Jens RUPP's marine tank

Petite annonce personnelle: j'ai différentes algues (halimedas, 3 espèces de caulerpes, etc) , des petits escargots et des discosomas à ne plus savoir qu'en faire, et cherche à les échanger contre d'autres algues, escargots ou toute autre bestiole. Si vous habitez en Suisse romande, alors contactez-moi par e-mail.

Physical characteristics

• size: 120 x 90 cm, divided in 4 large compartments and one central small compartment, all interconnected by a continuous flow of water provided by a small pump.
• lighting: 150W 7500K HQI lamp, 75 W 4000K HQI lamp, 40 W magnetic fluorescent tube, 40 W Grolux tube, 40 W tri-phosphoric tube.
• heating: passive heating provided by the pump and lights, active heating provided by a 50 W heater during the cold season (removed in Summer).

Chemical characteristics

• temperature: between 24°C and 27°C
• density: 1.022
• pH: 8.2
• hardness: 6 dh
• nitrates: below 10 mg/l
• phosphates: not detectable

Inhabitants

• 1 Porites coral
• 1 alcyonaria-type soft coral
• 1 orange stoloniferan soft coral
• an ever increasing number of Discosoma sp.
• a few rock anemones
• 1 carpet anemone
• 2 banded shrimp (Lysmata sp)
• 1 crab
• 2 large conic snails
• thousands of small snails
• 1 large long burrowing snail
• 1 yellow wrass ()
• 2 blue damselfish
• 1 dwarf angelfish (Centropyge loriculus)
• 2 green brittle stars
• 1 red brittle star
• 1 sea cucumbers (edulis)
• several species of Caulerpa, Halimeda, other red algae and brown algae

General view of the tank:

December 1997