Tank Entry

Calcium Reactor:


I am going to run a calcium reactor again on this new tank. After some consideration, I have decided to do alot of SPS again. I know from my past experiences, that my SPS grew much better when I ran the Ca reactor, as it kept my Ca and Alk much more stable. On my previous tank, I had an Aquatic Systems Design reactor, but had sold it with my tank last time. Fortunatelty, one of my friends just happend to now be selling his reactor since he is switching ...

The Sump:


I chose as my sump the Eshopps RS-200. It is 30x12x16.

There are a few reasons that I went with this one. It is a simple design, just having a drain section with filter socks, a skimmer section, and a return section. I wanted to keep things simple and easy to clean. I did not need a refugium since I am going to be running biopellets in a reactor. (More on biopellets in a later post) But it is my opinion that a small refugium does not make a big enough ...

OneReef's 120g DreamReef


I have recently been out of the hobby for a short while, due to work related travel and responsibilities. I sold my 150g reef at the end of last year, and to be honest, it was a nice mental and physical break after 5 years of everyday maintenance and care. But, I have found that if you have a love for this hobby, you can't sit on the sidelines for long. Work has quieted down a bit, travel has lessened, and I have more time now to devote to getting ...

After several attempts at new lighting, I think I have settled on something that will work for me. I have been running 150w Phoneix DE for about a year now, and have decided since I have eneded up primarily SPS, that I would move up to 250w Radium halides. At first I tried LumenArc reflectors, which blocked too much airflow in my canopy, they were too large in there as well, forcing me to take out my VHO's that did sunrise/sunset. For my 18" depth, they were heating up the water in my short ...

Gone Fishin'


Well, after about a week of having some new Tierra Anthias fish in my tank, the male anthias has turned out to be a bully. He chases my other fish, almost all of them, away from 'his side' of the tank. This include the female anthias, blue/green chromis, leopard wrasse, and others. He killed one of the female tierras due to harassment, and also a new Evansi anthias that I added to test out mixing the two. I decided this joker was going to have to be removed. I did ...