Dorkymk3's 55g mixed reef

[dorkymk3]

Tank converted from FOWLR to Mixed Reef from 11/2010 to present

Water Parameter:
Temp: 79-81F
Salinity 1.025
Phosphate 0.05ppm
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Calcium 450
Alkalinity 9

Equipment:
55g SeaClear 48x13x19 built in corner overflow
Eshopps rs-100 20g sump
12g remote refugium w/ 6" dsb and live rock rubble
Bubble Magus Nac3.5 protein skimmer
Rio+ 2500 return pump
JBJ ato with 22g ro/di tank
Jager 200watt heater
JBJ ocean pulse with two ocean stream 500gph power head on 20sec interval

Lighting:
36" retrofit kit 24hour lgiht cycle-
10:30am-7:30pm 2x39 t-5 atinic
11:am-6:30pm 250watt 20k radium metal halide,
7:30pm-1am Hamilton Technology 32 blue LED strip for moonlight
6:45pm-8am 27watt pc refugium light

Livestock:
80lbs Bio-live Aragonite sand
90lbs Fiji live rock
2x Regal Blue tangs
1 brown tang
1 percula clown fish (6years old)
1 yellow tail damsel (6 years old)
1 3-stripped damsel (6years old)
1 long nose hawk fish
1 blue/green chromis
1 coral banded shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
9x turbo snails
11x astrea snail
3x Olive nerite snail
18 blue legged hermit crabs
1 sand star fish

Corals:
Pink Tree coral
red open brain coral
5x4 rock green star polyp
5 heads pink green tip hammer coral
2 head bi-color hammer
3 head green tip torch
3 heads green tip frogspawn
multiple stocks pulsating pink xenias
8x5 rock covered with zoanthids
green button ployps
4 head nuclear green candy canes
4" corcea clam
3x3 birdnest
3x5 green montipora
3x2 orange montipora
fuzzy green/purple mushroom
30+ assorted mushrooms
6x7 rock covered with silver/green cloves
and other stuff i cant think out of my head.....

 

[ange062]

Beautiful tank, but Nano is 34g or less so you are in the wrong forum unfortunately

 

[Jadams]

Nice tank and Welcome to RC.

I see your in Socal, you should check out the Southern California forum. Some really great peeps always selling/trading and some great clubs to check out.

 

[dorkymk3]

Thanks for the welcome...... i thought anything under 60g was part of the nano community. Anyways I thought i would also post my second tank.

This is a 20g AIO tank i build for my girlfriend.

His A video my gf made with her Cannon t1i captured in HD
http://vimeo.com/22981693

Tank Build April 2nd, 2011

Water Parameters:
Water Temp 81F
Salinity 1.024
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0
Phos 0.05ppm
pH 8.1
Calcium 440
Alkalinity 9

Equipment:
Seaclear 20g system II 24x12x16
Cadlights Mini G-series 12watt LED system
AquaEuro USA Nano Protein Skimmer
JBJ Nano GLo refugium light

Livestock:
22lbs Fiji Live Rock
20lbs Bio-Live Aragonite Sand fine grain
Mated pair of Black Ocellaris Clown Fish
Flaming Hawk Fish
12 blue legged hermit crab
6 turbo mexican snails
2 astrea snail
1 skunk cleaner shrimp
1 sand sea star

Corals:
Pink button polyps
Neon Green eye zoanthids
Pink/Green Star Burst Polyps
Blue Pom Pom xenias
Pink pulsating xenias
Pink Bubble Coral
3" Crocea Clam
Pink Kenya Tree
Pink Green eye cloves
assorted mushrooms....

 

[cheezischrist]

man, your tanks look great, cant wait till i get halfway towards them lol. thanks for the imput too.and now that my girlfriend has seen the potential of everything, just by looking at the few hitchikers in my skeleton of atank, i gotta make her one also lol, wich im totally ok with, and couldnt be more thrilled that shes into it like that lol

 

[Wind]

the LPS looks really nice