here are the tank specs and some more current photos
55 gallon Reef Tank
Equipt.-
Filtration: Fluval 405 with surface skimmer and turbo twist 9w UV sterilizer, Ecosystems PRO 40 Refugum w/skimmer run by rio 800,
via aqua 180 with spray bar, 2 via aqua 40s blowing water behind rock wall and a Maxijet 1200 as a cross flow to the Fluval.
In Fluval:live rock(3 tray spaces), Renew(2 spaces), Black Diamond Carbon(one space), phospure(one space), and chemipure(1 space).
Lighting: retrofit dual 40wt Power compacts(one actinic, one 50/50), 175 watt metal halide and 24 hour lighting system with built in LED moon light,and cooling fans.
Other: 200wt Titanium heater with external heat control and digital thermometer,pinpoint wireless thermometer(reads both tanks at top and bottom levels)pinpoint digital ph monitor,titanium aquarium ground probe.
85 lbs live rock, most from a ten year old system, as well as 45lbs of live sand from same system
Added elements:Kent; coral accel, coral vite,Tech-I, Essential elements, Tech-CB buffer system,marine-c, magnesium, strontium, iron.
Weiss; reef vital DNA, ComboVital, marine fish vital, coral vital, coral vital LSB.
Food:
Fish; mysis, brine, bloodworms, algae(green,red,brown), spirulina brine, squid, ocean plankton, silversides, whole krill. enriched with Kent garlic-Xtreme, zoe marine , and Selcon.
Corals; phytoplex, phytoplan, microvert, chromoplex, zooplex, Dt's live phytoplankton,Coral plankton, and marine snow.
Fish: Tomato clown, red firefish, yellow watchman goby, royal gramma, bangai cardinal, , Mandarin fish, scooter dragonet, flame angel, sixline wrasse, tail spot blenny(soon to be added), cleaner wrasse, Court Jester Goby, 2 Black reidi seahorses(soon to be replaced), baby blue tang, baby purple tang(tangs get along and are being monitored in size and will be moved to existing 350 gallon when they get to big).
Inverts: cleaner shrimp,~8hermits, 2 turbo snails, 3 margareta snails, 5 trochous snails, electric flame scallop, 4 Hawiian dusters, colored dusters, thorny oyster, Christmas tree worms, yellow cucumber, 5" and 3"super grade corcea clam, orange lanka star, orange ear sponge, Green feeather star, and an emerald crab.
Corals:Green bulb anenome,
galaxia coral, pulsing
xenia, pompom
xenia,
Xenia elongata, var. mushrooms,
Alviapora, orange sea fan, green star polyps, snake polyps, Kenya tree leather, red open brain, moon coral, frogspawn, trumpet coral, 2 toadstools(
scarcophyton), encrusting gorgorian, orange carnation coral, Sea Pen
Cavernularia sp, chili cactus coral, button zoos, and colored zoos and various other polyps.
anyway i will update when new stuff happens and if ya want more detail check out my blog in my sig!