- Location
- Westchester County, NY
Hello,
I recently heard of this forum and wanted to join a closer reefing community, centered around my area. Looks like I found one! I have been in this hobby since the beginning of the summer and I'm loving it. Now... on to my tank thread!
Current Full Tank Shot:
8/21/11
This reef was first set up on 6/15/11. I'm not new at all to aquariums though, all my life I've had a couple of freshwater tanks going. My other main hobby is Poison Dart Frogs (Shout out to any Dendroboard members on here, if there are any) so they may get some surprise pictures in here too. Anyways, here are some details about the tank:
Current Livestock
Fish
1 Purple Firefish - Nemateleotris decora - Death via carpet surfing
1 True Percula Clownfish - Amphiprion percula - Death via carpet surfing
1 Banggai Cardinalfish - Pterapogon kauderni
Invertebrates
1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp - Lysmata debelius
Clean up Crew
1 Banded Trochus Snail - Trochus sp.
1 Zebra Hermit Crab - Calcinus laevimanus
50+ Dwarf Cerith Snails - Cerithium sp.
5+ Nassarius Snails - Nassarius sp.
6+ Florida Cerith Snails - Cerithium sp.
1 Emerald Crab - Mithrax sculptus
2 Philippine Hermit Crabs - Scientific Name Unknown
Corals
Red Mushroom - Actinodiscus sp.
Rainbow Acan Lord - Acanthastrea Lordhowensis
Pom Pom Xenia - Xenia umbellata
Ricordea - Ricordea florida
Zoanthids - Zoanthus sp.
Palythoas - Palythoa sp.
Frogspawn - Euphyllia paradivisa
Green Star Polyps - Clavularia viridis
Orange Monti Cap - Montipora Capricornis
The Setup
Tank
Mr. Aqua 17.4g (24" x 12" x 14.4")
Lighting
Fishneedit 24" 4 Bulb T5HO Fixture
2 ATI Aquablue Special Bulbs
2 ATI Blue+ Bulbs
Filtration & Heating
Eheim 2213 with 50 Micron Filter Floss, Chemi-Pure Elite, and Purigen
Hydor ETH In-Line Heaters, 200 watt, 5/8"
Circulation
Circulation is provided by a Koralia 425 and the Spray Bar from the Eheim
Live Rock & Sand
17 lbs. of Fully Cured Manado Live from Premium Aquatics.
15 lbs. of regular Aragonite Reef Sand
I've learned most everything I know from this website thus far. I have two major inspirations for this tank: matth6761's 20 Gallon Nano Reef and Schreiba's ADA 60-F. Thanks for the ideas and inspiration Matt and Schreiba! Also, thanks to anyone who has helped me out in my other threads.
A few other pictures:
Top-Down Shot
Just sand
Most Recently Tested Water Parameters
Temperature: 78?F
SG: 1.025
pH: 7.8
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Ammonia: 0 ppm
My goals for this tank are to keep a thriving system with healthy corals and fish (Who doesn't want that?)
Thanks for looking! Feel free to comment too!
I recently heard of this forum and wanted to join a closer reefing community, centered around my area. Looks like I found one! I have been in this hobby since the beginning of the summer and I'm loving it. Now... on to my tank thread!
Current Full Tank Shot:
8/21/11
This reef was first set up on 6/15/11. I'm not new at all to aquariums though, all my life I've had a couple of freshwater tanks going. My other main hobby is Poison Dart Frogs (Shout out to any Dendroboard members on here, if there are any) so they may get some surprise pictures in here too. Anyways, here are some details about the tank:
Current Livestock
Fish
1 Purple Firefish - Nemateleotris decora - Death via carpet surfing
1 True Percula Clownfish - Amphiprion percula - Death via carpet surfing
1 Banggai Cardinalfish - Pterapogon kauderni
Invertebrates
1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp - Lysmata debelius
Clean up Crew
1 Banded Trochus Snail - Trochus sp.
1 Zebra Hermit Crab - Calcinus laevimanus
50+ Dwarf Cerith Snails - Cerithium sp.
5+ Nassarius Snails - Nassarius sp.
6+ Florida Cerith Snails - Cerithium sp.
1 Emerald Crab - Mithrax sculptus
2 Philippine Hermit Crabs - Scientific Name Unknown
Corals
Red Mushroom - Actinodiscus sp.
Rainbow Acan Lord - Acanthastrea Lordhowensis
Pom Pom Xenia - Xenia umbellata
Ricordea - Ricordea florida
Zoanthids - Zoanthus sp.
Palythoas - Palythoa sp.
Frogspawn - Euphyllia paradivisa
Green Star Polyps - Clavularia viridis
Orange Monti Cap - Montipora Capricornis
The Setup
Tank
Mr. Aqua 17.4g (24" x 12" x 14.4")
Lighting
Fishneedit 24" 4 Bulb T5HO Fixture
2 ATI Aquablue Special Bulbs
2 ATI Blue+ Bulbs
Filtration & Heating
Eheim 2213 with 50 Micron Filter Floss, Chemi-Pure Elite, and Purigen
Hydor ETH In-Line Heaters, 200 watt, 5/8"
Circulation
Circulation is provided by a Koralia 425 and the Spray Bar from the Eheim
Live Rock & Sand
17 lbs. of Fully Cured Manado Live from Premium Aquatics.
15 lbs. of regular Aragonite Reef Sand
I've learned most everything I know from this website thus far. I have two major inspirations for this tank: matth6761's 20 Gallon Nano Reef and Schreiba's ADA 60-F. Thanks for the ideas and inspiration Matt and Schreiba! Also, thanks to anyone who has helped me out in my other threads.
A few other pictures:
Top-Down Shot
Just sand
Most Recently Tested Water Parameters
Temperature: 78?F
SG: 1.025
pH: 7.8
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Ammonia: 0 ppm
My goals for this tank are to keep a thriving system with healthy corals and fish (Who doesn't want that?)
Thanks for looking! Feel free to comment too!
