findingnimoy
New member
I was really into salt water tanks as a kid and decided to get back into the hobby about 7 months ago. I started with a 10g, then upgraded to a 20l, and I'm moving in a few weeks so I figured why not try the 40g breeder? I know, I should have gone 40 the first time, but what can I say? I'll post some pictures of the build up so far and pictures as I go with the new setup.
I currently have a holding tank that is 10g with a bare bottom and live rock from my 20. Its been running with a whisper 10 hob filter, a heater and a tiny cheap powerhead for about a week. This is where I will hold my livestock between tear down and set up at my new place.
Current tank setup.
20L from petco $1 a gal sale
Black AI Prime with arm mount
Aqua Clear 30 with a sponge and 100g carbon
Reef Octopus HB1000 hob skimmer
1 Sicce voyager nano
1 Rio 600 power head
200w Finnex titanium heater
Ebay magnetic frag rack
40Lbs live sand
No idea how much live rock
Live stock
2 cleaner shrimp
5 hermits
5 mixed snails
2 emerald crabs
2 cleaner clams
1 peppermint shrimp
1 ocellaris clown
2 clown gobies
1 diamond gobie
Duncan coral
Yellow polyps
Richordia mushrooms
Greenstar polyps
Maxi mini carpet anemone
Candy cane coral
Zoas
Kenya trees
Birdsnest frag
Some kind of leather frag
Favia frag
Torch coral
RIP
1 ocellaris (jumped out)
2 green chromis (disease from lfs)
1 lettuce sea slug (eaten by the filter)
So far I've had excellent luck with this tank.
I dose brightwell aquatics liquid reef and seachem reef plus twice a week. 5G water change every week with ro/di water and instant ocean salt mix.
The skimmer has only been running for a week now, bout it for the 40g but I couldn't wait. Still need to modify the intake pipe to skim the surface.
That's all for now. Post some old pics soon and the progress of the 40 as I move. Still very new to reefing so any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I currently have a holding tank that is 10g with a bare bottom and live rock from my 20. Its been running with a whisper 10 hob filter, a heater and a tiny cheap powerhead for about a week. This is where I will hold my livestock between tear down and set up at my new place.
Current tank setup.
20L from petco $1 a gal sale
Black AI Prime with arm mount
Aqua Clear 30 with a sponge and 100g carbon
Reef Octopus HB1000 hob skimmer
1 Sicce voyager nano
1 Rio 600 power head
200w Finnex titanium heater
Ebay magnetic frag rack
40Lbs live sand
No idea how much live rock
Live stock
2 cleaner shrimp
5 hermits
5 mixed snails
2 emerald crabs
2 cleaner clams
1 peppermint shrimp
1 ocellaris clown
2 clown gobies
1 diamond gobie
Duncan coral
Yellow polyps
Richordia mushrooms
Greenstar polyps
Maxi mini carpet anemone
Candy cane coral
Zoas
Kenya trees
Birdsnest frag
Some kind of leather frag
Favia frag
Torch coral
RIP
1 ocellaris (jumped out)
2 green chromis (disease from lfs)
1 lettuce sea slug (eaten by the filter)
So far I've had excellent luck with this tank.
I dose brightwell aquatics liquid reef and seachem reef plus twice a week. 5G water change every week with ro/di water and instant ocean salt mix.
The skimmer has only been running for a week now, bout it for the 40g but I couldn't wait. Still need to modify the intake pipe to skim the surface.
That's all for now. Post some old pics soon and the progress of the 40 as I move. Still very new to reefing so any advice would be greatly appreciated!
