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Tank Specs updated June 19, 2003 - Pics before June 19 post are with old lighting/inhabitants
Well, I've been hanging out here and posting since I began my quest for a little piece of the ocean, so I thought I'd share how far I've come in the past few months. What a great learning experience it has been.
I can say that the rewards have far outweighed any problems that have cropped up along the way and I'm looking forward to keeping reef tanks for many years to come.
Anyway, here's what I've got...
Tank Specs
55-Gallon Tall Glass tank (36"x24"x16")
70-Lbs. Live Rock (mixture of Fiji and Tonga)
65 Lbs. sand (20 Lbs. Aragonite / 20 Lbs. Live Aragonite / 25 Lbs. Mexican Puka)
10 Gallon Sump
40" Stand w/canopy (DIY)
Lighting
250w 10K Ushio Halide (DIY)
240w Power Compact Actinic Lighting (2-55W Coralife 03 Actinics / 2-65W Phillips Actinic 03's)
Circulation
6 MaxiJet 1200 Power heads for in-tank circulation on a Natural Wave timer.
MagDrive 5 for sump return
(DIY) Dual overflow box
Sump
10-Gallon Walmart Glass tank with DIY plexiglas baffles
SeaClone 150 Protein Skimmer (which miraculously does a good job, contrary to a lot of what I've heard)
Pro-Heat 350W Titanium Heater
Acu-Rite indoor/outdoor digital thermometer (outdoor probe taped to side of sump to take tank temp reading)
Now to the good stuff... the reason why all the list above had to be purchased.
Fish
2 Oscellaris Clowns (mated pair)
1 Purple Firefish
1 LawnMower (Algae) Blenny
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Red Scooter Blenny
3 Neon Blue Cleaner Gobies
1 Orange Spot Watchman Goby
1 Yellow Watchman Goby
1 Pearlscale (Crosshatch) Butterfly
1 Green/Red Clown Goby
Inverts
1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp
1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
2 Red Fromia Stars
Corals
(*Not exactly sure of species due to clueless LFS and I also don't know the Taxonomic ID*)
Tree Coral
Brown Star Polyp Colony (that broke into 4 pieces upon removal from LFS bag)
Encrusting Star Polyp Colony
Burgundy/White Frogspawn
Purple/Blue Candy Cane Coral
Yellow/Orange Goniopora (I've heard these are tough to keep but it was too beautiful to pass up)
Brown/Orange/Blue Zooanthid colony
Pulsing Xenia
Green Bubble Coral (small bubbles)
Pagoda Cup Coral
Fluorescent Green Tree Leather
Yellow/Orange Hammer Coral
Green/Pink Hammer Coral
Yellow/Pink Torch Coral
1 Purple/Pink Polka-Dotted Mushroom
Blue/Brown Bullseye (Elephant Ear) Mushroom Colony
Squamosa Clam
Pink-tip Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
Baby (about 2") Carpet Anemone (sold to me as a 'flower' anemone)
Clean-Up Crew
6 Scarlet hermits
9 Hawaiian Zebra Hermits
4 Mexican Red Tip Hermits
2 Mexican Turbo Snails
2 Margarita Snails
9 Nassarius Snails
6 Astrea Snails
3 (Super-Tiny) Brittle Stars (Hitchhiked in on Candy Cane Coral)
Deceased Inhabitants
Mandarin Dragonette (Was feeding on multiple different foods but died anyway)
Frogspawn Coral (Brown Jelly disease)
1 Mexican Turbo Snail (Gosh these things stink when they die)
1 Peppermint Shrimp (Just disappeared... haven't seen it since)
Well, that about sums it up... except for the picture... which is worth at least another thousand words or so... I wish my camera could do it justice.
Well, I've been hanging out here and posting since I began my quest for a little piece of the ocean, so I thought I'd share how far I've come in the past few months. What a great learning experience it has been.
I can say that the rewards have far outweighed any problems that have cropped up along the way and I'm looking forward to keeping reef tanks for many years to come.
Anyway, here's what I've got...
Tank Specs
55-Gallon Tall Glass tank (36"x24"x16")
70-Lbs. Live Rock (mixture of Fiji and Tonga)
65 Lbs. sand (20 Lbs. Aragonite / 20 Lbs. Live Aragonite / 25 Lbs. Mexican Puka)
10 Gallon Sump
40" Stand w/canopy (DIY)
Lighting
250w 10K Ushio Halide (DIY)
240w Power Compact Actinic Lighting (2-55W Coralife 03 Actinics / 2-65W Phillips Actinic 03's)
Circulation
6 MaxiJet 1200 Power heads for in-tank circulation on a Natural Wave timer.
MagDrive 5 for sump return
(DIY) Dual overflow box
Sump
10-Gallon Walmart Glass tank with DIY plexiglas baffles
SeaClone 150 Protein Skimmer (which miraculously does a good job, contrary to a lot of what I've heard)
Pro-Heat 350W Titanium Heater
Acu-Rite indoor/outdoor digital thermometer (outdoor probe taped to side of sump to take tank temp reading)
Now to the good stuff... the reason why all the list above had to be purchased.
Fish
2 Oscellaris Clowns (mated pair)
1 Purple Firefish
1 LawnMower (Algae) Blenny
1 Copperband Butterfly
1 Red Scooter Blenny
3 Neon Blue Cleaner Gobies
1 Orange Spot Watchman Goby
1 Yellow Watchman Goby
1 Pearlscale (Crosshatch) Butterfly
1 Green/Red Clown Goby
Inverts
1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp
1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
2 Red Fromia Stars
Corals
(*Not exactly sure of species due to clueless LFS and I also don't know the Taxonomic ID*)
Tree Coral
Brown Star Polyp Colony (that broke into 4 pieces upon removal from LFS bag)
Encrusting Star Polyp Colony
Burgundy/White Frogspawn
Purple/Blue Candy Cane Coral
Yellow/Orange Goniopora (I've heard these are tough to keep but it was too beautiful to pass up)
Brown/Orange/Blue Zooanthid colony
Pulsing Xenia
Green Bubble Coral (small bubbles)
Pagoda Cup Coral
Fluorescent Green Tree Leather
Yellow/Orange Hammer Coral
Green/Pink Hammer Coral
Yellow/Pink Torch Coral
1 Purple/Pink Polka-Dotted Mushroom
Blue/Brown Bullseye (Elephant Ear) Mushroom Colony
Squamosa Clam
Pink-tip Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
Baby (about 2") Carpet Anemone (sold to me as a 'flower' anemone)
Clean-Up Crew
6 Scarlet hermits
9 Hawaiian Zebra Hermits
4 Mexican Red Tip Hermits
2 Mexican Turbo Snails
2 Margarita Snails
9 Nassarius Snails
6 Astrea Snails
3 (Super-Tiny) Brittle Stars (Hitchhiked in on Candy Cane Coral)
Deceased Inhabitants
Mandarin Dragonette (Was feeding on multiple different foods but died anyway)
Frogspawn Coral (Brown Jelly disease)
1 Mexican Turbo Snail (Gosh these things stink when they die)
1 Peppermint Shrimp (Just disappeared... haven't seen it since)
Well, that about sums it up... except for the picture... which is worth at least another thousand words or so... I wish my camera could do it justice.