JDub's Marine Tank
This shot is with halides on, it is alot less blue in real life
Shot with fluros only (MH off), using a better camera
Pics last updated on 21/7/04
Info last updated on 23/9/04
Tank Stats
- Tank 6'x2'x2'
- Sump housing heaters, float valve and DIY Skimmer
- Co-Current Skimmer 900mm tall twin reaction chambers run by a Laguna 2000 and Resun LP20 air pump.
- Refugium lit by 2 x 48watt 5000K Power compact globes, primary purposes are Denitrification and pod production, fuge is connected to sump via 50mm bulkheads. Fuge has both Caulerpa Taxifolia (harvested at regular intervals and LR rubble
- 110kgs of Live Rock in main tank
- Main tank lit by 3 x 150watt Metal Halides (corallights 14000k lamps), 2 x 10000k NO fluros and 2 x actinic. Total= 600watts
- 4 Inch deep sand bed main tank (approx 100kgs)
- Tank circulation approx 24 times an hour provided by Tunze 6080, Aquaclear 901, Rio 1400 and Rio 600.
- 4 stage RO/DI for top up water
- 15% fortnightly water changes (NSW)
- SG 1.025
- Ph 8.1-3
- Temp 25-26 degrees Celcius
- Nitrate 0 - 0.5ppm
- Calcium 420-440
- dkH 8-10
Tank Stock List
- 2 x Blue Pacific Tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus)
- Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus)
- Flame Angel (Centropyge loricula)
- Snowflake Moray Eel
Inverts
- Blue Sea Star (Linkia laevigata)
- Collector urchins
- Various Snails
Corals, including:
- Hammer corals (Euyphilla ancora)
- Torch Coral (Euyphillia glabrescens)
- Blastomussas
- Zooanthids
- Goniopora's
- Sarcophytons (leather corals)
- Duncanopsammia's
- Various acro colonies (SPS)
- Sinularia
- Corallimorphs
- Turbinia (yellow cup), etc
Any questions or comments Personal Message me on RTAW (Reefing the Australian Way)
Member of MASAOG a branch of Marine Aquarium Society of Australia
