Birdfeather
New member
Hi guys I'm new to the reef community but not new to owning fish tanks. I've had aquariums for a little over 15 years now and I feel that I've done pretty much everything there is to do with freshwater, so I am now moving on to reef tanks. This tank was started 1/16/12 and has made a lot of progress since. Let me know what you guys think!
The tank is going to have an overhaul soon, I will be taking all my NPS's and putting them into a dedicated NPS/Coldwater tank.
Water Params:
pH-8.3
Specific Gravity 1.025
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
Phosphate-0
Calcium-435ppm
Alkalinity- Meq/L 3.4 dkH 9.5
Magnesium-1360ppm
Hardware/Filtration
20H Gallon Tank
Marineland Bio-wheel 150(charcoal media/not using wheel)(uninstalled)
Aqua Clear 110 Refugium w/ chaeto
Custom Made Plexi-glass hood
Marine Depot Pro Refractometer
Marineland Reef Capable Light 24-36''(Refugium Light)
Rapid L.E.D. Full Spectrum Light
Rapid L.E.D. Controller
AquaC Remora Nano w/ Cobalt MJ900
AquaEuro USA Chiller w/ Taam Rio+ 800 Pump
Marineland Hot Magnum Canister(uninstalled)
Marineland Heater(Uninstalled)
Nextreef Mr1 Reactor w/ Eheim 600 Compact Pump running Rowaphos inside
2x Koralia Nano Evo 425
JBJ ATO
25 lbs Caribsea live sand
35 lbs live rock
Fish
2x Occelaris Clownfish(1 "Standard" 1 Black snowflake)
1x Green Mandarin
1x Blue Sapphire Damselfish
1x Green Corris Wrasse
1x Yellow Candy Hogfish
1x Azure Damselfish
1x Purple Dottyback(Traded)
1x Green Goby(Traded)
Corals
Zoathids
Palys
Pulsing Xenia
Green Frogspawn
Pink and Blue Flower Pot
White Frogspawn
Ricordea Mushrooms
Yuma Mushrooms
Nuclear Green St Thomas Mushrooms
Reverse Rainbow Monti
Orange Sponge(Traded)
Blue Sponge(Traded)
Green Duncan Polyp
White Clove Polyps
Kenya tree coral
Button Polyp(Traded)
Clove Polyps
Green Trumpet Coral(Traded)
Torch(Traded)
Skittles Acan
Elegance Coral(Traded)
Super Fatty Dendrophyllia
Long hairy Mushrooms
chalice(freebie)(Traded)
Monitpora Caprcornis
Green Starburst Polpys
Spiral Coral
Blueberry Gorgonian
Blue and Blue Sympodium Polyp
Black and Orange Sun polyps
Spiral Coral
Orange and Purple Chilli Coral
Purple Sea Fan(NPS)
Inverts
2x Astraea Snails
3x Florida Cerith Snails
3x Dwarth Cerith
5x Nerite Snails
5x Nassariuas Snails
1x Tiger Sand Conch
1x Peppermint Shrimp
2x Sexy Shrimp
1x Fuzzy Chiton
1x Bubble Tip Anemone(Sold)
2x Electric Blue Hermits(Traded)
1x Electric Orange Hermit(Traded)
1x Pom Pom Crab
1x Japenese Anemone(Halcurias carlgrenis)
1x Yellow Sea Cucumber(Colochirus robustus)
1x Green Ceratosoma Nudibranch(returned to LFS after being mis-informed on proper care for them and didn't want them to die in my new tank)
Here are a few pictures of the tank/corals.
The tank is going to have an overhaul soon, I will be taking all my NPS's/coldwater species and putting them into a dedicated NPS/Coldwater tank pictured below, it's a work in progress.
Once again, any input is greatly appreciated
The tank is going to have an overhaul soon, I will be taking all my NPS's and putting them into a dedicated NPS/Coldwater tank.
Water Params:
pH-8.3
Specific Gravity 1.025
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
Phosphate-0
Calcium-435ppm
Alkalinity- Meq/L 3.4 dkH 9.5
Magnesium-1360ppm
Hardware/Filtration
20H Gallon Tank
Marineland Bio-wheel 150(charcoal media/not using wheel)(uninstalled)
Aqua Clear 110 Refugium w/ chaeto
Custom Made Plexi-glass hood
Marine Depot Pro Refractometer
Marineland Reef Capable Light 24-36''(Refugium Light)
Rapid L.E.D. Full Spectrum Light
Rapid L.E.D. Controller
AquaC Remora Nano w/ Cobalt MJ900
AquaEuro USA Chiller w/ Taam Rio+ 800 Pump
Marineland Hot Magnum Canister(uninstalled)
Marineland Heater(Uninstalled)
Nextreef Mr1 Reactor w/ Eheim 600 Compact Pump running Rowaphos inside
2x Koralia Nano Evo 425
JBJ ATO
25 lbs Caribsea live sand
35 lbs live rock
Fish
2x Occelaris Clownfish(1 "Standard" 1 Black snowflake)
1x Green Mandarin
1x Blue Sapphire Damselfish
1x Green Corris Wrasse
1x Yellow Candy Hogfish
1x Azure Damselfish
1x Purple Dottyback(Traded)
1x Green Goby(Traded)
Corals
Zoathids
Palys
Pulsing Xenia
Green Frogspawn
Pink and Blue Flower Pot
White Frogspawn
Ricordea Mushrooms
Yuma Mushrooms
Nuclear Green St Thomas Mushrooms
Reverse Rainbow Monti
Orange Sponge(Traded)
Blue Sponge(Traded)
Green Duncan Polyp
White Clove Polyps
Kenya tree coral
Button Polyp(Traded)
Clove Polyps
Green Trumpet Coral(Traded)
Torch(Traded)
Skittles Acan
Elegance Coral(Traded)
Super Fatty Dendrophyllia
Long hairy Mushrooms
chalice(freebie)(Traded)
Monitpora Caprcornis
Green Starburst Polpys
Spiral Coral
Blueberry Gorgonian
Blue and Blue Sympodium Polyp
Black and Orange Sun polyps
Spiral Coral
Orange and Purple Chilli Coral
Purple Sea Fan(NPS)
Inverts
2x Astraea Snails
3x Florida Cerith Snails
3x Dwarth Cerith
5x Nerite Snails
5x Nassariuas Snails
1x Tiger Sand Conch
1x Peppermint Shrimp
2x Sexy Shrimp
1x Fuzzy Chiton
1x Bubble Tip Anemone(Sold)
2x Electric Blue Hermits(Traded)
1x Electric Orange Hermit(Traded)
1x Pom Pom Crab
1x Japenese Anemone(Halcurias carlgrenis)
1x Yellow Sea Cucumber(Colochirus robustus)
1x Green Ceratosoma Nudibranch(returned to LFS after being mis-informed on proper care for them and didn't want them to die in my new tank)
Here are a few pictures of the tank/corals.
The tank is going to have an overhaul soon, I will be taking all my NPS's/coldwater species and putting them into a dedicated NPS/Coldwater tank pictured below, it's a work in progress.
Once again, any input is greatly appreciated