OkstateCowboy Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I started my first saltwater tank about 2 months ago. My setup includes; 20 gallon tall and a 10 gallon sump/refugium Inside the main tank i have; Ocellaris clownfish, Yellow Tang, Banggai cardinal fish, longs pined sea urchin, hammerhead coral, green star polyp, purple stylophora. My power head is a 800gph which strangely enough is a perfect current for my fish and coral. Some people would say thats to much and that my fish don't need that much current especially the Banggai cardinal fish where they are native in the ocean there isn't really much current. However everyone in the tank loves the high current. For my light i have a Aquamana LED 165W full spectrum light panel and i could be happier with it. Being able to adjust the intensity and color helps a lot with my coral and future coral. Aquamana LED full spectrum and Truelumen pro 12'' led strip (for refugium) Truelumen pro Tech specs; 9.1 Watts, color (12,000k & Actinic Blue) Aqumana LED Tech specs; 55x3 Watts or 165 Watts Dimmer One (28 LEDs): 8x Cool White (12,000k), 6x Neutral White (7500k), 6x Warm White (3500k), 2x Red (660nm), 2x Green (520nm), 4x Violet (420nm) Dimmer Two (27 LEDs): 7x Royal Blue (450nm), 20x Blue (460nm) My iPhone 6 has a hard time capturing the blue Both Dimmers on Star fish found in my sump haha Purple Stylophora going through necrosis. Broke it up clued it to a high rock, necrosis still accruing so i added a reef start up kit from Kent Marine and that ended up solving my problem, mainly the calcium. Look who got out Picked up a sea urchin, because why not Link to comment
OkstateCowboy Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Update: Water Chemistry- pH(btw 8.4-8.2), Ammonia(0ppm), Nitrite(0ppm), Nitrate(0ppm), Mg(1340ppm), KH(3.0Meq/L or 8.4dKH), Ca(460ppm) Roommate put his dying pulsing xenia in my tank, however it died and my tang ate most of it. Was looking around today and found to areas where the xenia survived and were pulsing. One in my show tank in the back and had attached to a rock but someone in my tank is eating the polyps. What blew me away was where i found the second one, in my sump! Made it through the overflow sponge and into the refugium and buried itself in the sand. Spot 1 Spot 2 Also I found a blue/white small starfish in my main tank, have no idea where he came from... Then not even a minute later after eating algae he hid in the crevice Also I don't know what this is coming out of the live rock, i bought from an aquarium store, any thoughts on what it could be? Link to comment
OkstateCowboy Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Update~Because studying for finals sucks Date: January 31, 2015 Date: February 1, 2015 Date: Feb 1, 2015 Date: Feb 1, 2015 Also thought i share a pic of the bottom 20 gallon Date: Feb 1, 2015 Date: Feb 1, 2015 Sadly these dragon eyed polyps didn't last long, purchased at Petco, enough said haha Date: Feb 1, 2015 Date: Feb 1, 2015 Date: Feb 2, 2015 Got more rocks Date: Feb 7, 2015 Date: Feb 8, 2015 Date: Feb 9, 2015 Date: Feb 10, 2015 Date: Feb 10, 2015 Date: Feb 11, 2015 Date: Feb 12, 2015 Date: Feb 12, 2015 Acan coral Link to comment
OkstateCowboy Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Updating continued~ Date: Feb 24, 2015 Date March 30, 2015 Date: March 31, 2015 Date: April 1, 2015 Thought id show off my roommates 100 gallon Date: April 1, 2015 Sally Light foot Neon Dottyback Date: April 2, 2015 Date: April 9, 2015 Date: April 15, 2015 Starting on the sump for the 100 gallon, which Is going to be a reef tank! Skimmer I got off amazon which looked like a winner for the price Date: April 19, 2015 Link to comment
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