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reef tank

Dan From Clio, Michigan

reef tank

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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