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I'm hoping to upgrade my 57 gallon tank to a 75 gallon tank soon. I've already started collecting some items, but here is what my current tank looks like.
Current tank information:
Equipment
57 gallon deep blue Edge RR
Lighting 2 – 2x24” Hamilton T5 Retro (3-ATI Coral+ and 1-Purple +)
2 – Kessil A360WE
Trigger systems Emerald 26 Sump
Eheim 1262 return pump
Eheim 200 watt heater
Maxspect Gyre 230 with 2nd gyre
Controller: Apex classic
Skimmer: Reef Octopus 150 Slim Series Classic
BRS Reactor connected to air-intake for CO2 scrubbing
Doser Jebao DP 4
Livestock
1 yellow tang
1 blue reef chromis
1 false percula clown
1 royal gramma
10-12 Astrea snails
2 Nassarius snails
3 Trochus snails
1 tiger tail conch
1 hammer
3 acans
Some GSP
1 unknown brown SPS coral
1 unknown orange/pink SPS coral (I think it is a branching monti, but not sure)
1 brownish/purple plating montipora
1 tricolor acropora
1 unknown purple encrusting with green recessed polyps
1 unknown blue with blue green polyps
Maintenance
ESV Salt 1.026
ESV 2 part CA /ALK
ROX carbon from BRS (passive bag in sump) replace every 2-3 weeks
WC schedule (goal is 3 gallons per week but sometimes do 5 gallons every other week)
Change CO2 scrubbing media every 7-9 days or when pH dips below 8.05
Dosing
ALK 10ml per day spread over two doses
CA 10ml per day spread over two doses
NoPox 1ml every other day
Feeding
Small amount of pellet food fed once a day on Eheim autofeeder
½ to 1 frozen cube of Brine shrimp, Mysis or Rods foods fed in the evenings
Reef Roids once a week
Current Parameters (2/9/2017)
Salinity 1.026 (refractometer)
Temp 78.5 (Apex Log)
pH 8.1-8.4 (Apex Log)
Nitrates 6.6 ppm (Lamotte)
Phosphate 0.03 ppm (Hanna)
Magnesium 1410 (Nyos)
ALk 7.8 (Hanna)
CA 450 (Red Sea Pro)
This tank has been up and running for two years. The live rock was transferred from a 40 breeder I had setup for 3 years with soft and lps corals. The current corals were added in July of ’16. My goal is to hold steady until I upgrade my tank to a 75 with no internal overflow. I absolutely hate my current tank because of the center overflow. I will discuss some of the challenges I have had growing coral in future posts. My goal is to upgrade size slightly and go with an overflow box like the eshopps eclipse series.
Current tank information:
Equipment
57 gallon deep blue Edge RR
Lighting 2 – 2x24” Hamilton T5 Retro (3-ATI Coral+ and 1-Purple +)
2 – Kessil A360WE
Trigger systems Emerald 26 Sump
Eheim 1262 return pump
Eheim 200 watt heater
Maxspect Gyre 230 with 2nd gyre
Controller: Apex classic
Skimmer: Reef Octopus 150 Slim Series Classic
BRS Reactor connected to air-intake for CO2 scrubbing
Doser Jebao DP 4
Livestock
1 yellow tang
1 blue reef chromis
1 false percula clown
1 royal gramma
10-12 Astrea snails
2 Nassarius snails
3 Trochus snails
1 tiger tail conch
1 hammer
3 acans
Some GSP
1 unknown brown SPS coral
1 unknown orange/pink SPS coral (I think it is a branching monti, but not sure)
1 brownish/purple plating montipora
1 tricolor acropora
1 unknown purple encrusting with green recessed polyps
1 unknown blue with blue green polyps
Maintenance
ESV Salt 1.026
ESV 2 part CA /ALK
ROX carbon from BRS (passive bag in sump) replace every 2-3 weeks
WC schedule (goal is 3 gallons per week but sometimes do 5 gallons every other week)
Change CO2 scrubbing media every 7-9 days or when pH dips below 8.05
Dosing
ALK 10ml per day spread over two doses
CA 10ml per day spread over two doses
NoPox 1ml every other day
Feeding
Small amount of pellet food fed once a day on Eheim autofeeder
½ to 1 frozen cube of Brine shrimp, Mysis or Rods foods fed in the evenings
Reef Roids once a week
Current Parameters (2/9/2017)
Salinity 1.026 (refractometer)
Temp 78.5 (Apex Log)
pH 8.1-8.4 (Apex Log)
Nitrates 6.6 ppm (Lamotte)
Phosphate 0.03 ppm (Hanna)
Magnesium 1410 (Nyos)
ALk 7.8 (Hanna)
CA 450 (Red Sea Pro)
This tank has been up and running for two years. The live rock was transferred from a 40 breeder I had setup for 3 years with soft and lps corals. The current corals were added in July of ’16. My goal is to hold steady until I upgrade my tank to a 75 with no internal overflow. I absolutely hate my current tank because of the center overflow. I will discuss some of the challenges I have had growing coral in future posts. My goal is to upgrade size slightly and go with an overflow box like the eshopps eclipse series.
