Tigahboy's 35g

[Tigahboy]

After taking a long break from this hobby, I'm finally back in! My tank has been up for almost 2 months now.

Here is the breakdown of my set-up...

Tank - 35g custom acrylic with the following dimensions: 36"x15"x15".
Overflow - Teethless overflow box with gutter guard.
Plumbing/Circulation - Herbie overflow (2 standpipes with gate valve), Eheim 1262 return pump, Vortech mp40.
Skimmer - Reef Octopus Extreme 160
Sump - 20g glass with baffles siliconed. Includes a fuge with chaeto.
LR - 90% Vanuatu; 10% Fiji premium
Main Lighting - Aquactinic Tx5 with the following bulb combo:

UVL 12000K Actinic White
ATI Blue +
Fiji Purple
ATI Blue +
ATI 12000K Aqua Blue

Moon Lighting - R2 Moonlights
Fuge Lighting - Cheap home depot lights.
CUC consists of an assortment of Astreas, Ceriths, Nassarius vibex, Tegulas, and one Cleaner Skunk.

Here's is the most current FTS.

Pic of my sump/equipment.

I have an assortment of maxi mini anemones - 5 color morphs.

Branching Cyphastrea.

Favia.

And a pair of Reef Rod's Onyx juvies.

I'm actually getting some decent coralline growth on my LR. This rock had ZERO coralline when I first put it into my tank, and here it is now.

It's going to be a mixed reef. But my overall theme for this tank is clean and simple... with eventually lots of eye candy.

 

[nitro4kthompson]

Awesome photos. I love the anemones.

 

[iFisch]

Sweet looking tank. Love it!

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

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Nice to see you around again! The tank looks nice - minimalist aquascaping. :thumbsup:

***sigh*** I just lost my Tyree cyphastrea to RTN a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Tigahboy]

Thanks!

Sorry to hear about your cyphastrea tho.

I just got a new addition tonight. I'll post when it opens up.

 

[Tigahboy]

A mixed reef is not complete without the obligatory Euphyllid. So I picked up a green frogspawn.

Not fully opened yet, but you get the idea.

 

[Tigahboy]

Anyway, new frogspawn, so new FTS (the shrimp NEVER moves.).

And the orange nem is my favorite out of all the nems.

 

[Johnny C]

Looks AWESOME! If you don't mind me asking, what camera are you using? Thanks for sharing!

 

[Tigahboy]

Nothing fancy, Canon SD1100.

 

[Jadams]

Very nice tank. Looks like a great start! I love the dimensions too!!! :thumbsup:

 

[Jadams]

PS..Who built the tank? I only ask because im in SoCal too

 

[Tigahboy]

Thanks! I gave my drawing/design to OC Aquatic (near you) and they had Clear-For-Life make the tank to my specifications.

 

[Tigahboy]

As I mentioned at the top of my post, the overflow box is teethless (to maximize the amount of flow and maintain a more clean look), so I had to add gutter guard to prevent my clowns and snails from getting into the box.

I didn't want to glue the gutter guard to my teethless overflow box b/c I want the ability to easily remove and clean/replace.

So I decided to go with magnets. Used 3 super nimble magnet cleaners from CJerome. They work great!

 

[Jadams]

Nice!! OC Aquatic is a nice store...

Looks very cool. I like the magnet idea too.

 

[psidriven]

nice mini nems. mind sharing where you get them from? i have the normal green/red, but never seen the orange or silver/blue ones before.

 

[Tigahboy]

The nems are actually VERY hard to find. Couldn't find nice ones anywhere myself (online or at LFSs). But a lot of reefers are getting out of the hobby these days and mine are from local hobbyists.

 

[psidriven]

Thanks for the info. Hopefully yours will be fruitful and there will be enough to share.

 

[FavaBean]

Tigahboy.... nice to have you back... your tanks are always awesome...

 

[Tigahboy]

Thanks!

I'm heading to IMAC West in a few hours. Hopefully I can pick up something nice for my tank.

 

[theplatypus]

What are your impressions of that Vanuatu live rock?