27 Gallon Mixed Reef - by JandJ

[JandJ]

Tank and Equipment

27 Gallon Acrylic Tank (30"L x 12"W x 17"H)
4 Lamp Tek Light T5 HO Lighting Fixture
Tunze Turbelle Nanostream 6056

1. PowerChrome Actinic+ 39watt 36in.
2. PowerChrome Pure Actinic 39watt 36in.
3. PowerChrome Aqua Blue+ 39watt 36in. (11,000 K)
4. PowerChrome Actinic+ 39watt 36in.

CPR CS202 Overflow. Flow rate 1500 gph. (2 x 1" bulkhead fitting)

20 Gallon High (24" x 12" x 16") AGA tank as Sump
18 Watt Coralife Power Compact Light (2 x 6500 K)
Red Sea 80 gph Powerhead
Coralife Protein Skimmer Needle Wheel 65 Gallon

Quiet One 6000 Pump (1506gph) (5800 lph)
SCWD

Ebo Jaeger Heater TS-75 watts
Marineland Stealth Heater 75 watts
30lbs Aragamax select sand

Inhabitants

1 x Sailfin Tang
1 x Yellow Tail Damsel
1 x Red Banded Prawn Goby
1 x Six Line Wrasse
1 x Bi-Color Blenny
2 x Cleaner Shrimp
1 x Porcelain Crab
Various Hermits and Snails

19 x SPS
(10 x Acropora, 4 x Montipora, 1 x Pocillopora, 3 x Seriatopora, 1 x Hydnophora)
26 x Zooanthid Morphs
4 x Ricordea (Florida & Yuma)
4 x Green Star Polyps
1 x Blasstomussa Wellsi
1 x Blue Crocea Clam
Capnella Soft Coral
Cream/Green Pacific Palythoa Colony
Pink Vein Clove Polyps

60-80 lbs Live Rock
(Aquacultured, Hawaiian Islands, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands)

Tank runs at about 78-80 degrees Fahrenheit, with a salinity of 1.024
A 10 gallon water change is done once a week. Bi-weekly the tank is inundated with cyclop-eeze, frozen mysis and a mix of live adult and baby brine shrimp.

Some Inhabitants have been removed and new ones added since this picture-Yellow Leather, one Birdsnest and Green Favia have been replaced by various SPS. I will add updated pictures as soon as possible.

[JandJ]

Currently the tank is located in Eugene, Oregon. It will be moved in December to Houston.

[J-WS6]

that's quite an impressive set up you got there.

[darrylrhamad]

nice setup

[Loverotties]

Very Nice! Good luck on the move!

[JandJ]

New Years in Tokyo is over and since NOVA went under over here, getting a position teaching english is almost impossible. Too many teachers flooded the market. Guess we will have to get back sooner and work on getting the tank ready to pick up the livestock!