April 2016 Tank of the Month - ANDY

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I have had a saltwater tank since I was 13 yrs old ( now 51).  After my father died at 13 my mom & I needed something to do together.  Saltwater was our choice.   We used to shop at a store named Hawaiian Marine Imports in Town & Country area.  They were a distributer & had tanks with 100’s of tangs.  We were lucky back then to have this store but did not have the knowledge we have now on how to keep everything alive.  I have had a saltwater tank ever since then, could have a had a Ferrari, or 2....

 

Aquarium Profile:

 

• 90 x 36 front to back x 27 tall tall Planet brand Aquarium / 379 gallons
• Starfire glass front and both ends
• 1.25" stainless steel frames
• Black silicone
• Corner overflows in each back corner. Overflows include custom durso / Adjustable noise reducing plumbing.
• Black vinyl back wall
• Bottom 1" PVC

 

Stand

 

• Metal stand, powder coated & skinned with cabinetry covered in granite formica.

 

Sump

 

• 80 gallon sump built by precision Marine
• Protein Skimmer PM Mach IIo Carbon/phosphate filtration (reactor brand, type of media)
• Return Pump Cascade
• Water Circulation 2 Grye 150’s , 1 MP60, 1 MP40, 1 Jebro to move water behind rocks
• Lighting 12 XR30 Pros
• Ca/Alk/Mg dosing GHL Dosing with BRS products
• ATO  Gravity fed with float in sump
• RO/DI
• Heating/cooling (brand, wattage for heaters, HP for chillers)
• System controller (model & attached peripherals)

 

Water Circulation & Flow Summary

 

• Good to & fro current

 

Water Parameters

 

• Temp  78
• pH  8.05-8.35
• Specific gravity 1.025
• Ammonia 0
• Nitrate   4
• Nitrite  0
• PO4   .00 - .03
• Calcium  450-470
• Alkalinity    8.0-8.5
• Magnesium   1300

 

Chiller outside & plumbed thru window.

 

150 Watt emperor aq. UV Steralizer

 

Lighting summary & objectives

(Photoperiod – Detailed account of when each portion of lighting turns on/off.)

 

7 am as I like to look over everything before work – 9 pm.  The tank is in my bedroom so I like to lay in bed while watching evening tv & pause the show every once in a while & go take stare at the tank.

 

Filtration & water quality summary & objectives.

(Frequency of water changes, other methods of nutrient control such as refugiums, etc.)

 

100 gallons a week.   Make up water is on patio, & plug in a pump, turn 2 valves & new water goes in as the old comes out & drains into patio drain, EASY

 

Tank inhabitants

 

FISH:

 

TANGS

• Cheveron
• 2 yellow
• 1 Blue
• 1 Powder Blue  5 yrs old
• 1 Blond Naso
• WRASSE
• Melanurus
• Chekerboard
• leopard
• Male & Female  flame
• 2 grn mandarin
• 2 spotted mandarin

 

GOBY

• 3 Blue Goby
• 2 Scissor Goby
• 3 bar goby
• 2 yellow clown

 

Anthesis

• 4 fancy
• 4 sunburst

 

Firefish

• 5 regular
• 1 purple

 

Clown Fish

• 3 Wyoming White

 

1 Hybrid

 

1 Hawk Fish

 

4 Cleaner Shrimp

2 Blue Linkas  ( 5 yrs old)

1 long spined urchin

1 tuxedo urchin

1 pinl urchin

 

Corals

 

• A Bunch of SPS,
• A Bunch of LPS
• A Bunch of Softies -- Green Colt is 25+ yrs old
• Other inverts (CUC, starfish, clams, etc.)

 

Fish & Coral feeding

Fed at 7 am, 6 pm, & small amounts about 4 times until 8:45

Pellets, flake in morning, & frozen mixture of about 6-8 foods in evening

 

Just like a boat, Nothing good happens fast...Andy