My reef aquarium
My 90 gallon saltwater reef aquarium. This photo was taken a few years ago...the corals have grown quite a bit since then. I constructed the cabinet by modifying a piece of furniture originally imported from Indonesia. The tank is 6 or 7 years running now and is very stable and relatively low maintenance. I've had most of the fish and corals 6-10 years (they were in a smaller tank originally). The equipment running this tank is pretty low tech compared to a lot of reefers. I prefer to keep it simple. Lighting is (2) 250 watt 14K HQI metal halides, plus (3) actinic CFL's. Other than a skimmer, there is no filtration (the deep sand bed and live rock does it all biologically). Main circ pump is an Iwaki 40rlxt. I run a chiller, tho it's not needed 90% of the time. The only supplement I add is kalcwasser. I never test the water (bad I know, but I can tell if things are off by observing the animals, algae growth rates, etc). I replace about 20% of the water once every 4-8 weeks (depending on how lazy I am) with real seawater from Scripps pier. I use R.O. for evap makeup water. The corals are a mix of softies, LPS and one large table acropora. Fish: Purple Tang, Herald's Angel, mated breeding pair of Ocellaris Clowns, Fiji Devil (damsel), plus cleaner shrimp, hermits, emerald crabs & snails. I lost the Bangai Cardinalfish in the photos.
My reef aquarium
My 90 gallon saltwater reef aquarium. This photo was taken a few years ago...the corals have grown quite a bit since then. I constructed the cabinet by modifying a piece of furniture originally imported from Indonesia. The tank is 6 or 7 years running now and is very stable and relatively low maintenance. I've had most of the fish and corals 6-10 years (they were in a smaller tank originally). The equipment running this tank is pretty low tech compared to a lot of reefers. I prefer to keep it simple. Lighting is (2) 250 watt 14K HQI metal halides, plus (3) actinic CFL's. Other than a skimmer, there is no filtration (the deep sand bed and live rock does it all biologically). Main circ pump is an Iwaki 40rlxt. I run a chiller, tho it's not needed 90% of the time. The only supplement I add is kalcwasser. I never test the water (bad I know, but I can tell if things are off by observing the animals, algae growth rates, etc). I replace about 20% of the water once every 4-8 weeks (depending on how lazy I am) with real seawater from Scripps pier. I use R.O. for evap makeup water. The corals are a mix of softies, LPS and one large table acropora. Fish: Purple Tang, Herald's Angel, mated breeding pair of Ocellaris Clowns, Fiji Devil (damsel), plus cleaner shrimp, hermits, emerald crabs & snails. I lost the Bangai Cardinalfish in the photos.