Tank
Oceanic 58 Reef Ready – Started June 5, 2004
75 lbs Live Rock - Mostly Dr. Walt Smith’s Cultured Fiji
3.5” – 4” Southdown Sand Bed, seed w/ live sand 2 weeks after start
Lighting
CSL 2 X 96W PC Light Fixture w/ moonlights
Photoperiod 12 hrs
Actinic 10 AM – 10 PM
Actinic and 10K 11 AM – 9 PM
Moonlites Always on
Water Movement
Mag 7 Return pump in sump
Maxi-jet 1200 and Maxi-jet 600 in tank
New Seio water movement device is on its way
Skimmer
Euroreef ES5-2
Previous skimmers – CPR Bak-Pak, Red Sea Berlin
“MacGyver” Sump and Refugium
66 qt clear Rubbermaid sump
19 qt clear Rubbermaid refugium with:
Household 19w “daylight” (6500K) fluorescent bulb in clip-on lamp
Grape Caulerpa and Cheatomorpha; 24 photoperiod (for now)
Maxi-jet 600 feeding fuge through spraybar out of the sump
WON 250w Titanium Heater
Livestock
Astrea, Trouchus and Cerith Snails
Blue-Legged Hermit Crabs
2 –
Blue Green Chromis
1 – Peppermint Shrimp
Green-Striped and Purple mushrooms
Orange and Blue Zooanthids w/ Green Tentacles
Frogspawn Frag
Xenia Frag
Open Green Brain
Montipora Digitata Frag
Upcoming projects
Auto-topoff device
Metal Halide Lighting; 3-5 months
Calcium and/or Kalk Reactor
Challenges
Keeping Alkalinity high and stable
Learning more about Fish and Coral Care, as well as DIY
Tank “Wish List” and “Master Plan” (Subject to change of course)
Corals
I imagine an “underwater garden” of corals with bright vivid colors and varied textures. I’m especially fond of the LPS corals for their texture and the way they fluoresce under actinic lighting. Some of the corals on my “wish list” include the Hammer (esp. an unusual color morph), Candycane, Torch, and Pineapple corals. I also like the bright coloration that some of the SPS corals have, and the Pink Birdsnest and Purple Tipped Acropora (the one that looks iridescent) are also on the “list”. I also like the brightly colored Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, and Zooanthids. Even though not as brightly colored, I like the way that leather corals sway in the “breeze”
Fish
The fish I imagine living in my tank are small, very colorful, and “reef-safe”.
I’d like to get a few more blue-green chromis so that they can swim around in the tank as a school. Some of the other fish I that like are the Basslets, such as the Royal Gramma, Blackcap Basslet, and Swissguard Basslet, and some of the colorful reef-safe wrasses. Of course, I’d like to have a Clownfish and a Rose Bubble-Tip Host Anemone. I’d also like to have a Copperband Butterflyfish and a Flame Angel, as I think they are both really cool-looking fish. I realize that they both have compatibility issues with certain types of corals though. I’d also like to get a yellow tang, but I am debating whether I should or not based on the size of my tank.
Inverts
I really like the clams, as they are some of the most colorful inhabitants in a reef tank! Inverts like Feather Dusters, Cleaner Shrimp, and Fighting Conchs also come to mind.
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