ABOUT MY REEF TANK

The tank is a 180 gallons oceanic 6'x2'x2' with 6-160watt VHO bulbs,4 bulbs in fan cooled aluminum fixture 11"x5"x72.5" and 2 bulbs in fan cooled aluminum fixture 7"x5"x72.5" home made units,with 130 pounds of use asst.live rock,75 pounds of Fiju live rock,10 pounds of Gulf worm rock,55 pounds of base rock. There is 55 pounds of live sand on top of 40 pounds of crust domite,with a 1.5 inch plenum.



HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE MANY ANIMALS IN MY TANK

GREEN STAR CORAL
GREEN MUSHROOM CORAL
YELLOW LEATHER CORAL
TREE CORAL
FOX CORAL & TOADSTOOL CORAL
FRINGED ANEMONE & SOFT CORAL (?)
YELLOW TAIL DAMSEL
CUP CORAL &CLEANER WRASSE
YELLOW TANG
BLUE TANG & ROYAL GRAMMA
BLUE TANG
YELLOW TAIL DAMSEL & MUSHROOM'S CORAL
BUTTON POLPS,CUP CORAL & YELLOW LEATHER CORAL
TUNICATE & GREEN BUTTON POLYPS
FOX,TOADSTOOL & BUBBLE CORAL
PURPLE BUTTON POLYPS
WATERMELOM MUSHROOM'S
MUSHROOM'S
BLUE MUSHROOM'S
TOUNGE CORAL
WATERMELON MUSHROOM CLOSEUP

LIVESTOCK IN THE TANK

CORALS:
PINEAPPLE CORAL
BUBBLE CORAL
DURIAN CORAL
TOUNGE CORAL
FOX CORAL
MUSHROOM ROCK,ASST.COLOR
MUSHROOM ROCK,FEATHER-RED
MUSHROOM ROCK,GREEN
TWO MUSHROOM ROCK,GREEN STRIPE
TWO MUSHROOM ROCK,WATERMELON
MUSHROOM ROCK,RED
TWO MUSHROOM ROCK,BLUE
MUSHROOM ROCK,SPOTTED
POLYPS,BUTTON-BROWN
POLYPS,BUTTON-GREEN
POLYPS,BUTTON-PURPLE
POLYS,STAR
TWO STAR POLYPS,GREEN
SOFT CORAL,COLT
FINGER LEATHER (Sinularia)
CAULIFLOWER-BROWN
LEATHER CORAL (Misc)
CHRISTMAS TREE ROCK
FINGER LEATHER (Sarcophyton)
THREE LEATHER TOADSTOOL CORAL
BIG YELLOW LEATHER
TWO LARGE FRINGED ANEMONE'S
TWO CUP CORAL'S BROWN&GREEN
FROGSPAWN CORAL-BROWN
PORITES SPECIES (YELLOW FINGER)
CAULESTREA (CANDY CANE)
TUNICATE
GORGONIAN that spread all over
ENCRUSTING GORGONIAN

FISH :
BLUE HIPPO TANG-INDIAN OCEAN (paracanthurus hepatus)
YELLOW TANG-HAWAIL (zebrasoma flavescens)
YELLOW TAIL DAMSEL (chromis xanthurus)
FLAME HAWK (neocirrhitus armatus)
TWO PACIFIC CLEANER WRASSE (labroides dimidiatus)
ROYAL GRAMMA (gramma loretto)

OTHER INVERT'S :
ONE SEA APPLE
ONE SEA PEN
ONE SALLY LIGHTFOOT CRAB
110 BLUE-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB'S
60 LEFT HANDED HERMIT CRAB'S
48 SCARLET REEF HERMIT CRAB'S
40 RED-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB'S
MANY FEATHER DUSTER'S
75 TURBO GRAZERS SNAIL'S
30 MEXICAN SNAIL'S
10 CONCH SNAIL'S
7 BRITTLE STARSFISH'S
ONE BLUE LINKA STARFISH

EQUIPMENT :
3-ADVANCE RS-2S200 TP BALLAST
4-4"COOLING FAN'S RADIO SHACK 65cfm ea.
3-SYLVANIA F72 T12/D/VHO BULBS
3-ACTINIC 03 F72 T12/A/VHO BULBS
EHEIM 1060 RETURN PUMP
HAGEN 802 POWER HEAD
PENGUIN 1140 POWER HEAD
SKILTER 400 VENTURI PROTEIN SKIMMER
20 GALLON SUMP
4-TIMER'S
1-AIR PUMP

TANK WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS :
SPECIFIC GRAVITY____1.025
TEMP:__________77.0*-77.8*
PH________________8.2-8.3
ALKALINITY__________10DKH
CALCIUM____________450mg/l
STRONTIUM____________5mg/l
MANGANESE_________0.01mg/l
MOLYBDENUM________0.01mg/l
MAGNESIUM_________1000mg/l
IRON______________0.05mg/l
SILICATES__________0.0mg/l
IODINE____________0.01mg/l
AMMONIA-N___________0.0ppm
NITRITE-N___________0.0ppm
NITRATE-N___________10.0ppm
PHOSPATE____________0.1ppm
ADDITIVES AND TRACE ELEMENTS:
KENT SUPERBUFFER___15ml weekly
KENT TURBO CALCIUM___1Tsp.weekly
KENT TURBO STRONTIUM___7.5ml weekly
KENT IODINE___15ml weekly
KENT TECTR*M (magnesium)___30ml weekly
KENT IRON&MANGANESE___15ml weekly
KENT ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS___15ml weekly
KENT CORAL-VITE___15ml weekly
KENT REEF CARBON___periodically
KENT PHOSPATE SPONGE___periodically
MAKE-UP WATER PROVIDE BY A THREE-STAGE REVERSE OSMOSIS UNIT.
WATER CHANGE ARE 15-20gal. as needed.


FOOD:
KENT MICRO-VERT__3Tsp. weekly
FRESH SHRIMP CHOP FINE__1/4Tsp.as needed for the fish,on more than two times a week.