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Owners name: Jason Hodgkinson
Location: Chorley, Lancashire
Birthday: 11th March 1972
Experience within the hobby: 4-years Marine, 10 years Tropical
Personal Introduction:
Happily Married Father of 4 (Children). Tried a Nano Cube 3 years ago but was wrongly advised that a Regal Tang was a good addition. Upgraded to a Marine 200l 2 years ago but gave up struggling with canister filters etc. Bought a new 4” Tank with a sump about a year ago and it is still going strong. I’m still a beginner thought but keen to learn more. The Regal Tang is still with me a growing nicely although when you consider the above is responsible for a few thousand pounds worth of my cash to make it happy.
About the Aquarium itself:
• Aquarium manufacturer: Custom Cabinet & Tank
• Aquarium material: 10mm Glass
• Main display tank dimensions: 48in x 24in x 24in
• Gallons: 99.7 UK, 119.7 US
• Sump tank dimensions: 30in x 15in x 15in
• Gallons: 24.34 UK, 29.22 US
• Setup date: April 2008
Water Source :
• RO MAN 4-stage Professional RO (75-gallons per day)
Preferred salt:
• Red Sea Coral Pro
Aquarium water Chemistry:
• Specific Gravity/salinity and measuring device used: 1.026 S.G. Refractometer (Calibrated With Pinpoint Solution)
• Temperature : 25-26 deg C
• PH day/night: 8.05 / 8.0
• Ammonia NH4: 0 ppm
• Nitrate NO3: 10 ppm
• Nitrite NO2: 0 ppm
• Phosphate PO4: 0.045 ppm
• Calcium: 425 mg/L
• Alkalinity: 9.9dKH
• Magnesium: 1290 mg/L
Additives and supplements used:
• Seachem ReefBuffer
• Seachem Calcium Buffer
• Seachem Magnesium
• Seachem Strontium
Husbandry and maintenance:
• 50-60 litre water change roughly every two weeks
• Glass scraping and cleaning once a week
• Harvesting of sump algae when needed
• Empty skimmer cup twice per week on average
Aquarium Filtration:
• Estimated Live rock content: 60kg in display / 4kg in Sump
• Sand in use and depth: 100mm Coral Sand
• Sand in sump and depth: none, Coral Rubble
• Sump macro alage: Caulerpa Prolifera, Cheatomorpha, Ulva Lettuce Algae
• Skimmer manufacturer and details: TMC V2 Skimm 600
• Phosphate removal system: Rowa-Phos in Cleartides Phosphate Reactor, Tank Tests Liquid Phosphate 0.5ml /day
• UV Sterilizer: TMC Vectron 600 UV Sterilizer, Seachem Matrix Carbon in media bag in sump
• Other filtration in use: Pura Carbon in media bag in sump
Ozone System:
• Sander Certizon C50 (50 mg/hr)
• Aqua Digital mV ORP Controller
Calcium Reactor:
• TMC V2 React 600
Aquarium Lighting and photo period:
• Light unit in use: 2x 150w 14k Metal Halides - Arcadia Series 4
• Actinics: 2x 54w T5 Blue
• 3x 12" Moonlight LED Strips
• Photo period: Blues 2pm to 9pm
• Whites 3pm to 8pm
• Moonlights 9p.m. to Midnight
Sump Lighting and photo period:
• Light in use: 11w Miniature
• Photo period: 24/7
Evaporation loss, control and monitoring:
• Auto Top-up System: Tunze Osmolator 3155
• Electronic meters: TDS Meter for RO, pH Meter
Aquarium Plumbing, Circulation and flow:
• Main system circulation: Vortech MP40W
• Sump return: Ocean Runner 6500
Cooling and heating:
• Heating/Cooling Controller: ATC-800
• Fans: 2x Clip-on Desk Fan
• Heaters and location: Sump 1x 300w and 1 x 200w
Aquarium inhabitants:
Fish
• Lipstick Tang
• Regal Tang
• Yellow Tang
• Pair of Tank Bred Clowns
• Yellow/Blue Damsel - Deceased
• Coral Beauty
• Bicolour Fox Face
• Blue Cheek Goby
• Mimic Tang
• Leopard Wrasse
• Cleaner Wrasse
• Red Spot Blenny
• Arrow/Engineer Goby
Corals
Soft:
• Zoathids 2 Colonies, 1 Frag
• Red Mushrooms
• Green/Red Mushrooms
• Green Elephant Ear Mushrooms
• Pulsing Xena
• Orange Ricordia
• Pink Ricordia
SPS
• Purple Plating Monipora
• Orange Plating Monipora
• Green Plating Monipora
• Pink Hysterix
• Green Stag
• Montipora Digitata
• Blue Millepora
LPS
• Torch
• Hammerhead
• Candy Cane
• Duncan
• Frogspawn
• Green Favia
• Trachphyllia Geoffroyi
Invertebrates and other livestock:
• 2no Cleaner Shrimp
• 1no Dancing Shrimp
• 3no Hermit Crabs
• 2no Big Ugly Crabs
• 1no Teddy Bear Crab
Feeding regime:
• Frozen Mysis, Marine Mix, Cockles, Mussels
• New Era Flake
• Marine Snow
• Concentrated Copepods
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