Tank of the month: December 2017

ILARIO IORIO

Here we are for our usual monthly appointment with the "tank of the month".

This time we wanted to reward the tank of Ilario Iorio, from San Tammaro in the province of Caserta.
Ilario started his aquarium experience in 2005 with a freshwater tank, even though his real passion had always been marine. In fact he tells me that he saw his freshwater experience as preparation for the leap to tropical marine, which came about 4 years later.
So in 2009 Ilario decided to have his first experience with corals and marine fish and, after several tanks, he went on to set up his current one.
He tells us:

"My new adventure with the new Berlin-method tank began on 6 March 2016. It measures 70x40x40; it has three extra-clear glass panels; a Blau overflow and return kit, a Syncra 1.0 return pump, a Bubble Magus NAC 3.5 skimmer and Radion G2 lighting.

There are 18 kg of live rock, 4 of which came from the old tank.

Over time I have added various corals, SPS, LPS and soft corals, and various fish:

1 Hepatus

1 Ocellaris, 7 years old, from my old tanks

2 Chrysiptera

1 Chromis

1 Hexataenia

The fish are fed with various dry foods enriched with vitamin complexes.
The corals instead get home-grown live phytoplankton and live zooplankton, as well as amino acids.

Our congratulations again to Ilario for the splendid results, and we leave you to the photos, which show how well deserved the praise is.