35 Gallon Mixed Reef

[jblank44]

Well, I am normally on reef central but I thought, since I like to meet more people from different sites, that I'd join here and share with you guys my mixed reef! I am a college student doing what I can that has a passion for reef tanks. Hope that you guys enjoy my tank and I will update this thread with all changes and things I add. I will start with how it currently is!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looking good! Can you tell us a little more about the setup?

 

[amppdx]

Nice pictures and I like your taste in corals. After a lot of work pruning GSP out of 2 client's tanks lately I would like to suggest you think about the long term impact of that one. Compared to your other corals it is going to spread like a weed.

 

[jblank44]

Looking good! Can you tell us a little more about the setup?

OMG! I'm so sorry. I totally forgot about that lol.

Tank: 35 gallon cube 20x20x20 with a 10 gallon sump. I have a sump/refugium: 1st chamber is drain/tunze 9002 skimmer, 2nd is Chaeto macro algae and some LR, 3rd return pump (mag 7) and phosban reactor pump.

Lights: AI SOL BLUE, 10 inches from the tank
settings:
9 am: Ramp 1:55; 5 W 12 RB 12 B
11 am: Ramp 1:55; 10 W 23 RB 23 B
1 pm: Ramp 1:55; 23 W 43 RB 43 B
3 pm: Ramp :20; 37 W 55 RB 55 B
7 pm: Ramp 1:25; 25 W 30 RB 30 B
8:30 pm: Ramp :25; 15 W 20 RB 20 B
10 pm: Ramp :25; 2 W 6 RB 6 B
10:30 - 9am: 0 W 0 B 1 RB

Corals:
2 Acros (the purple and middle brown with blue tips)
Acro. Chesterfieldensis
Acro. Millepora
Red Monti Cap
Green/Orange sunset monti
Purple people eater paly
sunset Zoos
Pink zoos
Frogspawn
Acan Lordhowensis
GSP
Orange/blue ricordia
Just added:
Trumpet coral
Ponape Birdsnest
(Will have pictures soon)

Fish:
2 True Percs
2 Purple Firefish
Common Cleaner Wrasse
Blue Hippo Tang

I've been thinking about getting the Bubble Magus NAC 3.5 skimmer, The tunze is good but I need a little better. If anyone know good about (or bad) please tell me!

 

[jblank44]

Nice pictures and I like your taste in corals. After a lot of work pruning GSP out of 2 client's tanks lately I would like to suggest you think about the long term impact of that one. Compared to your other corals it is going to spread like a weed.

It is funny you say that cause it doesnt grow at all! lol I want it to cover the back overflow.

 

[jservedio]

I've been thinking about getting the Bubble Magus NAC 3.5 skimmer, The tunze is good but I need a little better. If anyone know good about (or bad) please tell me!

If you have very little room in your sump, it is a great, cheap skimmer. I use it on my 20g+10g sump and get great skimmate all day. However, if you have a little extra room in the sump and a little more to spend, go for something with a side-mounted pump so you get those few extra inches of vertical bubble travel. On nano sized skimmers, every inch of bubble column height helps significantly and will make keeping it dialed in for long periods of time much easier.

For me, the NAC 3.5+ is the only skimmer that fits in my sump along with a filter sock - otherwise I would have went with a skimmer that had a side-mounted pump and taller body.

 

[jblank44]

If you have very little room in your sump, it is a great, cheap skimmer. I use it on my 20g+10g sump and get great skimmate all day. However, if you have a little extra room in the sump and a little more to spend, go for something with a side-mounted pump so you get those few extra inches of vertical bubble travel. On nano sized skimmers, every inch of bubble column height helps significantly and will make keeping it dialed in for long periods of time much easier.

For me, the NAC 3.5+ is the only skimmer that fits in my sump along with a filter sock - otherwise I would have went with a skimmer that had a side-mounted pump and taller body.

So you think the 3.5 would be good? I think it would do fine!

 

[vlangel]

Nice tank! I have a 36g tank, also with a 10g sump. I also have a Mag for a return pump but I use the 9.5 as mine goes thru a chiller and an UV. I like that size tank, big enough to have some nice corals but small enough to keep WCs manageable. LOL I see you have some SPS, do you dose a lot?

 

[jblank44]

Nice tank! I have a 36g tank, also with a 10g sump. I also have a Mag for a return pump but I use the 9.5 as mine goes thru a chiller and an UV. I like that size tank, big enough to have some nice corals but small enough to keep WCs manageable. LOL I see you have some SPS, do you dose a lot?

No because my corals really aren't big enough to be sucking down params. My params like never change. But I do dose alkalinity ever few days, that's about it

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looks awesome! Glad to have you posting here now stay a while!

 

[jblank44]

Looks awesome! Glad to have you posting here now stay a while!

Thank you! I will I should have some new pics coming of my new pomace birdnest and trumpet

 

[vlangel]

No because my corals really aren't big enough to be sucking down params. My params like never change. But I do dose alkalinity ever few days, that's about it

Sounds like its nice and stable which is great. I like your scape! Good job.

 

[jblank44]

Sounds like its nice and stable which is great. I like your scape! Good job.

Why do my params never change though? It doesn't make any sense

 

[jblank44]

Here are some updated pics after the water change today! Enjoy, not much different just thought I'd post. And a few new things!


Trumpet (after eating)

Devils Armour

Ponape Birdsnest

 

[Carlb]

Very blue.


Tank parameters are like the facts of a story. Check em.

 

[Tahoe61]

Great beginnings.

 

[jblank44]

Very blue.


Tank parameters are like the facts of a story. Check em.

Thanks a lot! Yeah I'm trying to tweak them!

Great beginnings.

Thank you very much. I've been seeing some browning so I'm going to have to reduce my nutrient. Nitrates are 4-5 and I need more like 1

 

[Tahoe61]

I could only wish to keep nitrates at 4-5. lol

 

[jblank44]

I could only wish to keep nitrates at 4-5. lol

Haha! It is tough. But after this mp 20 is in and I get those nutrients down I hope the color up better. I don't like brown lol

 

[RogerWilco357]

looks nice I think I want to try setting one up..the nice thing is I can make a brute can of RoDi water add the salt and just do weekly water changes . Is a skimmer really needed at this point? What skimmer is choice when setting up a nano reef?