My 100 gal reef system: info, specs, photos

saltyfish dude

okay, so here's some info on my reef system. My photo album link is posted below.

It is 100 gallons, 48x24x21h, with a 20 gal refugium (lots of live sand and caulerpa)

cycling and complete setup began May 23, 2006

water quality as of 2/5/07:
ph - 8.3
nitrates - 0 - 5 ..................(Hells Yeah!)
phosphates - 0 .25
ammonia and nitrites - 0
alkalinity - approx. 7.5 meq/L........probably kinda low, working on it...
calcium - 320.............working on this too

I change 5 gallons of water with previously mixed and aerated RO/DI saltwater on every monday, and I change 10 gallons every 4th monday.

specs:
approx 135 lbs live tonga branching and fiji rock (w/ more to come, especially on the right side)
80 lbs live sand
265 watt coralife compact flourescents
65 watt coralife compact flourescents for refugium
prizm 100 protein skimmer
200 watt visitherm heater
aquaclear 70 powerhead, 400 gph
maxijet 1200 powerhead, 270 gph
rio 20 submersible pump, 980 gph

inhabitants:
(my camera doesn't take good movement pictures, or at least I have't figured it out yet, so I haven't got any pics of my fish yet, sorry)

chocolate shouldered surgeon (chocolate tang) - 5"
pacifac blue tang (juv) - 4 1/2"
vlamingee tang (juv)- less than 3"
foxface rabbitfish - 4 1/2"
coral beauty angel - 3 1/2"
diadema dottyback - 1 1/2"
lawnmower blenny - 3"
sixline wrasse - 2"

sally lightfoot crab - med. size
black sea cucumber - 4" to 6"
pink sea cucmber - 3" to 4"
2 peppermint shrimp - 1 1/2"
coral banded shrimp - large
skunk cleaner shrimp - large
2 bristle stars (1 white w/ 11" dia., 1 black w/ 9" dia.)
serpent star - 8" dia.
sand sifting star - 5" dia.
electric blue legged hermit
half a dozen or so assorted snails
approx. 1 dozen smaller hermits
hawaiian feather duster - one of the larger I've seen
decorator sea urchin - 3 1/2" dia.
bubble anenome - medium size
rock boring urchin - grew in tank, 1 1/2" dia.

small yellow colony polyps - 9 polyps
brown polyps - 10 to 15 scattered around, and 25 to 30 on one frag
assorted button polyps - approx 70 to 80 on one rock
pulsing xenia


my pictures here:
http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t153/saltyfishdude/

Funky Fish

lucky. i only have a 50 gal sw with 6 percula-ocellaris clowns, 1 cleaner crab, 1 blue carpet anenome.

Radom

Looking good How deep is your sand?

gm333

Nice, is that the yellow mimic tang?

alexfevery

Very nice tank, i envy you with my puny 75 gallon minus 20 of those gallons I was cheated out of by my hell-bound asshole of an LFS dealer. You must be very proud of your tank to post all that info so detailedly, you will make an excelent fishkeeper. good luck to you and your tank.

saltyfish dude

thanks for all the compliments. Yes that is a mimic tang and my sand bed is about 1' thick. as far as my calcium level, I just checked it today for the first time in like forever, and it was low at about 300 - 340. So I'll be working on slowly bringing it up to 400 - 430 over the next week or two.

Nereaga

Sweet setup man, I'm working on a 55 gallon and I hope to have half the life you do... Very nice setup with the rock tho... thats what I want... do you take cash???? lol jk After awhile ill post some pics of mine and you all can laugh!