375 Gallon Reef Tank
Tank Specs:
Acrylic 375 Reef Ready 96x30x30 – Set-up on
February 25, 2007
Lighting:
3 Ecotech Radion XR30wG4 PRO LED Lights were added Nov 24, 2018, connected to an Ecotech ReefLink.
Circulation:
- Return pump is an Abyzz A200 Pump – July 8, 2018.
- Added a closed loop system on 8-1-2016 with an Abyzz A200 Pump (pump added 11-15-2017).
- 2 Tunze Stream 6105 added back 7-30-2018
- Orlushy 24V DC Aquarium Water Pump 3100 GPH on a second closed loop – 6-11-2023 – with 2 1″ Omni Flex Nozzles (nozzles added 12-27-2017)
Equipment/Filtration:
- The overflow goes to a series of 3 24-gallon sumps.
- The first one contains the skimmer, the last of the tanks contains baffles, an auto top-off controller, and the return area.
- The middle tank has 2 500w heaters in it controlled by a Ranco Temp Controller.
- Fourth 24-gallon tank Macro Alage growing in it.
- 50L of Siporax (Professional 15mm Bio Filter for Aquariums and Live Coral) are in custom-made 5′ tall x 6″ reactors. One was added on March 23, 2018, and the other was added on May 14, 2018.
- I have over 1000 LBS of Live Rock in the 375. The live rock has been in different tanks since 1995 so they are well matured. My Live Rock is a mix of Premium Fiji, Pohnpei, Marshall Island, Caribbean, and Kaelini Tonga Ultra.
- Tunze 9430 DC Skimmer (9-18-2018)
- Tunze 9430 Skimmer (12-22-2019) Pulled out of retirement.
- Bubble Magus Filter Roller – Large 4-6-2021
- Aqua Ultraviolet Classic 57 Watt Unit, 2″, Black, With Wiper – 12-24-2023
Additives:
I feed various frozen foods once a day. I also feed Nori Seaweed a few times a week. I soak all the food in Selcon by American Marine Inc. I also feed two sizes of Spectrum Thera+A Pellets. I use Instant Ocean For my salt mix. I try and I say try to change 90-100 gallons a month.
Critters:
- 1 Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (March 2008)
- 1 Coral Beauty (May 2007)
- 1 Maculiceps Tang (February 11, 2014)
- 2 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (August 21, 2014)
Maintenance:
Clean the front and side panels every few weeks. I clean the outside of the panels with Novus 1 Plastic Clean & Shine
Other info:
The tank was purchased with several scratches but I used an underwater sander kit and
cleaned it right up.
Retired Equipment:
- Tunze wavebox that ran from 12-25-2005 to 7-31-2016
- Tunze wavebox that ran from 6-25-2007 to 7-31-2016
- Iwaki 40RLXT that ran until to 10-6-2011 about 12 years old
- Panworld 50PX-X that ran from 10-6-2011 to 12-23-2015
- 2 Tunze 6100 Stream Pumps that ran from 2-19-2003 to 10-14-2016
- Ecotech Marine Vectra L1 pump 8-1-2016 to 11-15-2017
- 1 Maxspect Gyre XF280 Wavemaker Pump with Advanced Controller 10-8-2016 to 11-22-2017
- Second Maxspect Gyre XF280 Wavemaker Pump 10-14-2016 to 11-22-2017
- 2 Maxspect XF280 Gyre pumps with Advanced Controller mounted vertically 6-29-2017 to 11-22-2017
- 3 MarinePure Biofilter Block used from 12-30-2014 to 12-15-2017
- 1 Brightwell Aquatics XPORT NO3 Brick used 8-12-2016 to 12-15-2017
- 1 Brightwell Aquatics XPORT NO3 Brick used 8-12-2016 to 12-15-2017
- 1 Brightwell Aquatics XPORT BIO Brick used 8-12-2016 to 12-15-2017
- 120 3w LEDs – mix of Cree XP-G R5 Cool White LEDs and XR-E Royal Blue LEDs from 4-1-2010 to 2-2016.
- 2 BoostLED Par 30 s with 3 red and 2 white LEDs from 4-1-2010 to 2-2016
- 6 Mars Aqua LED Fixtures from Feb 2016 to Feb 2018
- 2 Tunze Stream 6105s with the Tunze 7096 Controller from March 18, 2014 – March 3, 2018
- Waveline Apex Ready DC10000II water pump from Dec 23, 2015 – July 8, 2018. (will be my backup return pump)
- 3 Aquasanrise Plus R60 from Feb 22, 2018 – Nov 24, 2018
- Tunze 9430 Skimmer 11-10-2013 – July 18, 2019
- Precision Marine 6 X 24 Calcium Reactor W/Eheim Pump from 7-20-2004 – 2-1-2020
- 3 Ecotech Radion XR30wG4 PRO LED Lights 12-19-2018 – 9-2-2020
- Clarisea Auto Roller SK-5000 Filter 7-18-2019 – 4-6-2021
- Aquarium Engineering 8″ A.C.R. (Automated Calcium Reactor) 2-1-2020 – 04-01-2021
- Royal Exclusiv Red Dragon 3 230W Pump 11-5-2017 – 6-11-2023 – It started leaking