Lisa's Reef

[Lisa Page]

My little slice of reef.

Tank:
62”*30”*20”
Capacity 400l including sump

Equipment:
Deltec APF600 skimmer
Knop calcium reactor
Deltec chiller
IKS Aquastar controller
IKS 3500 Turbo pump
Automatic level top up system
25W UV steriliser (recently made semi-redundant, only used one day per month now)
Lightling 2*250W 10K metal halides plus 2*30W actinics
pH & conductivity probes

180lb live rock

Stock

Fish:
Scarlet Hawkfish Neocirrhites armatus
Flame Angel Centropyge loriculus
Sunrise Dottyback Pseudochromis flavivertex
Green Chromis Chromis caerulea
Purple Tang Zebrasoma xanthurum
Pyjama Wrasse Pseudocheilinus *hexataenia
Common Clown Amphiprion ocellaris

Corals

LPS:
Bubble Plerogyra sinuosa
Octobubble Plerogyra sp.
Frogspawn Euphyllia divisa
Trumpet Caulastrea furcata
Trumpet Caulastrea sp.
Meat Lobophyllia hemprichii (green)
Meat Lobophyllia hemprichii (red)
Meat Lobophyllia corymbosa
Elephant Eye Cynarina sp.
Elephant Eye Cynarina deshayesiana
Closed Brain Leptoria sp.
Brain Montastrea sp.?
Moon Favites sp.?
Open Brain Trachyphyllia geoffroyi
Blastomussa *wellsi
Blastomussa merletti
Slipper Polyphyllia talpina
Fungia sp.
Cup Turbinaria peltata
Daisy Goniopora stokesi
Red Daisy Goniopora sp.
Flowerpot Alveopora gigas

SPS:
Acropora sp. x 4
Porites cylindrica
Pocillopora damicornis
Pocillopora sp.
Seriatopora caliendrum
Seriatopora hystrix
Montipora digitata

Softies:
Mushrooms Discosoma sp.
Mushrooms Ricordia yuma
Green Zoanthids Protopalythoa sp.
Button Polyps Zoanthus sp.
White Spot Xenia Pachyclavularia violacea
Green Star Polyps Briareum sp.?
Cauliflower Cladiella sp.
African Bush Capnella sp.
Spiny Gorgonian Muricea sp.
Blue Heliopora coerulea
Pulse Xenia sp.

Clams:
Tridacna maxima (blue)
Tridacna maxima (gold)
Tridacna derasa

IVL (Inverts With Legs!):
Arrow Crab Stenorhynchus seticornis
Hermit Crabs – 20 (at last count) red legs Paguristes cadenati
1 Left-handed Calcinus laevimanus
1 Striped Trizopagurus strigatus
1 Unknown
Brittle Star Ophiomastix venosa
Sea Urchin Echinometra matherai

Others:
Turbo snails Astrea tectum 21 (at last count)
Large Turbo Trochus sp.? 1
Numerous small critters!

Need a larger tank!!

Lisa Page


(Edited by Lisa Page at 10http://www.ultimatereef.net/ibv3/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif7 pm on May 4, 2001)

(Edited by Lisa Page at 11:30 am on Sep. 29, 2001)

[Doh]

sounds great Lisa, i know that larger tank feeling;)

got any pics?

[marc]

Hi Lisa......very nice sounding setup !



Do you visit Watford Aquarium ever?......some of the gear you have reminds me of someone i met in there not so long back.

[EnglishReefer]

Yep sounds good, got any pics to post??

[Lisa Page]

Sadly no pictures yet but I'm working on it.

Yes I do visit Watford Aquarium. In fact recently I have been there practically every week (purchasing a chiller and a new protein skimmer). One Saturday I spent the entire afternoon there, at least it felt like it! Must stop visiting it's costing me too much money.
Who are you LPSman, did I meet you?




(Edited by Lisa Page at 7http://www.ultimatereef.net/ibv3/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif1 pm on April 23, 2001)

[marc]

HI Lisa,

Yes i believe we have met........i recall the afternoon in question..at least i think i do ?
Trying to get an IKS temp probe and deltec chiller to do what they should :biggrin: with Danny.
I was the guy in the bright yellow fleece curious as i was buying my IKS that day also.
I think i've seen yourself and your family a few times as i too practically live there:lol:
My name is Marc by the way ,we have spoken...albeit breifly!

I meant to ask....where did you get all the LPS corals you have listed ?

[Lisa Page]

Hi Marc,

Ah yes, now I remember! You had to wait an awfully long time to be served, it was manic that day. You know I ended up keeping the IKS Controller Danny gave me (to run the chiller) because the other one wouldn't work. Couldn't bear to give it back the next week, so more money gone from my pocket. It took a while to work out how to program it though!

As for my LPS corals most of them have been in the tank for quite a while. I've been building the stock up for 6.5 years. They have come from all around really. Watford Aquarium, Home Marine, Wildwoods, Japanese Koi Co. & Aquatic Warehouse. I tend to shop around quite a bit looking for nice healthy stock. I would travel further but my other half puts his foot down http://www.ultimatereef.net/ibv3/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif I find the quality of the corals on offer can be highly variable, sometimes too much choice and then other times no choice at all (just ailing corals!). I find the emphasis seems to have shifted from LPS corals to SPS corals, or perhaps that's just because that's what I've been looking for recently. I'm running out of space now, that's why I need a bigger tank http://www.ultimatereef.net/ibv3/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Dream on....

Regards

Lisa

[Scuba212]

Nice sounding tank. You got any pictures ?

[Silverreef]

Think you need to look at the thread date 23-04-01, don't think you will be getting a reply.

Regards

Steve