Good evening!
It is a pleasure to meet all of you electronically! Thank you for the opportunity to join this group. I am new here to MARSH. I am not new to reefing.
I look forward to learning from all of you. I would consider myself an intermediate reefer.
I am posting here to get your thoughts, opinions and expertise on how to take my mixed reef tank to the next level. I think that I am doing a lot right, but there is always room for improvement.
My tank has been set up since Jan 2024. 210 Gallon display tank with a 55 gallon sump.
Lighting = 4 Red Sea 160s (Total lighting for 12 hours a day 9a-9p. Peak = (100% blue and 100% white). 9p-10p moon light.
Protein Skimmer = Red Sea 900
UV Sterilizer
Red Sea ATO with a 10 gallon RO tank
Refugium with Cheato
Red Sea Roller Mat
Dosing with All For Reef at 75 ml/day
Hopefully, the tang police do not take me out back and beat me with a stick. It was entirely unintentional. A family was breaking down their tank and wanted someone with experience to take great care of their fish. I took all of their fish after I already started stocking my tank. There is very little to no aggression. They are all very healthy, active, and voracious eaters.
I have a Naso Tang, Powder Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, 2 Sailfin Tangs (unintentional), Clown Tang, Bicolor Angel, Fairy Wrasse, File Fish, two Damsels, Cleaner shrimp, large crab, multiple bubble tip anenomes, and three clown fish.
So far, i have only lost one fish in 9 months. One day, a clown fish completely disappeared from my tank. I have no idea where it went. I have a Red Sea net lid covering the entire tank, I checked all around the tank, the sump, rockwork etc. He/she is just gone.
My corals seem to be doing well. I am having good growth out of my montiporas. My clam seems to be doing OK. Current SPS and LPS are doing well. I definitely want more.
These items are on my "To Do LIst": I have not checked the PAR levels in my tank. I am not currently testing any of my water chemistry parameters except salinity when I do water changes. I am likely going to add a carbon/GFO reactor soon (maybe ozone). I might add a little more flow.
I would like to add more corals so if you have anything you can frag, kindly let me know. I was buying my corals at the MC Aquatics auctions, but they have paused those auctions for now. I have been to multiple local stores on the north side of town and have not been overly impressed with their coral selection. I have been hesitant to order online due to temperature concerns.
I am doing weekly or biweekly 40 gallon water changes with Red Sea Coral Pro salt.
I am probably overfeeding my tank, but my fish are incredible eaters. I feed Nori 2-3x per day in addition to mysis, brine, sprirulina, and a mix of other frozen cubes. I occasionally add flake food and pellets.
Thanks in advance for any an all constructive comments.
It is a pleasure to meet all of you electronically! Thank you for the opportunity to join this group. I am new here to MARSH. I am not new to reefing.
I look forward to learning from all of you. I would consider myself an intermediate reefer.
I am posting here to get your thoughts, opinions and expertise on how to take my mixed reef tank to the next level. I think that I am doing a lot right, but there is always room for improvement.
My tank has been set up since Jan 2024. 210 Gallon display tank with a 55 gallon sump.
Lighting = 4 Red Sea 160s (Total lighting for 12 hours a day 9a-9p. Peak = (100% blue and 100% white). 9p-10p moon light.
Protein Skimmer = Red Sea 900
UV Sterilizer
Red Sea ATO with a 10 gallon RO tank
Refugium with Cheato
Red Sea Roller Mat
Dosing with All For Reef at 75 ml/day
Hopefully, the tang police do not take me out back and beat me with a stick. It was entirely unintentional. A family was breaking down their tank and wanted someone with experience to take great care of their fish. I took all of their fish after I already started stocking my tank. There is very little to no aggression. They are all very healthy, active, and voracious eaters.
I have a Naso Tang, Powder Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, 2 Sailfin Tangs (unintentional), Clown Tang, Bicolor Angel, Fairy Wrasse, File Fish, two Damsels, Cleaner shrimp, large crab, multiple bubble tip anenomes, and three clown fish.
So far, i have only lost one fish in 9 months. One day, a clown fish completely disappeared from my tank. I have no idea where it went. I have a Red Sea net lid covering the entire tank, I checked all around the tank, the sump, rockwork etc. He/she is just gone.
My corals seem to be doing well. I am having good growth out of my montiporas. My clam seems to be doing OK. Current SPS and LPS are doing well. I definitely want more.
These items are on my "To Do LIst": I have not checked the PAR levels in my tank. I am not currently testing any of my water chemistry parameters except salinity when I do water changes. I am likely going to add a carbon/GFO reactor soon (maybe ozone). I might add a little more flow.
I would like to add more corals so if you have anything you can frag, kindly let me know. I was buying my corals at the MC Aquatics auctions, but they have paused those auctions for now. I have been to multiple local stores on the north side of town and have not been overly impressed with their coral selection. I have been hesitant to order online due to temperature concerns.
I am doing weekly or biweekly 40 gallon water changes with Red Sea Coral Pro salt.
I am probably overfeeding my tank, but my fish are incredible eaters. I feed Nori 2-3x per day in addition to mysis, brine, sprirulina, and a mix of other frozen cubes. I occasionally add flake food and pellets.
Thanks in advance for any an all constructive comments.
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