
well the tank was set-up a long time before... it is performing well but i'm not sure what size rating it is.

 

[fish1031]

this is what I want.
--Corals--
Toadstool
Xenia
Yellow Fiji leather
Colt coral
Some more zoos
--Inverts--
Cleaner Shrimp
a few more crabs and snails
--Fish--
- 2 green chromies
- royal gramma
- midas blenny
- Yellow Tang- when it gets big it will go in my 180FOWLR
- Flame Angel