Kronic Reefer
Supporting Member
To those who may be interested: Here is the journal of my first adventure into reef keeping. I'm starting this log 5 month into my tank being filled with rock and water, I will try to summarize my experience so far.
Current Equipment: 35 gallon display with one Mp10 and 2 RFG nozzles. HOB overflow. Radion gen 6 xr15 with printed reef shade. 50lbs gulf live rock split between tank and display. ~ 25lb mix of gulf live sand and aqua forest bio sand.
30 gallon sump with one mp 40 and one sicce 1.5 keeping food particles, mulm and detritus in suspension. Nautilus DC 900 provides flow through a 15 watt Aqua UV sterilizer and a carbon/gfo reactor. Jebao MDP 5000 Return pump (1453 gph) at 55%. Reef Octopus 150int skimmer. Protein skimmer and carbon reactor are the only means of mechanical filtration, its a very basic sump.
Hydros Blenny, (4 head doser) Pumping Tropic Marin Balling 3 Part solution. equal parts over 24 hours. Tunze Osmolator nano ATO with 2.5g reservoir.
Fish Livestock: Green Mandarin Goby, Midas Blenny, Longnose Hawkfish, Blue/Green Chromis, Molly Miller Blenny, Orchid Dottyback, Pink Streak Wrasse, Blue Assessor Bassalett, Diamond Goby, Exquisite Purple Firefish
Coral Livestock include various lps, sps, and nps. Cynarina, elegance, hammer, torch, hydnophora, chalice, goniopora, cyphastrea, candy cane. Pavona, digitata, tenius, stag, milliepora, turaki, montipora.
Fat head dendro, Various tubestrea, and a balanophyllia.
Mushroom and zoa
Astrea, cerith/dwarf cerith, trouhus, nassarius, dove, turbo, limpet, urchin
Various sponge, tunicate, sea squirt and other macro fauna and micro fauna ITS ALIVE!!
July 2025: My planted freshwater tank is finally looking good. My itch for corals and saltwater fish has grown out of control, i cave.
The Design: Simulate a high energy mixed reef in a 35 gallon cube.
Experience: 0
After a couple of years of light research, I dug into as much literature as my inexperienced brain could process. Of all, the Berlin method seemed the most logical to me. I designed a sump that was simple, with a 30 gallon tall, pet-co tank. My initial thought was to stack foam in a chamber for mechanical/biological filtration and do water changes until i found the need for a skimmer.
Current Equipment: 35 gallon display with one Mp10 and 2 RFG nozzles. HOB overflow. Radion gen 6 xr15 with printed reef shade. 50lbs gulf live rock split between tank and display. ~ 25lb mix of gulf live sand and aqua forest bio sand.
30 gallon sump with one mp 40 and one sicce 1.5 keeping food particles, mulm and detritus in suspension. Nautilus DC 900 provides flow through a 15 watt Aqua UV sterilizer and a carbon/gfo reactor. Jebao MDP 5000 Return pump (1453 gph) at 55%. Reef Octopus 150int skimmer. Protein skimmer and carbon reactor are the only means of mechanical filtration, its a very basic sump.
Hydros Blenny, (4 head doser) Pumping Tropic Marin Balling 3 Part solution. equal parts over 24 hours. Tunze Osmolator nano ATO with 2.5g reservoir.
Fish Livestock: Green Mandarin Goby, Midas Blenny, Longnose Hawkfish, Blue/Green Chromis, Molly Miller Blenny, Orchid Dottyback, Pink Streak Wrasse, Blue Assessor Bassalett, Diamond Goby, Exquisite Purple Firefish
Coral Livestock include various lps, sps, and nps. Cynarina, elegance, hammer, torch, hydnophora, chalice, goniopora, cyphastrea, candy cane. Pavona, digitata, tenius, stag, milliepora, turaki, montipora.
Fat head dendro, Various tubestrea, and a balanophyllia.
Mushroom and zoa
Astrea, cerith/dwarf cerith, trouhus, nassarius, dove, turbo, limpet, urchin
Various sponge, tunicate, sea squirt and other macro fauna and micro fauna ITS ALIVE!!
July 2025: My planted freshwater tank is finally looking good. My itch for corals and saltwater fish has grown out of control, i cave.
The Design: Simulate a high energy mixed reef in a 35 gallon cube.
Experience: 0
After a couple of years of light research, I dug into as much literature as my inexperienced brain could process. Of all, the Berlin method seemed the most logical to me. I designed a sump that was simple, with a 30 gallon tall, pet-co tank. My initial thought was to stack foam in a chamber for mechanical/biological filtration and do water changes until i found the need for a skimmer.
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(left to Right) Red Micromussa, Green Digitata, Bill Murray, Green Slimmer, Purple Millepora, Green Indo Torch.
