How my conditions allowed me and since I am totally new to this hobby, I advanced and now I use a chance to introduce you to my current tank. A lot of things are done but whole project is not yet complete and I mean primary on filtration and light. It is important that right now everything is fully functional and well. Aquarium started around September end.
Tank is Sobo T-60F, made from plexiglass and capacity around 90 litters or 24 gallons. It has integrated two systems for neon fluorescent tubes, one 15W and second 10W. For the 15W system I found and bought a tube with 15000K spectrum and the little I did not found so it's factory daylight tube. My plan is to build LED light and that plan is 20% done. Right now I have one Royal blue (445nm) 10W LED and I made four more sockets. 3 more blue and 1 white with 20000K spectrum. Dimensions of tank itself are not so good for reef aquarium because it is high (light is 18 3/4 inches above bottom) but if we mention my wish for plexiglass made round tank, the light problem will be tolerated. Filtration is simple. Mechanical filtration is done by small internal filter (80 gph) with some filter wool and sponge. Biological filter is live rock and pumps for flow inside tank are: Resun wavemaker 2000 and two powerheads (210 gph and 265 gph) which are temporary till one more stream pump ship. Sump is done but overflow is not, bulks and pipes are waiting to be installed. Plan is to install skimmer, mechanical filtration and move heater to sump. The material from small filter inside tank I change/wash every four days. Water change is biweekly 15-20% and I use for that purpose Red Sea Coral Pro salt mixed wit DI water.
Inside tank there is 10 pounds of Fiji white sand. Earlier there was some cyano on the sand but now my goby solved the problem.
From bigger inhabitants there are peppermint shrimp, ocellaris clownfish and orange diamond goby.
And there are Green star polyps, kenya tree, xenia sp. and blue photo sponge. All of them visibly grow, but the growth speed I could not tell you because I have no experience. I understand that light is too low but it will be ok till the rest of LED ship. The scape of rock is temporary too because some rock is planned to go to sump when the time come. As project advance I'll try to update the topic with new info and pictures.
Enjoy!
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Tank is Sobo T-60F, made from plexiglass and capacity around 90 litters or 24 gallons. It has integrated two systems for neon fluorescent tubes, one 15W and second 10W. For the 15W system I found and bought a tube with 15000K spectrum and the little I did not found so it's factory daylight tube. My plan is to build LED light and that plan is 20% done. Right now I have one Royal blue (445nm) 10W LED and I made four more sockets. 3 more blue and 1 white with 20000K spectrum. Dimensions of tank itself are not so good for reef aquarium because it is high (light is 18 3/4 inches above bottom) but if we mention my wish for plexiglass made round tank, the light problem will be tolerated. Filtration is simple. Mechanical filtration is done by small internal filter (80 gph) with some filter wool and sponge. Biological filter is live rock and pumps for flow inside tank are: Resun wavemaker 2000 and two powerheads (210 gph and 265 gph) which are temporary till one more stream pump ship. Sump is done but overflow is not, bulks and pipes are waiting to be installed. Plan is to install skimmer, mechanical filtration and move heater to sump. The material from small filter inside tank I change/wash every four days. Water change is biweekly 15-20% and I use for that purpose Red Sea Coral Pro salt mixed wit DI water.
Inside tank there is 10 pounds of Fiji white sand. Earlier there was some cyano on the sand but now my goby solved the problem.
From bigger inhabitants there are peppermint shrimp, ocellaris clownfish and orange diamond goby.
And there are Green star polyps, kenya tree, xenia sp. and blue photo sponge. All of them visibly grow, but the growth speed I could not tell you because I have no experience. I understand that light is too low but it will be ok till the rest of LED ship. The scape of rock is temporary too because some rock is planned to go to sump when the time come. As project advance I'll try to update the topic with new info and pictures.
Enjoy!
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