Mr. Saltwater Tank

Mr. Saltwater Tank’s 90g Reef Tank – Now For Sale!

My tank has been sold.  I’ll leave this page up so everyone who watches my old shows knows what I had in my tank.  It’s been a great couple of years and now it is time to move on.

Here’s the last video update on my tank

Full tank shot

Details of the system:

Birth of Tank: November 2009

Tank: Marineland Corner Flow 90G (48″ x 18″ x 24″), Some scratches on right panel. Noticeable but not deep.

Stand, Stand cover, Canopy:

  • All custom built
  • Stand has no center brace for easy access (Picture)
  • Stand is covered by a skin that slides away for increased access. (Picture)

Sump: Custom built, approximately 20 gallon capacity. 3 chambers – skimmer box, refugium, return pump area.

Tank Automation:

  • Neptune Systems Apex (full version)
  • 2 x Energy Bar 8’s
  • WxM Module (wireless control of the mp40’s)
  • PM2 module (measures salinity, includes extra temperature probe for increased accuracy)
  • breakout box
  • WaterBug water on floor sensor
  • pH probe
  • temp probe
  • ORP probe

Lighting:

In-tank circulation:

  • 2 x EcoTech Marine mp40’s with battery backup
  • Tunze NanoWavebox

Return Pump: Tunze 1073.05 Silence

Water Processing:

  • SWC 160 Xtreme Cone Skimmer
  • Bulk Reef Supply dual media reactor (GFO in the first chamber, activated carbon in the second)
  • 100 micron filter sock

Dosing:

  • Bulk Reef Supply Alk, Ca, Mg via 1.1 mL dosing pumps (3 separate pumps)
  • Kalkwasser via auto top off

Auto Top Off:

  • Autotopoff.com dual switch kit (soon to be replaced by an Apex controlled system)
  • Bulk Reef Supply 50 mL/min pump

Livestock

Rock: Approximately 90 lbs of 100% dead rock acquired from a local fish store. Forget paying for live rock, buy it dead instead (Read more here)

Sand: 1.5″ sand bed

Fish: 

  • Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)
  • Lyretail Anthias (Female) (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
  • Pink Spot Shrimp Goby (Cryptocentrus leptocephalus)
  • Green Mandarin (Male)  (Synchiropus splendidus)
  • Blue Green Chromis (Chromis viridis)
  • Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon meleagris)
  • Bangaii Cardinal (Pterapogon kauderni)
  • White Stripe Maroon Clownfish & Rose Bubble Tip Anemone (Premnas biaculeatus)
  • Bicolor Blennie (Ecsenius bicolor)
  • Purple Firefish (Nemateleotris decora)

Corals

  • SPS
    • California Tort (Acropora tortuosa)
      • 6” x 8”
      • several branches
    • Tubbs Pink Jade
      • 4” x 4”
      • several branches
      • well encrusted
    • Northern Lights Granulosa (Acropora granulosa)
      • 4” x 4.5”
      • several branches
      • extremely well encrusted
    • ORA Pearlberry
      • 4” x 3”
      • lots of branches
    • Green Tabling Acro
      • green in color
      • great polyp extension…looks like a shaggy bush
      • used to have pink tips before it came in my tank
    • Rainbow Acro
      • very pretty
      • several colors in the coral
      • just starting to really branch out
    • Icefire Enchinata
      • 3” tall
      • sprouting a new branch
      • well encrusted
    • Hawkins Enchinata
      • 1.25’ frag
      • on plug
    • Rose Mille colony
      • 5” x 5”
      • beautiful color
      • very hairy
    • Montipora Setosa
      • 6” wide, 4” tall
      • sits right out in front of the tank
    • Oregon Tort
      • 7” x 6”
      • fast grower
      • lots of branches..could make several frags and not tell looking at the coral
      • well encrusted
    • Purple slimer
      • 6” x 6” at least
      • several branches
    • ORA Frogskin Acro
      • 5” x 5”
      • lots of branches
    • Montipora Undata
      • huge…size of a big dinner plate
      • metallic green polyps
      • purple rim
    • Superman Montipora
      • fully encrusted on rock
      • recessed some 2 months ago during an ALK dip
      • is regrowing nicely
    • Vivid Ultra Blue Tenuis
      • large – 5” x 10”+
    • Pink Lemonade Acro
      • 1” x 2”
    • ORA Red Planet
      • 2” x 2” encrusted on rock
    • Strawberry Shortcake Acro
      • several branched frag on plug
      • 2” x 2”
    • Jedi mind trick monti
      • 4”x3” frag encrusting over onto back wall
      • orange polyps
      • green body
      • purple rim
    • ORA purple stylo frag
      • 2” +
      • several branches
    • Other various acros
      • small rose mille colony
      • green/yellow mille
      • unknown acro (blue and brown) with acro crab
      • rainbow mille
  • LPS
    • war paint scolly
    • Rainbow trachyphyllia
      • 4”
    • smaller rainbow trachyphyllia
      • 3”
    • blue/purple/green brain
      • 4”
    • pink/purple hammer
      • 5” across when fully inflated
    • brown/blue/neon green favia
      • 4” ball
    • dragon eye favia
      • 10 polyps
      • 3” across
    • gates of hell lepenestra
      • orange polyps
      • light blue body
      • encrusted on rock
    • green/pink favia
      • 3” across
    • red/blue acan
    • rainbow enchinata
      • 6” across
      • very pretty..collectors piece
    • easter egg denae
      • 2” across
  • Softies
    • toxic orange zoas
    • Vivid Aquariums hawaiian tropic zoas
    • dragon eye zoas
    • king midas (yellow) zoas
    • tubbs blue zoas
    • Vivid Grasshopper zoas
    • all of the above are on 1 rock for a zoa garden look
    • armour of god palys
    • bam-bam zoas
  • Clams
    • large – 10” yellow squamosa
    • medium – 5” blue maxima
    • medium – teal maxima
    • small – lighting maxima
    • small – gold maxima

Remember: I am a dealer for just about anything saltwater aquarium related. Therefore, if you are interested in any saltwater tank equipment, including the gear below, let me know and I can get you a quote.