Calvin's 50G LPS-Dominated Reef Tank

[calvin_91993]

Good day Reef Philippines!

Just want to thank everyone for the great info and for those who helped solve my lighting issues. So far here's what I have established. It's a 55-gallon DT with a 30-gallon sump.

Parameters:
NH3 - 0
NO2 - 0
NO3 - 10 (kaunti pa ng LS, but still induces diatom blooms dahil konti p ung chaeto ko)
temp.: varies from 74-76 F (no chiller, malamig ngayon dito sa Tarlac eh, )
Wala pa akong test kits for calcium, kH and PO4. Saving up for API reef master.

Filtration:
Queen TS-2000
Chaeto
DIY PVC pipe overflow from my previous tank
Return Pump: Forgot the model, basta Resun sya na 2000lph
Wala pang DSB kc kinulang ung sand ko nung initial setup, not sure whether or not I'll include one.

Flow: Just the powerhead that activates my overflow and flow from return pump; gonna buy a wavemaker soon

Lighting:
DT - DIY T5HO, 2x Actinic and 2x 12000K; 8hrs a day
Refugium - 14w (60w output) daylight (6500K) GE cfl; 24/7

Clean-up Crew:
4x fighting conch
3x nassarius (survivors from my FOWLR)

Here's the empty DT i received from my uncle, marami scratches pero ok lang (beggars can't be choosers eh, hehe) as well as my old 50g that leaked, customized to function as my sump


My ls so far

Lobo brain, my favorite right now


Green torch


Plate


Multiple Xenia and a few zoa polyps in this pic


Green mushrooms (not so green in pic)


Kenya tree still not yet fully extended


One large hammer I got for 100 pesos


Green star polyps growing really well


My only two fish so far (lost my mimic tang last monday)

FTS


Sorry for the crappy quality of my photos, lumang-luma n kc camera ko. Oh well, just tell me what ya'll think of this. I would appreciate any and all comments and suggestions.

Thanks RP!

[thurrmac]

kanino ka kumuha ng ls mo??? simple and nice... good work

[calvin_91993]

Sa Fish Point po kay kuya Christian. Good condition po lahat ung corals, di n po ako ngacclimate like he said. Everything seems to be doing well.

[thurrmac]

[calvin_91993]

Sure! Will be seeing him po in January. Marami pa po akong kukuning ls sa kanya. Tnx sir thurrmac for your comment.

[jemzac]

Wala kung luma or bago ang DT mo as long as mapatagal mo nga LS mo, kesa naman sa super clear & laser cut pa tapos araw araw nag tatanggal ng LS hahaha parang ako dati

[calvin_91993]

Korek po mam jemzac! Mas nagbibigay ng tuwa ung alam mong healthy, thriving and multiplying ang ls mo.

[bagz727]

may i know where you got your fighting conch? ty

[calvin_91993]

Sa Fishpoint din po, sobrang dami po stock nung first time ko bumili ng ls, pero 4 lng binili ko kc medyo malaki po cla. Last time po ako galing dun halos wala n lahat ng snails. Don't know po kung meron na ulit. He (christian) sells them for 10 each or 12 for 100. I read about it, ideal clean-up crew because peaceful, easy care, and eats both detritus and algae.

[kenn]

update na uli bro

[calvin_91993]

Update:

FTS



Sana pumasa ako sa Rockscaping101 (tinalo pa Histology, Biochemistry at Comparative Anatomy, Hahaha!)

Other pics coming soon . . . kinuha kc sa iPad ng friend ko.

Feel free to leave any and all comments. Will definitely appreciate them.

Thanks RP!

[calvin_91993]

[calvin_91993]

Update:

Slowly but surely dumarating na ung mga pics . . .

My rather large frogspawn


Bubble coral


One of the newest additions, Orange plate


FTS a few hours before I put the background


That's all for now. Thanks RP!

[Leica]

Ayos! madami ng laman kesa sa dati. Bro wala bang diving spot dyan sa tarlac para makakuha ng mga corals?

[potring]

nice tank bro at madami dami na ding laman tank mo
@leice i don't think may dagat sa tarlac maybe in panggasinan pwede pa or maybe sa dulo ng taralc boundary ng pangagsinan baka meron though not sure