- Location
- Ozone Park, Queens
I have been on this site for a year now and i never started a thread for my tank. Would like to start one so i can update pics as well as keep a log of my progress/changes to my tank.
This tank was started in April '10. I had a 10 gal hex tank before this which i had running for 5 years. Used old water and some sand to seed this tank. I have to say that my tank has been running very smoothly. I have noticed a lot of growth. I have not been putting my hand in my tank in over 2 months. I really think that makes a big difference.
My parameters as of today:
Temp 79.2
PH 8.2
Calcium 430
Alk 9
Phos .01-.02
Mag 1290
Lighting: 89 watts LED. 10 hours daylight, 12 hours actinic, 12 hour night light 1 watt actinic.
Filtration: Filter pad changed every other day, Chemipure elite changed out montly, Chaeto trimmed every other week(running lighting at night 12 hours).
Water movement: MP10 and the dual factory pumps are on a wave maker 4 min cycle
Feeding: Feed daily one day pellets next day mysis.. Once a week I feed tank a home made mush(pellets/squid/rods/mysis/garlic/oysterfeast/cyclopeeze)
Water changes: weekly five gallons(esv salt) Also use a cap full of Special blend weekly. Drop in day after water change.
Dosing: I am currently dosing 10 ml of 2 part(esv) nightly using BRS dosing pumps. Pumps dose 1.25 ml/per minute
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Fish: Tomato Clown, Yellow watchman goby, Purple firefish
Inverts: Cleaner shrimp, Pistol shrimp, Fighting Conch, 3 Red leg hermits, 1 Blue leg hermits, 2 Astraea snails (hundred of babies),2 cerith snails, 1 Margarita Snail, 4 Nassarius snails.
Corals: 4 clams(2 maximas, 1 corcea, 1 derasa), 1 scoly, variety of zoas, frogspawn, finger leather, blastos, GSP, 2 kinds of Candy canes, Meteor shower, Orange and green rics, green button polyps, acans, bird of paradise, purple nana, orange cap, orange digi, yellow slimmer, hawkins blue sps, and some unknown sps (forgot the name of it-picked it up from Dr. Harry).
Here recent pics(i posted 1 or 2 in other threads):
This tank was started in April '10. I had a 10 gal hex tank before this which i had running for 5 years. Used old water and some sand to seed this tank. I have to say that my tank has been running very smoothly. I have noticed a lot of growth. I have not been putting my hand in my tank in over 2 months. I really think that makes a big difference.
My parameters as of today:
Temp 79.2
PH 8.2
Calcium 430
Alk 9
Phos .01-.02
Mag 1290
Lighting: 89 watts LED. 10 hours daylight, 12 hours actinic, 12 hour night light 1 watt actinic.
Filtration: Filter pad changed every other day, Chemipure elite changed out montly, Chaeto trimmed every other week(running lighting at night 12 hours).
Water movement: MP10 and the dual factory pumps are on a wave maker 4 min cycle
Feeding: Feed daily one day pellets next day mysis.. Once a week I feed tank a home made mush(pellets/squid/rods/mysis/garlic/oysterfeast/cyclopeeze)
Water changes: weekly five gallons(esv salt) Also use a cap full of Special blend weekly. Drop in day after water change.
Dosing: I am currently dosing 10 ml of 2 part(esv) nightly using BRS dosing pumps. Pumps dose 1.25 ml/per minute
Live stock-
Fish: Tomato Clown, Yellow watchman goby, Purple firefish
Inverts: Cleaner shrimp, Pistol shrimp, Fighting Conch, 3 Red leg hermits, 1 Blue leg hermits, 2 Astraea snails (hundred of babies),2 cerith snails, 1 Margarita Snail, 4 Nassarius snails.
Corals: 4 clams(2 maximas, 1 corcea, 1 derasa), 1 scoly, variety of zoas, frogspawn, finger leather, blastos, GSP, 2 kinds of Candy canes, Meteor shower, Orange and green rics, green button polyps, acans, bird of paradise, purple nana, orange cap, orange digi, yellow slimmer, hawkins blue sps, and some unknown sps (forgot the name of it-picked it up from Dr. Harry).
Here recent pics(i posted 1 or 2 in other threads):
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