Steve's 125 softies reef tank

[stevepaynr84]

Just a few shots and info from my aquareef 275 cube running on natural sea water. Never done a thread before so be gentle! Will be looking to post updates etc as time goes by.

Lighting

TMC V2ilumenair 900

Filtration (in order)

Approx 2kg of filter floss
Approx 300 Bio Balls
Seachem Denitrate 1ltr
Polyfilter
Aquamedic Turboflotor Blue 1000
ATM Supernova Carbon in bag
Approx 25kg live rock
Approx 5kg living sand

Flow

1 x generic power head 6000 litres per hour
Moray 3600 return pump

Livestock

1 x Pacific Anthia
1 x Blue Faced Angel
4 x Yellow Tailed Damsels
2 x Common Clownfish
1 x Cleaner Wrasse
1 x Valentini Pufferfish
1 x Leopard Wrasse
1 x Algae Blenny
1 x Tuxedo Urchin
3 x Large Blue Legged Hermit Crab
3 x Red Legged Hermit Crab
1 x Torch Coral
2 x Hammer Coral
1 x Leather Finger Coral
1 x Unkown Coral (Came on some rock)
Various Mushrooms

As I say not really sure what to put on here so I'll leave it at this for now and will update as and when things change or i learn things etc

 

[stevepaynr84]

 

[stevepaynr84]

And a few more

 

[revhtree]

Very nice!

 

[stevepaynr84]

Thank you. Any tips or suggestions for what I could do better/next?

 

[revhtree]

Got a full tank shot?

 

[stevepaynr84]

here you go

 

[Chrisfish]

Very nice, love the Valentinii puffer, I have one as well, awesome fish. Thanks for sharing your pictures with us

 

[KlynnUK]

Beautiful reef and photography.. love to see more 275.
Subscribed for frequent updates.

 

[stevepaynr84]

Present off the wife today. Settling in now with lights out due to Blue face being pretty angry!

 

[stevepaynr84]

Few updates this weekend as the wife bought me a flame angel as a belated birthday present a rescape was needed to stop the blue face from battering the poor little bugger. Not the best pics but it's been a busy few days so will try to get some better ones soon.

 

[stevepaynr84]

 

[truepercs]

"275 cube running on natural sea water"
Can you provide some insight on how this is accomplished? Do you run out on a boat and and grab buckets of water or are you close enough to pipe into your tank directly from Ocean/Sea?

Nice aquarium, would be nice to have a tank that size!
Just curious.

Thanks,

 

[truepercs]

Please show sump/filtration area...

 

[stevepaynr84]

Hi truepercs I literally wade out in shorts with a bucket! Not so nice when it's only 2 degrees here in Wales! Then just let the water settle for a couple of days before pouring into tank through some filter floss to sift out any sediment. As for the sump I'll try and get a picture in the next day or so for you but it's a very basic set up.

 

[truepercs]

Wow... How many times you head out to gather enough for a water change
Sounds like a bit of work!

 

[stevepaynr84]

I pick up about 200 litres a time which sorts me out for a month. Live close to the coast so it's no drama and gives me chance to get away from it all and enjoy what I do a bit

 

[Payday]

That's interesting. Most of the LFS in South Florida only sell natural sea water (NSW). They don't sell salt water from RODI w/ Salt mix.

 

[stevepaynr84]

Here you go truepercs as I said it's just a basic setup and it's a bit of a mess at the moment. Going to expirement in the next few weeks at using some egg crate to try and create a bit of a refugium in there.

 

[truepercs]

Just like any other!