34 gallon solana seahorse/nps/macroalgae tank build

[jenreef]

here is my 34 gallon solana seahorse/nps/macroalgae tank
i plan to keep the temperature 73-74 degrees
blue led lighting to recreate deep water look
black aragonite live sand
20lbs of live rock
right now it has stock solana skimmer. but i plan on buying a aquaC remora protein skimmer

half of the water in the solana tank came from my 120 gallon tank and i used live sand and live rock. so the tank went through a very quick cycle if it even went through a cycle. after the tank being up 2 weeks checked all the parameters and it came back all good. so i added the dendro, orange sun coral, balck suncoral and the spider sponge to the tank

i will be keeping this thread updated when i get new livestock or equipment

any suggestions or thoughts will be greatly appreciated

 

[Cheetos]

Sweet! How many blue LEDs are you running on that solana? Are you planning on adding any whites?

 

[Ronnie]

Love a none photo system good luck when I cared for NPS I had to up the water changes and be consistent. I through in the towel when I could not stay on top of maintenance and started to see algae (I hate algae). I am having a algae bloom now for over feeding 12 cubes a day is a little much so I'm cutting back slowly. I need to up my water changes to correct the problem. Beautiful tank and good luck.

 

[jenreef]

Sweet! How many blue LEDs are you running on that solana? Are you planning on adding any whites?

right now i have 1 true lumen strip that has 4 blue leds. im still debating if i should add any white leds. just because i want it to be a very blue tank. to get that deep water feel

 

[jenreef]

Love a none photo system good luck when I cared for NPS I had to up the water changes and be consistent. I through in the towel when I could not stay on top of maintenance and started to see algae (I hate algae). I am having a algae bloom now for over feeding 12 cubes a day is a little much so I'm cutting back slowly. I need to up my water changes to correct the problem. Beautiful tank and good luck.

i plan to do once a week water changes. and see how that goes. but i did hear with a nps tank yo have to do twice a week water changes