2.5 gallon update - lots of pics

[Sugar Magnolia]

This tank was started in Jan '04 and has gone through three overhauls due to poor plannning as far as coral placement goes, along with a massive outbreak of hydroids and vermetid snails.

Specs:
2.5 AGA
2x18 watt Current Dual Satellite fixture
AC 70 refugium with palm light
25 watt heater in fuge

Inhabs:
Yasha Haze/pistol pair
2 sexy shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
1 bumble bee snail
4 strombus grazers
2 cerith snails
2 nassarius snails
various corals

Here it is today. Full tank shot.

Right side.

Left side.

Caulastrea and sexy shrimp.

Torch and the other sexy shrimp.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Baby ricordea.

Zoos and strombus snail.

Another caulastrea colony.

Leather...toadstool I think.

1/2" purple M. digitata that I accidently broke of when working in the 30.

Tiny chili coral that hitched in on some rocks. It's got 4 polyps that come out every night.

Micro hermit cleaning up the tank.

Yasha haze/pistol pair.

 

[FishyBiz]

Cool

 

[rbrice020378]

Can you supply a pulled back shot with a ruler next to it to help show size?

 

[Kogo]

very nice....i see you chose a DSB...

just kidding, but how deep is your sandbed? i know you need a minimum amount for the gobie / shrimp to be happy.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

LOL, when I put it in there, it was about 1 1/2" deep. The pistol is very industrious.

rbrice, here you go.

 

[banditfl]

It is so well done it deceives the eyes relative to its actual size.

Nice!!!

 

[Carl_in_Florida]

I like!

Carl

 

[Zoalander]

due, nice job

 

[LeftCoast]

I think the leather is Devil's Hand Lobophytum.

 

[m1a1fan]

Very nice! I'm thinking of getting rid of my M-Tank for something smaller.

 

[OCDep]

WOW 2.5, thats crazy....no room for error there. Very nice though.

 

[kaserpick]

Loving the sexy shrimp!

Thumbs up!
Kasey

 

[damselindistress]

Very nice.... everything appears to be thriving in such a small environment. What is your tank maintenance routine? Did you make the canopy, and is the tank open top?

 

[MAreefer1]

your toadstool looks awsome!

 

[jcarnahan12]

I hope my 10g looks that good in a year.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Thanks for the compliments. I really enjoy this little tank.

Kim, you asked aobut maintenence. I do weekly 20% water changes and swipe the glass as needed with a small Twister magnet. The top is open and the riser my husband built to raise the Current fixture up high enough to clear the AC 70 on the back.

 

[gfk]

what kind of lights are you using ?

 

[scolex]

"One mans frag is another mans colony!" My saying fits his tank the best.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

gfkIt's a Current Dual Satellite 2x18 W fixture. I just put this on the tank about a month ago. Before that I had a custom built canopy with 2x13W PC's.

scolex So true. Tiny tanks make tiny frags look big.