orbitee's 73 Gallon Red sea

73 Gallon Red sea

Florida
Age 5 years, 5 months
Volume 73 Gallons
Dimensions 36'' x 18'' x 24''
Make Aqueon
Model Upgraded From 46 Bowfront to 65 Dec 2015
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Background

Reef began in May 2014 with a 46 gallon bowfront, 40 lbs of rock and T5 cheap lights. As time went on acrylic tank was hard to work with so i upgraded in Dec 2014 to a 65 high and added 30lbs of live rock.

Photos

October 13, 2015 8:30 PM
October 13, 2015 8:30 PM added 5 years ago

Videos See all Videos

Update Nov 22 2015 B+ added 5 years
Oct 31 2015 added 5 years
My video added 5 years

Filtration

Aquen Model 1 sump, Brs reactor with Rowaphos and carbon mix, Dr tims bio pellets in in sump reactor. Eshopps overflow with Quite one return pump. All pvc piping, hang on protein skimmer.

Lighting

Ai Hyrda 26's x2 Led Lighting

Flow

Gyre power head with return spray bar opposite side.

Measurements

510
Calcium
1
Nitrate
14.1
Alkalinity
8.1
pH
1.1
Phosphate
1500
Magnesium
1.023
Salinity
78.4
Temperature
0.00
Ammonia
0.00
Nitrite

Inhabitants

Oldest to Newest if I can remember.

LYRE-TAIL ANTHIS ( MY OLDEST FISH SMALLEST AND HEARTY)
2 CARDINALS
3 BLUE DAMSELS ( DOWN TO 1)
CLOWNISH
SIXLINE WRASSE
GREEN CORIS WRASSE
ROYAL GRAMMA
YELLOW TANG
FLAME ANGEL

2 SHRIMP CLEANER AND FIRE





11 Fish

6 Line Wrasse
Blue Damselfish Chrysiptera cyanea
2 Cardnials sp sp
Flame Angelfish Centropyge loriculus
Green Coris Wrasse sp sp
Lawnmower blenny
Lyretail Anthias Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Royal Gramma Basslet Gramma loreto
True Percula Clownfish Amphiprion percula
Yellow Tang Zebrasoma flavescens

25 Corals

6 Head Purple and Green Frogspawn
Brain Coral
Candy Cane Coral Caulastrea furcata
Chilli Coral sp sp
Duncan Polyp Duncanopsammia axifuga
Green Flower Pot Coral sp sp
Green Zoo's sp sp
Hammer Anchor Coral Euphyllia ancora
Hard Tube Coco Worm Protula bispiralis
Leather Coral Lobophyton
Mushrooms Mixed sp sp
Ornage Red Acans sp sp
Pulsating Xenia Xenia elongata
Purple Zoo Frag sp sp
Ranibow Monti Cap sp sp
Red Mushroom Actinodiscus sp.
8 Ricordea Mushroom Ricordea yuma
Yellow Zoanthid Undescribed Zoanthid

20 Invertebrate

Blood Red Fire Shrimp Lysmata debelius
Fighting Conch Strombus spp.
Green Plate Coral sp sp
Red Line Cleaner Shrimp Lysmata amboinensis
15 Turbo Snail Turbo fluctuosa
Yello Green Zooanthids sp sp

Equipment

Cleaning
Jebao Circulation Pump
Lighting
Reactor

Additives

Only chemical is Seachem Reef Trace. Rowaphos for phosphate and carbon

Feeding

Flakes dosed with ehim auto timer

Frozen on occasion

Just started coral frenzy once a week 9/28

Maintenance

7 gallon water change every 2 weeks, parameter test and Rowaphos and carbon change. Sump micron pads as well.

On average you perform a 13.3% water change every 27 days.

0% total water change in June.

0 activities in the last year

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Words of Wisdom

Stay away from Acrylic

Drill your tank

Paint your sump area with a waterproof paint

If you can't afford the best try to be patient ( I know )

Acknowledgements

My wife for not killing me between the money and the messes. Thank you!!