Dan From Clio, Michigan
size of tank:
156
Gallon
25x24x60
inhabitants: Yellow Tang, Dejardin
Tang, Purple Tang, Hippo Tang, 2
green chromis, 2
(mated) percula clowns, 2 pink skunk
clowns, neon dottyback, cleaner
wrasse,
lawnmower blenny, Green mandarin,
cleaner shrimp, purple reef lobster,
1 green
Bubbletip Anemone and 1 Rose
Bubbletip anemone, 2 Colonies GSP,
Red Blastomussa,
neon Green sinularia, Yellow polyps,
Galaxia, Yellow Leather, Yellow
Toadstool,
green favites, Hammer, pulsing
sinularia, orange monti cap, purple
montipora
digitata, neon green candy cane, red
and green candycane, frogspawn,
orange
ricordia, green yuma, hairy
mushrooms, brown/green yumas, neon
green nepthia, green
gonipora, white gonipora, 2 crocea
clams, several small colt
corals, and multiple
varieties of zoas, and several
different varieties of mushrooms.
system: 50gallon breeder tank
partitioned into 3sections for sump/fuge,
return pump
is mag 18 thru a scwd. Closed
loop is a sequence reeflo dart 2"
intake drilled in
bottom of tank and 2 1" outlets
drilled into back of tank. ASM G-3
Protein skimmer,
lifeguard 8watt UV sterilizer, 2
250W Ebo-Jager Heaters.
lighting: Cooltouch dual 250 Watt
ballast firing a hamilton 250W 14K
bulb on each
end with an icecap 250W e-ballast
firing a 250W DE 12K coralvue bulb
in a ReefOptics
III pendant. 3 60" 140 W VHO
super actinic bulbs fired by an
icecap 660 ballast.
live rock: estimated approximately
170 lbs mixed rock.
tips: I had to strip the insulation
off the wire between the icecap
ballast and the ReefOptic III pendant to get the
bulb to work. I was told
some kind of electrical
interference. between the twists in
the wire they use on ROIII pendant
and the
icecap e ballast.
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