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Hey Folks-
After a long and failed attempt at breeding Bangaii Cardinals, I had an empty 20 long begging to be filled. I decided to set up a simple skimmerless/sumpless system. All filtration and water movement comes from an Aquaclear 70 hanging on the right side. It contains a block of thick-pored sponge, three small bags of bio-balls and some carbon. This filter sits above the refugium section, which has Caulerpa prolifera.
The main coral is that large peach Frogspawn (E. paradivisa) in the center. I'm also very fond of the purpleish Hammer (E. ancora) on the top left. Scattered around are a bunch of other small, assorted Euphyllia.
The tank is lit by two T5s, one KZ Fiji Purple and one G'mann Actinic+. I really like the color rendition of these bulbs, but my camera does not. None of these photos look quite like it does in reality.
There are no fish in this tank. Instead I plan to stock it with a selection of tiny shrimp. The first one I added was a nice little Blue Coral Banded (Stenopus sp.). He's made his home somewhere in the back, and I've only seen him twice in a month. The other shrimp is a Periclimenes sp. ... one of the anemone shrimp. Just got it yesterday, and am hoping he'll adopt one of the Euphyllia as his host.
Thanks for looking.
After a long and failed attempt at breeding Bangaii Cardinals, I had an empty 20 long begging to be filled. I decided to set up a simple skimmerless/sumpless system. All filtration and water movement comes from an Aquaclear 70 hanging on the right side. It contains a block of thick-pored sponge, three small bags of bio-balls and some carbon. This filter sits above the refugium section, which has Caulerpa prolifera.
The main coral is that large peach Frogspawn (E. paradivisa) in the center. I'm also very fond of the purpleish Hammer (E. ancora) on the top left. Scattered around are a bunch of other small, assorted Euphyllia.
The tank is lit by two T5s, one KZ Fiji Purple and one G'mann Actinic+. I really like the color rendition of these bulbs, but my camera does not. None of these photos look quite like it does in reality.
There are no fish in this tank. Instead I plan to stock it with a selection of tiny shrimp. The first one I added was a nice little Blue Coral Banded (Stenopus sp.). He's made his home somewhere in the back, and I've only seen him twice in a month. The other shrimp is a Periclimenes sp. ... one of the anemone shrimp. Just got it yesterday, and am hoping he'll adopt one of the Euphyllia as his host.
Thanks for looking.