My Dad added the mini Koralia to prevent the Frogspawn from touching the Superman Montipora and Forest Fire Digitata.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Potassium Chloride Calculator
I have been dosing Get Tanked's Potassium Chloride for the past few months and wanted to share how to calculate the amount of potassium to be added to our reef tanks. Potassium chloride is 52.5% by weight potassium. With this calculator, use the calcium to find your potassium. Desired potassium should be between 390 and 400 mg/L. Select Anhydrous CaCl2 (Dow's Peladow) and enter your current and desired potassium values. When entering in your systems water volume make sure to include the live rock and sand displacement (8.556 pounds of rock/sand displaces one gallon of saltwater). After you find how much "calcium" to add, multiply this result by 0.7 to find how much calcium needs to be added.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
World Wide Corals is back!
World Wide Corals has renovated their website and added a bunch of new corals. All of the coral prices are 20% off for the month of September! Their shipping rates are low at $29.99 for overnight delivery and orders over $299 receive free shipping.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
More SPS growth shots
Pink Millepora
November 17, 2007
April 8, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
ORA Green Birdsnest
November 30, 2007
April 8, 2008
August 17, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
Purple & Green Miyagi Tortuosa
September 15, 2007
June 22, 2008
January 4, 2009
February 10, 2009
Purple Turaki
October 31, 2007
November 30, 2007
July 12, 2008
February 10, 2009
November 17, 2007
April 8, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
ORA Green Birdsnest
November 30, 2007
April 8, 2008
August 17, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
Purple & Green Miyagi Tortuosa
September 15, 2007
June 22, 2008
January 4, 2009
February 10, 2009
Purple Turaki
October 31, 2007
November 30, 2007
July 12, 2008
February 10, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Some of my SPS growth shots
PP Tri-Color Cerealis
February 17, 2008
May 20, 2008
August 17, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
Skittles Granulosa
January 21, 2008 (After it RTNed, only the base was saved)
April 8, 2008
May 20, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
30,000 Leagues Lokani
November 30, 2007
July 12, 2008
February 10, 2009
July 15, 2009
Turquoise Parilis
January 5, 2008
January 4, 2009
February 10, 2009
February 17, 2008
May 20, 2008
August 17, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
Skittles Granulosa
January 21, 2008 (After it RTNed, only the base was saved)
April 8, 2008
May 20, 2008
January 4, 2009
July 15, 2009
30,000 Leagues Lokani
November 30, 2007
July 12, 2008
February 10, 2009
July 15, 2009
Turquoise Parilis
January 5, 2008
January 4, 2009
February 10, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
$49.95 for Phoenix bulbs!
$49.95 for 250w Phoenix 14K bulbs, can't beat that! These are the bulbs I have been using for the past three years, I love them!
Click here to get this deal.
Click here to get this deal.
Possible new tank design?
Here are two drawings for my next tank (251 gallon).
The specs:
Royal-Exclusiv Alpha 300 Cone Protein Skimmer
Two Visi-Therm Stealth Heater 200 watt Heaters (13 3/4”)
Portable Refractometer
120 lb. Caribsea Special Grade Reef Sand
The specs:
Tank
251 Gallon Eurobrace, Three sided Starphire Glass Aquarium (66”x40”x22.75”) with black back panel with external overflow (26”x6”x12”) with four 2” bulkheads and two 1.5” bulkheads on the bottom panel by Miracles or Aquarium Obsessed.
70 Gallon Sump with Refugium (46”x22”x16”) [Connected to system]
30 Gallon Frag Tank (36”x18”x12”) [Connected to system]
15 Gallon Coral Quarantine Tank (24”x12”x12”) [Not connected to system]
Water Movement Equipment
One ReeFlo Snapper External Pump (2,500 GPH, 98 watts)
Four Vortech MP-40W Generation 2 (500-3,000 GPH, 9-28 watts)
Lighting Equipment
Display Tank Lighting
Two Sunlight Supply Lumen Max Reflectors (22.3”x22.3”8.8”)
Two 250w Lumatek Electronic Ballasts
Two 250w Radium 20K Metal Halides
One 36" 4x39w IceCap SLR T5 High-Output Retrofit Kit w/ Bulbs
Two ATI Blue Plus 39 watt T-5 Bulbs
Two UVL Super Actinic 39 watt T-5 Bulbs
Six 3" Fans (31 CFM) - 3.15" x 1.5" Fan Body
Guardian GP Series Portable Generator Model 5625 (7,0000 watts)
Frag Tank Lighting
One IceCap 36” 4x39w retrofit
Two ATI Blue Plus 39 watt T-5 Bulbs
One UVL Super Actinic 39 watt T-5 Bulbs
One ATI Aquablue Special 39 watt T-5 Bulbs
Refugium lighting
Two PAR38 Reflector 19 Watt (5,100K)
Water Quality Equipment
Bulk Reef Supply Deluxe 6 Stage 75 GPD RO/DI System
GHL ProfiLux standalone dosing pump (4) (Balling Method)
Royal-Exclusiv Alpha 300 Cone Protein Skimmer
Two Visi-Therm Stealth Heater 200 watt Heaters (13 3/4”)
Tunze Osmolator 3155 Water Level Regulation System
Taam Titanium Ground Probe
Eheim Sludge Extractor
Additives
Reef Crystals Salt Mix
Bulk Reef Supply Calcium Hydroxide (Kalkwasser)
Bulk Reef Supply Calcium Chloride
Baking Soda (Alkalinity Buffer)
Bulk Reef Supply Magnesium Chloride
Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt)
Strontium Chloride
Potassium Chloride
Tropic Marin Pro Coral Iodine
Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon
Bulk Reef Supply High Capacity Granular Ferric Oxide
Two Little Fishes ReVive
Salifert Flatworm Exit
Fluke Tabs
Interceptor (Large Dog pill)
Methylene Blue
Test Kits
Portable Refractometer
American Marine Pinpoint Salinity Calibration Fluid
API (Alkalinity/Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate)
Salifert (Calcium/Magnesium)
Fish List
20 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis) 50”
6 Lyretail Anthias (5 Female, 1 Male) (Pseudanthias squampinnis) 24”
1 Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) 2”
1 Linear Blenny (Ecsenius lineatus) 3”
1 Bicolor Blenny (Ecsenius bicolor) 4”
1 McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus mccoskeri) 3.5”
1 Eightline Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus octotaenia) 3.5”
1 Filamented Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus filamentosus)3.5”
1 Potter's Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon geoffroy) 4”
2 Bluestar Leopard Wrasse (1 Female, 1 Male) (Macropharyngodon bipartitus) 8”
1 Mystery Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus ocellatus) 4”
1 Red Fin Ruby Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis) 3.5”
1 Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) 6”
1 Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) 6”
1 Blue Spotted Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus truncates) 7”
1 Tomini Tang (Ctenochaetus tominiensis) 6”
1 Powder Blue Tang (Acanthurus leucosternon) 7”
42 Fish – 139” (1” for every 1.81 gallons)
Invert List
4 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
4 Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni)
50 Banded Trochus Snails
50 Cerith Snails
50 Nassarius Snails
25 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs
Macro Algae
Chaetomorpha Algae
Ulva Lettuce Algae
Sand
120 lb. Caribsea Special Grade Reef Sand
60 lb. Caribsea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink
50 SPS
ORA Blue/Green Tortuosa
ORA Green Pocillopora
ORA Red Planet
ORA Green Birdsnest
ORA Chip’s Acropora
ORA Hawkin’s Echinata
ORA Pearlberry
ORA German Green Acro with Blue Polyps
ORA Roscoe’s Acropora
ORA Dustin’s Deepwater
ORA Bird of Paradise
ORA Purple Plasma
ORA Blue Millepora
Pink Lemonade
Pink Millepora
Blue Vermiculata
Purple/Green Austera
Purple/Blue/Green Plana
Purple/Blue 30,000 Leagues Lokani
Skittles Granulosa
Forest Fire Digitata
Fireside Tenuis
Blue/Green Parilis
Green/Blue Rim Montipora Confusa
Blue/Purple Turaki
Sky Blue Turaki
PP Tri-Color Cerealis
Eggplant Nana
Yellow “Banana” Caroliniana
Rainbow Nasuta
Ecto Cooler Millepora
Oregon Tortuosa
Garf Purple Tri-Color
Reefermadness Limeade
Upscales Microcladus
Aqua Delight
Purple Monster
True Superman Montipora
Sunset Montipora
Orange Montipora Setosa
Tri-Color Stylophora “ATL Rainbow Cat’s Paw”
ORA Blue Bottlebrush
ORA Borealis
Blue Gomezi
Blue Hoeksemai
Ocean Blue Polyp Stylophora
Super Pink Stylophora
Blue/Green Ultimate Stag or Acropora insignis
Tyree Montipora Undata
Fire & Ice “Rocket Pop” Aacropora hyacinthus
18 LPS
Green with Pink Tip Branching Frogspawn
Neon Green Trumpet
Red & Green Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Red Blastomussa wellsi
Red with Blue center Blastomussa wellsi
Deepwater Maroon with gold stripe Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Pink Fox Coral
Orange & Green Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red & Green Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Green & Purple Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red, Orange, Green Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Green with Pink Tip Hammer
Neon Green Hammer Ancora
Red Lobophyllia hemprichii
Pink Bubble Coral
Red with Neon Green center Blastomussa wellsi
Red & Blue “Superman” Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Friday, August 21, 2009
New dosing schedule
I use Randy's DIY Two-Part solution (Recipe #2). My dosing schedule is as follows:
Daily: 125 mL of Calcium, 125 mL of alkalinity
Weekly: 40mL of Magnesium, two drops of Tropic Marin Pro Coral Iodine
Monthly: 25mL of Seachem Stability, 10mL of Seachem Reef Plus
Daily: 125 mL of Calcium, 125 mL of alkalinity
Weekly: 40mL of Magnesium, two drops of Tropic Marin Pro Coral Iodine
Monthly: 25mL of Seachem Stability, 10mL of Seachem Reef Plus
Updated equipment and stocking list
I figured since I won't be purchasing more equipment and livestock while I'm away at school I would post my current stocking list.
One Rena Cal 300 watt Heater (14”)
Tanks
120 Gallon Perfecto Glass Aquarium (48”x24”x24”) with internal overflow
30 Gallon Sump with Refugium (36”x12”x16”)
Water Movement Equipment
One Danner Mag Drive 12 (1,200 GPH, 110 watts)
One Danner Mag Drive 5 (500 GPH, 45 watts)
Loc-Line return hose (0.75”)
Two Hydor Koralia 4 powerheads (1,200 GPH, 12 watts)
Lighting Equipment
Two Lumenarc III mini Stealth Pendants (14.5”x14.5”x7”)
Two 250 watt 14K Phoenix DE Metal Halide Bulbs
Two 250 watt Lumatek Electronic Ballasts
One TEK II retrofit T-5 48” lighting 2x54watt (2 bulbs total)
One UVL Super Actinic 54 watt T-5 Bulb
One ATI Blue Plus 54 watt T-5 Bulb
Refugium lighting
One PAR38 Reflector 19 Watt / 5100K
Water Quality Equipment
6 Stage Melev’s/Bulk Reef Supply Reverse Osmosis with Two DI Filters (100 GPD)
Vertex IN-180 Protein Skimmer (rated for up to 180 gallons, 32 watts)
One Rena Cal 300 watt Heater (14”)
180 lbs. of Live Rock (Fiji, Tonga Fusion, Kaelini, Pukani)
90 lbs. of CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink Sand
Additives
Reef Crystals Salt Mix
Bulk Reef Supply Calcium Chloride
Baking Soda (Alkalinity Buffer)
Mag Pellet (Magnesium Chloride)
CVS Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulfate)
Seachem Strontium Chloride
Potassium Chloride
Tropic Marin Pro Coral Iodine
Bulk Reef Supply ROX 0.8 Activated Carbon
TB Aquatics Smart ReefTM RemPhos (GFO)
Test Kits
Portable Refractometer
API Test Kit (pH/Alkalinity/Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate)
ELOS Phosphate Test Kit
Salifert (Calcium/Magnesium/Strontium) Test Kit
ZEOvit Korallen-Zucht Potassium Test Kit
Fish List
9 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis) 22.5”
1 Chocolatedip Chromis (Chromis iomelas) 2.5”
1 Tail Spot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) 2”
1 Female Bluestar Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon bipartitus) 3.5”
1 Eightline Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus octotaenia) 3.5”
1 McCosker’s Flasher Wrasse (Male) (Paracheilinus mccoskeri) 3”
1 Red Fin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubripinnis) 3"
1 Desjardini Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii) 12”
1 Blue Spotted Kole Tang (Ctenochaetus truncates) 7”
17 Fish – 59” (1” for every 2.03 gallons)
Invert List
2 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
2 Blood Fire Shrimp (Lysmata debelius)
1 Sand Sifting Sea Star
Algae List
1 Chaetomorpha Algae
Corals
48 SPS
ORA Blue/Green Tortuosa
ORA Green Birdsnest
ORA Red Planet
ORA Chip’s Acropora
ORA Green Pocillopora Damicornis
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Hawkin’s Echinata
ORA German Green Acro with Blue Polyps
ORA Dustin’s Deepwater
ORA Purple Plasma
ORA Blue Millepora
ORA Roscoe's Acropora
ORA Bird of Paradise
Oregon Tortuosa
Upscales Microcladus
Aqua Delight
Reefermadness Limeade
GARF Purple Tri-Color
True Superman Montipora
Orange Montipora Setosa
Tyree Sunset Montipora
Purple Monster
Orange with Blue Rim Montipora Capricornis
Skittles Granulosa
Fireside Tenuis
Purple/Blue 30,000 Leagues Lokani
Pink Lemonade
Blue Vermiculata
Purple/Green Austera
Purple/Blue/Green Plana
PP Purple Tri-Color Cerealis
Northwoods Tri-Color Valida
Tri-Color Stylophora “ATL Rainbow Cat’s Paw”
Green/Blue Rim Montipora Confusa
Pink Millepora
Green/Pink Verweyi
Eggplant Nana
Yellow “Banana” Caroliniana
Rainbow Nasuta
Ecto Cooler Millepora
Super Pink Pocillopora
Green/Lime Pocillopora
Sky Blue Turaki
Pink with Purple Polyp Stylophora
Forest Fire Digitata
Purple/Blue Turaki
Blue/Green Parilis
Orange/Green/Yellow Birdsnest
19 LPS
Green with Pink Tip Branching Frogspawn
Green Branching Hammer
Neon Green Trumpet
Deepwater Maroon with gold stripe Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Peppermint Candy Cane Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Devil Run Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Watermelon Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Tangerine Warshock Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Rusty Ice Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Raspberry Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Tropical Punch Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Orange Sherburt Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red Fractals Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red & Orange Rainbow Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Incredible Hulk Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Red Blastomussa wellsi
Red with Blue center Blastomussa wellsi
Red & Green Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Pink Fox Coral
10 Zoanthids
Montezuma's Revenge Zoanthid
Pink Panther Centered Zoanthid
Gorilla Nipples Zoanthid
Radioactive Green Dragon Eye Zoanthid
Blue Eyed Watermelon Zoanthid
Mean Green Zoanthid
Orange & Green Eagle Eye Zoanthid
Green Crossettes Zoanthid
Green Star Eye Zoanthid
Blue/Brown with White Centered Zoanthid
4 Mushrooms
Green with Orange Spotted Mushroom
Red with Blue Spotted Mushroom
Red Mushroom
Blue/Purple Mushroom
3 Soft Corals
Silver Branch Pulsing Xenia
Green Starburst Polyp
Chili Coral
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