5g Harley Tank! Let's see everyones 5g tanks!

PotysGSXR

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I've posted this tank up before but I had a major tank crash happen to my 34g Hex so I had to stock some of the corals from down there into my 5g. Now its REALLY packed!

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After:

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I've left some room on top for a nice frogspawn.


Some of you may know but this tank was my Harlequin Shrimp pair tank. Sadly though, my male harley died a few weeks ago. It went towards the back of the tank and never came out. I moved all the rocks a few days later to find that it was dead. :(

So now I have a widowed harley that seems to be doing fine. She always punked the other one all the time. The male was half her size and he'd do all the work in getting the starfish. Once he pushed and shoved the star into place, then she just came to eat.... laaaazyyy.....

Anyway, all I have in there right now is 1 harley, 1 sexy shrimp and some hermits. They seem to be doing great but I'd like to put a fish in there. Something small obviously. Any suggestions?

Other than that, there's a bunch of corals that seem to be doing really well. When the day gets hot though, the temp reaches like 84 sometimes and they still look really healthy. When I put a fan next to the tank it cools down some bit.

Currently, I'm running 2 32w PCs for lighting. Now I know some of you are concerned for the clam, but I also feed phyto often and the clam is only about 12" away from the light. He's been doing well for 6mos. and has grown some as well. I've got a HOB filter (AC500) that has a makeshift frag tank in the back. That's about it for the tank.

Enjoy the pictures.

Paul

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A single polyp of one of my fav zoos. I've never seen it elsewhere before. It looks like a daisy :)

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Wow I am definitely gonna start up one of these Pico's ... really nice corals man!

WHAT are you using for filtration ... please include pics :P
 
Well, actually, for filtration, I'm just using an AquaClear 110/500. That's it. The rest is done from the MASSIVE amount of LR I have in there I guess. I just recently upgraded to a AC110/500 too. Before, I was using a smaller AC.
 
I agree...you've done an amazing job. With all of the corals in there it looks like a much bigger tank! Also what type of lights are you running?? And are scallops harder to keep than clams in your opinion??

Thumbs up!
Kaserpick
 
I'm running 2 32w Sunpaq retrofits. One is 50/50 and the other is actinic. I've never kept scallops so I'm not sure. I've heard that they are difficult to keep as they aren't photosynthetic and require target feedings of phyto or oyster eggs. Nice avatar BTW.
 
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