My newbie tank

[yyyshawn]

I have recently joined the hobby, and in my first post in SRC (hopefully with many more to come), would like to share some info on my 2mth old reef tank.

SPECS:

- Dimensions: 4x2x2 or ~120G without sump

- Chiller: drop-in coil w compressor

- Lighting: Maxspect Razor 160 LED

- Wavemaker: Maxspect Gyre XF130

- Skimmer: Deltec SC 1455

PARAMS:

- Nitrate: 2mg/l

- pH: 8.2

- Alkalinity: 4meq/l

- Po4: 0.2mg/l

- Ca: 380

- Mg: 1250

CORALS:

- 1 Branched Montipora

- 2 Acropora (not ID-ed)

- 1 Flowerpot (Goniopora)

- 1 Plate Coral (Cycloseris)

- 1 Mushroom Coral (Discosoma)

- 1 Brain Coral (Trachyphyllia)

- 1 Frogspawn (Euphyllia)

- 1 Bubble Coral (Plerogyra Sinuosa)

- 1 Zoa (not ID-ed)

- 1 grass-like coral (not ID-ed)

LIVESTOCK:

- 2 Firefish

- 7 Blue Green Reef Chromis

- 1 Blue Tang

- 1 One Spot Foxface

- 1 Maroon Clown

- 2 Clarkii Clown

- 1 Three-Spot Domino Damsel

- 1 Yellow Watchman Goby

- 1 Diamond Watchman Goby

- 1 Engineer Goby

- 1 Pistol Shrimp

- 1 Venus Anemone Shrimp

- 3 Yellow Banded Coral Shrimps

- ~ 10 Turban Snails

- 1 Yellow Sea Cucumber

- 1 Crocea Clam

- 1 Bubble Tip Anemone

- 3 Banded Sea Stars

- 1 Linckia Sea Star (Blue)

Looking forward to exchanging thoughts with the wise ol heads at SRC

[yyyshawn]

I am having issues with one of my SPS (Acropora) which is turning white from the bottom. It's located at mid-height on a live rock with strong flow - not sure if that's a suitable location?

Also my zoas (located at the bottom of the tank with less flow) are refusing to open up at all.

Will try to add pics if possible.

[tofubox]

Pics will definitely help. Hard to tell without seeing.

[Admiraltian]

Looking forward to some of ur tank pics.

[yyyshawn]

Hi,

Apologies for the delay.

Since my last post, there has been some changes to my setup.

Sadly, I lost my GSP (to some worms), green BTA (got sucked into my filter), zoas (don't know why) and practically all my SPS (except couple of frags) which all turned white. I have also added a few softies and LPS, but at this point I don't believe I am ready to take on SPS.

Current tank setup:

CORALS:
- 1 Branched Montipora (frag only)
- 2 Flowerpot - Green and Purple (Goniopora)
- 1 Plate Coral - Orange (Cycloseris)

- 1 Plate Coral - White (Long-tentacled)
- 1 Mushroom Coral - Red (Discosoma)
- 1 Brain Coral - Green (Trachyphyllia)
- 2 Frogspawn - Green and Brown (Euphyllia)
- 2 Bubble Coral - Green and White (Plerogyra Sinuosa)
- 3 Zoa Coral
- 1 Elegance Coral

LIVESTOCK:
- 2 Firefish
- 4 Blue Green Reef Chromis
- 1 Blue Tang

- 1 Yellow Tang

- 1 Powder Blue Tang

- 1 Wrasse (unidentified)
- 1 One Spot Foxface
- 1 Maroon Clown
- 2 Clarkii Clown
- 1 Three-Spot Domino Damsel
- 1 Yellow Watchman Goby
- 1 Diamond Watchman Goby
- 1 Engineer Goby
- 1 Pistol Shrimp
- 1 Venus Anemone Shrimp
- 1 Yellow Banded Coral Shrimps
- ~ 10 Turban Snails
- 1 Yellow Sea Cucumber
- 1 Crocea Clam
- 3 Banded Sea Stars
- 1 Linckia Sea Star (Blue)

- 1 Feather Star (Red)

- 1 Feather Duster Worm

- 1 Sea Urchin (Long-Spined)

Some pics:

What could be triggering STN in SPS?

[ahchris]

Welcome to the hobby. Keep the updates coming!