20 Gallon Reef Tank Set-up
Tank Setup
20-gallon all glass tank purchased at Cartimar Market, Pasay City. Stand is made of wrought iron and came with the tank. Salt water, live sand and 2 African clownfish added 11/02/2001. Live rock added 11/11/2001.
Lighting
1 15 watt flourescent tube that came with the hood. Upgrading soon to 1 actinic blue and 1 daylight.
Filtration
4 layer overhead filter. Activated carbon changed monthly. Only half of the sponge filter medium washed every month. Bioballs and some rocks for
biological filtration. Protein skimmer rated for up to 50 gallons. Airwood changed when bubbles are not fine anymore.
Circulation
1 1600 gph powerhead directed towards the center of the tank against the return flow of the water from the overhead filter.
Additives
1 cap each of reef buffer, calcium+strontium & iodine every week or so.
Water Chemistry
Temperature = 80 degrees Fahrenheit
Salinity = 1.023
Maintenance
5-gallon weekly water change. Algae scraper used to remove coralline algae on front of glass. Skimmer airwood and carbon replaced every month.
Feeding
Hagen Nutrafin Max flakes, Tetra DoroMarin sinking pellets, Tetra Invertemin, baby guppies & live brine shrimp.
Reeftank Inhabitants
Fish: 3 small green chromis, 1 small
coral beauty angelfish, 1 small red blenny, soon 2 small ocellaris clownfish.
Mobile Invertebrates: 1 small halaan (a smooth shelled bivalve I got from my friend's beach property in San Juan, Batanggas), 1 hairy red hermit crab with anemones on its shell, 4 turbo snails (soon to add more), 1 small black urchin, 1 sebae anemone, 4 feather dusters (soon to add more), 1 anemone tubeworm (soon to add more), 1 coral banded shrimp and soon to add 2 cleaner shrimps, 3 peppermint shrimps, 1 brittle star, several assorted small snails, 1 purple nudibranch and 1 small sea cucumber.
Sessile Invertebrates: Green mushrooms, neon green open brain, mint green with pink open brain, brown button polyps, purple flowerpot, violet flowerpot, orange sponge, some sea squirts.
