Reefboy's AquaRealm Reef Page

Reef Tank Specifications (updated 3/18/03):

• Size: 215Gal Oceanic Reef Ready (no center brace) with DIY oak stand. My wife and I built the stand from scratch to match the rest of our oak furniture.
• Primary Filtration: 230lbs of Kealini Live rock from Dr Mac. 300lbs Southdown Play sand and 300lbs of Dolomite sand in 175gal sump.
• Supplementarly Filtration: 175 Gal Refugium with various macroalgae.
• Supplementarly Filtration: MRC MR2 Skimmer feed by a Blueline pump.
• Circulation: AmpMaster 3000 return pump. 2 PE-2 Reeftec units in display tank.
• Supplements: MyReef Creations Nilsen Reactor via topoff from H20 Guro 5 stage Ro/DI (controlled by Spectrapure Litermeter III) and a Calcium Reactor.
• Lighting: 72" Aquaspacelight with 3 10KK 250 watt bulbs.
• Additional: Phosphate reactor: Lifeguard F600 with Phosband.


Click for updated Reef shots (04/14/04).

Full tank shot (09/09/03).

Deep water a.jacquelineae bought from Tropical Paradise (10/1/03).

Deep water a. suharsonoi bought from Tropical Paradise (10/1/03).

Full tank shot (03/18/03).

Front angle shot (03/18/03).

Stand frame (10/19/02).

Live rock sorting. I bought two 40kg boxes of Kaelini and one 30kg box of tonga branch from Dr Mac and Sons. All uncured and transhipped. Great stuff- Great price (11/21/02).

Tank shot a few days after live rock was added.

Early Fish room shot (11/15/02).

Fish room again (11/27/02).

Side view of the Refugium, a 175gal old acrylic trickle filter (11/27/02).

Top view of Borneman Surge Bucket (11/27/02).

MyReef Creations Nilsen Reactor on the left, surge bucket on the right (11/27/02).

ATS screens over the sump. (11/27/02).

Close up of ATS turf screen purchased from Inland Aquatics (11/25/02).

Large MPEG file (919KB)of surge (from Borneman flapper surge bucket) over ATS turf screen (11/25/02).

Here's a pic of an Eductor on the left side of the tank. See's to move alot of water (3/17/03).

A. Efflorescens from CQuarium (pic taken 3/17/03).

Acropora sp. from CQuarium (pic taken 3//17/03). I'd like to get an id for this guy.

A. Aculeus from Steve Tyree. One of my favorites (pic taken 3/17/03).

Pink zoos from Dr Mac. They're growing out nicely after a week of recession after they arrived. (pic taken 3/17/03).

Nice multicolored zoos from Dr Mac. Very nice with a good variety of types (pic taken 3/17/03) .

Yellow Tort

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