my 40 gallon

[lucidvtec]

so i have been at it for a little over a year now....went from a 30gallon to a 40 gallon


and let me say a BIG THANKS!! to all of you for ur help and knowledge along the way


so heres the setup

lee mar 40 gallon reg
lee mar stand

diy 20gallon sump with built in ATO res
CPR overflow box
tunze return pump
vertex 100IN protein skimmer
2) jager eheim 150watt heaters
no name UV with mini pump
2 phises reactor with Vertex bio pellets...rio pump
vortech mp10es power head ---- best PH ever!!!
DIY cree LED setup...two meanwells dimmable..controlled by a ALC mod with Reef keeper Lite
LED is two strings of 13each..White string has 10 Cool white xpg and 3 neutral white...blue string is 10 royal blue and 3 blue xpe's
also have the moon lights controlled of the ALC module
built on alum U-channel...a couple fans off a wall wort...the drivers, wallwort, and main wiring all enclosed in a separate box away from the fixture that is housed in a diy acrylic cover....no optics on my fixture

as some of you may have read a few months back i lost all my fish due to ICH...well i have been able to pick up a few

got 2 from pets inc before they closed
Coral Beauty angel and a Bi-color blenny
Today i just picked up a Copperband butterfly---already eating like a pig...poor feather dusters

i have an assortment of inverts and snails...TONS of bristle worms

and a RBTA

any who here are some pix...i will post more of my setup soon

here is a pic of the bad monti :sadface:

 

[lucidvtec]

here's some coral pix....some of these were taken underwater

what is this...i thought it was a mushroom but it gets bigger when the lights are off

 

[bugs713]

VERY nice and welcome back to having fish in your tank again!
I love those Copper bands!

 

[lucidvtec]

Ya its nice to have them back...the copperband is cool never had one before ...I'm hoping he takes care of the aptasia ...right now he is going to town on all the feather dusters there are 100s so prob gonna be a happy camper...and my coral beauty took care of the over stock of amipipods I had

Now gotta save up some money... I saw a near mated pair of clowns I want at RC they were 220 ..yikes but they looked so neat

 

[lucidvtec]

i made a photobucket direct link if any of you wanna follow along


Lucid's 40 gallon

 

[lucidvtec]

so i backed down the lights and added some carbon and the monti looks a little better

i forgot like 2 weeks ago i turned them up.....maybe i really did over power the guy

or it was a mini cycle

any who happy it's lookin better

 

[Kalakuhan]

Looks good. Hey, is that monster hermit crab reef safe?

 

[lucidvtec]

Looks good. Hey, is that monster hermit crab reef safe?

He has been for the most part ..one time I did catch him on top my acro

 

[drolic]

I had a monster hermit crab like that. Called him Darnel, after "Crab Man" on Earl... anyways. He was 2.99 at PetCo so, he went in after my start up cycle was complete along with a bluefin damsel. The thing was more or less reef safe, except he ate two feather dusters that cost more than he did! He also molt and grew very fast. So, I put him in the sump, figured he could do his bulldozer thing and clean up leftover food that made it down there. Only problem with that was, unbelievably, he ate the cheato faster than it was growing.... So, I took him to AA so he could have a better home. He was in their invert tanks for a couple weeks on sale for $20! Then one day on a trip in there he was gone.

 

[lucidvtec]

Here is a night pic of the weird coral..gets bigger with the light off

 

[lucidvtec]

Can anyone id this.....last pic on tge 2nd post is the same hitch hikers as the last pic i posted is the same at night jyst it gets bigger at night....any clue

 

[lucidvtec]

Can anyone id this.....last pic on tge 2nd post is the same hitch hikers as the last pic i posted is the same at night jyst it gets bigger at night....any clue

 

[frctlimg]

The hitch hiker looks kind of like a mushroom from the pics. Have you ever touched it? does it have a skeleton?

 

[lucidvtec]

When the lights are on it looks like a ms ropers mushroom...but at night it doubles in size....which i thought all mushrooms where photosynthic??

I even tried moving the rock to a very low light area...still acts the same way...havent tried touchin it yet



Also the other night after the lights had been off i shined a flashlight on it and it retrached t

 

[lucidvtec]

Lol i just noticed in the last pic u can see a couple of the pods i have...they are huge and plentiful

 

[RoganTerrance]

Tank looks good! The hitch hiker looks like max minis to me