Jack Calvert's 75 Gallon Reef Aquarium


The Main Tank!

The tank was started on 01/30/02.



Close up of liverock and Xenia

Livestock

  • The livestock consists of
  • Yellow, Clover, Green and blue star polyps.
  • Fox, Colti, Orange Neospongodes, Yellow Lemonalia, and Capinella Soft Corals.
  • Pipe organ, and Candy/Trumpet hard Corals.
  • Hairy green Mushroom and Toadstool.
  • Tridacna Maxima
  • Indian red starfish
  • Banded Coral Shrimp
  • Candycane Shrimp
  • Maroon Clownfish
  • Midas and a Bicolor Blennie.

Additives- Details

  • I use Coral Life salt with iodine as an additive.

  • I dose my makeup water w/Kent Kalkwasser. I'm in the process of finding Pickling Lime.
  • I filter the water with an RO/DI unit with sediment and carbon pre filters.

Hardware

  • I run two 750 GPH pumps in the sump along with a Berlin Classic Skimmer
  • The lighting is Custom Sealife Power Compacts; 7100K blue and 6700K ultra Daylight.
  • They are on timers and run for about 9 hours/day.



Clown

Second shot of the main tank