Aussie 12G SPS Nano Reef

[WANANO]

Hi All,

 

I have been surfing this great web site for many years, but this is my first post. Being in the hobby for 30 years I have seen a lot of changes and it's great to see how the hobby has advanced over the years.

 

After many many reefs and FOWLR tanks, I have really down sized and been concentrating on nano systems for a while. The tank below is one of 2 nano tanks I have running at present (the other is a simple Red Sea Reefer Nano with a family of 25 clowns and BTA anemones). The better half looks after the clowns and I look after the SPS tank which is featured here.

 

Anyway, some simple specs of the tank are as below:

 

Display System:

Strike up Date:

1/3/15

 

Display Tank:

90 x 30 x 24.5 cm high

 

Display Lighting:

Giesemann Matrix II 4 x 36W T5 ( 2 x ATI Coral Plus + 2 x ATI Blue Plus) + 1 X Tunze Blue LED

 

Stand:

Ikea

 

Sump:

Dimension 52 x 33 x 40 ( l w h)

 

Support systems:

System Water: Red Sea Salt (normal) mixed with a 5 stage RODI water

 

Filtration:

2 x 200 Micron Filter Socks / 100ML of Phosgaurd and 100ML of Purigen run in a Tunze Comline filter.

 

Display Water circulation:

2 x X Aqua In / Outs

1 x MP10 QD (reef Crest Mode 100%)

 

Return Pumps:

2 x Tunze 1073.050 with controller 7097 (24V - Random Flow)

 

Skimmer:

Tunze 9004

 

Chiller:

Artica Nano 1/15 HP (have a new ¼ HP chiller to plumb in and I may lower the tank temp by a deg or 2

 

Evaporation Top Up:

Tunze osmolator with 5 stage RODI water

 

Controller:

NIL

 

Chemical Support:

GHL Doser 2.1 - (KH / CA / MG)

 

Parameters:

 

KH 7.0 DKH

CA 400-410 PPM

MG 1290-1310 PPM

K+ 390PPM

Salinity 1.026

Temp 25.7-26.3 deg cel (78-79)

PO4 0.02PPM – 0.03PPM (Hanna ULR Phosphorus meter)

NO3 2.5-5PPM (I dose Potasium Nitarte to keep my levels up). Too low and the corals start to loose color

 

Next stage: Plans are to possibly add another MP10 QD, may go to an ATI Power module 6 bulb so I can run add 2 x pure actinic globes for more pop. May add ozone as well (very small amount).

 

I was previously running zeovit but was not happy with the results. It brought the PO4 and NO3 to basically nil levels and I was always fighting pale colors.

 

Anyway here are some pics of the tank this evening (Australia time) and many thanks for looking.

 

Cheers

Che

 

 

[RayWhisperer]

Welcome to N-R. Nice system.

One thing I am wondering. It looks like you have no rock. Is that the case? And if so, is that why you have no fish or inverts?

[WANANO]

Hi Mate,

 

There is Live rock in there, the corals are mounted to it, maybe a bit hard to see in the pictures.

 

I have a few turbo snails and 1 x blood shrimp, I keep the bio load light (no intentions of placing fish into this tank again). Corals are fed daily with KZ CV.

 

Cheers

[RayWhisperer]

I saw a few pieces. The corals are pretty large, so I assumed they came already attached to some rock.

[WANANO]

Most of the corals have been glued to the rock work. Over here (Australia) wild colonies are a lot more common than frags.

 

Tank has a few frags but mainly wild colonies (mainly great barrier and a few Ningaloo reef) which is a days drive from here.

 

Cheers