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Okay. I don’t have any pics, but here’s a rundown on my tank just to let you guys know what I got. My tank specs. Are as follows:
Tank size: 10 gallon
Placement: corner of bedroom
Set up: about 1 year and 3 months
Filtration: emperor 280
Lighting:
-2x40 watt PC + 1 moon-lite. (80 watts of PC)
-1 10,000k bulb (10 am- 8:30 pm, 10 1/2 hours)
-1 ultra actinic blue bulb (9:30 am- 9 pm 11 1/2 hours)
-8 watts per gallon
Parameters:
-pH: 8.2-8.3
-ammonia: 0
-trites: 0
-trates: 0
-Phosphates: .25-.50
-Calcium: 440
-alkalinity: 2.5 (a little high for my liking)
Live stock:
-1 PJ Cardinal (Oscar)
-1 long-fin fairy wrasse or carpenter wrasse (Musik)
Invertebrates:
-About 8 hermits
-2 turbo grazer snails
-2 living bumble bee snails (3 died)
-1 scarlet cleaner shrimp (Cosmo)
-3 queen conches
-1 lime green feather duster
-1 sand sifting starfish (bought it with only 1 leg, nursing back to health and doing fine)
Corals:
-Pulsating xenia
-Medium star polyp frag
-Pink bubble coral
-2 green striped mushrooms (used to be one. It had a baby within a month and a half!)
-1 purple spotted mushroom
-2 teal mushrooms
-6-8 red mushrooms
-1 purple and orange ricordia
-zolanthids (1 frag of brown w/ white center, 1 frag of lime green w/ orange center, and 1 frag of brown w/ bright fluorescent green middle)
-1 small frag of bright lime green button polyps (3 polyps)
Unwanted pests:
-Bristle worms (I have one that must be at least 4 inches long!)
-Some string like things that come out of a piece of my LR
-Algae (red on sand bed, and green slime on glass. Treating and deleting)
Water changes:
-I have to start doing them weekly. Used to never do them
Chemical dosage:
-Iodine (1 does every 5-8 days)
-Strontium (1 does every 4 days)
-Calcium: (I use a liquid buffer reactor. 1 dose every day, but stopped because of saturated calcium levels. At the moment I don’t have anything that relies on calcium like a clam. Dose changed to 1 dose a week.)
-Coral food: (1-3 doses every week depending on water quality)
Water testing:
-Water is usually only tested if a problem is noticed. Best indicator is the pulsating xenia.
-Schedule for water testing is needed and soon to come.
Any questions, comments, or suggestion please don’t hesitate.
:silly:
Tank size: 10 gallon
Placement: corner of bedroom
Set up: about 1 year and 3 months
Filtration: emperor 280
Lighting:
-2x40 watt PC + 1 moon-lite. (80 watts of PC)
-1 10,000k bulb (10 am- 8:30 pm, 10 1/2 hours)
-1 ultra actinic blue bulb (9:30 am- 9 pm 11 1/2 hours)
-8 watts per gallon
Parameters:
-pH: 8.2-8.3
-ammonia: 0
-trites: 0
-trates: 0
-Phosphates: .25-.50
-Calcium: 440
-alkalinity: 2.5 (a little high for my liking)
Live stock:
-1 PJ Cardinal (Oscar)
-1 long-fin fairy wrasse or carpenter wrasse (Musik)
Invertebrates:
-About 8 hermits
-2 turbo grazer snails
-2 living bumble bee snails (3 died)
-1 scarlet cleaner shrimp (Cosmo)
-3 queen conches
-1 lime green feather duster
-1 sand sifting starfish (bought it with only 1 leg, nursing back to health and doing fine)
Corals:
-Pulsating xenia
-Medium star polyp frag
-Pink bubble coral
-2 green striped mushrooms (used to be one. It had a baby within a month and a half!)
-1 purple spotted mushroom
-2 teal mushrooms
-6-8 red mushrooms
-1 purple and orange ricordia
-zolanthids (1 frag of brown w/ white center, 1 frag of lime green w/ orange center, and 1 frag of brown w/ bright fluorescent green middle)
-1 small frag of bright lime green button polyps (3 polyps)
Unwanted pests:
-Bristle worms (I have one that must be at least 4 inches long!)
-Some string like things that come out of a piece of my LR
-Algae (red on sand bed, and green slime on glass. Treating and deleting)
Water changes:
-I have to start doing them weekly. Used to never do them
Chemical dosage:
-Iodine (1 does every 5-8 days)
-Strontium (1 does every 4 days)
-Calcium: (I use a liquid buffer reactor. 1 dose every day, but stopped because of saturated calcium levels. At the moment I don’t have anything that relies on calcium like a clam. Dose changed to 1 dose a week.)
-Coral food: (1-3 doses every week depending on water quality)
Water testing:
-Water is usually only tested if a problem is noticed. Best indicator is the pulsating xenia.
-Schedule for water testing is needed and soon to come.
Any questions, comments, or suggestion please don’t hesitate.
:silly:
