Tanks specs
125g
150 lbs of live rock from Fiji, Tonga, and the Florida Keys
Fish includes:
Pseudocchromis dutoiti- Tank raised
Acanthurus triostegus- Convict tang- wild sp.
Ctenchaetus strigosus- Cole tang- wild sp.
Lo vulpinus- Rabbit fish- wild sp.
Centropyge bispinous- Coral beauty pygmy angelfish- wild sp.
Inverts:
6 dozen blue hermit crabs
Sps corals:
Acropora grandis- staghorn coral- wild sp.
Stylophora pistillata- club finger coral- wild sp
A. millipora- cluster coral- aquacultured and fragmented
Acropora noblis- staghorn coral- wild sp.
A. latistella- table coral- aquacultured
A. cerealis-bushy coral- wils sp.
A. nasuta-cluster coral- wild sp.
A. valeciennesi- table coral- wild sp.
A. cythrea-table coral- wild sp.
A. gemmifera- cluster coral- aquacultured
Pocillipora damicornis- cauliflower coral- aquacultured
Monitpora foveolata- velvet coral- wild sp. spreading on adjacent rock
M. capricornis-Lettuce coral- aquacultured
Hydnophora grandis-horn coral- wild sp.
Tubinaria reformis-scroll coarol
T.peltata-cup coral- wild sp.
Heliopora-blus coral- wild sp., spreading on rock
Hitch hikers:
Stephanocoenia- star coral- arrived on live rock from the FL. keys
Sideastrea—star coral- arrived on live rock from the Fl. Keys
Cladocora- ivory tube coral- arrive on rock fro Fl. Keys
Pavona verians-dark cloth coral- arrived on rock from Fiji
Protopalythoa grandis- single button polyp- arrived on rock from tonga
Zoanthus sociatus-button polyps- arrived on rock from both Fl. Keys and Tonga
Clavularia sp.- clove polyp- arrived on rock from fiji but didn’t show up till a whole year later
Many
Christmas tree worms
Various kinds of Macro algae
Lps corals:
Caulastrea-candy coral- wild sp. Have fragments all over tank
Soft corals:
Briareum-
green star polyps- wild sp.
Sacophyton-leather coral-aquacultured from mother who was dieing
Sinularia dura-leather coral- wild sp.
Palythoa- sea mat- wild sp.
Protopalythoa sp.-button polyps- wild sp.
Zoanthus sociatus-button polyps-wild sp.
Parazoanthus-yellow polyps- wild sp.
Ricordia
Various mushrooms
Lighting:
Consists of 3 175watts MH
2 96watt power compacts daylight
2 96 watt power compacts actinic
Photo period:
Actinics come on first and turn off last, 12 hrs total
PC come on 2 hrs later, on for 9 hrs total
3 MH come 3 hrs later, on for 8 hrs total
The sunset affect is acheived buy timers. Power down with MH's, PC daylights and last the actinics.
Filtration:
Wetdry with no media has a 20g sump
Red sea protein skimmer run by a rio pump
Wetdry is powered by a little giant pump for circulation
Mechanical filtration:
Keep carbon for a week right before a water change
H2O changes:
15 percent twice monthly.
Circulation in tank:
1 802 power head
1 rio pump
3 maxi jets power heads
Feeding:
1x a week feed entire tank with a liquid feeding supplement
3x a week feed fish
Other liquid supplements:
Week 1 dose 2 gallon jug of kalkwasser M-W
Dose alk buffer on T- TH
Week 2 dose 70 ml of part 1 CA and 70ml of part 2 Alk., M-W-F
Week 3 enjoy animals
Week 4 start cleanings and water changes