Thanks for all the replies :
OK, 45 Gallon tank that's 48inches long 16 inches high. With a Coralife 4x65 watt light, new in October! Almost 70Lbs of LR. The tank is drilled with sump running a quiet one 4000 (1017 gallons) 3 feet of head and one 90 degree elbow. 2 power heads for flow and a Seaclone 150 (that is working very well) 2 inches of heavy black skimate every 3 or 4 days (it is currently setup as HOB, it will not work at all in sump. I am running carbon (threw a little baggy in the sump) and I have about 1 inch on average fine to medium CC substrate. This is my upgraded tank from my 20
I have 1 small yellow tang (will be leaving soon) he's a bugger!
1 yellow tail Damsel
1 baby false percula (waiting for another one, maybe here tomorrow)
1 lawnmower blenny (cool addition)
pulsing xenias, mushrooms, green fuzzy mushrooms,a few heads of neon green trumpets, 3 inch (or so) Colt Coral, 1 inch(frag) devil's hand, 2 inch (frag) bird's nest, baby pineapple moon (frag), a few star polyps, 3 small feather dusters, a few nice stems of macroalgae, a healthy clump of green grapes (Caleurpa sp?) I want another leather
I own a refractometer, I use salifert test kits and the odd Hagen, Dkh has been high at around 12 slowly coming down to about 9 over 2 months. Calcium is never below 460 never above 500. trite,trate,Ammonia etc rarely tested anymore. My sump is enclosed (under stand with doors) and the tank is open top. I have been experiencing rapid evaporation to the tune of 1 to 2 liters a day. Trying to stay on top of it so the salinity levels don't fluctuate too much. Due to the evap and new RO water added all the time, water changes are not to frequent, Once a month I'll vaccum substrate with a small dia. hose and add 3 gallons of new salt water. My fish are spoiled, flake food, brine, planktyn etc.
additives used are all Seachem products, reef plus , reef complete, reef builder. No dowsing etc yet, reef plus once a week and mixed in with the food (spot feeding etc) and that's about it in a nutshell!
Everyday I run the magnet algae cleaner around the glass. I'm forever staring in it, LOTS of little animals cruising around, copepods etc, some real ugly ones LOL plentiful on the bristle worms etc (working on it).
I have noticed over the last two days; I bought the new hinged assembly for the light, love it, there is 80% less salt from evap on the acrylic cover. Light is higher than the old legs. Good sign, may help.
The tank has been setup since October and ya I'm a newbie, outgrew the 20 in a few short months!
