scotty333
Valuable Member
Guys,
So 5 months ago I stripped down my 400 ltr tank and restarted again , it was neglected for years and I’d decided to give it a rebirth .
I’m now in a position where I can sit back and enjoy it , it’s been a journey of ups and downs and lots of experimenting but I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed every minute even with blood sweat and tears.
So, my mixed reef now consists of 53 corals from mushrooms to acroporas and 16 fish and a cuc of an urchin, sand star , various snails and crabs and a million stomatellas, micro brittles -and dove snails which keep my rock free of any algae ( I leave the sides for algae for the cuc)
Set up is rather complicated but the system works.
A little about that… I run a skimmer , dsb and refugium with caluerpa
I use the triton core7 be system and dose trace that comes back from the icp as undetectable.
Also use ozone in a controller and carbon runs the same time during the night in tandem.
7 dosing heads dose the triton supplements and vodka , lc and iodine are to control nutrients and iodine at 600.
I decided and stabilised my parameters at :
Salinity 1.0255
Temp 26
Ph is 8.3
Par ranges from 50 - 450
Orp 300+
Kh 9
Calcium 430
Mag 1300
Phosphate.10
Nitrates 10
As it’s a mixed reef it seems a middle ground for the various corals and gives a little wiggle room if something drops out of range
So here it is
So 5 months ago I stripped down my 400 ltr tank and restarted again , it was neglected for years and I’d decided to give it a rebirth .
I’m now in a position where I can sit back and enjoy it , it’s been a journey of ups and downs and lots of experimenting but I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed every minute even with blood sweat and tears.
So, my mixed reef now consists of 53 corals from mushrooms to acroporas and 16 fish and a cuc of an urchin, sand star , various snails and crabs and a million stomatellas, micro brittles -and dove snails which keep my rock free of any algae ( I leave the sides for algae for the cuc)
Set up is rather complicated but the system works.
A little about that… I run a skimmer , dsb and refugium with caluerpa
I use the triton core7 be system and dose trace that comes back from the icp as undetectable.
Also use ozone in a controller and carbon runs the same time during the night in tandem.
7 dosing heads dose the triton supplements and vodka , lc and iodine are to control nutrients and iodine at 600.
I decided and stabilised my parameters at :
Salinity 1.0255
Temp 26
Ph is 8.3
Par ranges from 50 - 450
Orp 300+
Kh 9
Calcium 430
Mag 1300
Phosphate.10
Nitrates 10
As it’s a mixed reef it seems a middle ground for the various corals and gives a little wiggle room if something drops out of range
So here it is
Sorry I'm cursed with a photographic memory. Good job on the reboot it looks nice.
