Jessie55's 55G Reef

[Jessie55]

No where near complete but this is how it looks as of today.

[Jessie55]

[manaf]

wow i just love ur rock work ! looks amazing how long has it been set up for?

[Jessie55]

2.5 Months its very young. It is an upgrade from my 20g that i started with.

[Jessie55]

Almost a month of growth is that decent or could it be better???
Just added a phosban reactor last week and am now fighting ich for some reason....sigh

[Skimmerking]

jess that tanks is looking really great, well done how about some chat on what you have for equipment.

[Jessie55]

As per request i will list off my setup
-55 gal disp 30 gal sump w sock, live rock, chaeto
-aquac remora skimmer
-1 koralia 2 and 1 koralia 1
-auto top off unit
-1 4 bulb nova extreme and 1 2 bulb nova extreme both on main display the 4 bulb has 1 fiji purple, 1 ati white/blue, 2 blue still need to get better bulbs for the 2 bulb
-recently added 2 phosban reactors one running rowa phos and the other carbon...too soon to see results i think its starting to make a difference but i will have to wait.

I do 2 5gal water changes a week one on wed and one on sat. I also dose 10ml of alkaline everyday not sure about this i have read that alkaline and calc should be used at the same rate but the only thing i see go down is the alk and i test for everything except strontium and iron. I also use coral frenzy and have had good results using this.

Thats the basics of what i have been doing let me know if you have any input/suggestions or questions.

[fishytime]

I too think the aquascaping looks great.....I see the skimmer in on of the pics.....is there no room for it in the sump cabinet?

[Jessie55]

i prob could fit it in there but it would take some imagination at this stage as i overbuilt the stand and there is not a lot of room.

......RIP Tomini my first ich victim sigh

[fishytime]

Those skimmers dont have to hang on the outside of a tank.....you could hang it from a baffle inside the sump