Newly overhauled 15g

[Fish'InMN]

Hello folks,
My 15 gallon high just reached its 6 month bday and it had certainly seen better days, so I pretty much restarted the tank. "Pretty much restarted" means that I removed a few bad rocks that were covered in algae and leaking phosphates/nitrates, removed the old sand and put in new sand, and added a skimmer. The skimmer is a Remora with a Maxi1200, I'm sure some of you will recognize it right away since it is truely being used as a HOB!

I have a slightly larger thread on a different site, so I won't post all of the pictures here.

Before

After

The "After" picture was taken the next morning, sorry for not cleaning the front glass! Hopefully I'll have a few more pictures this next weekend when I switch to a 150W Metal Halide canopy and a CLS, rather than the 3x 28W PCs and 3 powerheads! I still need to figure out how to conceal the MJ better though.

Cheers,
Marty

 

[Mr Sh0tgun]

nice call on removing the bad rocks, and i really love that hammer. can't wait for more pics.

 

[hammerswinger]

Nice tank. Have you thought about putting the heater in the skimmer to get it out of view?

 

[AVALover5498]

That is a really nice tank. What type of lighting do you use?

 

[Fish'InMN]

I had not thought about putting the heater in the skimmer body, I will do that this weekend when I go home.

The current lighting is an old CSL pendant with 3x 28W Power Compacts. This will only be on until this weekend when my 150W metal halide canopy will go on.

 

[Fish'InMN]

Okay, another update. I added the new canopy which has a 150W metal halide with a 14k Phoenix bulb. I may add a single 10K PC bulb for dawn/dusk lighting, as the MH is only on for 6 hours right now. There are also some PC fans in the canopy and I am currently working on some "moonlights" as well.

The screens are for acclimation, I'll remove one layer per week. The height of the MH is adjustable, though I doubt I'll lower it at all.

 

[dlaxer24]

What is over the skimmer? that for bubbles? i have the same skimmer, but am trying to work out the bubble problems?

 

[Fish'InMN]

I'll snap some pictures of the new SPS frags, the gorgonian, the favia and the torch soon...

 

[phishes123]

i love the rock setup very nice tank

 

[GSMguy]

where did you get that light

 

[Aliie]

NICE PICS. I over haul my 12 gal yearly.

 

[Fish'InMN]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8539608#post8539608 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
where did you get that light

That is a 150W retrofit kit from Illuming. I am using the 14k Phoenix bulb, couldn't be happier with the color! I may try a 10k bulb in the future, just to see what type of growth difference there is.

I like the idea of overhauling the tank once a year, especially if the overhaul includes upgrades.

 

[CPT. MURPHY]

Very cool!

CPT.