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bluespotjawfish · 01-01-2007, 05:21 PM

I'm starting this journal as I start to rebuild by 125 gallon tank. The tank is fully stocked with fish and is in the process of cycling. I lost all my corals on 12-23-06, so for now it is a fish only tank. Fish today include:

Nasa Tang
Palani Tang
Emporer Angel
Foxface
Flame Angel
Maroon Clown
Purple Stripe Pseudochromis
Bluespot Jawfish
Adult Twinspot Wrasse
2 Yellow Tangs
3 Green Chromas
2 Gobys (???)
Variety of crabs (including 2 anenome crabs who lost their anenome)

Here is a link to a photoshow of my tank today:
http://photoshow.comcast.net/viewshow/zS5Gt8pC

Water parameters today are:
Ammonia = 1.2
Nitrites <0.1
Nitrates = 5-10
Phosphates = 1.0
ph = 8.0
Salinity = 1.0235
Alk = 17.6 dKH (mixture is about 17 dKH, so this is normally high like this)
Cal = 475 ppm (mixture is about 500 ppm, so this is also normally high too)
Still using tap water until my RO/DI unit arrives. My tap water tests at 0 on both nitrate and phosphates.

As for tank specs, it's been so long since I set up the tank, don't know the specifics of much of anything and I am certainly not techy, but here are the basics:

Sump has skimmer (runs with 2 pumps - 1 medium, 1 small) and a UV sterilizer (with 1 medium pump). Also use carbon in the sump (under the flow from the skimmer). The return pump is a CustomSeaLife Velocity T2 pump (rated at 650 gph @ 3 feet). I recently added an extra medium pump and backup battery operated air source internal to the tank. Lights are 5' VHOs (2 Blues and 2 Whites), changed about a month ago. The bottom has aragonite with a plenum filter. Live rock takes up about 1/4 of the tank.

Over the next six months, I hope to add back in a variety of frogspawns, fox coral, candy coral, hammer coral, leather corals, mushrooms, and a variety of polyps (if my fish will allow me to). Maybe after that I might try some stuff that I haven't been able to keep in the past because of high nitrates and phosphates. We'll see.

I have ordered a RO/DI unit from the filter guys, as well as a new ASM G-2 skimmer. Excited for them to get here.

01-01-2007, 05:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
bluespotjawfish Tridacna maxima Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 4,134 View Gallery Karma Komment	Lorraine's Rebuilding of 125 gal Tank I'm starting this journal as I start to rebuild by 125 gallon tank. The tank is fully stocked with fish and is in the process of cycling. I lost all my corals on 12-23-06, so for now it is a fish only tank. Fish today include: Nasa Tang Palani Tang Emporer Angel Foxface Flame Angel Maroon Clown Purple Stripe Pseudochromis Bluespot Jawfish Adult Twinspot Wrasse 2 Yellow Tangs 3 Green Chromas 2 Gobys (???) Variety of crabs (including 2 anenome crabs who lost their anenome) Here is a link to a photoshow of my tank today: http://photoshow.comcast.net/viewshow/zS5Gt8pC Water parameters today are: Ammonia = 1.2 Nitrites <0.1 Nitrates = 5-10 Phosphates = 1.0 ph = 8.0 Salinity = 1.0235 Alk = 17.6 dKH (mixture is about 17 dKH, so this is normally high like this) Cal = 475 ppm (mixture is about 500 ppm, so this is also normally high too) Still using tap water until my RO/DI unit arrives. My tap water tests at 0 on both nitrate and phosphates. As for tank specs, it's been so long since I set up the tank, don't know the specifics of much of anything and I am certainly not techy, but here are the basics: Sump has skimmer (runs with 2 pumps - 1 medium, 1 small) and a UV sterilizer (with 1 medium pump). Also use carbon in the sump (under the flow from the skimmer). The return pump is a CustomSeaLife Velocity T2 pump (rated at 650 gph @ 3 feet). I recently added an extra medium pump and backup battery operated air source internal to the tank. Lights are 5' VHOs (2 Blues and 2 Whites), changed about a month ago. The bottom has aragonite with a plenum filter. Live rock takes up about 1/4 of the tank. Over the next six months, I hope to add back in a variety of frogspawns, fox coral, candy coral, hammer coral, leather corals, mushrooms, and a variety of polyps (if my fish will allow me to). Maybe after that I might try some stuff that I haven't been able to keep in the past because of high nitrates and phosphates. We'll see. I have ordered a RO/DI unit from the filter guys, as well as a new ASM G-2 skimmer. Excited for them to get here. __________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots - Journey of the 2nd Year ...The 2nd Year - Photoshow Check out Mr. BJ and friends... Mr. BJ's Aquarium - PhotoShow Last edited by bluespotjawfish : 01-01-2007 at 05:23 PM. Reason: typos