56g Reef Build
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wrxreefer823
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Lol, suprisingly no, the only jerk of the tank was the blue tang. The three clowns kind of pal around together.
Flippers4pups
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wrxreefer823, Tank looks good! Tell me about it about the sump, I had a ten gallon as a sump it was a tight fight. Since I now have a twenty gallon running the other way. By the way, do you have one of those Marineland Stealth Pro heaters in your tank? If so, get it out now. There's a recall on them.
polyppetey
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Nice tank, I have a 56 gallon of the same variety except mine is drilled and has a corner overflow.
For a sump I have a 20 gal high tank split into 3 sections similar to your sump plan. fits god in the stand.
Really if you haven't yet you NEED GFI outlets there.
how do your led's work with the depth of your tank??? i am considering a switch to them.
For a sump I have a 20 gal high tank split into 3 sections similar to your sump plan. fits god in the stand.
Really if you haven't yet you NEED GFI outlets there.
how do your led's work with the depth of your tank??? i am considering a switch to them.
superman0440
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is it a must that u fill up the tank before putting ur sand in??
wrxreefer823
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Hah, yes that would be pretty amazing. Both of the Ocellaris have paired up I think, so chances on having some Tomato/Ocellaris hybrids are slim
wrxreefer823
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I'm not sure if it's a stealth pro, but my girlfriend, who works at a LFS, saw it and told me to ditch it as soon as possible... so I guess I'll be heading to the store shortly for a new heater!
wrxreefer823
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Nice! I wish my tank was drilled with an overflow... instead, I have a surface skimmer attatchment I picked up for my canaster filter. It doesn't work as nicely as a regular overslow, but it gets the job done!
I tried a 20 gallon high, but it wont fit in the stand. I've seen a few sump projects that have the sumper/fuge outside of the stand which I'm considering.
I do have GFI's
I picked up a fancy "shock buster" GFI outlet deal from Lowes, and couldn't be more happy with it. The only LED's I have are the moonlights. They look very nice at night though, great shimmer! My fixture has the moonlights, and four T5 bulbs (two daylight, and two actinic). I'm considering switing over to a full set of LED's though, as it costs an arm and a leg to run the lights for the tank.
wrxreefer823
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Lol, congrats on being the first person to post about the tang in my size of a tank! :celeb2:
Seriously though, I'm fully aware of what owning a tang entails. The tank is plenty big enough for his size now, and when he does get too big, I've already got a new home lined up for him.
wrxreefer823
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I would say so, yes... I wouldn't advice putting sand in, followed by water.
I was looking at the 56g package at petsm@rt today, I'm thinking about buying it, drilling the tank and reinforcing the stand to cut a larger whole to fit a big sump and fuge. I think the tank, stand, glass top, and cheap strip light combo was about $300. It sounded to me like a pretty fair deal price wise.
wrxreefer823
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The price was definitely the thing that pulled me in... It was on sale for $228 when I got it, which was about 2/3's the price of a 45 gallon bowfront. It was a no brainer. I was thinking about having mine drilled, but the "do not drill" warning on at the bottom of the tank more or less detered me. Good luck with what you choose to do though! The 56g column does make for a great tank.
wrxreefer823
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So a little bit of sad news it my reefing world... I had to get rid of (and by get rid of, I mean "found a much better home for") my Ocellaris clowns this past weekend. They were getting their butts kicked by all the Hippo Tang and Cinnamon clown. I was very sad to see them go, and the tank looks very empty without them swimming around, but I know they're in a much better place now, free of hastle from other fish. I did however talk to my LFS about ordering me a bigger pair of clowns, so that's an idea I've been tossing around in my head.
On a lighter note though, I did pick up a nice long tentacle anemone which is doing VERY well. I was suprised how big it was when it actually opened up yesterday (a day or so after putting it in).
A few weeks ago, I also picked up a very good looking Yellow Tang. He, also, is doing very well. He's almost as fat as my Hippo now! I'm almost CERTAIN I'll get some backlash from the Tang Police from this one
Say what you will though, I know what I'm doing here
Happy Reefing!
On a lighter note though, I did pick up a nice long tentacle anemone which is doing VERY well. I was suprised how big it was when it actually opened up yesterday (a day or so after putting it in).
A few weeks ago, I also picked up a very good looking Yellow Tang. He, also, is doing very well. He's almost as fat as my Hippo now! I'm almost CERTAIN I'll get some backlash from the Tang Police from this one
Say what you will though, I know what I'm doing here
Happy Reefing!
freetareef
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nice job looks like a great start!!
wrxreefer823
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Thanks! I'm very happy with my progress so far
wrxreefer823
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Alright fellow reefers, time for a loooong overdue update.
Well, to start off, the tank has seen its ups and downs as I changed positions at work (we also got a cute little boxer/english bulldog mix who is picture below), and while I adjusted my schedule around, the tank was let go for a few weeks. Fortunately I was able to get a handle on it rather quickly and get things back in order.
The tank will be a year old in about a month or so, so I figured it was due time to take the plunge and try out some corals. While it was rather exciting, I just further deepened myself into my reefing addiction... lol. I started off with a few easy frags courtesy of Something Fishy (a toadstool, devil's hand, and a mushroom). They did well for a few weeks and I added a hairy mushroom rock as well, which is doing swimmingly. Lastly, I was at the annual sale day at The Hidden Reef this past weekend, and saw a goniopora which I could not pass up. I was a bit skeptical about it when I brought it home as it had small spherical pieces hanging off of it, (which I now know are/were daughter colonies) but it seems to be flourishing in the few days that I've had it. I also changed around the rockwork to allow for more flat areas for easy coral placement. The way it was set up before didn't have many opportune places to place corals.
Sadly, my yellow tang had some for of internal parasite, and no matter how much he ate, he just kept on getting skinnier. I was sad to wake up one morning to him stuck to the powerhead, barely hanging on to life, and within a few hours, he had passed on to the great reef in the sky. I also had a chocolate chip star for a while, until it ate my fire shrimp (which was the last straw after eating most of my cleaning crew), so I sadly dropped him off at a LFS in hopes he could have a more accomodating home (or be harlequin food!).
New additions to the fish include a princess (I think?) damnsel which I took from my girlfriend's nano, as she wanted to put something nicer in it, and a bigger pair of occelaris clowns (what can I say? I have a soft spot for Nemos), and a coral banded shrimp as well as some new snails and hermits to replace what had been eaten.
No real equipment changes have been made... I ditched the heater for a new one as there was a recall on the one I had, and I REALLY didn't want it blowing up, and I bought new bulbs for my T5 fixture (with BLUE actinics, not the crummy purples that came with the fixture, what a HUGE difference). I'm still toying with the idea of buying or making a LED fixture though, just not ready to make the price jump yet.
The moment everyone also looks for (and probably skip over the words for)... pictures!!!
Lastest full tank shot sporting the new rock scape.
Pygmy Angel in front of a few corals
New pair of clowns
Hippo and Cinnamon hangin' out
"I just KNOW there's some seaweed left in here..."
I had to split this thread due to the amount of pictures... that'll be the next post...
Well, to start off, the tank has seen its ups and downs as I changed positions at work (we also got a cute little boxer/english bulldog mix who is picture below), and while I adjusted my schedule around, the tank was let go for a few weeks. Fortunately I was able to get a handle on it rather quickly and get things back in order.
The tank will be a year old in about a month or so, so I figured it was due time to take the plunge and try out some corals. While it was rather exciting, I just further deepened myself into my reefing addiction... lol. I started off with a few easy frags courtesy of Something Fishy (a toadstool, devil's hand, and a mushroom). They did well for a few weeks and I added a hairy mushroom rock as well, which is doing swimmingly. Lastly, I was at the annual sale day at The Hidden Reef this past weekend, and saw a goniopora which I could not pass up. I was a bit skeptical about it when I brought it home as it had small spherical pieces hanging off of it, (which I now know are/were daughter colonies) but it seems to be flourishing in the few days that I've had it. I also changed around the rockwork to allow for more flat areas for easy coral placement. The way it was set up before didn't have many opportune places to place corals.
Sadly, my yellow tang had some for of internal parasite, and no matter how much he ate, he just kept on getting skinnier. I was sad to wake up one morning to him stuck to the powerhead, barely hanging on to life, and within a few hours, he had passed on to the great reef in the sky. I also had a chocolate chip star for a while, until it ate my fire shrimp (which was the last straw after eating most of my cleaning crew), so I sadly dropped him off at a LFS in hopes he could have a more accomodating home (or be harlequin food!).
New additions to the fish include a princess (I think?) damnsel which I took from my girlfriend's nano, as she wanted to put something nicer in it, and a bigger pair of occelaris clowns (what can I say? I have a soft spot for Nemos), and a coral banded shrimp as well as some new snails and hermits to replace what had been eaten.
No real equipment changes have been made... I ditched the heater for a new one as there was a recall on the one I had, and I REALLY didn't want it blowing up, and I bought new bulbs for my T5 fixture (with BLUE actinics, not the crummy purples that came with the fixture, what a HUGE difference). I'm still toying with the idea of buying or making a LED fixture though, just not ready to make the price jump yet.
The moment everyone also looks for (and probably skip over the words for)... pictures!!!
Lastest full tank shot sporting the new rock scape.
Pygmy Angel in front of a few corals
New pair of clowns
Hippo and Cinnamon hangin' out
"I just KNOW there's some seaweed left in here..."
I had to split this thread due to the amount of pictures... that'll be the next post...
wrxreefer823
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Continued from previous post...
Next is a montage of the corals-
Lastly, I came home from work today to find that the goniopora had dropped the daughter colonies, so I stuck them in a makeshift frag cage until I can get them to my girlfriend to put in her nano.
I'll leave you with a picture of the puppy, and a quick youtube video of the tank. As always, Happy Reefing!
cheers
http://youtu.be/n3SYt2ZPG9c
Next is a montage of the corals-
Lastly, I came home from work today to find that the goniopora had dropped the daughter colonies, so I stuck them in a makeshift frag cage until I can get them to my girlfriend to put in her nano.
I'll leave you with a picture of the puppy, and a quick youtube video of the tank. As always, Happy Reefing!
cheers
http://youtu.be/n3SYt2ZPG9c
Arkayology
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It really is not a good idea to mix clown species or have more than one pair in a tank unless your tank is very large. I would remove either the cinnamon or the occelaris pair and stay to just two clowns of the same species.
