RockBox
Member
I was looking for a new reef forum and just discovered this site today. A few of you may recognize me from another forum but for all the others here I am going to make my introduction by posting some pics and info about my tank. The tanks is LPS and soft coral dominated. There are 5 fish in the tank.
Here are the specs:
Total cost of hardware: $475.00 (new).
Display: 40 Gallon Breeder 36" x 18" x 16"
Lighting: 4 x 39w HOT5's overdriven to 64 watts each are housed in a custom made fan cooled aluminum hood with remote ballasts.
Circulation: 4 Hagen Elite Mini Powerfilters @ 58GPH each. One Aquaclear 200 HOB with modified surface skimmer. The powerheads are configured for a Gyre style flow pattern.
Filtration: Live rock, macro algae, and carbon.
Maintenance:
25% water changes are typically performed every 2 months. New carbon is exchanged at least once a month. Calcium and alkalinity levels are maintained almost daily with a 2 part additive. Magnesium is added when needed. Other tasks include; stirring up the shallow sand bed with an acrylic rod, basting the live rock, cutting back macro algae, beating the chaeto with a stick, cleaning the glass with a razor, cleaning powerheads + filter, and manually topping off daily with distilled water.
The tank is as close to an all in one eco-system as you are going to get I think.
Here are some tank shots:
Here is an unflattering pic of my chaeto patch which is hidden behind the rock-wall and corals.
That's all for the tank shots. Hope you all like my low tech reef. I'll post some pics of my corals and fish soon. Please feel free to respond with any questions or comments and I hope the server works better here!
Here are the specs:
Total cost of hardware: $475.00 (new).
Display: 40 Gallon Breeder 36" x 18" x 16"
Lighting: 4 x 39w HOT5's overdriven to 64 watts each are housed in a custom made fan cooled aluminum hood with remote ballasts.
Circulation: 4 Hagen Elite Mini Powerfilters @ 58GPH each. One Aquaclear 200 HOB with modified surface skimmer. The powerheads are configured for a Gyre style flow pattern.
Filtration: Live rock, macro algae, and carbon.
Maintenance:
25% water changes are typically performed every 2 months. New carbon is exchanged at least once a month. Calcium and alkalinity levels are maintained almost daily with a 2 part additive. Magnesium is added when needed. Other tasks include; stirring up the shallow sand bed with an acrylic rod, basting the live rock, cutting back macro algae, beating the chaeto with a stick, cleaning the glass with a razor, cleaning powerheads + filter, and manually topping off daily with distilled water.
The tank is as close to an all in one eco-system as you are going to get I think.
Here are some tank shots:
Here is an unflattering pic of my chaeto patch which is hidden behind the rock-wall and corals.
That's all for the tank shots. Hope you all like my low tech reef. I'll post some pics of my corals and fish soon. Please feel free to respond with any questions or comments and I hope the server works better here!
