Finally I see some fruits of my labour after 3 months of planning; had to do a lot of reading up as well as to meet my tank maker (Vincent from Aquarium Artiste) multiple times to set up the tank.
Before setting up the Main tank, I had already set up a holding tank for myOnyx clowns from Coral farm. I couldn't stop myself from buying them as they were just calling out to me!
The tank runs on a natural filtration of Live Rock (approx 8kg), LiveSand (1 Bag) as well as 1Kg of Biohome Plus in the Sump. Bacteria from Henry@Marine Life is being used for kick starting the Nitrogencycle.
There is no Skimmer used, I intend to use my Refugium to do nutrient export. Rowaphos is also used to reduce phosphates simultaneously.There is also a weekly change of 15% Saltwater mix.
A Hailea 1/10HP chiller is used to maintain the water temperature at 26degree celsius. LED lighting is used. A modified Maxspect 110W, 5 White LED changed toViolet LED.
Food feed includes:
NewLife Spectrum Small Fish formula
Henry'sReef Gourmet
ReefNutrition Live Phytoplankton
ReefNutrition Tigger Pods (whole bottle in Refugium)
Photo of Main Tank with Blue and White channels on:
Photo of Main Tank with White Channel ONLY:
Close-upshot of the Scaping:
CurrentLivestock list:
2xOnyx Clownfish (in Temp Tank)
1xVanuatu Flasher Wrasse
1xGreen Christmas Wrasse
1xBanded Starfish 1xSand Dollar
Intend to get: 2xPeppermint shrimp (aiptasia control, irritated with a few persistent ones)
2xMandarin fish (feeding pair from Henry@ML)
Some pics of my clownfish in the Temp Tank:
Picture of my Christmas Wrasse and Vanuatu Flasher Wrasse:
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