Schreiba's ADA 60-F

[teamschreiba]

Current FTS: 3/19/11



Background
Thought I would finally put a build thread up on here I've had this tank for a little over two months now and have been enjoying it so far! Here's the original plans I had for the tank:

*Note: No longer using this stand...

Equipment

• MP10ES
• Eheim Ecco Pro 2232 with floss, purigen, chemipure elite
• PAR 38 60 degree 12k
• PAR 38 60 degree 20k
• Hydor ETH 200
• Lily Pipes

Livestock

• 1x Ocellaris Clownfish
• 1x Cleaner Shrimp
• 1x Emerald Crab
• 1x Maxi Mini
• Other Clean-up Crew

Corals

• SPS
  
  Green Birdsnest
  Red Montipora Capricornus
  LE Mint Chip Montipora
  Some type of valida
  Green Slimer
  3x Acros (I don't know the exact names: one purple, one blue tip, one yellow)​
• LPS
  
  Green Hammer
  Candy Cane colony
  Red & Green Blasto
  Dragon's Breath Favia​
• Softies
  
  GSP
  Miami Hurricane Zoas
  Radiactive dragoneyes
  Purple zoas
  Xenia
  Florida Ricordea
  Green/Purple Yuma Ricordea
  Blue spotted mushroom
  Unknown palyzoa
  Yellow polyps​

I'd like to get away from a lot of these softies and move more toward an SPS dominated tank. However the xenia will have to stay since my clownfish is hosting it currently

FTS Archive
FTS: 2/2/11

FTS: 1/13/11

 

[saltjohnswharf]

Nicely done my friend. Simple and quite elegant. I am a big fan of ADA tanks and the MP10es. Although an SPS would look awesome I like it the way it is. Keep up the good work.

 

[duncantse]

Nice nano tank! Your water looks very clean, I think purigen and chemipure really pays a big role in getting crystal clear water. Are you running a sump and skimmer or just the cannister filter?

 

[saltjohnswharf]

The eheim probably does more for water clarity using just the mechanical pad. I've run the Pro 2222 for years with no chemical media and the water sparkled. Not to say chemical media does not help.

 

[teamschreiba]

Nicely done my friend. Simple and quite elegant. I am a big fan of ADA tanks and the MP10es. Although an SPS would look awesome I like it the way it is. Keep up the good work.

Thanks! I want to slowly work towards a more SPS focused tank as well. All the new frags I've bought have been SPS other than those acans in the sand.

 

[teamschreiba]

Nice nano tank! Your water looks very clean, I think purigen and chemipure really pays a big role in getting crystal clear water. Are you running a sump and skimmer or just the cannister filter?

Thanks! I believe the chemipure and purigen along with the floss help to keep the water crystal clear as well. That's all I'm running though no sump or skimmer.

 

[duncantse]

Did you put the purigen at the top or chemipure? Oh yah, how many bags of chemipure did you use?

 

[teamschreiba]

Did you put the purigen at the top or chemipure? Oh yah, how many bags of chemipure did you use?

I have filter floss in the top like where the blue sponge normally would be. Then in the basket I have 1 bag of chemipure on the bottom that covers the bottom with a bag of purigen laying on top of it.

 

[duncantse]

Did you cut open the bag of chemipure? It comes with a very small filter bag.

 

[teamschreiba]

Did you cut open the bag of chemipure? It comes with a very small filter bag.

Naw I left it in the bag

 

[duncantse]

LOL! I can't get over how clear your water looks.

 

[teamschreiba]

LOL! I can't get over how clear your water looks.

Haha thanks!

Here's a few more of my favorite shots:



This one is old since I had the eheim green pipes but still one of my favorite's:

 

[HandOfGod]

Can't wait to see how the SPS turns out for you!

(HandOfGod aka Kiki n-r)

 

[teamschreiba]

Can't wait to see how the SPS turns out for you!

(HandOfGod aka Kiki n-r)

So far it's been good, all of the colors look great and all of my frags are encrusting/growing so

Here's a shot I took today while adjusting my osmolator

 

[ange062]

That's an amazing tank! One of my faves. I may just have to nominate you for NTOTM

 

[saltjohnswharf]

That's an amazing tank! One of my faves. I may just have to nominate you for NTOTM

I second. But: I think you ought to wait until you have completed your transformation to SPS and have good growth recorded.

 

[teamschreiba]

That's an amazing tank! One of my faves. I may just have to nominate you for NTOTM

Thanks! That really means a lot to me

 

[teamschreiba]

I second. But: I think you ought to wait until you have completed your transformation to SPS and have good growth recorded.

Thanks! And as much as I would love/appreciate NTOTM I agree with this statement because I've only had the tank running about 3 months. I've already had some solid SPS growth though but I'll definitely do my best to document all the growth.

February 7th:


March 27th:

 

[teamschreiba]

Took this one while the powerheads were off

 

[ange062]

Woah, I have never seen my candy canes stick their feeders out that far, that's awesome! Your SPS growth is great also, that birdsnest looks like it tripled in size!