bcunningham's The Black Hole

The Black Hole

Age 7 years, 13 days
Volume 100 Gallons
Timeline
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Introduction

I started with a 55g in September, 2013. It had a canister filter, T5 lights, a crappy skimmer and no sump. I learned some hard lessons fast and lost some really cool critters because I didn't know better. After that I kept learning as much as I could about the hobby and slowed down; and the more I learned, the more I got into it. In January, 2014 I upgraded to a 75 with a 55 sump. Now I am really focused on the science behind what makes our tanks work and learning how to keep it simple. My goal is "simple and stable".

Photos

FTS March 20, 2014
FTS March 20, 2014 added 6 years ago

Measurements

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Phosphate
450
Calcium
1200
Magnesium
12.9
Alkalinity
78.6
Temperature
4
Nitrate
1
Phosphorus
8.04
pH
34.9
Salinity
0.00
Nitrite
0.00
Ammonia

Inhabitants

7 Fish

2 Blue/Green Reef Chromis Chromis viridis
Kole Yellow Eye Tang Ctenochaetus strigosus
Lawnmower Blenny Salarias fasciatus
Ocellaris Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris
Tomato Clownfish Amphiprion frenatus
Yellow Tang Zebrasoma flavescens

13 Corals

3 Assorted Zoas Zoanthus sp.
Button Polyp Protopalythoa sp.
Candy Cane Coral Caulastrea furcata
Fire & Ice (Zoanthid) Zoanthus sp.
Flower Pot Coral - Green Goniopora sp.
Hairy Mushroom Rhodactis indosinensis
Hammer / Anchor Coral, Branching Euphyllia parancora
Kenya Tree Coral Capnella sp.
Mushroom Coral, Red Actinodiscus sp.
Toadstool Leather Sarcophyton sp
Torch Coral Euphyllia glabrescens

67 Invertebrate

25 Blue Legged Hermit Crab Clibanarius tricolor
Brittle Sea Star Ophiomastix annulosa
Coral Banded Shrimp
2 Peppermint Shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni complex
Randall's Pistol Shrimp Alpheus randalli
Red Line Cleaner Shrimp Lysmata amboinensis
Rose Bulb Anemone Entacmaea quadricolor
4 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab Paguristes cadenati
Tiger Pistol Shrimp Alpheus bellulus
30 Turbo Snail Turbo fluctuosa

Equipment

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Cleaning
Controller
Dosing
Food
Brine Shrimp, frozen cubes
Mysis shrimp, frozen cubes
Filter
Typhoon IV 5-Stage RO/DI Filter
Heater
Lighting
Media
Powerhead
Pump
Reactor
Salt
Skimmer
Substrate
TestKit
Other

1.5% automatic daily water change.

31.7% total water change in September.

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