Bojangles 200g reef

[Sascha D]

200g reef (picture heavy) Updated 2/2006

Start Date: July 2004

Total System Size: 260g
Tank Size: 200g All Glass
Refugium: 60g All Glass DIY

Live Rock:
-52lbs Fiji - 61lbs Marshall Isle - 14lbs Kaelini - 25lbs Tonga Branch
Substrate:
-80lbs crushed coral - 55lbs regular medium grain sand - 15lbs GARF Grunge
Lighting:
-Satellite Power Compact 2- 10,000k 2- 460nm actinic 2-1watt moonlights
Protein Skimmer:
-ASM G4-x w/ Sedra 9000 rated 450 gallons 8/2005
Tank H2O Flow:
-QuietOne 6000 (1506gph)(return) - ViaAqua 4900 (1380gph) circullation - CPR CS150DX overflow system w/ aqualifter pump (1600gph)
Heating/Chilling:
2- Visa-Therm 300watt heaters

pH: 8.0 - 8.1
Specific Gravity: 1.024
Temp Range: 79 - 82 (Night/Day)
Additives & Salt Mix:
-CoraLife salt mix: gravity 1.022-1.023, pH 8.2-8.3, Calcium 430-450pp
-Kent Marine Liquid Calcium
-Kent Marine Concentrated Iodine
-Kent Marine Zooplex
-Kent Marine Essential Elements

Livestock:
1-Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) 03/2005
3-Firefish Goby(Nemateleotris magnifica) 05/2005
4-Blue Reef Chromis (Chromis cyanea) 12/2005
1-Sunrise Dottyback (Pseudochromis flavivertex) 10/2005
1-Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus) 2/2006
6-Green Chromis (Chromis viridis) 6/2006
1-Scooter Blenny (Istiblennius chrysospilos) 6/2006

Inverts:
-Blue Leg Hermit Crab
36-Large Astrea Snails
8-Small electric blue hermit crabs (hitchhikers)
12-Mexican turbo snails
1-Peppermint Shrimp 5/2005

Corals / Clams:
-Redsea Pom Xenia rock 6/2006
-Toadstool Leather coral (Sarcophyton sp.) 4/2005
-Green/Blue mushroom corals (Actinodiscus sp) 4/2005
-Orange mushroom coral (Actinodiscus sp) 4/2005
-Yellow Zoos (Zoanthus sp) 7/2005
-Sun polyp coral (Tubastraea faulkneri) 7/2005
-Candycane coral (Caulastrea furcata) Indonesia 10/2005
-Candycane coral (Caulastrea furcata) Fiji 10/2005
-Red mushroom coral (Actinodiscus sp) 2/2005
-Green hairy mushroom (Rhodactis indosinensis) 2/2005
-Trumpet coral (Caulastrea curvata) 10/2005
-Frogspawn (Euphyllia paradivisa) 2/2005
-Devil's Hand leather (Lobophytum sp.) 2/2005

 

[Sascha D]

Going to start a photo journal that I'll edit when things come up. This is the spot I'll be posting new fish and new things just for fun.

Heres a few things that I have already.

 

[Sascha D]

Some of the corals

 

[Sascha D]

Pictures continues hehe....

 

[spongebob lover]

All i have to say is wwoouuu .. pretty extremely pretty.
i love your corals AND your fishes !!

 

[Sascha D]

Misc pictures. I havent taken any shots in about a month so I need to get on that :lol:

Right now I'm trying to expand my coral selection, so we'll see how that goes. I'll get it updated!

 

[Krish]

Cool setup you got there Bojangles. I'll be looking out for more pics...I love pics

 

[spongebob lover]

AAHHH !! i wasn't ready to see that dood !!
another clown getting eaten and what's the thing in the first picture? it looks like a spider about to eat (it looks evil )

 

[Sascha D]

Hehe thanks for the compliments!

I'm sorry spongebob the first picture is a sally lightfoot and the second picture is one of my same sally lightfoot(s) eating my clown that had died.

When I first started my tank in 04, I had purchased LR from a fellow that was moving to california. When I got there I found out one of his pair of clowns had died and he was so bummed out that he gave me the male for free. When I had gotten him he was 7 years old, I had him about 18 months and woke up one day to that picture. It was a great shot despite the loss.

 

[spongebob lover]

ya its a great shot hehe .

 

[Sascha D]

Some of the pictures above were outdated so I took some today after I got the new corals.

 

[Sascha D]

Ohhh my mushroom are starting to split SWEET!

 

[Sascha D]

I just got these corals a few days ago.

The teal one is a candy cane coral, this is the Indonesian version
The purple/green is also a candy cane, better known as a bullseye coral, this is the Fiji version.

I dont know if I like the teal one, I'm undecided if I like the color or not. I think I may trade it for something else.

Anyone have anything they would like to trade me for it?

 

[NaH2O]

Great tank! Love the new additions!

 

[spongebob lover]

wwouu nice, what type of leather is it on the first picture?

 

[Sascha D]

The leather is a toadstool. It was my very first coral I had ever gotten and now my firefish use it as a marker to seperate the 2 pairs territory.

As you can see from that picture I have a bit of an aiptasia problem right now. Everytime I put peppermint shrimp in there they get eatten by the crabs, I cant find any nudibranch and copperbands are suddenly scarce. I've been looking for a butterfly for about 3 months now.

 

[spongebob lover]

well dood, i love your toastool !!!
no joke i think its really awesome dood.

 

[Sascha D]

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 6:31 pm Post subject:

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I started using Natural Saltwater from the Seattle Aquarium yesterday with my waterchange. Its 5 cents per gallon plus the gas money I use to get up there.

Artificial SW 150g bucket: $42.99

Natural SW: 5c/g = $7.50 per 150g + 2 gallons of gas each trip for 5 trips (30) = $37.50

I did 10 gallons to start here are the results from today:

Salt: 1.023
Ammonia: 0-0.25
PH: 7.8-7.9
Nitrite: 0

My nitrate test kit isn't functioning properly so I have to buy a new one.

 

[Sascha D]

got some new fish last week!!! A fellow reefer, Slimmer, had to downsize alittle and I scored his Sunrise Dottyback WOOT!

He's soooo hard to take pictures of though! I'll have to update this one later with better quality

 

[Sascha D]

Anyway I get him home and everything is fine, when I realize I need some brineshrimp. I go to the pet store and I found a CBB in good health!! I've been looking for one for about 3 months and hopefully he's snack on the aiptasia