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TEN FOOT 1000 Gallon Reef Tank! Anthias Galore!

1

Tank Featured

27

Minutes

2024

Released

This video tours Nick's impressive 10-foot, 1000-gallon mixed reef tank, which is just over a year old. Nick discusses his philosophy on reef keeping, focusing on stability and a diverse filtration approach to support a heavily stocked tank with a large school of Anthias and various tangs. He also details his feeding regimen, equipment choices, and a rigorous coral quarantine process.

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00:01:19Tank size and dimensions 00:01:48Tank type and coral selection 00:02:20Fish selection, particularly Anthias 00:02:59Aquascape design with two bommies 00:04:36Fish introduction and aggression management 00:06:31Feeding routine and homemade food 00:08:28Lighting setup and schedule 00:09:47Flow pump setup and placement 00:11:08Filtration equipment (roller mats, skimmer, reactors, scrubbers) 00:13:07Coral quarantine process 00:16:08Reef keeping philosophy and focus areas 00:19:51Challenges faced (algae, dinos) and solutions 00:22:53Target water parameters 00:24:01Dosing regimen (kalkwasser, Red Sea A/B, magnesium) 00:26:15Biggest advice for reef keepers

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Tank Specs

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Tank 01

Nick's 1000 Gallon Reef Tank

800

Gallons

mixed reef

Style

13

Months Old

10 ft long 4 ft wide 31 in high

Nick's 1000-gallon mixed reef tank, approximately 13 months old, features a stunning school of 80 Anthias and a diverse collection of SPS, LPS, and soft corals. The tank's unique aquascape, designed by Kevin, includes two large bommies providing ample habitat for the fish. Nick employs a comprehensive filtration system and a meticulous coral quarantine process, sourcing all his corals from Top Shelf Aquatics.

Lighting

EcoTech Marine Radion XR30 ×8 $999.99in stock,

EcoTech Marine Radion Blade Glow ×4 $999.99in stock

Skimmer

Flow

Maxspect Gyre 63 $359.99in stock,

Maxspect Gyre 42 $359.99in stock,

Red Sea Gyer $87.99in stock

Dosing

kalkwasser

Filtration

roller mat, protein skimming, carbon, GFO, biopellet reactor, algae scrubber

Salt

Top Shelf Aquatics

Water Changes

Consistent water changes (frequency not specified)

Feeding

Feeds homemade frozen food daily (salmon, white fish, scallops, shrimp, oysters, clams, mysis, Coral Aminos, vitamins, Selcon, Mizuri gel binder). Nori is fed daily. Two automatic feeders dispense freeze-dried food and TDO pellets every hour for 1 minute.

Corals

9

AcroporaSPSsoft coralsLPSbird's nesttortsStylophoraEuphylliatorches

Fish

8

AnthiasLyretail AnthiastangssurgeonfishclownfishangelsSohal TangClown Tang

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EcoTech Marine Radion XR30 G6 LED

Radion XR30 G6 LED

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine Radion XR30

EcoTech Marine Radion XR15 G6 LED

Radion XR15 G6 LED

Mentioned as: EcoTech Marine Radion Blade Glow

Maxspect Gyre XF350

Mentioned as: Maxspect Gyre 63; Maxspect Gyre 42

Red Sea ReefWave 45

Mentioned as: Red Sea Gyer

In their own words

Notable Quotes

The tank itself is right around 800 gallons and then we have about another 2 to 250 in the sump. It's 10 ft long, 4 ft wide, 31 in high.

Pretty much focused on mixed Reef largely with the idea in mind that we want to be able to grow some of the more interesting corals but also have a little more like movement in the tank as well.

I always knew I was going to be like Tang heavy and so I've just tried to learn the Tang behavior and how to introduce new fish and how to identify fish that are going to be a problem.

For me the roller mat has been like a game changer. That's like number one. We do use or I do have a MRC skimmer, it used to be called the Orca Pro 2.

I bring in all the corals, I'll bring in new inverts as well. I have them in their own kind of quarantine systems. Those systems are all getting water changes from the main system and they are air gapped.