Tank of the month: July 2018
Published on 29 September 2018
FRANCESCO AGRICOLA
Dear friends of "L'acquario marino di BallingMania", this July we are about to review the beautiful tank of our passionate aquarist Francesco Agricola from Catania.
His passion for fishkeeping goes back eleven years: like almost everyone, Francesco started with freshwater and then moved on to marine.
His current tank has been running for about two years.
It is all extra-clear glass and, if we do not count the 10 cm "taken" by the DSB, it looks like a perfect cube (50 x 50 x 60 h).
To light his corals, Francesco relies on a light unit fitted with 8 x 24 W T5s, supplemented by two Easy LED Deep Blue bars.
Skimming is provided by a Bubble King 150 Double Cone, and the levels of calcium, magnesium, strontium and carbonates by a reactor loaded with medium-grain ARM aragonite.
In the tank there are two Jebao RW4 flow pumps, which ensure even and effective water movement.
As for husbandry, Francesco says he adds, on alternate days, Korallen-Zucht K-Balance, B-Balance, F-Balance and KZ Pohl's Xtra, plus Unica trace elements.
He tells me he makes water changes occasionally, using Tropic Marin salt.
The corals in the tank are almost exclusively SPS, especially Acropora. There are also Acanthastrea, Caulastrea and Euphyllia.
Among the many fish swimming in the tank, a beautiful pair of Monodactylus argenteus stands out!
Before looking through the beautiful photos, we congratulate Francesco again on his fantastic aquarium!
