Reef Chronicle

Welcome. My aquarium has come a long way since the first updates here and I wanted to fill you all in on improvements and additions I have made over the last year.

Stats:

• 55-65 LBS of live rock – mix of Figi and Haitian rock
• 10-15 LBS of Base rock
• 40 LBS of live sand
• Current USA SunPod Metal Halide Fixture, 250 Watt HQI, 20 inch with 20k ushio bulb
• Two little fishes Phosban reactor with Maxi-jet 400 – I use ROWAphos and Phosban phospate sponge
• AquaC Remora protein skimmer with Maxi-jet 900
• 15 gallon sump/refugium combo homemade with 6 gallon section fuge, 40LBS of live sand, chaeto, mangroves, Rio 1700 return, and a 33 watt floodlight 4-5000 k rating.
• 2 x Koralia 2 powerheads
• Aquacontroller JR with DC8, temp and pH probe. Koralia 2 powerheads are oscilated by the wavemaker function on the controller for random flows in the aquarium.
• 150 watt Heater

Livestock

• 2 True percula clownfish maited pair
• 1 Midas Blenny
• 1 Lawnmower Blenny
• 1 Yellow Watchman Goby
• 1 Purple Firefish
• 1 Purple Reef Lobster
• 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
• 1 Tiger Pistol Shrimp paired with YWG
• 1 Coral Banded Shrimp
• 1 Green Bubble Tip Anemone

Corals

• Red Montipora Cap
• Green Frogspawn
• Yellow Finger Gorgonian
• Various colored Zoanthids – Greens, pinks, yellows, oranges, etc
• Purple mushroom
• Green Star polyps
• Ricordia Anemones – Green and purple
• Green Toadstool Leather

More pictures can be found here. I will be updating this section with new pictures tomorrow. I have a lot of great stuff to show

Hello all,

Here is the set up on my first tank build.

37 gallon Tall Aquarium (Click here for Pictures!)

Stats:

50-55 LBS of live rock – mix of Figi and Haitian rock
10-15 LBS of Base rock
40 LBS of live sand
Current USA 130w Power Compact Lighting
ProClear Pro 75 system Sump

Livestock:

1 Juvenile Blue Hippo Tang
1 Blue Chromis
1 Watchman Goby
1 Lawnmower Blenny
1 Purple Fire Fish
1 Long Nose Hawkfish
1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
1 Blood Fire Shrimp
1 Long Spine Orange Eye Sea Urchin
3 Emerald Crabs
2 Porcelain Crab
1 Horse shoe Crab
Various hermit crabs and snails (about 15 of each)

Corals:

Frogspawn
Various Zoanthid Polyps
Star polyps

Soon to come:

150w HQI light
Refugium