November, 2012 - One and a half years old.

November, 2012 -18 months
The tank looks fantastic!  It is very stable and is growing much faster than I anticipated!  I am pleasantly surprised that it is doing so well with such little work or intervention.  Keeping it simple is really paying off.  Here is a summary:

Size: 10 gallons.
Age: 1.5 years.
    Lighting:
    • 2, 36 watt Compact Fluorescents.  1 combo 10000K/DeepBlue and 1 DeepBlue (380-450nm).
    • 11 hours per day.

    Filtration:
    • 15 pounds of live rock. 
    • 2.5" sand bed.
    • CPR Bak-Pak  protein skimmer with BioBale.  To reduce noise, I use a wooden airstone instead of the venturi.  The skimmer is probably overkill for a 10 gallon tank.
    • No filters, carbon or other chemical filtration.  
    • I keep a package of PolyFilter on hand in case of emergency. 
    Parameters:

    • Temp: 78 degrees (F) 
    • Salinity: 1.024
    • pH: 8
    • kH: 8-10 (This is the only test that I use on a regular basis)
    Circulation:
    • Zoo Med Power Sweep Automatic Self-Rotating Powerhead.  It is perfect for creating 'waves' in a small tank. 
    Water changes:
    • One gallon every 4-5 weeks (when stable).
    • Tropic Marin Salt.  
    • Reverse Osmosis Water (Kent Marine, 2 stage).
    • I never filter or stir the sand bad.
    Additives/Feeding:
    • Kalkwasser - 3/4 teaspoons per gallon of RO water and drip solution in AM to makeup for evaporation
    • Kent Marine Nano Reef Calcium and alkalinity supplement:  10 drops each part on a semi-consistent schedule. 
    • Feed with flake, pellets and frozen brine shrimp:  Target feed the corals once a week or so.
    Livestock:
     
    Acan Aussie Acan Candy Stripe
    LPS Candy Cane Blue
    LPS Green Favia Brain
    LPS Hammer Coral Branching
    LPS Favia Brown/Green
    SPS Orange Montipora
    SPS Green & White Montipora
    SPS Acropora
    SPS Bright Yellow Scroll Coral
    SPS Pavona Coral 
    SPS Pink Stylophora
    SPS Green Tipped Birdsnest 
    SPS Electric Green Hydnophora 
    Mushroom Purple Mushrooms
    Mushroom Green Hairy Mushroom
    Mushroom Bumpy Red Mushroom
    Mushroom Striped Blue Mushroom
    Mushroom Metalic Red Mushroom
    Soft Gold Capnella
    Soft Toadstool
    Soft Pink Pulsing Xenia
    Soft Metalic Green Star Polyp
    Soft Striped Pulsing Xenia
    Zoos/Palys Brown Palythoa
    Zoos/Palys Whammin Watermelon Zoanthids - Zoanthus sp.
    Zoos/Palys Caribbean Long tentacle Palythoa
    Zoos/Palys Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoanthids
    Zoos/Palys Yellow Colonial Polyps
    Fish Ocellaris clownfish
    Invert Red Leg Hermit
    Invert Peppermint Shrimp
    Invert Fan Worm
    Invert Sea Cucumber
    Invert Small Brittle Star
    Invert Nassarius Snail
    Invert Peppermint Snail
    Invert Margarita Snail
    Invert Large Tonga Nassarius Snail
    Invert Banded Trochus Snails





















    1 comment:

    1. MaureenNovember 3, 2012 at 4:11 PM

      Beautiful pictures! I'm glad I got to see it in person the other weekend.

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