My 40 Breeder Mixed Reef Tank

[PaulAlmeida305]

Hi I'm Paul,
Started a 40 Breeder Mixed Reef tank with a 20 Long DIY sump/refugium.
-Lighting: (2) Kessil A80 Tuna Blue, (1) ATI Super Blue 36w T5, (1) ATI Coral Plus 36w T5, (2) ATI True Actinic 36w T5 and moon light.
-In sump: 120DC Simplicity Skimmer, 300w Titanium Heater, 9w UV Light & Media reactor running chemi-pure blue both powered by a jebao 50 gph pump, 23" L x 8" D x 9" H refugium w/light 8w 6500k LED Micro Sun, a Jebao DCT 4000 return pump and 5 gal Kalk ATO.
-In Tank (2) Jebao SLW-10 Compact wavemaker, 50 lbs of mixed live and dry rock and 100 lbs of live sand.
-Supplements: Tropic Marin Bio-Actif Salt, Tropic Marin Carbo-Calcium liquid, Tropic Marin Strontium, Tropic Marin Magnesium, Tropic Marin Kalkwasser and Kent Lugol's Iodine.
-Food: PE Mysis & Calanus, Reef Roids, Ocean Magik Phyto-Plankton, Reef Caviar, Selcon Additive and Polyp -Booster.
-50 GPD RO/Di 4 stage Unit

My parameters are on Point and now I am ready to add corals and fish.

Looking for homegrown tanks.

 

[ShepherdReefer]

Looking really good, what kind of fish are you going with?

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

Gobies, blennies, dragonets, wrasses, basselettes, chromes, fire fish, cardinals, angel, clownes, etc

 

[newbreefr]

Hi I'm Paul,
Started a 40 Breeder Mixed Reef tank with a 20 Long DIY sump/refugium.
-Lighting: (2) Kessil A80 Tuna Blue, (1) ATI Super Blue 36w T5, (1) ATI Coral Plus 36w T5, (2) ATI True Actinic 36w T5 and moon light.
-In sump: 120DC Simplicity Skimmer, 300w Titanium Heater, 9w UV Light & Media reactor running chemi-pure blue both powered by a jebao 50 gph pump, 23" L x 8" D x 9" H refugium w/light 8w 6500k LED Micro Sun, a Jebao DCT 4000 return pump and 5 gal Kalk ATO.
-In Tank (2) Jebao SLW-10 Compact wavemaker, 50 lbs of mixed live and dry rock and 100 lbs of live sand.
-Supplements: Tropic Marin Bio-Actif Salt, Tropic Marin Carbo-Calcium liquid, Tropic Marin Strontium, Tropic Marin Magnesium, Tropic Marin Kalkwasser and Kent Lugol's Iodine.
-Food: PE Mysis & Calanus, Reef Roids, Ocean Magik Phyto-Plankton, Reef Caviar, Selcon Additive and Polyp -Booster.
-50 GPD RO/Di 4 stage Unit

My parameters are on Point and now I am ready to add corals and fish.

Looking for homegrown tanks.

How good are the slw-10s. I too am currently building the same setup 40/20. Are 2 good for the tank and what level are they at

 

[Zach B]

Awesome setup Paul! Following along

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

How good are the slw-10s. I too am currently building the same setup 40/20. Are 2 good for the tank and what level are they at

They are both running great and silent at full blast on Else Mode. Once I have corals in the tank I’ll let you know if there is enough flow.

 

[Indy_Reefer]

Looks like you are off to a good start. Welcome to the addiction!!!

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

It’s been almost a month now since my last post. I want to show what the tank is looking like. I’ve added a Jebao spc-70 pump and a jebao 4 doser. Dosing mag, strontium and carbocalcium all from my fav tropic marin. I’ve also have done 20gal water change weekly just to avoid the ugly tank syndrome and will continue water changes weekly until I think tank is ready. I use tropic Marin salt as well. Here is a video of the tank.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

tank looks good i like the fuge, cant see the update video? any close ups of the lower tank?

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

Having issues uploading video.

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

wow thats a very nice set up i like it allot nice and clean!

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

wow thats a very nice set up i like it allot nice and clean!

thanks.
I wish I could upload video.
it’s only month 3. Let’s see where it goes.

 

[Hermie]

How much carbo calcium do you dose daily?

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

How much carbo calcium do you dose daily?

30ml daily, 3ml 10 x's a day by doser but im slow going to increase as corals grow.

 

[PaulAlmeida305]

Here is a video of my tank thus far. 3 Months in.

 

[fishface NJ]

Tank you great! What fish do you have?

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Here is a video of my tank thus far. 3 Months in.

yeah thats looking sweet, what is that lime geen soft coral on the left, its super florescent under you blues and moves in the current nice! your tanks looking good keep up the good work and up dates/photos/videos