This is a brief description of my tank setup.
The Tank:
The Lights:
Being that my reef tank was going to house mostly SPSs and Mushrooms I decided to go w/ PC and a strip light, a total of 128 watts.
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29" Solar Compact Light, 2-55 watt bulbs
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10,000K
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Blue Actinic
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20 Strip light, 1-18 watt bulb
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Blue Moon Actinic
Time schedule for lights:
7:00 am- Blue Moon Actinic StripLight On
9:00 am-Blue Actinic PC On
10:30 am-10,000K PC On
7:30 pm-10,000K PC Off
9:00 pm-Blue Actinic PC Off
10:00 pm-Blue Moon Actinic StripLight Off
The Filtration/Water Circulation:
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204 Fluval
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Bak Pak 2R
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ViaAqua 480-200gph
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Rio 200-200gph
Substrate:
Maintenance:
Mon-VitaChem (vitamins and nutritional supplement)
Tues-Seachem Reef Complete (calcium, strontium and magnesium)
Wed-Seachem Reef Carbonate (restores and maintains alkalinity)
Thurs-Seachem Reef Plus (trace elements, vitamins and amino acids)
Fri-Seachem Reef Complete (calcium, strontium and magnesium)
Sat-Seachem Reef Carbonate (restores and maintains alkalinity)
Sun-Kent Essential Elements (trace elements)