Some more pics, started playing again
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dude, you seriously have one of the best looking tanks i've ever seen. so pristine and clean. all the residents look happy, and a georgous banded coral shirmp. congrats!!
I love all the different mushrooms right in the middle...I would have to buy like 50 mushrooms to get that great looking effect in my tank.:grinyes:
Your tank looks awesome!
Your tank looks awesome!
Thought I would add some specs about my tank:
Tank Size:
Tank - 24"x16"x16" = 96 litres
Filter Unit - 13"x4"x2"(2" is the depth of water) = 2 litres
Total = 98 litres
Filtration:
16 kg Live rock in display
Above tank filter unit comprises of a bed af Aragamud sand, 3 large chunks of live rock rubble and cheato, all lit 24/7 by a 10w submersible LED. There is also a plastic grate at one end where I place the following:
1 x Bag Purigen
1 x Bag Rowa Carbon
1 x Bag Rowa Phos
All loosely packed for better flow over the media.
I have modded the tank to enable me to use a V2 400 skimmer which pulls about a full cup of skimmate every 7 days.
I run the skimmer part time between 1200 and 1900
Flow:
I use the following for flow:
1 x Koralia 1 - 1500 lph
2 x Koralia nano - 2 x 900 lph = 1800 lph
The pump for the filter unit turns the water through at 540 lph
The V2 400 is fitted with the stock Rio pump, I think it's rated at 2400lph?
Giving me a turn over of 6240 lph (not sure if correct) - 63x tank volume!
Heating and Cooling:
Tank is heated with a Hydor heater set at 25 degrees. This is plugged into an ATC300 allowing a 1 degree shift either side. The stable temp is between 25.3 and 25.9 degrees.
For cooling I have fitted to the closed hood 1 x 60mm PC fan and 1 x 80mm PC fan which are timed to turn on/off with the main lights
Lighting:
At present the tank runs with the stock lighting of 2 x 20w T8 tubes, 1 x 8k Marine white and 1 x 20k Actinic
My modification to the tank enabled me to fit an Interpet 55w T5 Power compact fitting to which is fitted a 50/50 Daylight blue PC.
For moonlight I use a 12" blue cold cathode tube
All lights are fitted with reflectors
Timings are:
0700-1000 - Moonlight
1000-2100 - T8's
1100-1900 - T5 PC
2100-0000 - Moonlight
Substrate:
Medium grain sand
Background:
Black backing paper
Feeding:
I feed my fish a small amount twice a day and my corals twice a week.
For the fish I have mixed in a container Ocen Nutrition Reef Plus/Brineshrimp Plus/Spirulina Flake. I also give the occasional feed of frozen Mysis soaked in a Vit supplement
I feed the whole tank Cyclopeze twice a week with a baster aiming at the mouths of the corals
Dosing:
Every 2 days I dose:
1/2 Cap of Coral Flex Phyto
1/4 Cap of Seachem Iodide
1 Cap of Reef Carbonate (for Alk levels)
Twice Weekly I dose:
1 Cap of Seachem Reef Trace
1 Cap of Seachem Reef Plus
I dose Calcium/Magnesium as and when required using Seachem Reef Complete for Calcium and Seachem Reef Adv Magnesium
Maintenance:
Daily glass cleans (the spots the snails dont get!)
I perform a 20 litre water change every 2 weeks using RO water using Seachem Reef Salt mixed to 1.025 and heated to 26 degrees over 24 hours
I give my rocks a blast with a baster just before the water change as well as changing the carbon/rowa. I change the purigen once a month to keep it fresh. I also stir the sand but the Certihs do quite a good job.
Weekly clean of skimmer cup.
Once its a year old I will clean all the pumps and pipe work but its still a baby at 6 months
Current stock:
Fish and Motile Inverts:
1 x Royal Gramma (Curious George)
2 x True Percs (Ted and Thelma)
1 x Coral Band Shrimp (Alf)
Ceriths (about 6 and now some baby ones)
Turbos (about 8 but I can never count them right)
1 x Mithrax Crab (hithchiker)
1 x Ugly red eyed rock crab which I'm still trying to catch!
Sessile Inverts:
Euphyllia glabrescens (x1) (Torch Coral)
Eyphyllia parancora (x1) (Branching Hammer)
Duncanopsammia (x1) (Duncan)
Acanthastrea (Lordhowensis sp.)(x2) (Acan)
Favia(x2) (Brains)
Turbinaria reniformis(x1) (Turbinaria)
Sarcophyton(x1) (Toadstool)
Rhodactis(x3) (Furry Mushroom)
Parazoanthus gracilis (Yellow Polyps)
Various Corallimorpharians (Mushrooms)
Various Zoanthids (Zoas)
Tubipora musica (Oragn Pipe)
Pachyclavularia sp (Green Star Polyps)
Tank Params at last check:
SG 1.025 (Refractometer)
PH 8.2 (API)
NO3 0 (API and Salifert)
PO4 0.015 (D&D Merck)
Mag 1480 (Salifert)
Cal 450 (Salifert)
Dkh 9.6 (Salifert)
Iodide 0.03 (Salifert)
I think that is just about everything but I've probably missed something.
Tank Size:
Tank - 24"x16"x16" = 96 litres
Filter Unit - 13"x4"x2"(2" is the depth of water) = 2 litres
Total = 98 litres
Filtration:
16 kg Live rock in display
Above tank filter unit comprises of a bed af Aragamud sand, 3 large chunks of live rock rubble and cheato, all lit 24/7 by a 10w submersible LED. There is also a plastic grate at one end where I place the following:
1 x Bag Purigen
1 x Bag Rowa Carbon
1 x Bag Rowa Phos
All loosely packed for better flow over the media.
I have modded the tank to enable me to use a V2 400 skimmer which pulls about a full cup of skimmate every 7 days.
I run the skimmer part time between 1200 and 1900
Flow:
I use the following for flow:
1 x Koralia 1 - 1500 lph
2 x Koralia nano - 2 x 900 lph = 1800 lph
The pump for the filter unit turns the water through at 540 lph
The V2 400 is fitted with the stock Rio pump, I think it's rated at 2400lph?
Giving me a turn over of 6240 lph (not sure if correct) - 63x tank volume!
Heating and Cooling:
Tank is heated with a Hydor heater set at 25 degrees. This is plugged into an ATC300 allowing a 1 degree shift either side. The stable temp is between 25.3 and 25.9 degrees.
For cooling I have fitted to the closed hood 1 x 60mm PC fan and 1 x 80mm PC fan which are timed to turn on/off with the main lights
Lighting:
At present the tank runs with the stock lighting of 2 x 20w T8 tubes, 1 x 8k Marine white and 1 x 20k Actinic
My modification to the tank enabled me to fit an Interpet 55w T5 Power compact fitting to which is fitted a 50/50 Daylight blue PC.
For moonlight I use a 12" blue cold cathode tube
All lights are fitted with reflectors
Timings are:
0700-1000 - Moonlight
1000-2100 - T8's
1100-1900 - T5 PC
2100-0000 - Moonlight
Substrate:
Medium grain sand
Background:
Black backing paper
Feeding:
I feed my fish a small amount twice a day and my corals twice a week.
For the fish I have mixed in a container Ocen Nutrition Reef Plus/Brineshrimp Plus/Spirulina Flake. I also give the occasional feed of frozen Mysis soaked in a Vit supplement
I feed the whole tank Cyclopeze twice a week with a baster aiming at the mouths of the corals
Dosing:
Every 2 days I dose:
1/2 Cap of Coral Flex Phyto
1/4 Cap of Seachem Iodide
1 Cap of Reef Carbonate (for Alk levels)
Twice Weekly I dose:
1 Cap of Seachem Reef Trace
1 Cap of Seachem Reef Plus
I dose Calcium/Magnesium as and when required using Seachem Reef Complete for Calcium and Seachem Reef Adv Magnesium
Maintenance:
Daily glass cleans (the spots the snails dont get!)
I perform a 20 litre water change every 2 weeks using RO water using Seachem Reef Salt mixed to 1.025 and heated to 26 degrees over 24 hours
I give my rocks a blast with a baster just before the water change as well as changing the carbon/rowa. I change the purigen once a month to keep it fresh. I also stir the sand but the Certihs do quite a good job.
Weekly clean of skimmer cup.
Once its a year old I will clean all the pumps and pipe work but its still a baby at 6 months
Current stock:
Fish and Motile Inverts:
1 x Royal Gramma (Curious George)
2 x True Percs (Ted and Thelma)
1 x Coral Band Shrimp (Alf)
Ceriths (about 6 and now some baby ones)
Turbos (about 8 but I can never count them right)
1 x Mithrax Crab (hithchiker)
1 x Ugly red eyed rock crab which I'm still trying to catch!
Sessile Inverts:
Euphyllia glabrescens (x1) (Torch Coral)
Eyphyllia parancora (x1) (Branching Hammer)
Duncanopsammia (x1) (Duncan)
Acanthastrea (Lordhowensis sp.)(x2) (Acan)
Favia(x2) (Brains)
Turbinaria reniformis(x1) (Turbinaria)
Sarcophyton(x1) (Toadstool)
Rhodactis(x3) (Furry Mushroom)
Parazoanthus gracilis (Yellow Polyps)
Various Corallimorpharians (Mushrooms)
Various Zoanthids (Zoas)
Tubipora musica (Oragn Pipe)
Pachyclavularia sp (Green Star Polyps)
Tank Params at last check:
SG 1.025 (Refractometer)
PH 8.2 (API)
NO3 0 (API and Salifert)
PO4 0.015 (D&D Merck)
Mag 1480 (Salifert)
Cal 450 (Salifert)
Dkh 9.6 (Salifert)
Iodide 0.03 (Salifert)
I think that is just about everything but I've probably missed something.
Lupin
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Ive had him for about 4 months and he has moulted abouty every 3 weeks. I was sad for him though as I bought him as a pair with a female who was carrying. They were always cleaning and primping each other then one night after watching the female rearrange her eggs I woke up to find her dead. I think the evil pygmy cherub I had attacked her to get the eggs as he was a greedy little thing
