20 high
20 high
this tank is my first attempt at salt water. it was started in 2009 with a lot of ups and downs, definitely some of a learning curve in this hobby. this is how it sits today. please excuse the cyano outbreak, it should die back this spring when we can get some fresh air in the house.
equipment
standard 20 gallon high glass aquarium
aquatic life 4 bulb t5 (3 ati blue+, 1 purple plus)
2 jebao wp10 power heads with dual controller
1 cheap (forgot the brand) power head to circulate behind rocks
reef octopus bh-1000 hob skimmer
hob power filter (so i have a place to run carbon if needed)
livestock
pair of ocellaris clowns
yellow watchman goby
pistol shrimp
Hawaiian feather duster
GBTA
2 turbo snails
2 bumble bee snails
2 nerite snails
3 nassarius snails
2 astrea snails
(i like my snails):wildone:
corals
cabbage leather
pulsing xenia
green star polyps
green button polyps
neon green ricordea
some less colorful ricordea (hitch hiker)
orange, blue, and mint chocolate mushrooms
green nephthea
colt
candy cane
green monti cap
maintenance
2 gallon water change twice/week
clean equipment as needed
feed assorted frozen cubes every other day
new life spectrum pellets on the days they don't get frozen food