David Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) Hi all. Just started reefing in Apr 19. Sharing what I learnt so far with advice from some of the bros from the chat group. Enjoy and feel free to ask qns I’ll help best as I can. Tank build : Red Sea 350 (comes with auto water top up and internal piping and overflow system) Chiller : Teco 1000 chiller Return pump : Vectra S2 Lights: AI hydra 52 x2 mounted on k7 noopysche hybrid t5 (4x blue Ati tubes) Skimmer : Bubble Magus Curve 7 Wavemaker : MP40 vortex Santa Monica HOG2 algae scrubber Media : Ultraphos Siphorax (9kg) Marine pure block x 1 Marine pure sphere x 20 Edited May 30, 2020 by David Remove photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Weekly maintenance: Water Change 10 % fornightly Add one heaped tea spoon bacteria (fauna marine prebiotic) Check and clean the hog2 Dosing : seachem reef builder for KH every 3 days (based on my consumption) 4 ml of redsea nopox daily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Live stock : Moving towards sps dominant trying out the hardier types as seen in the pics . Livestock: 1 x purple tang 1 x blue hippo tang 2 x snowflake clownfish 5 x anthias 1 x melanarus wrasse 1 x magnificent foxface 1 x cleaner wrasse 1x hermit crab 3 x assorted shrimp 5x Sand sifting Starfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Test kits: Hanna phosphate checker Hanna DkH checker Hanna copper checker Salifert NO3 testkit Salifert Mg testkit Salifert Ca testkit Test for NO3, MG and Ca weekly DkH every 3-5 days as alkalinity is impt for sps health Likewise PO4 as in the process of lowering it Parameters (I try my best to it to these) : KH : 8 - 8.5 Ca : 420 Mg : 1380 NO3 : 2 PO4 : 0.15 (ideally 0.03) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) Feeding: I use a eheim auto feeder to dispense the food mixture four times a day as the anthias requires small but frequent feedings Mixture includes : Hikari seaweed extreme pellets NLS probiotix Dr bassler garlic pellets (L size ) I also dose phytoplankton thrice a week for the corals Edited May 30, 2020 by David Stated wrong pellet size Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member zander Posted May 30, 2020 SRC Member Share Posted May 30, 2020 Nice! Where do you buy your K7 Noopysche Hybrid?Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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