I've bought my tank off of someone else and had it in my possession for about 7 months. He's had it for over 4 years I believe. Can anyone make some suggestions for what I can do to my tank to make it a great reef? Any suggestions will be great! I would ultimately like a wide variety of corals, but I know I am kindof limited with space in my 55g right now, but hopefully in the future I'll get a much bigger tank.
So what I have as of right now:
55g tank
-Sea Clone protein skimmer
-Eco-aqualizer
-Emperor 400 for just the flow and biowheels (have been live for about 9 years; future plans on a refugium in there)
-powersweep
-maxijet
-2X 65W true actinics
-2X 65W 1200K
-45W something? came with tank
-coral substrate, ~1.5"
Livestock:
-lunar wrasse
-mated clown perculas
-tomato clown
-yellow tail damsel
-velvet damsel
-3 stripe damsel
-blue and scarlet hermits (about 15, but who knows now since I introduced the lunar)
-4 bumble bee snails
-2 large turbo snails, bunch of other snails that just appeared in tank
Corals:
-zoos, (yellow, radioactives, peach centered)
-finger leather
-frogspawn
-hairy mushroom, watermelon mushrooms, etc.
-feather duster
Supplements:
-calcium
-purple up
-strotium and magnesium
-iodine
-pro buffer dKH
-trace elements
Tests:
-pH (8.2)
-nitrite (0)
-nitrate (<10)
-Ca ~380-400
-phosphate .01
Are there any other tests I should do? Equipment I need/should get? Livestock i need to get or get rid of? Params ok? How much should I dose Iodine? was told that it can create cyano so only dose around once a month, but I know some corals need iodine??? Any suggestions would be much much appreciated. The pictures attached aren't updated yet with the new corals.
So what I have as of right now:
55g tank
-Sea Clone protein skimmer
-Eco-aqualizer
-Emperor 400 for just the flow and biowheels (have been live for about 9 years; future plans on a refugium in there)
-powersweep
-maxijet
-2X 65W true actinics
-2X 65W 1200K
-45W something? came with tank
-coral substrate, ~1.5"
Livestock:
-lunar wrasse
-mated clown perculas
-tomato clown
-yellow tail damsel
-velvet damsel
-3 stripe damsel
-blue and scarlet hermits (about 15, but who knows now since I introduced the lunar)
-4 bumble bee snails
-2 large turbo snails, bunch of other snails that just appeared in tank
Corals:
-zoos, (yellow, radioactives, peach centered)
-finger leather
-frogspawn
-hairy mushroom, watermelon mushrooms, etc.
-feather duster
Supplements:
-calcium
-purple up
-strotium and magnesium
-iodine
-pro buffer dKH
-trace elements
Tests:
-pH (8.2)
-nitrite (0)
-nitrate (<10)
-Ca ~380-400
-phosphate .01
Are there any other tests I should do? Equipment I need/should get? Livestock i need to get or get rid of? Params ok? How much should I dose Iodine? was told that it can create cyano so only dose around once a month, but I know some corals need iodine??? Any suggestions would be much much appreciated. The pictures attached aren't updated yet with the new corals.