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Born: 4-8-02

Currently.....    4-29-04

Live Aquaria

• 1 Yellow tang

• 3 False Percula clownfish

• 4 Green Chromis

• Frogspawn coral - Euphyllia paradivisa

• Torch coral - Euphyllia glabrescens

• Open Brain coral - Trachyphyllia geoffroyi

• Orange Digitata - Montipora digitata

• Acropora Yongei

• Teal Acropora colony sp.

• Teal Acropora sp.

• Blue/purple Acropora sp. (blue tort)

• Plate Blue/Green Montipora Edge Cap  - Montipora sp.

• Plate Orange Montipora Edge Cap  - Montipora sp.

• Yellow Porite (jeweled finger coral) - Porites cylindrica

• Trumpet coral (Candy Cane) - Caulastrea furcata

• Scroll coral - Tubinaria reniformis

• Ricordea florida light green mushroom

• Green Mushrooms - Rhodactis sp.

• Purple/Blue Tonga mushrooms - Rhodactis sp. 

• Xenia Pulse coral - Xenia sp. 

• Pipe Organ - Tubipora musica

• Finger (ultra green) Leather - Palau Sinularia

• Toadstool Leather coral - Sarcophyton sp.

• Button Polyps coral - Zoanthid sp.

• Halimeda sp.

• 1 Cleaner shrimp

• 3 Peppermint shrimp

• 20 Astrea turbo snails

• 2 Cerith snails

• 20 Nassarius snails

• 2 Tiger Trochus snails

• Lots of Copepods, Amphipods and worms

• 120 lbs Fiji live rock

• 3" -5" deep sand bed - Pure Aragonite (0.18 - 1.2mm), live sand (~1mm)

Lighting

• (2) URI VHO 60" super blue actinic lights on IceCap 660 ballast (7am- 10:30pm)

• (2) Metal Halide lights - 2@175 watt 10,000K (12:00pm-9:30pm)

Sump

• 30 gallon (36x12x16)

• Return pump:  CSL Velocity T3 (724 gph@4')  

• Euro-Reef CS6-2 skimmer

• Two Ebo Jager 150w heaters

Refugium

• 20 gallon (30x12x12)

• Pumped from 100g with Hagen 201 powerhead  (125 gph)

• Return water feed via gravity lockline flexible hose

• 20w power-glo NO light (7am-11pm)

• 10 lbs Fiji Live Rock rubble

• Green Grape Caulerpa

• Needle Caulerpa

• Lettuce Caulerpa

• Bristle worms

• Mysid shrimp

• Amphipods, Copepods

Closed Loop

• CSL Velocity T4 (1080 gph @ 4')

• Intake:  Two 1" bulkheads

• Return:  Two 3/4" lockline flexible tubes

Evaporation control

• 5 gallon Kent Aqua drip Doser (Kalkwasser dosing)

• 20g drip RO/DI top-off

Reverse Osmosis / De-Ionization filtered water

• Aquatic Reef Systems - Home Drinking 5 stage RO + DI

• 50 gallons / day

• 1 micron filters

Books I own

• Natural Reef Aquariums - John Tullock

• The Conscientious Marine Aquarist - Robert Fenner

• The Reef Aquarium Volume 1  - Delbeek and Sprung

• The Reef Aquarium Volume 2  - Delbeek and Sprung

• Aquarium Corals - Eric Borneman

• Algae - Julian Sprung 

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