My 20g zoa tank

[nutshells]

After 4 months working on the zoa only tank, i finally completed the tank. It's 20g custom cube with 20g refugium.

Tank : 20g custom cube
Light : 150 W metal halide with 20k bulb
Filter : 20g refugium with hang-on Bak Bak skimmer
Cooling : Clipon Fan and 1/4 aqualogic chiller
Controller : Octopus 3000 with PH probe & Temp Probe
I have a lot of zoas that i moved from my main tank
I hope you guys enjoy it

My tank urning the cycle

20g refugium with hangon skimmer

My zoa tank now

 

[nutshells]

Here are more pics

My true blue

Some wild zoas from solomon island

More... just moved over from my main tank

My PPE I got this frag from some rc member recently

And much more... I will post more pics later

 

[surfnvb7]

very very nice. i'd like to see some more pics of the sump/fuge and the plumbing back there

are your pics white balance corrected? b/c thats gota be the whitest 20k bulb i've ever seen :lol:

excellent tank! :thumbsup:

 

[nutshells]

Surfnvb7 you are right about the light. During the cycle, I used the 10k. I just replaced with the 20k about 2 weeks ago. like you can see my recently pic of the tank.

 

[nutshells]

i also have a pair of helfish firefish, 2 pepermint shrimps and one cleaner shrimp. I will take more pic of my sump later

 

[nutshells]

here is the top

the refugium with plumbing setup

My chiller & octopus 3000 controller

 

[surfnvb7]

wow, you have a total capacity of 40g, and only running a 150w MH and you need a chiller and a fan? wowzers. what is the temp in the tank and in the house?

any chance you can get a pic of how the chambers in the sump/fuge look. i'm curious as to how you have that set up as i'm building my own cube at the moment, and troubled by how to set up the sump/fuge underneath since there isnt much room.

 

[nutshells]

yeah my sump is much bigger than my stand like you can see. about 3 inches outside of my stand and against the wall. As for the fan, I used my controller to set it up so that fan will operate at 76-80 and chiller will turn on if the temp greater than 80. Right now in san jose it's almost 100F

 

[MarvinsReef]

looks like a very nice set up.. get us an updated FTS when you get the chance...

 

[JGoslee]

Thats a really nice setup you have there! Is your canopy closed on all four sides? If so then I would think thats the reason you need the chiller. I could be wrong. Maybe you just have a really warm house.

 

[maroonytunes]

I love your zoos.

 

[nutshells]

JGoslee,
There is also an open top

 

[Jaime_309]

i really like those blues... maybe theres something i have that you might wanna trade... very nice set up!!!

 

[hexedagain]

Nice zoos.
I would love to get in line for some frags from those.