recoiljpr
Wed, 24th Jun 2015, 11:47 AM
Hello folks! I've been around the saltwater hobby for a while now, but with life and other requirements I took a bit of a hiatus both on being active and also on my tank. I've kept a tank the entire time, but other than upkeep I didn't really do anything with it. Now that my eldest kids are old enough to really help, I am ramping things back up. This 90 gallon tank I have is a very established system, it's been running for many years now. I haven't added any fish, or other inhabitants to the system for years. In the 90 I have a old (4+ years old) Hippo tang (she is about 10+ inches), 2 clowns and a firefish. All of my levels are steady and healthy since it's been established for so long and hasn't been messed with. I am going to turn this into a very coral heavy tank, and light on the livestock. The only livestock I will be adding is additional cleaning crew (nassarius, cerith snails, hermits) and maybe a group of Chromis for tank activity. I am using reef crystals for my salt (weekly 5 gallon water changes) using softened water with a RO/DI. I am also going to be yanking out the Kenya trees from the system, as I do not want them in the tank as I start adding corals.
Tank Details -
4 Koralia's for main tank flow
External Overflow
20 gallon sump (reef octopus skimmer, chaeto fuge, jager heater, mag return pump). In between the pump and the fuge I run 2 bags of activated carbon and 1 bag of chemipure. I also dose B-Ionic 2 part daily (at night).
32" Reef Breeder Photon LED system. I have it programmed to go through a morning, noon and night cycle (varying the intensity each hour). Fuge is light opposite of the main tank to help with PH shift, etc.
Within the next few weeks I am going to start adding the coral. My hope is to end up VERY coral heavy on the tank. But, it is not going to be done quickly. The one thing I've learned over the years in this hobby is the only thing that happens when you do things quickly in a reef tank are bad things. Slow and steady is how I go.
The blue shot is from the beginning of the light cycle, and the other shot was taken during the main day time. I took these with my phone, so please excuse the poor quality and white balance. ;-)
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Tank Details -
4 Koralia's for main tank flow
External Overflow
20 gallon sump (reef octopus skimmer, chaeto fuge, jager heater, mag return pump). In between the pump and the fuge I run 2 bags of activated carbon and 1 bag of chemipure. I also dose B-Ionic 2 part daily (at night).
32" Reef Breeder Photon LED system. I have it programmed to go through a morning, noon and night cycle (varying the intensity each hour). Fuge is light opposite of the main tank to help with PH shift, etc.
Within the next few weeks I am going to start adding the coral. My hope is to end up VERY coral heavy on the tank. But, it is not going to be done quickly. The one thing I've learned over the years in this hobby is the only thing that happens when you do things quickly in a reef tank are bad things. Slow and steady is how I go.
The blue shot is from the beginning of the light cycle, and the other shot was taken during the main day time. I took these with my phone, so please excuse the poor quality and white balance. ;-)
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