New Setup - AGA 75 Gallon Pre-Drilled

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mikeguerrero

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Andre,

Can you also include a mini bio on your filtration system; label each item and let us know what powers what etc?

Like a museum, each snap shot has a story...

Mike G

P.S
How about letting us know future plans on equipment, critters etc?
 
aromano

aromano

New Member
Thanks a lot for all the comments guys.

I'll post some shots of the fitration's monthly progression as soon I get a chance.
For now I created a chart with the current configuration of the tank's equipment...

EQUIPMENT

- AGA 75 Gallon Pre-Drilled
- Current USA Nova Extreme 8x54W T5HO (432W) w/ 4 White Moonlights
- 2 IceCap LED Flat Blue Moonlights
- 3 MaxiJets 1200 Wave Makers

- SeaLife Systems Sump/Refugium
- Coralife 18W 6700K Fuge Light
- AquaC EV120 Protein Skimmer w/ Mag-Drive 5 Pump
- Mag-Drive Supreme 5 Return Pump
- 1 Phosban Reactor w/ 120ml ROWAPHOS
- 1 Phosban Reactor w/ 250ml of Activated Carbon
- 1 MaxiJet 900 w/ Tee Fitting Feeding the Reactors
- 300W Titanium Heater
- Clip Fan

- Digital Aquatics ReefKeeper2 Controller
- JBJ Automatic Top Off System

BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION:

- 100 lbs. of LS
- 150 lbs. of LR
- 005 lbs. of LR Rubble

FISH:

1 - Black Onyx Clownfish
1 - Blue Tang
1 - Yellow Tang
1 - Six Line Wrasse
1 - Lyretail Anthias
1 - Watchman Goby

INVERTS:

2 - Cleaner Shrimps
1 - Blood Red Fire Shrimp
3 - Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crabs
40 - Nassarius Snails
10 - Astraea Conehead Snails

CORALS:

Xenia
Zoanthids
Brain Corals
Candy Cane
Hairy Mushrooms
Green Star Polyps
Green Frog Spawn
Striped Mushrooms
Neon Green Mushrooms
Green Florida Ricordia Mushrooms
Orange Florida Ricordia Mushrooms

FOOD:

Red Gracilaria Algae
Green Marine Dried Macroalgae

Cyclop-Eeze Flake
Spectrum Marine Fish Formula
Spectrum Thera-A Anti-Parasitic Formula

Formula One Frozen Food
Formula Two Frozen Food w/ 2% Garlic
Prime Reef Frozen Food
Mysis Shrimp Frozen Food
Brine Shrimp Frozen Food

AMERICAN MARINE SELCON
Kent Garlic Xtreme

SUPPLEMENTS:

Nº 28 Replenisher - 2 tablets p/ week
Kent Tech Iodine - 5ml p/ week
Kent Strontium - 5ml p/ week
ESV B-Ionic Calcium Buffer
ESV B-Ionic Alkalinity Buffer

WATER SOURCE:

4 Stage RO/DI System 100 GPD
Instant Ocean Reef Crystals Salt Mix

SUMMARY:

I plan to keep adding a nice variety of soft corals, zoos, mushrooms and maybe a clam and some easy to keep SPS, until the day my tank is mature and I have enough cash to get a good calcium reactor.

As far as fish and inverts, for now I want to keep a more peaceful environment without too much traffic and bio-load. I currently have six fish, and I'm planning to add a few more... I've been looking for a nice Fairy Wrasse, Fire fish, and a few Gobies and Blennies.

I'm trying to keep it simple at the beginning, and all I want is a healthy mature tank, where the critters I'm keeping are getting the proper care they need to thrive, and not only survive.

 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

New Member
:lol: :lol: :lol: thats why i hate you cause you can do those stuff cause of your studies.... nice graphic of your tank even all the fish are there and shimps almost like a real tank cartoon... really nice i hope someday ill be able to do that.... anyways

tank looks great and what a filter system :shock: are you in a kind of competition with mike :lol: :lol: you two are doing a great job ...... hopefully some day ill do something like that .... love your selection of live stock...
 
aromano

aromano

New Member
Ed,

It was a lot of fun taking the time to create this graphic, but the main reason for the chart, is to make my life a little easier when I need to plug, unplug, and configure devices.
There is just too many plugs and wires, and this way I can quickly visualize and identity, which channel controls each device.

I had the opportunity to enjoy and care for my nano tank and I loved the fact that a simple major water change could make such great impact on the inhabitants and correct the water parameters. Unfortunately larger tanks don't have that flexibility, so carefully planning ahead and assembling an efficient filtration system is necessary to maintain good water quality, without having to rely too much on water changes.
 
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dragon79

New Member
aromano said:
eheheh...
Let the fishing season begin :mrgreen:

Click to expand...
My brother called me just to get my attention to this post, and this was why, hahaha

Good Job Aromano!

I agree this pic needs to go to nano-reef or even reef central, haha (jus kiddin')
 
Dickie52

Dickie52

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aromano...

That graphic is out of control..... :maitre

I am soooo impressed, now I have to go back and check it out again.... :lol:
 
aromano

aromano

New Member
Thanks for all the comments guys. ;-)

I gotta an Orange Short Tentacle Plate Coral this weekend.
Here are some shots I took from the tank today.







 
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mikeguerrero

Active Member
Wow,

The ich is really gone, that blue tang looks super healthy as do your other fish... How is your phosphates? Has your reactor caught up yet?

Mike G
 
aromano

aromano

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Thank God the ich problem is under control now. Every few days the blue tang appears with one or two spots, but it's far from the epidemic stage now. ;-)

My phosphates are reading 0.03 and the reactors seem to be helping a lot. The tangs also seem to really do a good job helping to keep the algae under control. The main factor for the nuisance algae growth is new LR that was introduced to the tank, which keeps adding a massive amount of nutrients in the water. It will take a few months, but slowly things seem to be getting more stable.
 
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mikeguerrero

Active Member
Okay,

That makes sense with the edition of new live rock. I didn't know you had added some new pieces. Always try to get ultra cured premium live rock for those last new pieces.

As you are doing the finishing touches you want the best rocks as they are the most seen pieces.

My six tangs andre, really keep my rock under control as do 3 emerald crabs and about a dozen snails that have reproduced tiny babies everywhere.

Your phos are at a very good level, mine are at .03 as well. Ever considering getting some Mexican snails to go at that algae?

They will do wonders as they did to mine...

MG
 
aromano

aromano

New Member
That powder blue tang is my favorite and I'm glad he joined the algae control troop. ;-) Is he recovering fine from the ich?

I haven't added any new LR pieces in three months now, but at first I introduced 115 lb. of cured Caribbean live rock and let it cycle for a month before transferring the live stock to the tank. I think those pieces are still leaching nutrients in the water.

That is so awesome that your snails are breeding in captivity. How does it work, do they born with a tiny shell and the shell grows as they grow?

Mexican Turbo Snail are indeed really good algae eaters. Funny that you mentioned, cause I pre-ordered a few and should be arriving in my LFS next week.
 
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mikeguerrero

Active Member
Andre,

Like I said before, we think a like and maybe it's because we have the same size tanks...

Anyway, the snails lay these oval shaped eggs every where, on glass on live rock on my coco worms tube....

Then in about two weeks I see these really really small snails everywhere, the size of a pin top. They grow and as they grow so does the shell, I have lots of tiny babies cleaning the rocks everywhere.

There is no algae left, that's how good these guys are and my tangs. I think they will die as soon as the food is depleated maybe just a couple will stay a live.

It's really neat to see the success of breeding in captivity...

I'm just not sure which snails are the fathers???

MG

P.S
It's time for you to add a new tang to your tank; get one that scrapes the rocks, bristle tooth tomini or kole or cheveron... Many to choose from and you have the space... It will do wonders on all that algae....
 
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Jordan8008

New Member
Nice diagram, this will come in very handy when I finally decide to build myself a sump, and plumb the whole thing,,,,,ahain nice images and neet tank, making me want to buy another one :maitre
 
aromano

aromano

New Member
Thank you so much for all the comments guys.

With the ich under control, now the fish have been very happy and the next step is to keep fighting the nuisance algae. Tomorrow I'll be picking up some Mexican Turbo Snails, and I have my eyes opened for a bristle tooth tang if I can find a nice healthy one. I'll keep you guys posted with the updates...

P.S. Thanks for sharing the breeding in captivity snail experience Mike. That is so awesome.
 
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