175g reef tank

[Valley Boy]

Hi

I own a 6x30x2 tank with 24 fish and a good selection of hard and soft corals.
It is run on the Berlin system with approk 70kg of live rock and a Turbofloater 1000 skimmer (Soon to be replaced with a 5000 Shorty).

Lighting is 3x15omh with 2 actinics
Other items are :-
Koralin calcium reactor
25w uv
100mg sander ozoniser

[tigermad]

Hi Paul

Welcome to the board.
Do you find that your lighting is sufficient enough for your hard and soft corals? How long has your tank been up and running?

[Valley Boy]

Hi Tigermad
Yes i find that the lighting is ok as long as i place my hard corals mid way to top of the reef. However i would like to go to 250's when i save the coin !

My tank has been running for 13 months

[yamaha]

Welcome

[Hels Bels]

Hi Paul,

Welcome to UR! Looking forward to seeing some pics soon!
We have a 6x2x2 and only have 12 fish in ours at the mo as we didn't want to overload it too soon....out of interest, what fish do you have?

Cheers,
Hels

[craigg]

Hello

Some pictures would be nice!

Craig

[craigg]

Where are you based?

[newboy]

Hi Paul,,,,,,
Sent message about turboflotor 1000

[tangtastic]

Hi Paul,
and welcome to the UR. http://www.ultimatereef.com/ibv3/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
I think you will find most people on here are V friendly and offer good advise.

Cheers

Andy.

[bunglehaze]

Hi M8, welcome to ultimatereef, will look forward to reading some of your posts

cheers
leigh http://www.ultimatereef.com/ibv3/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Valley Boy]

Hi all

I am based in South Wales just up the road from Gary T.

My fish stock is as follows :-

Yellow tang ( Owned for 6 years), Kole tang,Manderin,5 Chromis, 2 spieces of Hahkfish,Cleaner wrasse,Brown damsel,
Rusty Angel, 2 torpedoe goby,Yellow head jaw fish, Emporer *Cardinal, Pyjama, Midas Blenny.4 Clownfish ( 2 Breeding), Black Clownfish, Blue Damsel.

I have posted a few pics

Thanks for Showing interest 1

[bunglehaze]

Paul, what are the torpedo goby's like m8, I was looking at a pair of them a few weeks back but couldnt afford them at the time. IMO a nice substantial sized goby but I need to know more about character plz

cheers
leigh http://www.ultimatereef.com/ibv3/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Valley Boy]

Hi Leigh
My 2 Torpedoe gobies hover mostly in the upper part of the tank and are out in the open 70% of the time.
They are a beutifull sight and very peaceful.At night they dive down to the reef bottom and rest in small holes/ gaps.

[Garry thomas]

Paul its as i allways say south wales the home of GREAT REEF TANKS c u saturdayM8

[Suffolk Reefer]

Hi Paul,

Was just looking at the piccies, you have on the other post. Surprised that the lighting is only by 3x150, but also encouraging.

It just goes to proof that the myth of "must have 250 or 400's" to keep hard corals, is hardly the case. Your tank proves the point, and is a credit to you.

Just out of interest, what params does your tank run at, and do you dose kalk or have a calc reactor inline

Cheers
Paul

[Valley Boy]

Thanks for you remarks guys, tank stats are posted on ''Members tanks''
cheers.

PS. I run a Koralin reactor and dose with fresh Kalk. every evening by drip feed.



Last edited by Paul.m, Valley boy at Jan. 31 2003,11:44