firebird's 3 foot upgrade
Introduction:
I had obtained a very cheap AR 620 for an upgrade( firebird's 90l nano) only to discover it was very scratched once I had transferred all the inhabitants and then put on the LEDS. I decided to leave it alone but it kept on festering especially when I took pics or videos because then all I could see were scratches. Anyway kept looking halfheartedly on ebay and gumtree but everyone I messaged admitted to having scratches on the advertised tanks. In addition there were other expenses that needed paying other than fish. Long story short brand new tank 3 footer impulse buy from Le aquatic as was cheaper than anything second hand in early October 2011. Been quietly working on it . Hope to get it wet next weekend
System Type: Beginner Reef with Softies and LPS
Strike up Date: Early October 2011
Display Tank:3 foot Dalbarb
Display Lighting:
Aquabeam LED 600 Reef whitex2 and counting-will upgrade again once able to
Stand:
hardwood Asian dresser that I had already- hubby assures me will take the weight ( had to assure me many times!)
Hood: None at present- not sure that I'm going to have one at all
Sump: Slightly different to most people- I have partitioned a section off for an in tank sump on the one side so that the actual DT section is 2.5 feet long
Refugium: This was the main reason that I did the in tank sump. I love refugiums and wanted a visible one that I could see from the side of the tank
Refugium Lighting:
Still to decide
Support systems:
System Water: Natural salt water
Display Water circulation:
Tunze nanostream 6045 - also return from pump in tank. May use 2 x6045's
Will be getting a Spin Stream as well
Possible closed loop in future plans
Skimmer: Deltec MCE 300
Evaporation Top Up:
Manual top up-will look at automating
Chemical Support:
Rowacarbon in filter
c- balance A and B as needed
Livestock:-all will be transferred over from my 90l
Strombolini-my stromb
1x Coral goby-no name
2 false perculas-Bonny and Clyde
1 bicolor dottyback-Dotty
1 Bicolor Blenny-Benny-( who I think is actually Benita)
Turbos,nassarius and cerith snails
small bristle stars -came in the LR
green bubble tip nem
Corals
yellow star polyps
green star polyps
Elegance coral
Green and gold tipped torches
frogspawn
Zoas
Tubipora
Alveopora
Anthelia
A small Acropora which the coral goby lives in
Goniopora
Macroalgae
In display-Halimeda,Halymenia,gracillaria and Codium sp