14g Cube System Zoa Zen Garden @ 5 months

System Specifications

Display: Custom Acrylic Tank

* Dimension: 14"x14"x14"

* Glass thickness: 8mm

* Volume: 14 Gallons

Stand: ITSO 1x2 Cube with Door Espresso

* Dimensions: Length: 29.6 "; Height: 14.8 "; Width: 14.8 "

* Care and Cleaning: Wipe Clean With a Damp Cloth

Lighting: Maxspect LED-G2-400-160w

Filtration: AquaClear 110 with Filter floss, Chaeto, and Chemipure Elite

Skimmer: Tunze 9002

Top Off: DIY ATO

Reservior Fluval Chi Garden 5 gallon

Heater: 50 watt Hydro Heater

Circulation: Vortech MP10w ES (Reef Crest Mode @ 30%)

Power Backup: Vortech 72 hour Battery Back Up

Controller: Digital Aquatics Reef Keeper Lite with Temperature and pH probe

The Cube Aquarium Ecology

The main theme of the tank is a "Zoa Zen Garden" a simple clean feeling look with a mixture of SPS, LPS, Softies reef. Most corals will be mixed reef but mostly zoas/palyps

Photoperiod/Schedule as follows:

Maxspect G2-400-160w is on for 12 hours total. Here is how i have my Channel setting for each unit.

Channels

(A) Actinics: 3w Blue/Violet LEDs - ON for 12 hours

(M) Mixed: 3w White/Blue/Violet LEDs - ON for 8 hours

(W) Whites: 30w Whites LEDs - ON for 1 hours

TURN ON:

(A) On at 10AM, (M) On at 2PM, (W) On at 7PM

TURN OFF:

(W) off at 8PM, (M) off at 9PM, (A) off at 10PM

Lunar L.E.D.: Always on

Feeding Routine:

A variety of Ocean Nutrition frozen Mysis, Brine Shrimp,and Marine One Formula Pellets twice a week.

Every 2 week 5 gallon water change. For Ca, Alk, and Mg I rely on E.S.V. B-Ionic which I dose 10-15ml per day and every other day. Check on Magnesium and added 5ml weekly if needed, Strontium Chloride 1 ml each week and Potassium Iodide 1ml each week.

LiveStock:

My tank is filled with the usual hitchhikers: pods, snails, worms brittle, asterina stars, and feather dusters. Here is a few list of my addition corals that I have collected.

ZOANTHID/PALYPS:

Blue Eye Demon zoanthid, Kedds Red zoanthid, Blue Tubbs Zoanthid, Teal Rings zoanthid, Nuclear Green zoanthid, Orange Bam Bam zoanthid, Fire & Ice zoanthid, Pinky haze zoanthid, Tidalzone Aquas zoanthid, Hulk Greens zoanthid, Mean Greens zoanthid, Greenbay Packer zoanthid, Lunar Eclipse zoanthid, Spiderman zoathid, Krytonite zoanthid, Darth Maul zoanthid, Fruit loops zoathid, Eagle Eyes zoanthid, Cats Eyes zoanthid, Wham'n Watermelon zoathid, Magicians zoanthid, AOG palyps, Japanese People Eater Palyps, Red People Eater Palyps, Green People Eaters Palyps

ACAN:

Rainbow Acan Echinata, Super Man Lord Acan, Fruit Loops Lord Acan, Red Lord Acan

LPS:

Mini Blasto Merletti, Blasto W., Holy Green Favia, Frogspawn, Duncans, Hellboy Favia

MONTIPORA:

Orange Montiopora

SPS:

Green Hydnophora, Green Monster, Forest Fire Samarensis, ORA Pink Birdnest, Green Birdnest, Strawberry Millie

SOFTIES:

Green Ricordeas, Orange Ricordeas, Yellow Ricordeas, Teal Blue Ricordeas, Rainbow Yumas, Orange Yumas, Green Yuma, Pink Yuma, Green Star Polyps, Colt Coral, Nephthea, Green Star Polyps

Invertebrates:

5 Margarita snails, 5 Nass snails, 1 Pom Pom crab, 1 Dersa clam

Fish & History:

1 Percula Picasso Clownfish Grade B. The parents of the fish are either ORA Picassos or Snowcassos that Doni Marie bred and raised. The fish was born around Feb. '11

1 Super S'more Clownfish. The parents of the fish are a TMC Premium Snowflake female and an ORA Black Ocellaris male that Johnathan (Hyperboy) bred and raised. The fish was born around early Feb. '11.

Comments or Concerns?

PMs, Comments, and Questions is welcome anytime. More Info is on my thread. Thanks and Enjoy!