Set Up Date : 05/01
Tank Size : 175 gal bowfront
Sump Size : apx 25 gal Pro-Series with in sump skimmer using 2 pumps for circulation
Live Rock (Mass) : 200 lbs
Live Sand : apx 1/2 to 1 inch deep over bottom
Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod) : (I'll hvae to ask HIM for the wattage specifics) 1 Hoods with 2 PC's 1 - 1 hood with 4 VHOs - 12 hour cycle.
Biological Filtration (Type) : 200 lbs Fiji LR, and 1-2" SB
Chemical Filtration (Type) : None.
Circulation (Rate | Brand | Model) : 2 1800 gph pumps (Mag 1800)
Return Pump (Rate | Brand | Model) : approx. 3600 gal/hr
pH (Morning | Evening) : 8.3
Temperature (Range | oC | oF) : 78.0 - 80.0F
Specific Gravity / Salintity (g/g | ppt) :
Calcium (ppm) : 350 - 370 (Running Kalkwasser drip - started a week ago, KM Turbo Calc and A/B Liquid) Tank is in process right now of growing a lot of coraline algae. Has been a race of sorts recently to keep the Ca levels up!
Ammonia (ppm) : 0
Nitrite (ppm) : 0
Nitrate (ppm) : 0
Phosphate (ppm) : 0
Fish : 1 Sailfin Tang (4"), 2 True Perc Mated Clowns, 1 Regal Tang (4"), 3 pajama cards, 1 maroon clown (3") 1 royal gramma
Corals :
Lots of Colt
Lots of Flower Leather
Lots of Finger Leather
2 Open Green Brains
1 Hydnophora
Green Star Polyp
Sun Polyps
Yellow Polyps
About 8 different types of mushrooms - smooth, hairy, ricordia, blue, green, red etc
Lots of Frogspawn
knobby leather looking coral (cats paw?)
Several Candy Cane clusters
1 Cabbage
Invertebrates : Scarlet Hermits, Trochus snails, Turbo snails,
Sand sifting starfish, emerald crab, Peppermint Shrimp, Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Blood Shrimp, Coral Bandit Shrimp, 2T. Maxima clams, 3 brown/green bubble tip anemones, 1 white (not sebae) anemone
Maintenance Program : Kalkwasser drip at full strength - ranges 75 to 185 mL per hour for evap replacement, daily additions of turbo calcium and A/B Liquid calcium, Superbuffer, bi-weekly or weekly additions of other additives. Water changes done as frequently as needed but currently about 10 to 15% every 2 weeks. We have the water tested at least weekly by same LFS staff person.
