UPDATED 3/25/07
Tank-Oceanic Contrast Cherry 30 gallon "Cube" measuring approximately 21x20x18 with stand. Rear wall spray painted black. Rear wall drilled by lfs with center 1" drain with two 3/4" returns. Black acrylic overflow box partially built by http://www.acrylicman.com/Contact.html and installed by me with clear aquarium sealant.
Sump with refugium-Custom built by http://www.acrylicman.com/Contact.html
Measures 18"x16"x15" holding app 18 gallons. Left rear is 13"x6" for tank drain, overflows to refugium 13"x10"x10" holding 5.6 gallons, overflows to tank return 16"x5". Refugium has app one inch mixed sand, LR and macroalgae.
Skimmer-Aqua C Remora Pro driven by Mag 3. The skimmer is a HOB on the sump. Fits very nicely in the 9" space of the stand.
Lighting-Sunpod 150w 14K with 6 white LEDS and 6 Blue LEDS. Standard light fixture that came with tank and stand equipped with Coralife 15 watt NO actinic bulb. Refugium lighting is a 12" Coralife 2x18 watt 50/50 bulbs. Actinic 10a-10p.(12 hrs) Sunpod 11a-9p.(10 hrs)
Current-Mag 9.5 with SCWD.
Live Rock/Substrate-23 pounds in tank, aquascaped for maximum flow. Can easily see through the boulder from every direction. Maybe another pound or two in the refugium. Substrate is 1" in tank and refugium, mixed size. The pics in the beginning of the thread represent the center boulder with cave. It did have its advantages. However, one needed to walk around the tank to view the inhabitants. I have since changed the display to a more traditional back wall aquascape as seen on page 2. It provides much more floor space for future clams or anemone.
History-The substrate and live rock have been around for several years, transferred over from a 75 gallon FOWLR. The rock is very clean, substrate was blasted with a Mag 7 prior to transfer. Attempted to catch as many sqaghetti worms as possible. I have had salt water since 1987, freshwater before that. This is my first serious attempt at a reef.
Plans-Mixed reef. Small fish such as Six Line Wrasse, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis.
CURRENT STOCK
Inverts
5 Blue Leg Hermits-Phimochirus operculatus
3 Scarlet Reef Hermits-Paguristes cadenati
One Turbo Snail
Fire Shrimp - Lysmata debelius
Small Green Feather Duster
6 oz bottle of Aqua Pods
Softties
Small frag GSP
Two yellow Ricordia
One Green Ricordia
One Green Mushroom
One Red Mushroom
One Yuma (Brown with 14K, Green with Actinic)
Small frag zoo's (orange eye) 4 polyps
Armagedo zoo's (3 polyps)
Large Poylp Stoney
Candy Cane Coral 6 heads
Small Poolp Stoney
Green Slimer
Blue Tort
Green Hydropora (bright metallic neon green)
Orange Cap
Green Pavona (cactus coral)
Montipoa Spongodes (purple tip)
Green Montipora Digitata (not glued lr hole *own reference*)
Blue Poly German Digitata (in plug *own reference*)
Fish
Yellow Head Jawfish
Firefish Goby-Nemateleotris magnifica
Royal Gramma
Six Line Wrasse
Macro Algae
Chaeto in refugium
Tank-Oceanic Contrast Cherry 30 gallon "Cube" measuring approximately 21x20x18 with stand. Rear wall spray painted black. Rear wall drilled by lfs with center 1" drain with two 3/4" returns. Black acrylic overflow box partially built by http://www.acrylicman.com/Contact.html and installed by me with clear aquarium sealant.
Sump with refugium-Custom built by http://www.acrylicman.com/Contact.html
Measures 18"x16"x15" holding app 18 gallons. Left rear is 13"x6" for tank drain, overflows to refugium 13"x10"x10" holding 5.6 gallons, overflows to tank return 16"x5". Refugium has app one inch mixed sand, LR and macroalgae.
Skimmer-Aqua C Remora Pro driven by Mag 3. The skimmer is a HOB on the sump. Fits very nicely in the 9" space of the stand.
Lighting-Sunpod 150w 14K with 6 white LEDS and 6 Blue LEDS. Standard light fixture that came with tank and stand equipped with Coralife 15 watt NO actinic bulb. Refugium lighting is a 12" Coralife 2x18 watt 50/50 bulbs. Actinic 10a-10p.(12 hrs) Sunpod 11a-9p.(10 hrs)
Current-Mag 9.5 with SCWD.
Live Rock/Substrate-23 pounds in tank, aquascaped for maximum flow. Can easily see through the boulder from every direction. Maybe another pound or two in the refugium. Substrate is 1" in tank and refugium, mixed size. The pics in the beginning of the thread represent the center boulder with cave. It did have its advantages. However, one needed to walk around the tank to view the inhabitants. I have since changed the display to a more traditional back wall aquascape as seen on page 2. It provides much more floor space for future clams or anemone.
History-The substrate and live rock have been around for several years, transferred over from a 75 gallon FOWLR. The rock is very clean, substrate was blasted with a Mag 7 prior to transfer. Attempted to catch as many sqaghetti worms as possible. I have had salt water since 1987, freshwater before that. This is my first serious attempt at a reef.
Plans-Mixed reef. Small fish such as Six Line Wrasse, Royal Gramma, Pseudochromis.
CURRENT STOCK
Inverts
5 Blue Leg Hermits-Phimochirus operculatus
3 Scarlet Reef Hermits-Paguristes cadenati
One Turbo Snail
Fire Shrimp - Lysmata debelius
Small Green Feather Duster
6 oz bottle of Aqua Pods
Softties
Small frag GSP
Two yellow Ricordia
One Green Ricordia
One Green Mushroom
One Red Mushroom
One Yuma (Brown with 14K, Green with Actinic)
Small frag zoo's (orange eye) 4 polyps
Armagedo zoo's (3 polyps)
Large Poylp Stoney
Candy Cane Coral 6 heads
Small Poolp Stoney
Green Slimer
Blue Tort
Green Hydropora (bright metallic neon green)
Orange Cap
Green Pavona (cactus coral)
Montipoa Spongodes (purple tip)
Green Montipora Digitata (not glued lr hole *own reference*)
Blue Poly German Digitata (in plug *own reference*)
Fish
Yellow Head Jawfish
Firefish Goby-Nemateleotris magnifica
Royal Gramma
Six Line Wrasse
Macro Algae
Chaeto in refugium
One thing you might want to reconsider is your fish list from your first post. Some of those fish aren't really suitable for a tank so small. They're small-yes. But have some specific/finicky needs. Look into it a little more. :wink:
