Awesome thread. Great variety of tanks. I started with a 8g Aqueon AIO I converted from a planted tank, so I love seeing the nano systems.
Current system
50x36x26 - I assume my sump offsets my rock so I base dosing anything off 210g total water volume
Bare bottom no other reason than I love turbulent flow.
Lighting; 2x400w 14k metal halide in Cozumel Sun reflectors; paired with QuantaPro OG pop bars
Live stock - acropora dominant and that's basically my main focus now.
Husbandry - As much flow as I can provide without being too direct, quality light spectrum, trace element corrections and feed as much as the tank can handle. Water changes when necessary, RedSea Blue Bucket
Filtration - Skimmer; coral snow; refugium- chaeto lit above a fuge DSB with oolite; GAC; soon to be ozone once I decide on a reactor for added water clarity
ATO- gravity feed with float in sump. 20g res outdoors.
Dosing - At this point I'm still mostly kalkwasser (ESV) I ditched my calcium reactor for now. 6500ml per day and just starting to work in ESV 2 part. Only around 25ml A & B, this maintains Mag well too. 8.5/450/1400. no3 detectable -10ppm it tends to vary; p04 ideally .06-.1; ph is now 7.95-8.35 and growth improved. 1.024-1.025 SG.
Feeding - Daily OG phyto and color blend daily; Rod's Reef original thumb size piece daily; COOL mysis 2x daily; Auto feeder with vairous pellets 3 x a day. If I don't feed Rods I soak basic cubes in selcon or brightwells fish aminos but that's in a pinch. I like dirty food, I feel it helps with sps and the tank overall.
I was all about fish, specifically wrasse for awhile but now all I really care about is movement in the tank and nutrients for the acropora. Tangs, chromis, anthias, cleaner wrasse, bangaii, onxy percula and more.
Current system
50x36x26 - I assume my sump offsets my rock so I base dosing anything off 210g total water volume
Bare bottom no other reason than I love turbulent flow.
Lighting; 2x400w 14k metal halide in Cozumel Sun reflectors; paired with QuantaPro OG pop bars
Live stock - acropora dominant and that's basically my main focus now.
Husbandry - As much flow as I can provide without being too direct, quality light spectrum, trace element corrections and feed as much as the tank can handle. Water changes when necessary, RedSea Blue Bucket
Filtration - Skimmer; coral snow; refugium- chaeto lit above a fuge DSB with oolite; GAC; soon to be ozone once I decide on a reactor for added water clarity
ATO- gravity feed with float in sump. 20g res outdoors.
Dosing - At this point I'm still mostly kalkwasser (ESV) I ditched my calcium reactor for now. 6500ml per day and just starting to work in ESV 2 part. Only around 25ml A & B, this maintains Mag well too. 8.5/450/1400. no3 detectable -10ppm it tends to vary; p04 ideally .06-.1; ph is now 7.95-8.35 and growth improved. 1.024-1.025 SG.
Feeding - Daily OG phyto and color blend daily; Rod's Reef original thumb size piece daily; COOL mysis 2x daily; Auto feeder with vairous pellets 3 x a day. If I don't feed Rods I soak basic cubes in selcon or brightwells fish aminos but that's in a pinch. I like dirty food, I feel it helps with sps and the tank overall.
I was all about fish, specifically wrasse for awhile but now all I really care about is movement in the tank and nutrients for the acropora. Tangs, chromis, anthias, cleaner wrasse, bangaii, onxy percula and more.