0828dawn
New Member
If removal is suggested some steps in how to go about it are going to be needed also, Sorry but tank has only been running since mid November and still learning.
*55 gallon filled with ro/di water and Instant Ocean Salt added
*Water temp kept @ 79F monitored by 2 digital sticker thermometers placed top left & bottom right
*Weekly water changes @ rate of aprox. 5 gallon
*water tested weekly using RedSea Saltwater Master test kit(salinity,ph,ammonia,nitrite,nitrate...I like to be thorough)
+Salinity 1.023
+Ph say's 7.8 despite adding Marine Buffer, LFS says its okay and to leave it alone unless it tests lower than that.
+Ammonia 0
+Nitrite 0
+Nitrate 0
*SeaClone 100 Protein skimmer (pulling out less than 1/2" day)
*2 Emperor 400's (both use cartridges and Marineland black diamond premium activated carbon)
*Rena Cal Basic 300watt heater
* 4 Maxi-Jet 1200's running off a RedSea Wavemaster Pro set on alternating reef (4th setting)
*Coralife 260 watt Lunar Aqualight power compact (Two 65 watt 10,000K and two 65 watt True Actinic 03 Blue straight pin base compact fluorescent lamps; Four 3/4 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps; One cooling fan) <<<I run the 10,000K & Actinic for 12 hours and the Lunars the remaining 12...all set on a timer of course>>>
*about ?35 Lbs of cured premium live Fiji Rock & ?5 Lbs of cured Tonga
*5-6" Mixed substrate sand bed (sand, coral, aragonite, etc).
Residents:
*1 Cleaner shrimp (was 3, god knows what happened to the other 2)
*1 Jawfish (yellowheaded)
*1 Purpleback Pseudochromis
*1 Purple Firefish
*2 False Perculas
*about 5 Nassarius Cleaner snails
*1 Halloween Hermit Crab
*1 Electric Blue Hermit Crab
*1 Electric Orange Hermit Crab
*2 Bangaii Cardinals
*1 small Blue Hippo Tang
*Green Clown Goby