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Set Up Date : 6/99
Tank Size (LxHxW | Volume): 55 gallon AGA
Sump Size (LxHxW | Volume): 15 gallon converted into a refugium
Live Rock (Mass): ~65 lbs of Figi, Tonga Branch, and Florida varieties
Live Sand (Mass): ~100 lbs Aragonite and Florida live sand mixture
Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod): 2 36 watt Actinitc PC's (12 hours), 2 36 watt 10K PC's (10 hours), and 175 10K MH (8 hours). Sump/Refugium lit by a 13 watt 50/50 PC 24x7.
Protein Skimmer (Brand | Model): Big Mombasa HOB (Knop knock-off) converted to an outside sump skimmer using a MaxiJet 1200 and Venturi intake from PA.
Biological Filtration (Type): LR & LS, Sump Converted to a Refugium housing Caulerpa racemosa, Caulerpa mexicana, and Halimeda Algaes
Chemical Filtration (Type): 1 unit ChemiPure and Phosogaurd
Circulation (Rate | Brand | Model): MaxiJet's 1200, 900 and 600 on a Tsunami Wavemaker.
Return Pump (Rate | Brand | Model): RIO 2100
pH (Morning | Evening): 8.4/8.2
Temperature (Range | oC | oF): 78
Specific Gravity / Salintity (g/g | ppt): 1.024
Alkalinity (meq/l | dKH): 9 dKH
Calcium (ppm): 450
Ammonia (ppm): 0
Nitrite (ppm): 0
Nitrate (ppm): <2
Phosphate (ppm): 0
Fish : Cinnamon Clown (Amphiprion Melanopus), Bi-Colored Pseudo-chromis (Pseudochromis Paccagne), Blue Spot Watchman Goby (Pseudogobius sp.), Pygmy Angel (Centropyge argi)
Corals : Various and too many Mushrooms (Discosoma), Ricordia, Tree Leather (Sinularia), Yellow Toadstool Leather (Sarcophyton), Green Finger Leather (Sinularia), Green Star Polyps (Briareum), Brown Polyps (Zooanthus pulchellus), Yellow Polyps (Parazoanthus gracilis), Daisy Polyps (Acrossota liposclera), Anthelia (Clavularia), Yellow Gorgonian (Diodogorgia), Green and Red Open Brain (Trachyphyllia geoffroyi), 1 brown and 1 Blue Trumpet Coral (Caulastrea furcata), Frogspawn Torch (Euphyllia yaeyaensis), Green Hammer (Euphyllia ancora), Yellow Scroll Coral (Turbinaria), Branched Cup Coral (Blastomussa Merleti), Flower Pot Coral (Gonipora), Bird's Nest Coral (Seriatopora hystrix), Purple, Green and Orange Monitpora's (Monitpora digitata), Green Plating Montipora (Monitpora sp.), Lime Green, Green and Pink Acropora's (Acropora sp.) Yellow and Green Bird's Nest Coral (Pocillopora)
Invertebrates : 1st Grade 1 1/2" Blue Maxima (Tridacna Maxima), Ultra Grade 3" Blue Maxima (Tridacna Maxima), 2" Squamosa (Tridacna squamosa), 2 Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), Serpent Star (Ophioderma rubicundum), Scarlet Hermits (Paguristes cadenati), Blue Hermits (Clibanarius tricolor), Left-Handed Hermits (Calcinus laevimanus), Sally Lightfoot Crab (Percnon planissimum), Emerald Crab (Mithrax Sculptus), Astrea Snails (Astrea tectum), Margarita Snails (Margarites pupillus), Nassariidae Snails (Gastropoda Nassariidae), Nerite Snails (Nertitdae Nerita Funiculta)
Maintenance Program : Try to perform 10 %weekly water changes using RO/DI and IO. Automatic top off using a reed float switch which feeds water from the RO/DI resivoir into a DIY Kalkwasser reactor based on plans by Bill Esposito and Fabrice Poiraud-Lambert. Other trace elements and additives only as needed.
Additional Information (include estimated total system cost if known): I don't even want to think about the costs
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[ January 02, 2002: Message edited by: SKBok ]</p>
Tank Size (LxHxW | Volume): 55 gallon AGA
Sump Size (LxHxW | Volume): 15 gallon converted into a refugium
Live Rock (Mass): ~65 lbs of Figi, Tonga Branch, and Florida varieties
Live Sand (Mass): ~100 lbs Aragonite and Florida live sand mixture
Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod): 2 36 watt Actinitc PC's (12 hours), 2 36 watt 10K PC's (10 hours), and 175 10K MH (8 hours). Sump/Refugium lit by a 13 watt 50/50 PC 24x7.
Protein Skimmer (Brand | Model): Big Mombasa HOB (Knop knock-off) converted to an outside sump skimmer using a MaxiJet 1200 and Venturi intake from PA.
Biological Filtration (Type): LR & LS, Sump Converted to a Refugium housing Caulerpa racemosa, Caulerpa mexicana, and Halimeda Algaes
Chemical Filtration (Type): 1 unit ChemiPure and Phosogaurd
Circulation (Rate | Brand | Model): MaxiJet's 1200, 900 and 600 on a Tsunami Wavemaker.
Return Pump (Rate | Brand | Model): RIO 2100
pH (Morning | Evening): 8.4/8.2
Temperature (Range | oC | oF): 78
Specific Gravity / Salintity (g/g | ppt): 1.024
Alkalinity (meq/l | dKH): 9 dKH
Calcium (ppm): 450
Ammonia (ppm): 0
Nitrite (ppm): 0
Nitrate (ppm): <2
Phosphate (ppm): 0
Fish : Cinnamon Clown (Amphiprion Melanopus), Bi-Colored Pseudo-chromis (Pseudochromis Paccagne), Blue Spot Watchman Goby (Pseudogobius sp.), Pygmy Angel (Centropyge argi)
Corals : Various and too many Mushrooms (Discosoma), Ricordia, Tree Leather (Sinularia), Yellow Toadstool Leather (Sarcophyton), Green Finger Leather (Sinularia), Green Star Polyps (Briareum), Brown Polyps (Zooanthus pulchellus), Yellow Polyps (Parazoanthus gracilis), Daisy Polyps (Acrossota liposclera), Anthelia (Clavularia), Yellow Gorgonian (Diodogorgia), Green and Red Open Brain (Trachyphyllia geoffroyi), 1 brown and 1 Blue Trumpet Coral (Caulastrea furcata), Frogspawn Torch (Euphyllia yaeyaensis), Green Hammer (Euphyllia ancora), Yellow Scroll Coral (Turbinaria), Branched Cup Coral (Blastomussa Merleti), Flower Pot Coral (Gonipora), Bird's Nest Coral (Seriatopora hystrix), Purple, Green and Orange Monitpora's (Monitpora digitata), Green Plating Montipora (Monitpora sp.), Lime Green, Green and Pink Acropora's (Acropora sp.) Yellow and Green Bird's Nest Coral (Pocillopora)
Invertebrates : 1st Grade 1 1/2" Blue Maxima (Tridacna Maxima), Ultra Grade 3" Blue Maxima (Tridacna Maxima), 2" Squamosa (Tridacna squamosa), 2 Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), Serpent Star (Ophioderma rubicundum), Scarlet Hermits (Paguristes cadenati), Blue Hermits (Clibanarius tricolor), Left-Handed Hermits (Calcinus laevimanus), Sally Lightfoot Crab (Percnon planissimum), Emerald Crab (Mithrax Sculptus), Astrea Snails (Astrea tectum), Margarita Snails (Margarites pupillus), Nassariidae Snails (Gastropoda Nassariidae), Nerite Snails (Nertitdae Nerita Funiculta)
Maintenance Program : Try to perform 10 %weekly water changes using RO/DI and IO. Automatic top off using a reed float switch which feeds water from the RO/DI resivoir into a DIY Kalkwasser reactor based on plans by Bill Esposito and Fabrice Poiraud-Lambert. Other trace elements and additives only as needed.
Additional Information (include estimated total system cost if known): I don't even want to think about the costs
[ January 02, 2002: Message edited by: SKBok ]</p>
