marinelife
SaltGeek
Current Critters:
Hippo Tang (donated to me by a friend in 2005)
Hippo Tang (purchased 1995) – passed away Feb 2012
Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (added March 2008)
3 Orange Clown Gobies (11-16-2012)
Regal Angel (added March/2008)
Hoeven’s Wrasse (9/21/2011)
Red Sea Emperor Angel (June/14/2007)
Yellow Tailed Angel (April/19/2008)
Flame Fin Tomini Tang (May/2007)
Coral Beauty (May/2007)
Male Orange Anthias (Lyretail) (added Feb/2008)
female Mandarin (Jan 7 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (Dec 20 2010)
1 Female Unknown Lyretail Anthia (April/2008)
1 Female Square Spot Anthia (June 2010)
1 White-faced Tang (8-26-2012)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (8-26-2012)
1 Yellow Coris Wrasse Butterfly (12-13-2013)
1 Ruby Red Dragonet (12-13-2013)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (2-21-2012)
1 Black Pyramid Butterfly (May 14 2010)
Filtration:
The overflow goes to a series of 3 24 gallon sumps. The first one contains Cheato, another one is full of live rock. the last of the tanks contains baffles, auto topoff controller and the return area. Two of these tank has 2 500w heaters in it controlled by a Ranco Temp Controller. I have a fourth 24 gallon tank that has live rock and 2 starfish ( my daughter wanted) it is feed off the return line. I have about over 1000LBS of Live Rock and 2″ of Live Sand in the 375. The LS and LR have been in different tanks since 1995 so they are well matured. I have mixed sand, Some live and some not, all fine grain sand. I also used Nature’s Ocean Bio-Activ Live Reef Sand from Advance Aqua Tanks, This stuff works great. It makes up 50% or more of the sand in my tanks. It is cheaper than most Live Sand. My Live Rock is a mix of Premium Fiji, Pohnpei, Marshall Island, Caribbean, and Kaelini Tonga Ultra. I added a 10 gallon over the top refugium for pods. Its feed from the return and gravity feed it directly to the main tank. I added a Tunze 9430 Skimmer in November 2013. - Lanthanum chloride is used for phosphate control.
Hippo Tang (donated to me by a friend in 2005)
Hippo Tang (purchased 1995) – passed away Feb 2012
Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (added March 2008)
3 Orange Clown Gobies (11-16-2012)
Regal Angel (added March/2008)
Hoeven’s Wrasse (9/21/2011)
Red Sea Emperor Angel (June/14/2007)
Yellow Tailed Angel (April/19/2008)
Flame Fin Tomini Tang (May/2007)
Coral Beauty (May/2007)
Male Orange Anthias (Lyretail) (added Feb/2008)
female Mandarin (Jan 7 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (Dec 20 2010)
1 Female Unknown Lyretail Anthia (April/2008)
1 Female Square Spot Anthia (June 2010)
1 White-faced Tang (8-26-2012)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (8-26-2012)
1 Yellow Coris Wrasse Butterfly (12-13-2013)
1 Ruby Red Dragonet (12-13-2013)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (2-21-2012)
1 Black Pyramid Butterfly (May 14 2010)
Filtration:
The overflow goes to a series of 3 24 gallon sumps. The first one contains Cheato, another one is full of live rock. the last of the tanks contains baffles, auto topoff controller and the return area. Two of these tank has 2 500w heaters in it controlled by a Ranco Temp Controller. I have a fourth 24 gallon tank that has live rock and 2 starfish ( my daughter wanted) it is feed off the return line. I have about over 1000LBS of Live Rock and 2″ of Live Sand in the 375. The LS and LR have been in different tanks since 1995 so they are well matured. I have mixed sand, Some live and some not, all fine grain sand. I also used Nature’s Ocean Bio-Activ Live Reef Sand from Advance Aqua Tanks, This stuff works great. It makes up 50% or more of the sand in my tanks. It is cheaper than most Live Sand. My Live Rock is a mix of Premium Fiji, Pohnpei, Marshall Island, Caribbean, and Kaelini Tonga Ultra. I added a 10 gallon over the top refugium for pods. Its feed from the return and gravity feed it directly to the main tank. I added a Tunze 9430 Skimmer in November 2013. - Lanthanum chloride is used for phosphate control.
