Tank of the month January 2012.

[ian]

Hi Guys,

Well its that time of the month again and the person under
the spy glass is Steve from Barnsley.

Steve has been keeping fish for over 36 years which has
included an all manner of different types from Discus,Trop's,
Koi Carp and now hes into reef keeping.

His present tank is a sumped 400lt tank which he has had running for 11 months upto feb this year.







Equipment List

A home made uv steriliser. 2x8watts
Circulation in the main tank is provided from 3x Newave 3000
+ 1x Seio 4400 pumps.
Skimmer is a NAC7 Bubble Magus.
Heater is a 300 Watt.
Various Reactors running with different medias.
The return pump is a 3100 lph.
A TMC ozone unit.

System Lighting

Steve's lighting is made up of 7x LED units together with
2x T5 tubes (39 watts each).





Test Kits

Steve is using a full range of Salifert kits.

Salt

The salt steve is using is Tropi Marine Pro Reef.

Adderitives

Salifert KH + PH buffer.
Tropic Marine magnesium powder.
Tropic Marine pro coral iodine ( 2 drips daily )

Sump

In steve's sump he is running a NAC7 skimmer + various
reactors in which he uses one for his Bio pearls, one for phosphate removal and the last one has carbon in it. Also he is running 2x small led panels under which he is growing cheeto.
To back his system up steve is also running a TMC ozone unit.









Fish List

2 Oserllarus Clown's.
1 Azure Damsel.
1 Yellow Wrasse.
1 Lawnmower Blenny.
3 Pyjama Cardinels.
1 Pair Green Manderins.
3 Chalk Bassletts.
1 Randalls Shrimp Goby.
1 Royal Gramma.
1 Orange Backed Fairy Wrasse.
1 Yellow Sotted Leopard Wrasse. ( My favourite )

Corals

Steve has a very nice mix of corals which mainly consists
of SPS and LPS. This includes acan's , Staghorn's , Plating monti's
some very nice florida ricordea's and vivid zoanthid's
and a lot more.









Invert list

There is a good mix of inverts in steve's tank which includes
a pair of clear shrimps, snails , crabs , starfish, but the one
thing which really caught my eye was the pair of tiger pistol
shrimps which where living alongside his randells shrimp goby.



These guy's have made home right under a large fungia coral.

Water Perameter's

Salinity 37ppt
NH4 0
NO2 0
NO3 5
PH 8.0
PO4 0
KH-ALK 9.3
MAGNESIUM 1350
CALCIUM 450.


Here are a few more pictures of steve's tank to have a look at,















I hope you all agree with me in saying that steve has a very
nice tank and I am sure he would be happy in answering any
questions anybody has.

Cheers Ian.

( If anyone would like to be considered for tank of the month
then please contact me via the site or at the meetings).

[steve]

thanks Ian for featuring my tank
i hope ppl think the time money and effort i've put in are worth it

[SYRG WYATT666]

looks really good buddy, makes mine look bloody bare lol

[steve]

thanks jonny

[rob2563]

Well done Steve its looking good
The tank looks well stocked with coral
Can't wait to see it in 12 months if Ian does a revisit just like grand designs ;D
Just a few questions
What is the size of your tank?
How do you control the ozone and what ORP level do you run it at

Rob

Thanks Ian for doing another well presented TOTM

[steve]

Tank is 45x18x30
sump is 30x12x15

The TMC ozone doesn't require a probe, it is fully programable from 25 to 250 mg per hour and from 1 to 10 hours a day
Mine is set at 75 mg per hour for 10 hours out of every 24

[rob2563]

Ok thanks Steve

[steve]

quick update