Display tank
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150 gallon acrylic, 5' x 2' x 2'
with center overflow and dry box
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Sump
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112 gallon acrylic, 6' x 18" x
20"
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Pump for sump
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Reeflo Sequence Hammerhead
(5800gph)
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Pump for closed loop
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Reeflo Sequence Hammerhead
(5800gph)
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Protein skimmer
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Vertex IN-250 venturi skimmer
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Media reactor
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NextReef MR1, with upgraded central chamber, connections, and screens to increase flow
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Media
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Bio Pellets (~500cc) in reactor, brand varies by sale, but usually Vertex
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Carbon (~100cc) in home-made Gatorade bottle media reactor in sump, changed monthly
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Ca/Alk Dosing
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Bulk Reef Supply 2-part (plus monthly Mg) dosed via 2 BRS Drew's Doser pumps
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PVC
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1.5" for all sump/closed loop
plumbing
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Lighting
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2 x Tek Lighting Retrofit 60" 2x80w (Giesemann ActinicPlus x 1, ActinicBluePlus x 2, AquaPink x 1)
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8 x Ecoxotic Panorama LED
Modules (8 x 8000K, 4 x 453nm).
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3 x Ecoxotic Panorama Pro LED
Modules (8 x 8000K, 4 x 453nm).
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3 x Ecoxotic Blue (24 x 453nm)
LED Stunner Strips with reflectors.
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1x Ecoxotic Panorama LED
Module (8 x 8000K, 4 x 453nm) for refugium section of sump
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Reefkeeper Lite controller
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Sand
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~80 pounds coarse aragonite sand
(Nature's Ocean) in tank and refugium
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Rock
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~100 pounds western tufa base
rock
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~50 pounds live rock (well, it
was more alive until my heater killed it)
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~20 pounds live rock rubble in sump
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Feeding Schedule
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Omega One Small Marine Pellets once daily
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Ocean Nutrition Formula 2 Small Pellets once daily
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Frozen mysis shrimp to dendro and sun corals every 3-4 days
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Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast at lights-out every other night
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Rod's Food (original blend) mixed with Trader Joe's crushed garlic every 3-4 days
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Parameters
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Temp |
78-80° |
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Salinity |
1.025 |
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Ammonia |
0 |
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Nitrites |
0 |
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Nitrates |
0 |
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Phosphate |
0 |
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Magnesium |
Not measured recently |
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Hardness/Alkalinity |
8-10dkh |
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Calcium |
~420 |
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Notes
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Spring 2016:
Good things tend to come to an end. For reasons that shouldn't be discussed here, it became prudent to take down
the tank. So sometime in the springtime (I've blocked the actual date from my memory), a guy named Adam from down-river
came with his buddies, packed the whole enchilada up, and took it home. The tank was a lot of fun, and it was running like
a well-oiled machine come the last four years or so. My updates and my upkeep became mimimal, and the tank more-or-less took
care of itself (with the exception of twice-a-month gentle cleanings). Fish and coral came and went, but all-in-all the
tank was a smashing success. Thanks to everyone at Kee's and on all of the reef forums that helped me along the way.
Perhaps in the future there'll be another (smaller, aggressive) tank to post pictures of!
10/7/11: A year's gone by, and all is still going
well. I've dropped my water changes to 20% every other week, and have added Ca/Alk dosing over the past
few months with dramatic improvements in parameter stability and SPS growth. I'm still working on SPS
coloration (lighting and flow issue) but I'm pretty happy with my hard coral growth. My softies and LPS
are continuing to grow well, but slower than I think they would if I didn't have what is called an
ultra-low-nutrient system (which helps my SPS to grow).
10/10/10: I haven't posted in a while, but all is
going amazingly well (knock on wood!). I do weekly 20% water changes, continue to dose AlgaeFix, and skim
aggressively. That, in conjunction with avoiding overfeeding and running the biopellets has kept my nitrates
and phosphates unmeasurable, kept the tank clean, the fish/corals thriving, and the algae at bay.
7/22/10: Going to aggressively attack my hair algae with a 2 prong
approach. Attack #1: Started dosing API AlgaeFix today (20cc every 3 days until algae gone). Supposedly I should start seeing
a change by the 3rd treatment. Stay tuned!
7/16/10: Due to my hair algae outbreak, I've decided to try to play with
my chemistries a bit, adding epsom salts to jack up my magnesium, and baking soda to increase my alkalinity.
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