My 20 gal long sps tank...

[dailydriven911]

Details:

20 gal long aga tank
40 lbs l/r
3 hydor koralia #1's
aqua c remora p/s
aqua clear hob for carbon
150 watt m/h sunpod w/ 12k reeflux
1x65 watt current retro actinics

fish/inverts

1 flame hawkfish
1 false perc
1 c/b shrimp
1 cleaner
1 peppermint
1 3" crocea clam

corals

sps:bali green slimer, blue sparkler stag, rose mille, blue mille, yellow figi mille, tricolor, birdsnest, red monti cap, purple tipped bottle brush.

lps: med frogspawn

softies: gsp, met blue mushrooms, small frag pom pom xenia, green mushrooms.

currently dosing c-balance but looking to go with randy's 2-part in the near future. feed cyclopeeze/phyto/rotifers a few times a week. Eventually I will transfer everything plus more into my project 75 gallon once we move into our new house.

temp: 78.5-80 deg f
salinity 1.026
cal 400-420
alk 9-10 dkg
ph 8.2
nitrate 0
p04 0
mag 1250-1300

Hoping to add a green purple tipped cap, couple more millies, and maybe a table. Thanks for looking!

 

[waterman78]

Very nice looking aquarium. This is a great design for a 20 gallon. Keep up the great work.

Larry

 

[RobSW1]

nice tank, but whats up with the clam, it looks as if its missing its left side...just wondering thats it. awesome tank, its look good once grown out a little more.

 

[dailydriven911]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9850009#post9850009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RobSW1
nice tank, but whats up with the clam, it looks as if its missing its left side...just wondering thats it. awesome tank, its look good once grown out a little more.

Haha the clam is fine it's it worked it's way into a crevice between the rock and it's mantle is slightly folded over the rock. The clam is doing great so far. Yes I think I may have place a couple of the frags a bit to close, but like you said once it grows out a bit more it will fill in those gaps. Thanks for the compliments.

-Jayson

 

[aquarius77]

With sps it is really a good idea to have 2 points of light. Hard corals cannot bend and strech to get the light they need like a softie can. With one point of light like that they will all grow twards it and the underneath of the corals and the sides that dont get any light will go colorless.

Your tank looks great, the only reason i mention it is because i ran into this problem with the same light fixture on a even shorter tank. As time goes by and the corals grow out you will notice it.

In that last pic you posted is a perfect example of only a small portion of the coral getting the light it needs, see all the shadowing?

I am not trying to diss your tank or your knowledge at all, i did the same thing and was very unhappy with how it turned out, the corals suffered bigtime.
I never even considered 2 points of light to combat the shadows. I wish i could add more halides for even more points of light.

Just a thought.

 

[dailydriven911]

I don't mind at all I appreciate your help and advice. You make a very good point! Like you said it's hard to provide lighting for all sides with the 150 but hopefully I can move the corals into the 75 I'm working on withing a couple of months. I just bought many of these pieces within the last three weeks so I can't see much growth yet. I will post up more pics in a month or so showing the different growth patterns.

-Jayson

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9853482#post9853482 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquarius77
With sps it is really a good idea to have 2 points of light. Hard corals cannot bend and strech to get the light they need like a softie can. With one point of light like that they will all grow twards it and the underneath of the corals and the sides that dont get any light will go colorless.

Your tank looks great, the only reason i mention it is because i ran into this problem with the same light fixture on a even shorter tank. As time goes by and the corals grow out you will notice it.

In that last pic you posted is a perfect example of only a small portion of the coral getting the light it needs, see all the shadowing?

I am not trying to diss your tank or your knowledge at all, i did the same thing and was very unhappy with how it turned out, the corals suffered bigtime.
I never even considered 2 points of light to combat the shadows. I wish i could add more halides for even more points of light.

Just a thought.

 

[Apple Sticker]

Have you encountered any problems keeping sps in only 20 gallons?

 

[diciple]

looks nice