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Background

I Started keeping fish when I was around 10 years old and after setting up around 10 freshwater tanks between 5 - 20 gallons all at once, I felt I was ready for saltwater. The only thing is I only had a part time job at the local fish store in my small town (Port Perry) where I was in Charge of the fish department and counseling people on their fish problems yes even at 12 I was already giving advice and helpful advice.Anyhow I decided to sell my parkhurst Hockey card with players like frank mahovlich Henry Richard and all the old greats, I was able to get together $400 I got ripped off but I was impatient and wanted the fish more than the cards. I got my first saltwater tank like most people at Big als it was a 35 gallon setup with a double t8 florescent fixture and a Bio Life filter also had a skimmer but that cost extra 100 bucks for an air stone skimmer. My first coral was a Gonopora and It Thrived funny because I never added any additive but I made sure to do a 25% water change every month and never missed it by a day even when I had 12 other tanks in my bedroom to look after ,lets just say I was obsesed and still am!... After that there was a break in fish once I turned 14 and had already read every book on marine fish I could get my hand on I got out of the hobby completely and got into the teenage party scene lol..anyhow I got back into marine fish again later in life when I turned 23 and started with a 30 gallon cube Mixed reef which I thought was amazing as the hobby had changed so much since I was 12 years old. I am 33 years old now and since then I have had a 20 gallon nano , a 75 gallon with a 30 gallon sump mixed reef mostly softies, a 90 gallon with 20 gallon sump ,65 gallon with 40 gallon sump, seahorse tank , a 75 gallon with a 20 gallon sump and now I have a 3 gallon pico tope with 2 platinum clowns and the system you see here on this page. All the tanks I mentioned were mixed reef and this one has the most sps I have ever had I would say I am addicted. I have been lucky enough to see many reefs in person all over the world including Australia ,Bali Indonesia, every Country in Central America, Mexico 12 times I lived there for 2 years in Cancun and Playa del Carmen I also travel to Veracruz at least once a year to see family, I lived in Costa Rica , I should mention I lived in Australia for 6 months in Perth and got to see lots of wild life there in the ocean dolphins,crabs,etc I also went there when I was 7 and the time I lived there I was 17, also went to Japan,Jakarta, and to many countries to list my point is in all of these countries I made a point of observing the wild life on land and sea as this has always been my passion so my experience is no only in a glass tank in my living room and I was privileged to be healthy enough to work my butt off so I could afford to travel to all of these destinations. For now I am really enjoying the hobby and plan to upgrade to a much larger system but don't we all lol.. I think I will have to take a break and do some traveling before I get the next system but I am having a good time staying in one place for the time being and for a change I also have a 3 year old son whom which is my world and He is actually the proud owner of the 3 gallon pico tope and many corals in my system so yeah for now I am just going to stay put keep upgrading my current system and enjoy life as a father.
Thank You for reading
Peace

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Filtration

I am Currently using the Berlin system along with 2-3 liters of Nitra Guard Biocubes Titanium and I use a Phosban Reactor With Rowaphos. I have a 115 gallon sump with 3 Chambers and the middle chamber is full of Cheato ,Culipera Sp. and Mangroves.So I have that for a refugium but the bio cubes and rowa Phos keep my Nitrates and Phosphates at zero. Although the bio cubes were causing a little Cyano Bacteria I fixed the problem by adding a few more powerheads for flow and kept the lights off 2 days. I also plan to get some Coral snow and I have zeobac to deal with the Cyano as well as some Zeozym if necessary. For Skimming I use a dual beckett E.T.S.S enviromental Tower Scrubber My collection cup is bigger than my whole skimmer used to be it is a beast and does a great job !!! I clean The cup every day to every other day, it is run by a 1500 watt external pump

Lighting

For the Main tank which is 180 gallons I use 2 pfos each with 1 400 watt metal Halide and they are both 10,000 kelvin mogul bulbs and I have a sigle ballast that runs 2 400 watt bulbs made by PFO , as for actinics I use 2 80 watt 5 foot t5 bulbs both ati Blue plus. For the 75 gallon I use 2 175 watt Metal halide bulbs and I was using 2 54 watt ATI blue plus t5s on there as well but something broke on the ballast so I only use the metal halides now and they seem to be doing a fine job. For my sump I have a 4 foot power Compact Fixture with 2 Actinics and 2 day lights as well as moon lights all have separte switches.

Flow

For My main tank I use a 2600 Coralife Wavemaker and 1 korilia 4 and a powerhead 801 and I also have lock line coming from the main pump which is a reeflo Dart 3600 gph pump and this give my tank a lot of flow as well. In the 75 gallon frag tank I have the flow from the main pump as well and a 1400 gph Korilia along with a Korilia 3 and this is enough flow for that tank so far though I plan to add a second 2600 Coralife wave maker to the system soon. For the sump I have an eco plus 633 gph pump which was my internal return pump from my old 75 gallon system with 20 gallon sump and flo from the reeflo dart as well as flow from my reactor and skimmer etc..

Measurements

3
Phosphate
Salinity
Magnesium
345
Calcium
Temperature
7.5
Nitrate
pH
Alkalinity
Ammonia
Nitrite
380
Potassium
Silicate

Inhabitants

125 Coral

Acropora Staghorn Sp sp
Aussie Duncans Duncanopsammia axifuga
Blood Red Chalice Echinophyllia aspera
10 Blue Mushroom Actinodiscus sp.
5 Dendrophyllia Dendrophyllia
Desert Sun Chalice Sp sp
Green Tree Nepathea Sp sp
Iron Man Mushroom Sp sp
Jayson Fox Wwc Yellow Carolina Sp sp
Looks Like Lemonlime Pocillapora But Could Be A Monti Sp sp
M. Palawenensis Sp sp
Pink Dendros Sp sp
Pipe Organ Coral Tubipora musica
Postrata Sp sp
Rainbow Lobo Sp sp
Rainbow Stylopora Sp sp
15 Red Digi Sp sp
Red Dragon Acropora Acropora carduus
Red Mushroom Actinodiscus sp.
6 Strawberry Wine Paly Sp sp
3 Sun Coral Tubastrea sp.
Tounge Coral Sp sp

36 Fish

4 Stripe Damsel Sp sp
2 Black Ocellaris Clowns Amphiprion ocelaris var
Convict Tang Acanthurus triostegus
5 Damsel Sp sp
Dragonface Pipefish Corythoichthys sp.
6 Indo Hermit Crab In Cerith Type Shells Sp sp
Lyretail Anthias Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Melanaris Wrasse Sp sp
Naso Tang Naso lituratus
Ocellaris Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris
Purple Tang Zebrasoma xanthurum
Scopas Tang Zebrasoma scopas
3 White Damsel Sp sp

48 Invertebrate

7 Astraea Conehead Snail Astraea tecta
Blood Red Fire Shrimp Lysmata debelius
Feather Sea Star Lamprometra palmata
Fighting Conch Strombus spp.
Gold Coral Banded Shrimp Sp sp
Green Pistol Shrimp Alpheus euphrosyne
19 Left Handed Hermit Crab Sp sp
6 Margarita Snail Margarites pupillus
2 Orange Acro Crab Sp sp
2 Peppermint Shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni complex
2 Queen Conch Strombus gigas
Tiger Pistol Shrimp Alpheus bellulus
2 Turbo Snail Turbo fluctuosa

4 Plant

4 Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle

Equipment

Additive
20 oz Co2 tank filled
Blue Vet Redcyano rx
Brightwell Magnesion
Kent Tech I
Zeobak
Zeovit Zeostart3
filled 20 oz co2 tank
Aquarium
175 Gallon Aquarium
AutoTopOff
Kent float valve
Bulb
400 watt Hamilton Halide Bulb 10,000k
Coralife 10,000k 400 watt mh
Hamilton 400W 10000K Metal Halide Bulb (Mogul Base)
Cleaning
Dosing
Thing Tool replacement tips
Lighting
175 watt magnetek ballast x2 with sockets and 2 175 watt bulbs
2 2 400 watt pfo mh hanging from roof and Ajustable
40 watt clip on lamp for brine shrimp hatchery
80 watt x 2 blue plus bulbs 5 foot
800 watt cooltouch Ballast for my 2 400 watt bulbs in the pfos
PFO Pendants with 400 watt mh x2
Media
ARM Calcium Reactor Media
Boston Aqua Farms 20 pack x2 frag plugs
Zeovit
Parts
2 pumps for coralife wavemaker 2600 and 1 sensor both new
Threaded Strainer 2 inch
Powerhead
Coralife Wavemaker kit 2600
Korilia 4
Pump
Eco 633 Submersuble Pump
Mag 350 Danner Supreme Brand new to replace faulty pump on calcium Reactor
Mag 350 water pump Danner Supreme
2 Reef flo Dart 3600 gph Main pump
Reactor
Vertex Zf-30 Zeovit reactor 3.0 liter
two little fishes Phos Ban Reactor
Refractometer
Refugium
Refufium in middle sump chamber
RODI
5 stage bwi 150 gpd RO/DI
R/O flow restrictor 100 gpd
RODIMedia
R/O Flow Restrictor 100 gpd
2 RO Sediment Filter
Skimmer
E.T.S. 1400 "Enviromental Tower Scrubber" Super Skimmer with 1550 gph Gen-X non submersuble pump
Stand
Metal Frame stand for 180 gallon tank standard
Sump
112 gallon sump 3 chambers custom
UV
CoralLife Turbo Twist 6x18 watt
Other
36 gallon Rubbermaid bin
5 lengths of loc line at top of 180 gallon with flow from 3600 gph pump has bleeder valve
55 gallon food grade drum
68 liter rubbermaid bin
Brine Shrimp Eggs
Brine Shrimp Hatchery Sanfransico
Champion 1500 starting Watts Generator
Clip on Rotating fan
Diy Acrilic Probe Holder
Fish bags and tupperware for feeding
Pinpoint PH Monitor
Power Bar Timer 4x 3 prong socets on timer and 4 regular same as coralife one
Saline Solutions Calcium Reactor
Sanfransico Brine Shrimp Hatchery
Threaded Strainer for sump intake

Dosing See more

ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · added 12.5percent lugols Iodine solutin at 1 drop per 35 gallons at 260 gallons divided by 35 it is 7.4 drops but i pu only 7 8 drops · Kent Tech M 260 ml · added 12.5percent lugols Iodine solutin at 1 drop per 35 gallons at 260 gallons divided by 35 it is 7.4 drops but i pu only 7 7 drops · Kent Tech M 265 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 40 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 40 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 45 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 14 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · Aquavitro Calcification 140 ml · reef builder 32 g · seachem reef builder 39 g · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Aquavitro Calcification 210 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · dosed 90-150 grams of seachems reef builder for raising Alkalinity 90 g · Reef Builder Seachem Raises carbon alkalinity 81 g · Kent Marine supper buffer 2 tbsp · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · Neo Mag 4.5 oz · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 15 drops · Blue Vet Redcyano rx 11 caps · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 30 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 80 ml · Kent Tech M 120 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 80 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 80 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · Kent Tech M 90 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 70 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Tech M 90 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 85 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Tech M 270 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · added 1/3 or so of bag of neomag to calcium reactor 1 cup · Kent Marine Tech I 70 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · Kent Tech M 265 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 70 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 14 drops · Kent Tech M 90 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 75 ml · Polyp Lab One 10 caps · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 13 drops · Kent Tech M 90 ml · Polyp Lab One 15 caps · Kent Marine Tech I 70 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 11 drops · Kent Tech M 120 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 11 drops · Kent Marine Tech I 70 ml · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 7 ml · ZEOvit Amino Acid Concentrate 12 drops · Kent Tech M 60 ml · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 6 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 70 ml · Polyp Lab One 15 caps · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 6 ml · Kent Tech M 300 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 70 ml · Brightwell Aquatics Potassion 3 caps · Polyp Lab One 15 caps · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 2 ml · Brightwell Aquatics Potassion 10 caps · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 6.5 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 80 ml · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 6.5 ml · Brightwell Aquatics Potassion 5 caps · Kent Marine Tech I 60 ml · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 6.5 ml · Brightwell Aquatics Potassion 10 caps · Brightwell Aquatics Potassion 15 caps · Brightwell Aquatics Potassion 9 caps · Brightwell Aquatics CoralAmino 5 ml · Kent Marine Tech I 60 ml · Brightwell Magnesion 60 ml
Currently I am adding Kent Tech I and Kent Tech M for Iodide and iodine and Magnesium. I also add Korallin-Zucht Concentrated Amino Acids 2 -4 times a week and I turn off my skimmer and Phosphate reactor for 2 hours while I do this.I used to add Brightwells Potassion When I was using the Zeovit systen but I am taking a break from the zeo system and seeing how this new plan goes for a while.I also Have a saline Solutions Calcium Reactor full of A.R.M Media and Neo Zeo for Magnesium I use a paintball 20 oz tank setup with a regulator from Aquatec and I have another 20 oz tank as a back up this works great.

Feeding See more

Fed all fish frozen mix everything · Fed dendros , coco,chili suns frozen marine sonw and hikari · Fed Argent Cyclop-Eeze Freeze-Dried · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed marine snow , zo plan and phyto plan to gorgonian and coco worm · Fed nori · Fed Hikari Sinking Carnivore pellets to all dendro and duncan heads · Fed Polyp Lab Reef-Roids · Fed Julian Sprung Sea Veggies Mixed Seaweed Flakes · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed Argent Cyclop-Eeze Freeze-Dried · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef · Fed Reef Roids · Fed Argent Cyclop-Eeze Freeze-Dried · Fed nori · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed Julian Sprung Sea Veggies Mixed Seaweed Flakes · Fed 5 scoops of zo plan and 3 scoops of phyto plan dumped in main tank and spot fed to coco worm and gorgonian! · Fed Polyp Lab Reef-Roids · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish fed lots · Fed soaked silversides in selcon and garlic guard as well · Fed also soaked 2 cubes of brine and 2 cubes of pe mysis and 1 cube of cyclopeeze soaked in selcon and garlic guard · Fed mixture of 4 scoops of phyto plan,4 scoops of zo plan and 3 caps of marine sow to co co worm gorgonian and chili coral in lion tank · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed nori · Fed silverside chunks to dendros · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed nori · Fed Reef Roids · Fed Coral Frenzy · Fed marine snow to co co worm and gargonian spot fed · Fed nori · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed Argent Cyclop-Eeze Freeze-Dried · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed Polyp Lab Reef-Roids · Fed nori · Fed Polyp Lab Reef-Roids · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed Reef Roids · Fed NutriDiet Marine Marine Flakes Seachem to all fish · Fed Argent Cyclop-Eeze Freeze-Dried · Fed Reef Roids · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed Ocean Nutrition Prime Reef to all fish · Fed nori · Fed Instant Ocean Marine Chips omnivore to all fish · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed black and yellow sun corals PE cyclopeeze and brine also some pe mysis soaked in selcon and garlic guard · Fed phtytoplan ,zoplan and marine snow mix with selcon and garlic to all corals sps mostly · Fed all fish brine, pe mysis, and pe cyclopeeze soaked in selcon and garlic guard · Fed coco worm and gorgonian marine snow , phyto plan, zo plan, pe mysis juice, with selcon and garlic guard · Fed dendros brine,pe mysis and silversides soaked in garlic and selcon · Fed Argent Cyclop-Eeze Freeze-Dried · Fed Polyp Lab Reef-Roids · Fed NutriDiet Marine Marine Flakes Seachem to all fish · Fed Instant Ocean Marine Chips herbavore to main tank · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed sun corals brine,rotifers,zoplan,phytoplan,cyclopeeze,frozen pe cyclops soaked in selcon and garlic also fed this mix to entire system · Fed coco worm silverside juice and pe mysis juice with left over selcon and garlic that wasnt soaked up to co co and gorgonian · Fed coco worm and gorgonian marine snow · Fed dendros brine ,silversides and pe mysis soaked in selcon and garlic · Fed all fish pe mysis and brine soaked in selcon and garlic · Fed coral frenzy 3 pinches · Fed Nori to tangs · Fed Reef Roids · Fed all fish PE mysis,big als brine, cyclopeeze , rotifers soaked in selcon and garlic guard 1-2 hours · Fed Coco worm a mix of marine snow, Frozen PE cyclopeeze and rotifers soaked in selcon and garlic guard for 1-2 hours · Fed Black and yellow sun corals brine shrimp soaked in selcon and garlic guard · Fed dendros Big als brine soaked in selcon and Garlic Guard witnessed all heads eat also fed some to duncans · Fed NutriDiet Marine Marine Flakes Seachem · Fed NutriDiet Marine Marine Flakes Seachem to all fish · Fed nori to tangs · Fed Julian Sprung Sea Veggies Mixed Seaweed Flakes to all fish · Fed Argent Cyclop-Eeze Freeze-Dried just a little · Fed Coral Frenzy lots · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed NutriDiet Marine Marine Flakes Seachem to all fish · Fed Reef Roids · Fed NutriDiet Marine Marine Flakes Seachem to all fish · Fed Frozen CyclopEeze and marine snow and rotifers all mixed together to co co worm and sun corals and fish soaked in selcon and Garlic Guard first · Fed all fish Brine soaked in garlic guard and selcon · Fed all fish PE mysis soaked in Garlic Guard and selcon · Fed nori to main · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed nori to main · Fed Coral Frenzy · Fed Reef Roids · Fed cyclopeeze to tank · Fed Omega One Marine Flakes to all fish · Fed nori to tangs · Fed silverside crushed up to some dendros · Fed Frozen CyclopEeze to all fish · Fed Frozen CyclopEeze to sun corals · Fed TLF Marine Snow to Co Co worm · Fed Frozen CyclopEeze
It is very important to feed your fish a variety of foods frozen foods are a must and at the very least must be fed once a week, also it is very important to use garlic on nori (seaweed) and soak the flakes in it for 2 hours prior to feeding especially tangs and sturgeons, at least twice a week if you do this you fish should never get any diseases!! ,not to say they won't be eaten by crabs you are un aware of or stressed to death by other fish you think are reef safe and it is common for people to blame the death of their fish on a disease. like for instance fin rot when it is really just being attacked with no where to hide, or they will see the fish being eaten by a pistol shrimp for example and assume right away it way this shrimp that killed the fish when you should be looking to be sure you are giving your fish the proper nutrients, and house them with proper and or reef safe watched and quarantined tank mates as 80 percent of the time the animal eating your dead fish (if you are lucky enough to even see the fish dead as they are consumed very fast in an established reef) was not that animal that did it but it is eating what is left (the food chain) anyway sorry I got a little off topic but you get my drift! I feed my fish frozen minimum once a week but preferably twice a week always soaked in selcon and or garlic guard and I feed a different flake food for each day in between alway high end foods as well... You get what you pay for!

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Words of Wisdom

Always dip and quarantine all corals!! Also quarantine fish! and be sure to have a hospital tank and a quarantine tank before even buying a single fish or coral.. Always price match when shopping at big als as they will match any Canadian website price on any of their dry good products.. Try not to shop at big als..Do not try to buy cheap no name products as you will save in the long run ten fold if you buy a good quality product firat.. You can buy it now or later I promise you will buy it eventually.. Most important go slow and when in doubt do a water change!!

Disasters & Regrets

Sun Corals way to much work and in my opinion impossible to keep in a reef system long term unless you feed every day with mysis or some sort of meaty food even then they still die in the end ... some people say to feed them once a week with heavy flow but in the end none of these methods really work , leave them in the ocean and get some dendros they are much more hardy!! and not having a quarantine tank or dipping every coral before putting them in the main system... Now I know from experience that you need to dip all corals and have a quarantine tank to keep them in for at least 2 weeks while closely watching them ... You can try and skip this but you will end up writing these same words in the end trust me!!

Acknowledgements

Bob Fenner , Big als as they were the only store around 22 years ago when I got into saltwater and they helped me setup my first system ( I wouldn't take their advice ever again though but I thank them for being there when no other store was at least that I knew of at the time)so reluctantly I will thank them. And strangely enough I thank myself for never giving up even though I had many trial and tribulations and losses of money and lifes.... I am sure there is more but I haven't thought of them yet!