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Set Up Date :1993as a 55g,1\2001 as a 125g
Tank Size (LxHxW | Volume): 72x22x18

Sump Size (LxHxW | Volume): 20g converted trickle

Live Rock :90lb pre-ban florida,70lb fiji

Lighting :3 iwasaki 250watt 6500K,2 40 watt actinics
Protein Skimmer (Brand | Model): 6foot us aquarium

Biological Filtration (Type):LR/LS

Chemical Filtration (Type):none

Circulation (Rate | Brand | Model):4 Maxijet 1200 on a red sea wavemaster pro

Return Pump (Rate | Brand | Model):Iwaki md70rlt with a splitoff to skimmer and 2 1 inch corner returns,Iwaki wmd20rlxt to center of tank
pH (Morning | Evening):8.2/8.3

Temperature :78-80F

Specific Gravity / Salintity :1.023

Alkalinity :5500 microeq

Calcium (ppm):450 ppm

Ammonia (ppm):0

Nitrite (ppm):0

Nitrate (mg/l):.2

Fish : 3 green chromis,2 dominoes

Corals : fox,a.youngii,p.damicornis,branching torch,2 sarcophyton sp.,various shrooms,polyps,several colonies of xenia elongata

Invertebrates : 3 turbo's,5 astreas,15 or so locally caught hermits,2 EVIL blue leg hermits,10 or so types of pods

Maintenance Program : top off kalk, weekly 10% change,plus 15gallon swap 4 times a year with water from 90 miles off shore.Drip 1/2 recommended dose of iodide over a 3 day period once a week.

Additional Information : Keep caulerpa in refugium for nitrate control,harvested bi-weekly.Also have 2 other tanks for my mantis shrimp and various locally caught fish/inverts.Moving to a real house in january with a spare room to start small scale aquaculture setup.
 

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