Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board - Phil's Brisson 370g Mixed Reef

The Tank

220g Marineland Perfecto tank
overflow in each corner
72x24x30
400 lbs of live rock
the tank is 2 years old

I bought the tank at Big als East, I think its the best price for this size of tanks without being customized
I bought the stand and canopy at Aquavalley, I could choose the color I wanted, plus I got it within a week! Oh and the price was awesome!

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Sump

I'm using a 100g tub
100 lbs of live rock in it
2x socks
2x Ebo jagers 250w Heaters
Auto top off

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Lighting

400w blue wave 1 Ballast
2x big reflectors
400w XM 15k bulbs
2x ATI super Actinic t5 80w each

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Filtration

Aquasafe System 7 stages RODI 100 GPD
2x socks
Octopus Super Reef Xp-5000 Cone skimmer
520 lbs of liverock
Live sand 1 inch thick
Carbon in a vertex zf-15
GFO in a vertex zf-15

Equipment Tank with Reactors

its a 40g acrylic tank with all these equipment

Vertex ZF-30 with NPX bio beads
Vertex Rx6 Duo *Calcium Reactor
Vertex Zf-15 with carbon
Vertex Zf-15 with GFO
The Two Little Fishies Kalkwasser reactor 300
Super Reef Octopus xp-5000 skimmer
Ego jager Heater 250w

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Circulation

Ecotech Marine Vortech MP60w

Specifications

Flow: 2,500 – 5,500 GPH
Wattage: 10 – 60 watts

I've set the pump to Reef Crest at full spin

Water Blaster HY-3000 return pump

Specifications

Both Internal & External Design
Slip & Thread Fitting
Dimensions : 8″ x 4.25″ x 7″
Inlet/ Outlet : 1 1/4″ inlet / 1” outlet
Power : *37 watts
96% efficiency
Max Flow=750gph
Max Head=7.5ft

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Heating

Ebo Jager 250w x3

set to go on if under 78 degrees

Controller

Digital Aquatics RKE-NET

Pc4 1

Circulation pump for frag tank
Aquaillumination Led for Frag tank
Circulation pump for Frag tank
Circulation pump for Frag tank

Pc4 2

Heaters: set on if under 78 degrees
auto top off
Doser
Dead

Pc4 3

MH On: 4pm OFF: 10pm
T5 main tank ON: 3pm OFF: 11pm
Return Pump
Off

Ventillation

Panasonic Inline vent

Winter: set to 40% Humidity
Summer: set to 60% Humidity

its plugged directly to my canopy

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Water Tests

Salifert Nitrate test
Salifert Magnesium test
Salifert Calcium test
Hanna checker phosphate
Hanna Checker Alk
RKE controler for temperature
RKE controler for PH
Refractometer for salinity

Nitrate: 5
Magnesium: 1350ppm
Calcium: 420 ppm
Phosphate:
Alk: 9 dkh
Temp: 78-80
Salinity 1.025
Ph: 8.10

Stats/ graphs are here
thank you Reeftronics!

Other Equipment

Auto top off

it feeds my Two Little Fishies kalkwasser that goes to my sump

Supplements

Calcium
kalkwasser
Trace elements

I'm adding Calcium with my Vertex Rx6 Duo to reach at least 400ppm
I'm adding Two little fishies kalk via top offs
I'm doing 5% water change weekly to restore all the trace elements

Maintenance

its simple, my maintenance is done once a week. every mondays to be exact

Changing the socks, putting the dirty ones to the laundry with no soap
Removing 5% of water, and then putting the new salt mix back to the tank. using Instant Ocean salt
Cleaning my skimmer's cup
Cleaning my glass with a Algae Free Tiger Shark Float Cleaning Magnet with also my JBJ cleaning set

Once a month

Recalibrate, ph, salinity refractor
Flushing my RODI membrane
Doing all water tests

Every 3 months are so:

Changing carbon media if water going yellow
Changing GFO if phos over .003 ppm

Feeding

I'm feeding once a day via Eheim Auto feeder a mix of these 2 formulas, at 4pm
at 7pm, I feed Rogger's reef food with a clip

My Fish

Vlamingii Tang (Naso vlamingi)
Yellow Tang x2 (Zebrasoma flavescens)
Spotted Cardinalfish x2(Sphaeramia nematoptera)
Blue spotted Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus pavoninoides)
Striped bristletooth x2(Ctenochaetus striatus)
Green Chromis x3 (Chrysiptera cyanea)
Black Percula Clown (Amphiprion percula)
Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)
Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura)
Fowleri Tang (Acanthurus fowleri)
Niger Trigger (Odonus niger)

Protopalythoa mutuki
Seriatopora hystrix
Green Euphyllia glabrescens
Sarcophyton Leather
Montipora Capricornis
Ricordea Yuma
Ricordea florida
Fungia concinna
Caulestrea furcata
Euphyllia ancora
Euphyllia paradivisa
Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Green Actinodiscus
Red Actinodiscus cardinalis
Acropora Tortuosa
Duncanopsammia axifuga
Rhodactis indosinensis

My inverts

Diadema setosum
Echinometra la****er
Astropecten polycanthus
Calcinus elegans
Clibanarius tricolor
Thor Amboinensis
Lysmata Amboinensis
Stenopus hispidus

Frag Tank

40g Breeder
36x18x16
Aquaillumination Led
GenX return pump
Couple different circulation pumps
Connected to the main system

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Problems occurred and future plans

Hair algea *Fixed*
Hydro to high because of those MH, going LED
Need a solution for power outage
Change CA reactor to a dual to keep my ph higher *Fixed*
adding an equipment tank on top of the sump to have all the equipment to my eye level *Fixed*
Start dosing fauna marin supplements
Get a new sump
Adding more volume for more stability

Special Thanks

Liv my friend for all the help installing the tank
Az at Aquavalley for your crazy prices on live stock and all the good tips regarding my tank
Mathieu at GoReef for all the good prices on equipment plus all the good advices
Mark (mrsaltwaterguy) my buddy from Texas that helped me out during my algea outbreak!
Pat from Reef wholesale for all the times I bug you with PM, questions regarding my tank haha
My wife Jasmine who let me spend 17k on my tank haha I love you