My little 13 gal (imp) reef

[razo]

Hi all, i'm carlo from italy, i'm 16 and this is my little 13 gal (imp) reef:
i have a 50*38*28 aquarium:
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here are some photos.....
equipment:
heater (boyu 75 watt), koralia 2 ( 2300 lt/h) pump, a filter with perlon wool + PO4 resin+ a sponge
lightining
2 strip lunar led
1 strip white led
2 bulbs (15 watt) white

25lbs lives rocks
Sarcophyton and Sinularia ( i don't know if the name is the same in english, sorry )
a clownfish
a turbo snail
a cypreae
and 2 shrimps from mediterranean sea.
a rocks with 6-7 discosomas

Test
NO2 (nitrite) test 0
PO4 (phosphate) 0.02
calcium test 450
ph test 8.0
kh test 9
Mg test 1300
Density 1023


What do u think about my little reef? Thanks for giving opinion

[razo]

the sinularia maybe is molting ( i had another aquarium, but in these days i changed it at maybe it has to adapt at the new reef..



thanks all and sorry for my not-perfect english

[Reefing Madness]

Very nice!!
Might I suggest keeping your water at Density of 1.025-1.026, yours is somewhat low for a Reef.

[razo]

thanks how can i kepp density to 1025?
i change 6liters of water a week with 33grams for each liter, maybe i have to use 35-36 ?
and when i recovery evaporated water i can use salt water instead of RO water?

[Reefing Madness]

thanks how can i kepp density to 1025?i change 6liters of water a week with 33grams for each liter, maybe i have to use 35-36 ?and when i recovery evaporated water i can use salt water instead of RO water?

Correct, you need to add just a bit more salt. And no, never replace evaporated water with salt water, that will raise your salinity way to high.

[razo]

ok thanks =)
i want add a lysmata, but i don't know what kind of it i have to add, amboinensis or debelius, what u can tell me about this?

[razo]

another question: what about my sinularia? is molting?

[Reefing Madness]

another question: what about my sinularia? is molting?

Don't know how long you have had it, but it looks pissed off to me. Doesn't like where its at, wether its the flow or the lighting.

[Reefing Madness]

ok thanks =)
i want add a lysmata, but i don't know what kind of it i have to add, amboinensis or debelius, what u can tell me about this?

Well for coloration, I'd go with the Fire Shrimp(debelius) over the Skunk, just a matter of preference there. Both do well, but once they figure your feeding the tank, they don't do as well as cleaners.

[razo]

ok thanks i just moved my sinularia, finger crossed that it will like new position =)

[razo]

maybe it's molting, some parts on it are "open" ( idon't know how to explain, lol)

[Reefing Madness]

[QUOpTE=razo;242077]maybe it's molting, some parts on it are "open" ( idon't know how to explain, lol) [/QUOTEpThat's not a good sign. I'd its flaking off, that's a sign of it not doing well. When they show signs of disintegrating that's a sign of dying.

[razo]

no i meant in some parts it is returning as it was before this............here some image:

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[Reefing Madness]

Well in that case. Nice Job!!

[razo]

i saw some image of dendronephthya, what do u know about this?

what other soft corals i can add?

[Reefing Madness]

i saw some image of dendronephthya, what do u know about this?

what other soft corals i can add?

Well, I had a Chile Pepper Coral, I can tell you that you odn't see the polyps much during your lighting period, as they come out when your lights go out. Not a tough coral to keep at all. Fed the tank Phyto at night.
You can add a few mor corals, in the nano coral range.
Kenya coral
Zoos
Mushrooms
Xenia
Star Burst
Nepthea
Neon Pineapple Tree
Quite a few to chose from.

[razo]

thanks =)
i like a lot coral like tree...=) they need particular cure?

[Reefing Madness]

thanks =)
i like a lot coral like tree...=) they need particular cure?

Na, softies are pretty easy to care for. They even get by with some Trates in the water.

[razo]

in these days i will add a lysmata amboinensis =)

[Reefing Madness]

Skunk Cleaner Shrimp. Right on.