Pic of our new 58g RR- Please comment

askwines · #1 07/14/2004, 09:23 PM

Here's a pic of our 5 month old 58g RR tank.
I'd like to thank all that have replied and helped w/ the many questions I've posted over the past few months. This board is a great source of info and friendly advice.
So, if I haven't thanked you before, please accept our thanks now.

Tank Parameters
ammonia, nitrates, nitrites- 0 ( hagen)
Ca- 425- (saifert)
alk- 10.6 (sailfert)
phosphates- 0 (Seatest)
pH- 8.13 (Checker 1 meter)
temp- 77
Salinity- 1.027 (refractometer)

Fish:
Clarkii
Coral Beauty
Lawnmower Blenny

assorted Inverts
an RBTA,
2- Finger leathers,
2 Open brains
Candy cane
Sun coral
Assorted shrooms
Pagoda cup
Toadstool
Montipora D.
Porites w/ Xmas worms
Xenia
Koko worm
Assorted Polyps, etc.

All comments / suggestions welcome.

Alan

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/404New_58g.jpg

clownfish4 · #2 07/14/2004, 09:27 PM

First, congrats on a beautiful tank! You did a nice job. The only thing I would suggest is to lower your salinity to 1.025 and try to keep the temp. at 78. Good luck.

askwines · #3 07/16/2004, 05:14 PM

Thanks,
It's still a work in progress.
Looking for something to put to the left of the green brain.

A few more details I left out
also running a 20g sump/fuge w/ Aqua C skimmer and Mag 900 return pump
2- maxijet 1200 PH

lights are 2 - 2x 96w PC,
Bulbs are 1 actinic and 1 10K per lamp
Lamps are: a CSL, the other is a coralife.

Alan

Oddjob · #4 07/16/2004, 05:45 PM

Tank looks good.
A SG of 1.027 should be OK, if you keep it stable. Just make sure you keep up with top offs for evaporation. 1.027 just leaves you with a little less margin for error, than say 1.025 would.

askwines · #5 07/16/2004, 06:04 PM

I'm working on bringing it down,
slowly!

peacetypes6 · #6 07/16/2004, 06:14 PM

Id say that .026 will be ok

Robert

Ritten · #7 07/16/2004, 07:19 PM

That is one nice looking tank!

billrollo · #8 08/01/2004, 07:01 AM

nice tank, i was thinking of getting a koko worm. how is yours working out?

deansreef · #9 08/01/2004, 07:07 AM

nice reef. keep up the good work

askwines · #10 08/01/2004, 08:50 AM

THE koko worm is pretty cool.
It was dioing real well the first few weeks, then it just went through a stage of looking bad and not coming out allot.
now, it seems to be getting back to normal.
i have no clue why!
maybe one of the fish picked on it!.