Reef Supplies Client Spotlight: Claudio from Montréal
Claudio shares his experience with his 6-gallon Fluval Edge saltwater reef tank, designed for sustainability and minimal maintenance.
🔹 Equipment & Filtration:
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Heater: 50W digital
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Circulation: Pawfly wavemaker
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Biological Filtration: Seachem Matrix & Biomax
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Water Changes: 30% weekly with store-bought saltwater
🔹 Livestock:
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Blue chromis & ocellaris clownfish
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Cleaner shrimp, Nassarius & trochus snails, blue-leg hermits, brittle starfish
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Corals: candy cane, ricordea, GSP, sarcophyton, pocillopora, hammer coral
🔹 Lighting & Cycle:
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30W full-spectrum reef light (9-hour daily schedule)
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Started with live sand, dry rock, and beneficial bacteria.
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Completed the nitrogen cycle in 3 weeks, added fish & inverts, and introduced corals the following week
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6 weeks in, the tank is thriving!
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