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Here is my 125:
Set up date: Febuary 1997
Tank size: 125G with 30G sump
Live rock: 135 pounds of mixed figi, tonga branch, and Marshall island.
Live sand: 275 pounds of mixed live sand and "dead sand" over a plenum.
Lighting: 3 400W Iwasaki 6500K halides with 2 160W URI actinics.
Skimmer: Modified ETS Stingray 600 (now same size as an ETS 1000, just with a taller riser). Powered by an Iwaki 70.
Circulation: 2 Gemini pumps by Aquarium Products (960 gph each) and a LG 4 mdqx return pump.
Calcium reactor: K2R
Ph: 7.9-8.2
Temperature: 80
Specific gravity: 1.026
Alkalinity: 4.25 meq/l
Calcium: 420
Corals: Over 55 SPS corals,my goniopora (5+ years), green star polyps, a sarcophyton, and a plague crop of xenia.
Fish: Asfur angel, Flame angel, Semilarvatus butterfly, Marine Betta, Yellow tang, Desjardini tang, Bangaii cardinal, Engineer goby, Painted fairy wrasse, and 2 green chromis.
Food: Fish/tank are fed a mixture of: Crypoastes, golden pearls, ESV phyto, Formula 1, 2, VHP, Spirulina formula, Angel formula, Plankton flake, Spirulina flake, vibragro. All food is soaked in Selco.
Other: 2 green brittle stars, 1 brown serpent star, 1 tiger tail cucumber, hermits, and astreas.
Maintenance: Water changes when I remember.
Chemicals; No additives of any kind are used. I rely on the reactor and water changes for element replacement. No chemical media used. No mechanicla filtration.
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#reefs channel operator
Set up date: Febuary 1997
Tank size: 125G with 30G sump
Live rock: 135 pounds of mixed figi, tonga branch, and Marshall island.
Live sand: 275 pounds of mixed live sand and "dead sand" over a plenum.
Lighting: 3 400W Iwasaki 6500K halides with 2 160W URI actinics.
Skimmer: Modified ETS Stingray 600 (now same size as an ETS 1000, just with a taller riser). Powered by an Iwaki 70.
Circulation: 2 Gemini pumps by Aquarium Products (960 gph each) and a LG 4 mdqx return pump.
Calcium reactor: K2R
Ph: 7.9-8.2
Temperature: 80
Specific gravity: 1.026
Alkalinity: 4.25 meq/l
Calcium: 420
Corals: Over 55 SPS corals,my goniopora (5+ years), green star polyps, a sarcophyton, and a plague crop of xenia.
Fish: Asfur angel, Flame angel, Semilarvatus butterfly, Marine Betta, Yellow tang, Desjardini tang, Bangaii cardinal, Engineer goby, Painted fairy wrasse, and 2 green chromis.
Food: Fish/tank are fed a mixture of: Crypoastes, golden pearls, ESV phyto, Formula 1, 2, VHP, Spirulina formula, Angel formula, Plankton flake, Spirulina flake, vibragro. All food is soaked in Selco.
Other: 2 green brittle stars, 1 brown serpent star, 1 tiger tail cucumber, hermits, and astreas.
Maintenance: Water changes when I remember.
Chemicals; No additives of any kind are used. I rely on the reactor and water changes for element replacement. No chemical media used. No mechanicla filtration.
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#reefs channel operator
