Shadetree's 245 gallon mixed reef
Set Up Date : January 31, 2001
Tank Size : 72"Lx24"Wx33"H, 245 gallons
Sump Size : 33 gallons
Refugium Size : 25 gallons
Live Rock (Mass): 300 pounds
Live Sand (Mass): 600 pounds
Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod): 72" PFO Hood, 3 x 250 watt Icecap MH w/6500 K Iwasakis, Icecap 430 VHO w/ 2 160 watt URI Super Actinic, 2 Icecap variable speed fans
Protein Skimmer : Aqua C EV 200 w/ Mag 9's
Biological Filtration : Live rock and sand
Chemical Filtration : Carbon once a month for one week
Circulation : Red Sea Wavemaker w/ 2 Maxijet 900's and 2 Maxijet 1200's, 2 hagen 402's, 301, and a 802
Return Pump : Little Giant 4MDQ-SC
pH (Morning | Evening): 8.2-8.4
Temperature : 80 - 82 F
Specific Gravity / Salintity (g/g | ppt): 1.025
Alkalinity (meq/l | dKH): 12
Calcium (ppm): 450
Ammonia (ppm): 0
Nitrite (ppm): 0
Nitrate (ppm): < 10
Phosphate (ppm): ?
Fish : Yellow tang, hippo tang, mandarin, pair of ocellaris clowns
Corals : Brown, green, purple tip montipora, pink, gold and tan capricornus, lavender, green acro, blue tip fromosa, green pocillapora, green ricordia, green star polyps (plating and branching), pink leathers, brown frogspawn, pink hammer, pink and green hammer, 3" purple and gold maxima, 4" derasa
Invertebrates : pair of cleaner shrimp, pair of peppermint shrimp, 8 scarlet hermits, hundreds of misc snails
Maintenance Program : top off 3-5 gallons per day, approximately 10% water changes per month
Additional Information (include estimated total system cost if known): [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] $ 5000.00 + [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] and counting...
[ 26 December 2001: Message edited by: Shadetree ]
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