b]Set Up Date[/b] : August 2000
Tank Size (LxHxW | Volume): 8ft by 2ft by 2ft/240 gallons
Sump Size (LxHxW | Volume):40 gallon tank
Live Rock (Mass):300-400 lbs
Live Sand (Mass):30 lbs in sump only
Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod):440 vho 160no, 11 hors
Protein Skimmer (Brand | Model): Turbofloater 200 hang on in sump
Biological Filtration (Type): just added a emperor 400
Chemical Filtration (Type):some carbon
Circulation (Rate | Brand | Model): multiple high speed power heads
Return Pump (Rate | Brand | Model):Little giant 2md sc
pH (Morning | Evening):
Temperature (Range | oC | oF):79 degrees
Specific Gravity / Salintity (g/g | ppt):10245
Alkalinity (meq/l | dKH): I dont check my parameters unless something looks wrong.
Calcium (ppm):I dont worry about it cause I use tap water taht is high in calcium and my stuff has good growth rates
Ammonia (ppm):0
Nitrite (ppm):0
Nitrate (ppm):10-15
Phosphate (ppm):?
Fish : 6"Blueface Angel, 8" naso tang, 4.5" Yellow tang, 5.5" Regal tang, 7" Magnificient Rabbitfish, 5 bartlett anthias, 5 yellow tail damsels, 1 orange tail damsel, 1 3 stripe damsel, yellow watchman goby, Bar Goby, clown goby, Long nosed hawk, six line wrasse, pair of tomato clowns, flame angel, black sailfin blenny.
Corals :hammer, lots frilly shrooms, torch, bubble anemone, star polyps, three toadstools, pest flower anemones.
I am debating taking out most of the corals since the angel periodically gets hungry. I am hoping the flower anemones i got from a buddy take over my tank like they did his
. So far I have twice as many as i started with and its only been 2 months.
Invertebrates : tuxedo urchin, caribbean common urchin, 3 brittle stars, queen conch, abalone, caribbean whelks, astrea snails, turbo snails, cowries, limpets, cerith snails, scarlet hermits, 1 fire shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp. 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 gold breasted coral banded shrimp. Numerous feather worms, couple of big caribbean clams, var other stuff.
Maintenance Program :30g water changes when it looks like it needs it. Scrap coralline of acryliic weekly
Additional Information : I am converting this to a limited reef as the blueface got Ihungry and ate some shrooms.
Tank Size (LxHxW | Volume): 8ft by 2ft by 2ft/240 gallons
Sump Size (LxHxW | Volume):40 gallon tank
Live Rock (Mass):300-400 lbs
Live Sand (Mass):30 lbs in sump only
Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod):440 vho 160no, 11 hors
Protein Skimmer (Brand | Model): Turbofloater 200 hang on in sump
Biological Filtration (Type): just added a emperor 400
Chemical Filtration (Type):some carbon
Circulation (Rate | Brand | Model): multiple high speed power heads
Return Pump (Rate | Brand | Model):Little giant 2md sc
pH (Morning | Evening):
Temperature (Range | oC | oF):79 degrees
Specific Gravity / Salintity (g/g | ppt):10245
Alkalinity (meq/l | dKH): I dont check my parameters unless something looks wrong.
Calcium (ppm):I dont worry about it cause I use tap water taht is high in calcium and my stuff has good growth rates
Ammonia (ppm):0
Nitrite (ppm):0
Nitrate (ppm):10-15
Phosphate (ppm):?
Fish : 6"Blueface Angel, 8" naso tang, 4.5" Yellow tang, 5.5" Regal tang, 7" Magnificient Rabbitfish, 5 bartlett anthias, 5 yellow tail damsels, 1 orange tail damsel, 1 3 stripe damsel, yellow watchman goby, Bar Goby, clown goby, Long nosed hawk, six line wrasse, pair of tomato clowns, flame angel, black sailfin blenny.
Corals :hammer, lots frilly shrooms, torch, bubble anemone, star polyps, three toadstools, pest flower anemones.
I am debating taking out most of the corals since the angel periodically gets hungry. I am hoping the flower anemones i got from a buddy take over my tank like they did his
Invertebrates : tuxedo urchin, caribbean common urchin, 3 brittle stars, queen conch, abalone, caribbean whelks, astrea snails, turbo snails, cowries, limpets, cerith snails, scarlet hermits, 1 fire shrimp, 2 cleaner shrimp. 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 gold breasted coral banded shrimp. Numerous feather worms, couple of big caribbean clams, var other stuff.
Maintenance Program :30g water changes when it looks like it needs it. Scrap coralline of acryliic weekly
Additional Information : I am converting this to a limited reef as the blueface got Ihungry and ate some shrooms.
. Fish residents are now the Blueface, regal tang, yellow tang, damsels, goby, clowns, and flame angel. Still have lots of mobile inverts but only sessile ones are bubble anemones with psycho clownfish to keep angel away.
