Steve Weast's Aquarium
Note to viewers: Notice only the front panel of the aquarium itself is viewable in the living quarters of the home. The entire set-up is in a separate, adjacent "two-story room" and that the lighting equipment can be slid out of the way for servicing the interior portion of the aquarium.
HISTORY
Owners Name: Steve Weast
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Year the tank was set up: October 2003 (this tank replaced a 500 gallon reef that was 3 years old)
Size and Volume of the Tank: 850 gallons - 72"W x 30"H x 90"D
Sump Size: 150 gallons
Pounds of Live Rock: 1500 pounds
Type of Biological Filtration: Berlin - Live Rock and Skimming
Sand Type/Depth:1 inch of crushed coral in visible areas only (not under rocks)
EQUIPMENT
Main system pumps: (2) Dolphin 4700's
Additional pumps:(4) sequence 23's on a closed loop with 28 distribution jets
Monitoring Equipment: Neptune Aquacontroller Pro
Protein Skimmers: (4) Precision Marine bullet 3's
Calcium Reactor: (2) Precision Marine CR622's
Nilsen reactor: Ecotech
Chiller: (2) 3/4 hp Aqua Logic
Heater: (2) 1000W Fire Plugs from Aquanetics
Refugium: 125 gallons
LIGHTING
Lamps:(6) 400W 10K Ushios and (6) 400W 20 K metal halides Radiums on pulse start ballasts plus (6) 165W VHO actinic
Photoperiod:VHO's for 14 hrs and halides for 10 hrs
CHEMISTRY
Water Temperature: 78°F
Specific Gravity: 1.026
PH: 8.3 - 8.5
Calcium:425 ppm
Redox: 400
Nitrate: 0 on LaMotte test kit
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Ozone: none
Phosphate: 0 on a Salifert test kit
Magnesium: 1300 ppm
Alkalinity: 12 dKH
Additives: none
Water Changes: 165 gallons once a month
RO/DI water: SpectraPure
Brand of Salt Mix: Kent Marine
FEEDING
Feeding is done with various frozen foods including mysis, squid, mussel, and plankton every other day while the anemones get fed shrimp or scallop twice a week. Nori is also fed to the fish twice a week.