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375 Gallon Reef Tank
I sold my 180, 300, sump, and several
other fish items to
purchase this tank
Tank
Specs: Acrylic 375 Reef Ready 96x30x30 - Set-up on
February 25, 2007
Lighting: 3 400W
240V 14000K MH
Circulation:
I have two 6100
Tunze Stream Pumps,
one on each side of the overflow connected to a controller. A Tunze WaveBox
was purchased 12-25-2005. Iwaki 40RLXT as my return
pushed 1200gph back into the tank for added circulation.
A second wavebox was added to the tank on June 25 2007
to help with water movement.
Filtration:
The overflows go to a 55 gallon container that is 50% full
of water with macro algae in it. I have 80watts of light
over the top of it and this tank has 2 500w heaters in it
controlled by a PinPoint Temp Controller. I have about
over 1000LBS of Live Rock and 2" of Live Sand in
the 375. The LS and LR have been in different tanks since 1995 so they are well matured. I have mixed sand, Some live
and some not, all fine grain sand. I also used
Nature's Ocean Bio-Activ Live Reef Sand from Advance Aqua Tanks,
This stuff works great. It makes up 50% or more of the
sand in my tanks. It is cheaper than most Live Sand. My Live Rock
is a mix of Premium Fiji, Pohnpei, Marshall Island,
Caribbean, and Kaelini Tonga Ultra. I use Instant Ocean
Reef Crystals for my mix.
Extras: PRECISION MARINE 6 X 24 CALCIUM REACTOR W/EHIM PUMP. This is used to keep my CA,
Mag, and ALK
up. In May 2007 I purchased a JBJ Arctica 1/3 HP Inline
Chiller that I run off the return
Additives:
I use a CA Reactor for Calcium and Alkalinity (started
using 12/2001). I use a Formula One,
Formula Two, and Angel Formula from
Ocean
Nutritionand Frozen Spirulina Enriched Brine Shrimp by
San
Francisco Bay Brand. I feed one cube once a
day. I also have Cyclop-eeze that I feed a few times a week
along with Nori Seaweed. I soak all the food in Selcon by
American Marine Inc and Vita-Chem by Boyd Enterprise Inc. I use Instant Ocean
Reef Crystel for my
mix.
Critters:
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Hippo Tang (donated to me by a
friend in 2005)
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Hippo Tang (purchased 1995)
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Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (added March 2008)
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3 Green Chromis
(1/2001)
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1 Green Chromis
(May/2007)
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5 Green Chromis (added Feb/2008)
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Regal Angel (added March/2008)
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Orange Shoulder Tang (April/27/2007)
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6-line Wrasse (1/2006)
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Chocolate Tang (May/2007)
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Red Sea Emperor
Angel (June/14/2007)
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Sailfin Tang (May/2007)
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Yellow Tailed Angel (April/19/2008)
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Flame Fin Tomini Tang (May/2007)
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Coral Beauty (May/2007)
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Male and female Orange Anthias (Lyretail)
(added Feb/2008)
- 1
female Blue Eye Lyretail Anthia (April/19/2008)
- 1
female Blue Eye Lyretail Anthia (April/21/2008)
- 1
Female Unknown Lyretail Anthia (April/2008)
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several Serpent Stars
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few Hermit Crabs
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few snails
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Variety of mushrooms
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Acroporas
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Montiporas
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Turbinaria
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Montipora foliosa
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Fire
Coral
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Derasa Clam(5/2001)
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Crocea Clam (3/2006)
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Tear Drop Maxima (5/2006)
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Derasa
Clam
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other SPS
Corals
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Maintenance: Clean the front and side panel every week. Water change
on the 15th of the month and on the last day of the
month. Clean the outside of the panels with Novus 1 Plastic
Clean & Shine
Other info: The tank was purchased with several
scratches but I used an underwater sander kit and
cleaned it right up. I still need to run the kit one
more time.
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