9.4 gal shallow acrylic cube

[jauld]

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to share my new tank. Its a 9.4 gallon advance acrylic shallow cube with built in overflow - dimensions 15.25" x 15.25" x 9". Also have a 10 gal sump fuge combo.

Main Display:
Haitian shelf rock

Equipment:
Aquaillumination Nano Sol (no controller yet)
Aquacontroller Jr with DC8, temp, and pH
Ehiem compact 1000 return
Ehiem 75 watt heater
Avast Marine Auto top off with Aqualifter
Tunze 9002 protein skimmer
Standard 100watt eqiv 5400k CFL bulb for fuge

Current Livestock:
1 tailspot blenny
1 yasha goby
1 Yellow clown goby
1 Fire/Blood shrimp
1 scarlet cleaner shrimp
Massive clean up crew from reefcleaners.org

Coral:
Eagle eye zoanthids
Fire and Ice zoa frag
2 other types of zoas
Red monti cap
Red digi of some kind
red mushroom
Frogspawn
GSP

Macros:
3 mangroves in the display

Fuge:
TBS Live rock

Macros:
Chateo
Couple different types of caulerpa
Little bush thing that looks like a lego piece

Inverts:
Bunch of snails
Purple sea fan
Random Gorgonian
Large bivalve

This is the day the tank came in the mail nov 3 2011:

Added rock and sand nov 20 2011

Fuge rock came nov 30th 2011. Its TBS rock

Light finally came dec 6th 2011

Added a couple fish and coral dec 31 2011

most recent FTS 1/8/2012

Love this tank

 

[jauld]

Here are another couple shots that I thought were cool:

 

[ange062]

Cool looking setup so far! What else do you plan to stock in the future?

 

[jauld]

Cool looking setup so far! What else do you plan to stock in the future?

Thanks!

No real stocking plans - just whatever catches my eye at the LFS. I'll probably try a gorgonian, a plate coral, other type of frogspawn, more zoas, etc. Im maxed out on fish already, but Im really happy with the ones I have.

I will be ordering an mp10 shortly as well as the controller for my AI nano though.

 

[jauld]

Here are a couple pics of the refugium for this tank:

This is the $.01 gorgonian that you can get from Reefcleaners.org

Chaeto ball is full of dusters

Little out of focus but still looks cool

Purple gorg

Bottom left rock is actually a huge clam/bi-valve thing

 

[vinoex]

Looks like a great start.

 

[TundraGuy]

Cool is all I got to say. I want to see how this tank progress. What are you going to feeding them gorgonians?

 

[jauld]

Thanks guys

Cool is all I got to say. I want to see how this tank progress. What are you going to feeding them gorgonians?

Right now I feed 3 different types of food, and everything has been responding pretty well.

Cyclopeze - once daily
Rods food reef mix - once daily
Marine Snow - once every other day (I use a dropper and spray each of the corals with this, not sure if it helps, but everything looks pretty happy)

 

[jauld]

Unfortunately no new additions this week, but I did take a few shots of the tank. My Yasha goby has finally grown a pair and is now hanging out with the other fish in his area of the tank.

Pics:

 

[jauld]

Couple updates on this tank:

• My yellow clown goby jumped out - RIP
• Picked up a controller for my AI unit
• Picked up a purple gorg for the display 1/22

Pics:

This monti has grown quite a bit since I bought it.

 

[Shadysjl]

Just wondering.. You have a 9.4gallon tank? are your blood red shrimp & cleaner shrimp getting along ok?

Brill tank!

 

[jauld]

Just wondering.. You have a 9.4gallon tank? are your blood red shrimp & cleaner shrimp getting along ok?

Brill tank!

Thank you sir!

As far as I have seen, there have been no problems keeping the 2 in the same tank. The scarlet cleaner shrimp is bold and nearly always visible. The blood shrimp is more reclusive - it spends most of its time on the left side of the tank in a cave. Both are well fed and healthy. I have not seen any fighting or territorial disputes.

 

[thienlong88]

Nice looking tank. Love that Tailspot Blenny. It's one of my favorite fish.

 

[ViLife]

Slick looking setup. The more I see AI nano's the more I think about using the PAR 38 I ordered as a fuge light...

 

[jauld]

Thanks for the comments guys!

Update:

Picked up a nice 3 head duncan frag and a gold maxima clam on Jan 31st. Here's a couple pics:

Hard to get a good picture of the gold under the LED's. Looks really awesome though.

My mangrove finally sprouted some roots:

My Yellow cucumber had a baby:

Both sides are alive and well. The smaller piece just popped a new crown as well.

Finally, some cool shots of the fuge:

My chaeto isnt doing so hot - I think due to my water change frequency and the unavailability of nutrients? idk

No idea what this thing is, but it looks cool and its really sensitive - some type of little filter feeder. It opens and closes if you tap the glass.

Enjoy!

 

[dogstar74]

No idea what this thing is, but it looks cool and its really sensitive - some type of little filter feeder. It opens and closes if you tap the glass.

Enjoy!

The red looks like a red valonia species of algae. Just keep it in check and it won't be too big of a problem.

The filter feeder looks like a tunicate of some kind. It will require constant feeding to keep it alive.

I'm worried as on the left there appears to be a Mojano anemone. They can spread quickly, and cause a lot of problems in a tank. So watch out for that guy.

Looking really good otherwise.

Aaron

 

[farlsincharge]

How are those mangroves doing have they sprouted leaves?

 

[deacon hemp]

Your going to lose all your fish to jumping....just saying. otherwise cool tank.

 

[jauld]

The red looks like a red valonia species of algae. Just keep it in check and it won't be too big of a problem.

The filter feeder looks like a tunicate of some kind. It will require constant feeding to keep it alive.

I'm worried as on the left there appears to be a Mojano anemone. They can spread quickly, and cause a lot of problems in a tank. So watch out for that guy.

Looking really good otherwise.

Aaron

Thanks Aaron. I did some google searching, and Id definitely say that it is a tunicate. Very interesting creature. I have not done any supplemental feeding, and it seems to be getting larger - I assume its healthy.

As for the glass nem, yea, I saw there are a few in there. I will most likely glue them shut. Do you think is possible for them to spread up to the main tank?

How are those mangroves doing have they sprouted leaves?

Mangroves are doing good. I know 2 of them have already sprouted roots, the third I cant see because its wedged into some rocks. No leaves yet, but they'll be coming in soon.

Your going to lose all your fish to jumping....just saying. otherwise cool tank.

Appreciate the compliment. I actually just lost my scarlet cleaner shrimp this past weekend due to jumping. Im planning on getting a larger tank when I move out of this apartment - needless to say, it will have a top for sure. I always knew it might be an issue, but I guess I didnt think about it hard enough. Looks great, but I would never get an open top tank again.

 

[jauld]

Update:

New duncans:

New maxima is down on the left:

Mangrove roots touching sand:

Larger yellow cucumber doing well after the split:

Smaller cucumber just regenerated a new crown:

Love the colors and detail:

Close up of frogspawn I thought was interesting:

Doing pretty good so far!