Wombat's 30 gal LPS and Clam

[wombat1]

The tank is 48" X 12" X 12" glass. The sump is a 10 gal glass tank. The refugium is a 4 gal Rubbermaid dishpan. There are about 70 lbs. of Fiji LR in the system and about 60 lbs. of purearagonite. The return pump is a CAP 2200 which feeds about 480 gph to two DIY surgemakers. The Red Sea Berlin Classic is run by a CAP 2200 also. There are no other pumps in the tank. Refugium is fed by a tee off the return pump and returns to the sump via a 3/4" bulkhead. The sump and refugium are lit by two 55W Hamilton PCs (10000K and actinic) on a reverse daylight schedule for 12 hours. The tank is lit by one Iwasaki 250W 6500K MH for 8 hours and two Hamilton 55W PCs (same as above) for 12 hours. Water is R/O from a full size Kent Hi-S at 35gpd. Salt mix is Instant Ocean. The topoff is a DIY gravity fed glass carboy. Average evaporation is about 3 gallons a week which is replaced with Kent Kalkwasser (1 tsp per gallon) and 1 tsp Kent Sr and Mb supplement and 1 tsp Kent I supplement. pH is read with a pinpoint pH meter at 8.30-8.40. Ca is 380 mg/L and Alk is 10dKH with Salifert test kits. Temp is kept at 80 degrees, salinity at 1.026. The livestock are: 2 Maroon clowns, one Caribbean pygmy angel, one sally lightfoot crab, two cleaner shrimp, two brittle stars, 20 turbo snails, countless mushrooms, some brown button polyps, and as of right now no clams or LPS YET!!! Soon to be updated (It's only been up 2 mos.)

 

[wombat1]

Livestock added since last post: Ricordea and actinodiscus rocks, brown button polyps, yellow polyps, anthelia, xenia, red open brain, green open brain, frogspawn, bubble, and torch corals, red and green macroalgae (species unknown)

 

[wombat1]

Added a 6"T. derasa (I think) and 6" rose BTA. Female maroon is trying to eat it.

 

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TEST

 

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TEST2

 

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arrggghh

 

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one more time

 

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maze brain

 

[Anonymous]

So,...that's a wombat huh? Never seen one before. :wink:

Tank looks pretty good. Why are you adding sr and mb? Are you testing for them? If not, I think you should back off those additions, assuming you are doing fairly regular water changes.

Add your LPS and clams slowly. Remember, nothing good comes quickly in reefing.

It looks like you off to a pretty good start. Good luck!

Louey

 

[wombat1]

test

 

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Yeah, I stopped adding Sr and Mo a while ago with no problems. I only dose Kalk and half a tsp of I per 3 gallons Kalk. All the stuff I added at once was a killer deal, but I had to take all of it. I was kind of stressed for the first couple weeks expecting stuff to die, but everything seems okay. I added another rose BTA today to the whopping tune of 180 dollars, which is not getting eaten by my clown. Xenia, anthelia, coralline and macroalgae are all starting to reproduce pretty quickly in my tank. I got a TDS meter and refractometer this weekend, and also added a digital Radio Shack thermometer last week. My tank is done for a while. I'm just going to watch stuff grow and stop buying new stuff (yeah right :roll: ).

 

[wombat1]

Now I've got lots of SPS corals growing. Acropora, Montipora. I've added a tiger tail cuke, 12 nassaurius snails, and 2 queen conchs. A maxima clam as well.