120 Gallon Reef

 


Our 120 gallon bare bottom mixed soft, lps, sps and BTA reef, January 4, 2007.


 

 

Brief Biography:

Have kept freshwater aquaria since 1998 and marine aquaria since 2000, beginning with a 75 gallon coral and fish reef. 

The 120g was originally set up in the summer of 2004 as a xenia, green star and brown star polyp, mushroom tank with 110 watts of power compact and 40 watts of actinic lighting.  At that time, matching 37g semi-cube and a 67g tanks and stands were also set up.

In July, 2006, however, we decided we wanted only one tank to look after.  We sold the contents of the 120g, and cleaned and sterilized the tank.  Over the 2006 August long weekend, the contents of our 37g and 67g were amalgamated into the the 120g.

 

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2007 Videos:
 
2006 Videos:
 

 

Other Photos and Videos:
 

 
Main Tank:

Tank:

 Tank:
  • Custom made 48" long x 24" deep x 24" high
  • Eurobracing along the front, back and sides
  • Centre bracing

Cover/Canopy and Stand:

  • Glass covers
  • Eggcrate on front and back open areas to prevent fairy wrasse from jumping

Heating:

  • Two 250 watt Tronic heaters with heater guards, one on each end of the tank

Thermometer:

  • Hagen stick on thermometer

 

Filtration/
Powerheads/
Skimmer:

 Filtration/Powerheads:
  • Two Hagen 802s (aka Hagen 70s) fitted with modified Quickfilter attachments filled with foam to provide some mechanical filtration
  • Both powerheads are positioned as high as possible in the tank on the right side of the tank to provide maximum air exchange
  • One powerhead is positioned for flow to bounce off the about mid-point along the back wall, the other is pointing to about 10" from the right front corner for flow to bounce off the front glass

Skimmer:

  • None currently in use
  • Because we have no skimmer, we:
    • keep a low bio-load
    • do not overfeed the fish and anemones
    • encourage growth non-invasive macroalgae in the reef to utilize nutrients

Cleaning Regime:

  • Powerheads are broken down and cleaned weekly in hot tap water
  • Foams are thoroughly cleaned weekly in hot tap water

 

Lighting:

 Brand and Wattage of Bulbs in What Kind of Fixture:
  • 9325k bulbs

Daily Photo Period:

  • This section incomplete.

 

Maintenance:

 

Tank Chemistry:

 Salinity Range:
  • 1.024 to 1.026.

pH Range:

  • 8.10 to 8.45.

Additives and Buffers Used:

  • This section incomplete.

Nitrate Range:

  • This section incomplete.

Water Quality and Chemistry Testing Regime:

  • This section incomplete.

Testing Tools and Test Kits Used:

  • This section incomplete.

 
Live Rock/
Substrate:		 Live Rock:
  • A combination of about 100 pounds of Fiji and Tonga live rock

Substrate:

  • This reef has no substrate and the tank setup is typically called a bare bottom tank

 
Fish: Species and Number of Fish Kept:
  • one solarensis fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus solarensis
  • one marine betta,  Calloplesiops altivelis
  • one mated pair of ocellaris clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris

 

Feeding:

 Types of Food:
  • PE mysis soaked in a drop or two of Kent Garlic Xtract and Several drops of Kent Zoe

Number of Feedings per Day:

  • Feedings are twice a day
    • once in the morning during the dawn lighting period
    • once in the afternoon during full lighting period
    • mysis are added a few at a time over a period of a few minutes allowing the fish to be fed enough but not too much

 

Invertebrates:

 Species and Number of Invertebrates Kept:
  • A mix of about 40 astrea and turbo snails

 

Sump:

 

No sump is utilized with this aquarium.

 
Refugium:
 

No refugium is utilized with this aquarium.

 
Hospital Tank:

 

A 10 gallon hospital tank is set up throughout the process of adding new fish to the reef.

 

Quarantine Tank:

 
A 20 gallon hospital tank is set up throughout the process of adding new fish to the reef.

 

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