forestal
Active Member
I am back in the saltwater after 5 years. Due to a lot of issues, I took down my 120 Reef, that had been up for 5 years. It was suffering little due to less water changes and less enjoyment on my part. I am looking to create a reef tank this time following the rules of KISS (keep it simple ..) and am looking low tech. I am using for now 2 48" t5 HO bulbs. I likely will upgrade to a 2nd set when stony corals are added. Filtration is biologic with a 2-3" sandbed(i know not a deep sand bed) and Real Reef rock - manmade and fully cured before adding to the tank.
NH3/NO2/NO3=- 0.0, SG=1.024, pH = 8.4
Watchman Goby added (3/4"), 3 turbo, 4 astrea, 5 hermits, 5 nassarius snails added to start and will monitor. Feeding mysis, mixed with 2.5 cc phyto (from reed mariculture ) which will be daily to help boost inverts - might start growing my own again. Also seeded the tank with some pods.
10 Gallon tank for future QT of fishes - plan to add 2 ocellaris clowns, 2 yellow tang, 1 foxface
future plans for corals using frags: porites, stylophora, turbinaria (maybe gorgonian) - I want to keep competition/chemical warfare to a minimum, although plan on running carbon once corals added.