Shane & Tanja's Reef

[Reefmaster]

Set Up Date : Oct 1999. Started with an 18g in 1995 and then a 90g in 1997

Tank Size (LxHxW | Volume):72"x24"x18" | 135g

Sump Size (LxHxW | Volume): 2 45g rubbermaids -- upper serves as refugium

Live Rock (Mass):150 lbs

Live Sand (Mass): 100 lbs

Lighting (Type | Wattage | Photoperiod):2 x 400W MH: 5.5k | 10 hrs, 20k | 12hrs. 3 48" 40w NO (1 actinic)
Adding a third 5.5k this weekend and dumping 2 NO's

Protein Skimmer (Brand | Model):turboflotor 1000

Biological Filtration (Type): LR / LS

Chemical Filtration (Type): none

Circulation (Rate | Brand | Model): LG 3mdqx-sc, 3 mj 1200, 1 mj 900, 2 hagen 402

Return Pump (Rate | Brand | Model): LG 3mdqx-sc

pH (Morning | Evening):7.7-7.9 since adding the reactor

Temperature (Range | oC | oF):80 +/- 0.5

Specific Gravity / Salintity (g/g | ppt):1.025

Alkalinity (meq/l | dKH): 3.4 | 9.5

Calcium (ppm):450

Ammonia (ppm):0

Nitrite (ppm):0

Nitrate (ppm):0-10

Phosphate (ppm):0

Fish :regal, sailfin, kole, bicolour blenny, lemon goby, mandarin, 4 percs, coral beauty, banana wrasse, 2 firefish, scarlet wrasse (looking for home, any home at all), green clown goby

Corals : LPS: 2x brain, moon, pagoda, green&pearl hammer, green open brain, torch, green bubble, branching hammer
SPS: acropora valida, acropora tortuosa, porites, millepora, three montipora, one pocillipora damicornis, pectinia lactuca, encrusting gorgonian, brown gorgonians, organ pipe, and some others we don't know yet.

Invertebrates :2 cleaners, 15-20 hermits, 20 snails, 1 lobster, 1 large anemone (with us 1.5 yrs), 2 condylactus, 2 hermit crab anem's without their amigo crab, urchin, 2 tiger tails + 1 black cuc, hundreds of zooanthids, xenia, anthelia, mushrooms,

Maintenance Program : 15g per week

Additional Information (include estimated total system cost if known):calcium reactor added Nov 15 -- still have trouble tuning so ph/alk are low.
total system cost, hmmm, $1000. that's what i tell me accountant wifey anyways! don't anybody tell her otherwise!