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Cassel's 56 Gallon Reef

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Residents  - click here for Pictures

• 2 Maroon Clownfish - Large Female, and smaller male

• Bubble Tip Anemone approx 8" across when fully open

• 1 Dwarf Coral Beauty Angel fish

• 2 Red Scooter Blenny - Large Male and small female

• 1 Blue spot goby

• 1 Cleaner shrimp

• Orange Linckia Starfish

• 1 Large Ricordia Rock

• Xenia 

• Red Brain Coral

• Small Colt coral

• Button Polyps (Brown and Green)

• Various Mushroom Corals (Red, Blue, Brown, etc)

• 40 lbs of Aquacultured Florida Live rock (lots of hitchhikers - brittle stars, star anemones, turkey wing clams, sponges, etc.)

• 50 lbs of dry base rock from Hawaii

• Bunches of hermit crabs and snails of all sorts

Tank specs

• Acrylic 56 Gallon reef ready "show"

• Wave Maker with four powerheads for circulation

• Lights

  • 175 Watt Metal Halide Pendant

  • 110 watt Power compact Actinic

  • 12 feet red rope light for "pod o vision"

• Sump - Gutted Wet-Dry (approx 15 gallon)

  • Eheim return pump

  • CPR Skimmer (modified with an additional air stone)

  • 2 - 150 watt heaters (one in sump area, one in skimmer output)

  • Pinpoint pH Monitor

  • Digital Temp

  • DIY Auto Top off system  - Kalkwasser in food safe bucket (from home brew store), float valve wired into an extension cord for powerhead. When level in sump drops, powerhead kicks on and water is replaced with fresh Kalkwasser.