kitkat717
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Hello everyone!
I'm relatively new here, but a little less new with aquariums. My first saltwater tank was a 55g reef which got upgraded to a 125g reef. Unfortunately it lived at my ex-boyfriend's house and after we broke up, I left it with him in his house due to its huge size. It is still running and actually won a local TOTM while I was taking care of it, which is neat since I hand made every rock in the tank (not recommended, it took WEEKS). I am now in a small apartment, with the high probability of moving around in the future, so the new plan is to keep it small enough for me to move around and care for by myself.
So! Here we go. The new tank is 34 gallons. Filtration will be a little overkill to minimize maintenance and allow for a little higher bioload. Again, in minimizing maintenance I'll be using the IM Maximini reactors as you can just pull the canisters right out without messing with anything in the tank. LED lights with programmable cycles and moonlights, as I work in healthcare in the Emergency department so my hours are all over the place, so extending the photoperiod with a few hours of moonlights will dramatically increase my viewing of the tank coming home and leaving. Heater is the Cobalt Neotherm 75watt, chosen for its length as the water level in the back of the tank will be relatively low, I may need 2 in the future, but I live in Arizona so my apartment is in the mid/upper 70s constantly (via AC) so it really only needs to raise the temp a little, we'll see how it does.
As far as inhabitants, it will be a reef tank with easy to keep corals. I like softies and LPS the most, I like the flow and movement. Fish will be small. I love the designer clowns, will be an non-matching pair of something cute, and ocellaris for sure to keep them small and as least aggressive as possible. I really want a red sea mimic blenny, I adore them and they're small. The rest are just ideas. CUC for sure as well.
Tank: 34 gallon CAD Lights Mini-II
Stand: CAD Lights stand
Lights: Reef Breeders Photon 24"
Skimmer: CAD Lights PLS-50 Pipeless Nano elite
Reactor 1: IM Minimax Midsize for biopellets
Reactor 2: IM Minimax Midsize for GFO/Carbon
Powerhead: Vortech MP10w
Heater: Cobalt Neotherm 75watt x1
Critters:
Pending"¦ 2 clownfish of some fancy pattern
Pending"¦ Helfrichi Firefish
Pending"¦ Yellow Clown Goby
Pending"¦ Red Sea Mimic Blenny
Coral:
Pending"¦
More pictures next!
I'm relatively new here, but a little less new with aquariums. My first saltwater tank was a 55g reef which got upgraded to a 125g reef. Unfortunately it lived at my ex-boyfriend's house and after we broke up, I left it with him in his house due to its huge size. It is still running and actually won a local TOTM while I was taking care of it, which is neat since I hand made every rock in the tank (not recommended, it took WEEKS). I am now in a small apartment, with the high probability of moving around in the future, so the new plan is to keep it small enough for me to move around and care for by myself.
So! Here we go. The new tank is 34 gallons. Filtration will be a little overkill to minimize maintenance and allow for a little higher bioload. Again, in minimizing maintenance I'll be using the IM Maximini reactors as you can just pull the canisters right out without messing with anything in the tank. LED lights with programmable cycles and moonlights, as I work in healthcare in the Emergency department so my hours are all over the place, so extending the photoperiod with a few hours of moonlights will dramatically increase my viewing of the tank coming home and leaving. Heater is the Cobalt Neotherm 75watt, chosen for its length as the water level in the back of the tank will be relatively low, I may need 2 in the future, but I live in Arizona so my apartment is in the mid/upper 70s constantly (via AC) so it really only needs to raise the temp a little, we'll see how it does.
As far as inhabitants, it will be a reef tank with easy to keep corals. I like softies and LPS the most, I like the flow and movement. Fish will be small. I love the designer clowns, will be an non-matching pair of something cute, and ocellaris for sure to keep them small and as least aggressive as possible. I really want a red sea mimic blenny, I adore them and they're small. The rest are just ideas. CUC for sure as well.
Tank: 34 gallon CAD Lights Mini-II
Stand: CAD Lights stand
Lights: Reef Breeders Photon 24"
Skimmer: CAD Lights PLS-50 Pipeless Nano elite
Reactor 1: IM Minimax Midsize for biopellets
Reactor 2: IM Minimax Midsize for GFO/Carbon
Powerhead: Vortech MP10w
Heater: Cobalt Neotherm 75watt x1
Critters:
Pending"¦ 2 clownfish of some fancy pattern
Pending"¦ Helfrichi Firefish
Pending"¦ Yellow Clown Goby
Pending"¦ Red Sea Mimic Blenny
Coral:
Pending"¦
More pictures next!
