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
