My first mixed reef tank Build

[sights2012]

Tank Size:

90 Gallons with 20ish gallon sump

Equipment:

Jebao DCS 1200 DC return pump

Two 200 watt heaters on Inkbird IC temp controller

Jebao SLW-30 3400GPH
Current 1200 GPH wave maker power head
Current 660 GPH wave maker power head
Aqueon 950 GPH circulating pump

Octopus 150INT Skimmer

2 Filter socks holders running 100-200 micron socks every 3 days

15 Gallon ATO reservoir with JBJ ATO module. Filled every 14 days.

Two used Hydra 32 and 26 at 78% brightness

Jebao x4 output Doser
Running BRS 2 part with mag, cal and alk seperate.

45Gallon trash barrel that gasses off well water after going through RO, sediment and carbon filter, before going through DI system into either of two 55gallon Drums that were repurposed from olive oil to RODI and salt water drums.

I dose phyto twice a week.
Feed mysis shrimp twice a day.
Weekly Reef roids sometimes every two weeks.

So far I've battled Ostreopsis and won with no deaths and GHA.

Im losing the battle with my BTA. He's currently sitting on a palythoa garden. I'm running Carbon. Just going to see what happens. Praying he doesn't move again.

 

[sights2012]

I am having problems with my forest fire monti and branching monti. Both won't extend polyps and I am thinking some of the tissue had died off. I have lowered both in the tank and. My parameters have been okay. I will attach my last couple weeks of testing. I'm using Hanna for pO4 and kH, mag is from aqua forest. Using API for ammonia, nitrate, and pH. Recommendations would be useful. Right now I'm trying to focus on good dosing. All my other corals are doing okay. My plating monti is growing but the center is seeming to be darker (suspecting lighting is too high for him). And my green bird's-nest is bleaching in some spots (also suspecting too high light. I moved this one down). I had an ICP test done not long ago. Results attached.

 

[Joe Rice]

I've had forest fire monti growing well under quite bright lights so it certainly can adapt to that. Of course, if it's new and was grown under dimmer light, bright light could stress it out for a while.

 

[ifarmer]

very nice.

 

[sights2012]

A little update picture on my 90g tank! We are doing well despite dealing with ostreopsis dinos!