My 20g(Updated 10-10-04)

[Neuahda]

This is my first attempt at a saltwater tank. I know the tank is a little sparse but I will be adding a few new inhabitants over the next couple of months. It’s been setup for about 7 months now. I had several problems that were caused by my lack of knowledge and the brilliant clerks at the LFS. I have battled green water, lost several fish for no reason and had one over flow that did not seem to be caused by anything at all. The tank has been up and running for over 3 months now(with fish, I went about 2 months without fish). I feel that the tank is finally stable.

Tank Specs:
20g High
3x65W PC lighting(195 total)
25lbs of live rock
30lbs of live sand
Sea Life skimmer(good up to 75g)
1000gph over flow
Mag Drive 7 for the return pump
Custom 15g sump with refugium with Chaetomorpha Macro Algae

Current live stock:
1 Clownfish
1 Cannary Blenny
1 Cleaner Shrimp
5 Blue leg hermit crabs
2 Scarlet hermit crabs
1 Electric Blue hermit crab
21 Astera snails
1 Xenia
1 Star Polyp
1 Green Hairy Mushroom

That's all I have for now. I will update this post as I get more live stock. Feel free to comment on my setup. Any helpful comments are welcome.

Enjoy the pics

 

[Neuahda]

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My Blenny

 

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[Anonymous]

Looks like a cool tank..nice colors on that Hairy shroom..

 

[Bojangles]

IMO no picture does a tank justice and it really does look nice with what you have despite what you say

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

nicely done



What would you say is the temperament of your canary fang blennie? I'm considering getting one.

 

[nazzy_016]

5 Blue leg hermit crabs
2 Scarlet hermit crabs
1 Electric Blue hermit crab

try to keep only one kind of hermits. in my experiences with blue legged and scarlets, the blue legged have clawed the poor guys to death. i now only keep scarlets but if its working keep on it. just thought id let you know.

 

[Clarkii3]

thats really good for a first! may want to do something about that algae on the sand