30 Gallons new setup

[Rickinferno]

Hello everyone,

Here is a brief resume about my experience! Started keeping Freshwater fish about 20 years ago, biggest freshwater tank I got was a 125 gallons Takashi Amano style DT. I have switched to Saltwater reef keeping about 3 years ago, when my wife bought me a Biocube 8 Gallons. Kept it for 3 years with basic lighting and mostly LPS, had and still have a True Percula Clown couple in the tank.

FTS

About 3 months ago the Biocube back window cracked on me and I had to change the tank, went for a 30 Gallons 30X18X13! Also decided to go with a Refugium 20 Gallons to put all the equipement (Skimmer, Phospban, Heater) also have some LR and Mangrove, Colerpa and Cheato in it to filter my water. The tanks has been running for 3 months and so far all is looking great, water parameters are perfect exept for my PH that drops during the night from 8.39 to 8.32, thinking I'll put the light on in the refugium during the night and turn it off during the day, that should keep my PH stable.

So far, I got my Percula clowns, and 2 Banghai Cardinals in the tank, also have about 15 Blue leg HC, 2 Nasarius snails and 2 Astrea Turbo snails.

Corals I got Aussie Duncans, Acropora Nana, Staghorn Acropora Blue Tip, Aussie Acan Lord, Chalice, Deshayesiana Acan, Elegance, Tricolor Acropora, Tubastrea Micrantha, Montipora Capriconis yellow/purple, Starburst Polyp, Zoanthus Dragon Eye.

For the equipement I m using just check my Signature!

Mix pictures of my corals and fish

More to come has I build my reef;D

 

[Rickinferno]

More pictures

 

[Rickinferno]

Here are the pictures of my setup (sump, Skimmer, Phosban reactor...)sorry for the pictures but used my wifes point and shoot:angry:.

I know my Sump section needs a little clean-up with the wires planning on doing that next week, once I get my dosing pumps!

Some new pictures of my corals

 

[ange062]

Well, honestly, not the best thing to look at from a distance, but function before form right! The tank itself looks amazing, the scape and corals are great. Macro photog is phenominal also. And the equipment I can see looks top-end. Well done!

 

[agruetz]

Time to hide it in a cabinet =), however tank itself looks very nice.

 

[Rickinferno]

Yea thinking of building a cabinet around the sump!

 

[Rickinferno]

Little update! This week I received my RO-Di system so will be installing it tomorrow, also got my triple dosing pump, so will be installing that at the same time. Not sure what I'll be dosing yet! I got a 4 new fish last week.

Here are a few pictures of the Black Cap Basslet:

Also saw this little guy yesterday night on the front glass anyone know what it is called???

I also got 3 Cardinal Apogon and after 2 days could only see 2 of them swimming around, found the 3rd one this morning or what is left of him:

Working on a cabinet to hide the sump section will post pictures once it is done and everything looks clean.

 

[buddythelion]

Also saw this little guy yesterday night on the front glass anyone know what it is called???

It's part of a very effective zoanthus cleanup crew nudibranch! :thumbsup:

Bahahaha.

But in all seriousness, I believe it's a nudibranch with an appetite for your zoas. Best to get rid of him before he does harm.

 

[buddythelion]

Beautiful pictures btw. Loving that black cap!

 

[ange062]

It's part of a very effective zoanthus cleanup crew nudibranch! :thumbsup:

Bahahaha.

But in all seriousness, I believe it's a nudibranch with an appetite for your zoas. Best to get rid of him before he does harm.

+1, deinitely a nudibranch but unsure if its the zoa eating type, monti eating type, or other from the pic.

That black cap looks great!