Tank : 200 gallon
Sump : 50 gallon
Return Pump : Eheim 1060
Circulation : Aquaclear 2000 Powerhead
Lightning : 1-250W Powerstar HQI-t Osram MH
2-40W Actinic 03
Water change : 20-25% every 2 weeks
Inhabitant : 10-1"Snails (Trochus Niloticus)
8 Hermit Crabs
Live rock : 80 lb cured Indonesian LR
Substrate : 1 inch dead sand
Ph : 8.0-8.2
Nitrare : 5ppm
Phosphate : N/A
Additives : Kalk dripping-almost everyday
Iodine (Kent) - once a week
Iron (Kent) - once a week
Strontium (Seachem) - once a week
S.G. : 1.023
Temp : 80-83
-Tank has only been running for two months.
-Coralline algae has just started to grow on the powerhead and few rocks.
-The xenia is placed near the bottom with moderate current adjacent to a large bubble coral. It used to extend quite long and browse against the bubble coral when it was moved back and forward by current.
-This tank has no
protein skimmer and no chemical filtration. The only filtration I have for this tank is a mechanical (sponge) which trap lots of brown stuff from the system. The sponge is clean regularly (every two days).
-I used to have
red slime algae problem before I put the snails in. Now all the rocks are clean and starting to be covered by purple alage.
-The only algae problem I had is the brownish and green algae that re-appear on the glass within 3-4 days after cleaning.
