Main Tank 50 gal, 20 gal. sump
Filtration:
70 lbs LR, 4-6" deep LS
Protein Skimmer: in-sump
Refugium: None yet, planning a 10-15 gal in November
Korallin calcium reactor
Pumps:
1100gph main, return from sump through 2 loc-line outlets directing flow behind LR;
oscillating RIO 400 in-tank
Lighting:
1 - 36" 96W blue actinic, on 12 hours
2 - 36" 96W 6700 ultra daylights, on 10 hours
Most Recent Chemistry:
80 degrees F, chiller maintained within 1 degree
Ammonia: 0
NO2: 0
NO3: 0
PO4: <.03
pH: 8.6 in the PM, 8.4 in the AM
Alk: 3.8
Calcium: 280
SG: 1.023 @ 80 degrees
Livestock:
4 blue damsels
1 brittle star
1 small sand-sifting white star
1 sand-sifting tiger-tail cuke
10 very small blue-legged hermit crabs
2 small red-legged hermit crab
10 snails
Food:
½ of small block of
frozen brine shrimp daily for damsels
History:
Tank has been up 14 weeks
Fish/snails/crabs added at 8 weeks, after first nitrogen cycle stabilized.
Lot of difficulty maintaining pH, alk, and calc balance; adding reef buffer as needed for alk & calc, reef builder for calcium only. Added calcium reactor at 12 weeks.
