Shadetree's 245 gallon mixed reef

[Shadetree]

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 ]